Image is of fires in northern Israel set off by Hezbollah, to force settlers to retreat from their occupied areas, in response to attacks on civilians in Lebanon.

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I'm not gonna lie to you - I thought Israel would have started shit with Hezbollah by now which would have derailed whatever megathread theme I had planned, so I didn't bother planning one.

If you want a decent couple pieces going over what Hezbollah has done to Israel, then have a look at How 'Israel' Has Lost The North and Hezbollah's Quarterly Report. It's not exactly the most professional analysis, as you'll see if you read it, but it gets the point across and relies on evidence. In essence, Hezbollah has pushed the Israelis back tens of kilometers and decimated their border infrastructure, all while unveiling anti-aircraft missiles that have forced Israel to reconsider bombing runs. They still probably have the ability to turn various towns and cities in Lebanon to rubble, but Hezbollah can do massive damage back to Israel in turn. This has gone on so long with so little meaningful opposition by Israel that border settlements are going a little haywire and tentatively declaring independence from Israel and saying they don't want IDF troops there anymore. I don't take these terribly seriously from a military standpoint but it is indicative of the Zionist settler mindset crumbling over the last 9 months.

We're now at the point where Israel kinda has to go to war against Hezbollah or the entire Zionist ideology of military deterrence and expansion via illegal settlements simply no longer functions, but that war will also lead to massive destruction for military and civilian facilities (ports, power stations, war factories, etc) which is a massive problem for Israel's continued existence. Hamas continues to function inside Gaza despite the surface occupation of significant areas, including the Gaza-Egypt border, and attrition there is leading to big materiel and psychological losses for Israel too. And Yemen has, for all intents and purposes, prevailed against America's failed attempt to thwart their blockade - with some in the army claiming it's the most intense naval battle America has faced since WW2 - and missile strikes are tentatively beginning to hit or at least threaten ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

Nukes are still lurking quietly in the background, of course, but the Resistance is perfectly aware of that and still seems confident to go ahead with operations, so I can't really do anything but shrug and say that I trust them to do what's right.

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The COTW (Country of the Week) label is designed to spur discussion and debate about a specific country every week in order to help the community gain greater understanding of the domestic situation of often-understudied nations. If you've wanted to talk about the country or share your experiences, but have never found a relevant place to do so, now is your chance! However, don't worry - this is still a general news megathread where you can post about ongoing events from any country.

The Country of the Week is Lebanon! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.

Please check out the HexAtlas!

The bulletins site is here! The RSS feed is here. Last week's thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here. English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep). Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting. English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad. English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth. English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel. More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful. Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section. Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war. Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis. On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language. https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one. https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts. https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel. https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator. https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps. https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language. https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language. https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses. https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet. https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord. https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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Image is of Yemen seizing the first ship in its blockade of Israel (the Galaxy Leader) with a helicopter raid.

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Alternate title: What If It Was The Bab El-Womandeb And It Was Just For The Ladies?

Ansarallah is a key component of the broader Resistance movement, backed by Iran, and has been a stalwart member in engineering the ongoing collapse of Zionism. It has steadily escalated both its rhetoric and, rarely nowadays, its actions, proving that the mythical "red line" might actually exist in the world after all, after going MIA in both Russia and China. It has been striking first Israel-owned ships heading through the Bab el-Mandeb - the strait that leads into the Red Sea and then to the Suez Canal - and, recently, has demonstrated its promise that any ships that intend to dock in Israel will be attacked. While this is really only half a blockade, the cost of going around Africa is significant, and Western insurance companies really don't like it when their ships get blasted by missiles and drones. Several shipping companies have already stated their intention to alter/stop shipping routes through the Red Sea, trying to prompt the West to find a "solution".

Despite US naval presence in the area, Yemen possesses the ability to strike the oil refining facilities of the Gulf monarchies, leaving the US in a very difficult position. If they attack Yemen, then not only do Western ships risk being attacked directly, but those oil refineries may go up in smoke depending on if they help the West - and global oil prices will skyrocket, in an already declining world economy - and it might cost several Western leaders their leadership positions, including Biden himself. A regional war could ultimately tumble into worldwide chaos.

Equally, however, the US cannot afford to lose Israel. It is the single most important American imperial outpost, perhaps alongside Taiwan. If Zionism is destroyed as a local destabilizing influence, then the Russia-China-Iran axis will find itself in a leadership position over the region. Israeli military losses in Gaza increase every single day as they advance further into the labyrinth death trap under the obligation to show some kind of military victory, with Hamas' strategy of attrition taking its toll. And Hezbollah sits there, having destroyed most of the border infrastructure, silently threatening the obliteration of Israel's infrastructure under the rain of a hundred thousand missiles.

As world attention gradually shifts away from the Gaza genocide, we continue to approach the brink.

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The weekly update is here on the website. Your Tuesday Briefing is here in the comments and here on the website.

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The Country of the Week is Yemen! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.

The bulletins site is here! The RSS feed is here. Last week's thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here. English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep). Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting. English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad. English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth. English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel. More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful. Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section. Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war. Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis. On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language. https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one. https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts. https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel. https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator. https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps. https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language. https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language. https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses. https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet. https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord. https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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>Progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., suffered a primary defeat Tuesday to a moderate challenger who was backed by pro-Israel groups, NBC News projected, following a bitter and expensive race that exposed the party’s divisions over the war in Gaza.

>The race between Bowman and Westchester County Executive George Latimer in New York’s 16th District drew more ad spending — $25 million, according to the ad tracking firm AdImpact — than any other House primary in history. Nearly $15 million of that spending came from the United Democracy Project, a super PAC linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful pro-Israel lobby, which backed Latimer.

>With 68% of the vote in, Latimer led Bowman by a wide margin, 55.7% to 44.3%.

>Speaking to a roomful of his supporters Tuesday night, Bowman conceded defeat to his "opponents," most likely a nod to big-spending outside groups, but he vowed that the broader fight for "humanity and justice" would go on.

>"This race was never about me and me alone. It was never about this district and this district alone. It was always about all of us," Bowman said. "Now, our opponents — not opponent — may have won this round, at this time, in this place. But this will be a battle for our humanity and justice for the rest of our lives."

edit: also AOC won her primary so she is staying

>In a closely watched primary, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, has emerged victorious, securing her position as the Democratic candidate for New York’s 14th Congressional District.

>The 34-year-old progressive, known as AOC, overcame a challenge from 66-year-old investment banker Marty Dolan, who positioned himself as a moderate alternative.

> # Mass Rally Held in Pyongyang of DPRK > >Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- A Pyongyang mass rally took place at the May Day Stadium on June 25, the day of struggle against U.S. imperialism. > >Attending the mass rally were more than 100 000 people, including officials and workers of working people's organizations, ministries, national agencies, institutions and industrial establishments and youth and students in Pyongyang. > >On hand were members of the diplomatic corps and military attaches corps in the DPRK and overseas Koreans who are staying here. > >The stadium was full of the spirit of avengers to annihilate the enemy who massacred the Korean people. The participants in the rally watched a video disclosing the thrice-cursed crimes committed by the U.S. imperialist aggressors and the ROK puppets during the Fatherland Liberation War, and the enemy's ever-escalating moves to stifle the DPRK. > >The speakers, in reflection of the retaliatory spirit of all the people, expressed their will to annihilate the U.S. imperialists and the ROK puppets, the unchangeable arch enemy, at any cost, bitterly denouncing the inhumane crimes committed by the sworn enemy. > >They said that the frantic moves of the U.S. imperialists and the ROK puppets to ignite a nuclear war, oblivious of the shameful historical lesson, in which they suffered the bitter defeat by the DPRK people all out in the sacred war for defending the country more than 70 years ago, clearly shows the true colors of the aggressors and provocateurs that can never change despite the lapse of 700 or 7 000 years. > >They said that they will always bear in mind the immutable truth that the might of the country and the people should be strong in order to defend their destiny and future, ceaselessly bolster up the strength of the country, the strongest war deterrent with the most just mission, and concentrate on preparing for the all-people resistance, thus clearly showing those disturbing the cause of the DPRK what miserable and bitter end they will meet. > >Saying that hitting the 12 major targets for national economy development just means dealing a sledgehammer blow to the enemy, the speakers expressed their will to make innovations and increase production at their worksites and achieve greater patriotic successes, thus fully demonstrating the dignity and might of the country and emerge always victorious in the confrontation with the imperialists and the U.S. > >Then followed a demonstration. > >The demonstrators marched, hardening their unshakable outlook on the arch enemy and steadfast resistance will and chanting the slogans for annihilating the enemy with strong fighting spirit and self-confidence to win a great victory in the sacred war against the U.S. imperialists and the ROK puppets. -0- >www.kcna.kp (Juche113.6.26.)

source http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/05efeb9da397cf6220f2c453e6c5d2d0.kcmsf mirror https://archive.is/lX8pc

Edit: NOK-to-USD cheat sheet

55,000 NOK ≈ 5.2K USD 65~80,000 ≈ 6.1~7.6K USD 15,000 ≈ 1.4K USD 30,000 ≈ 2.8K USD

Also, the original headline says "mil" which in Norway generally refers to a distance of 10 kilometers, or historically 11.3 kilometers. I originally translated this word as "mile" but a Usonian mile is in fact way shorter than a Norwegian mile, hence I converted 100 Norwegian miles to 1,000 kilometers. This is roughly equal to 621 Usonian miles.

Edit: do not put me in charge of any measure of distance. Six-HUNDRED-and-TWENTY-ONE miles, not SIXTY-TWO.

Incidentally, according to Google Maps the distance between Balsfjord and Trondheim is only ~765 kilometers, so I don't know what the deal with that number is. Again, the word they originally used was "100 mil", so maybe there's something I'm not getting.

Edit: Also, I tried to use lowercase deaf and uppercase Deaf in the appropriate places, whereas the original article doesn't distinguish between these. I used the Norwegian rather than Sámi names of places, just like the original article, so I feel obligated to mention that Balsfjord is called Báhccavuotna in Northern Sámi. In Kven the municipality is called Paatsivuono. The town Nordkjosbotn is called Gárgán in Northern Sámi. Troms and Trondheim also have their own Sámi names, coming from Norse, these being Romsa (Northern Sámi) and Tråante (Southern Sámi). Troms is called Tromssa in Kven.

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The family from Balsfjord has to travel to Trondheim up to four times a year to learn to talk to Edvin (age 1). They cannot afford this.

[Photo caption] Tor Sverre Iselvmo uses the signs he has learned so far to talk to his son Edvin. He wants to learn sign language, but this will cost the family roughly 55,000 NOK per year.

Summary

• A family in Balsfjord learned this year that their son Edvin will never acquire a spoken language.
• They must travel to Trondheim up to four times a year for the next fifteen years to learn to communicate with him.
• They have tried to get Balsfjord Municipality to cover travel expenses, which will be between 65~80,000 NOK per year.
• Balsfjord proposes covering up to 15,000 NOK.
• The family fears they need to move to Trondheim when they cannot afford to pay the rest of the travel themselves.
• The chief executive [of Balsfjord] says that the state must pay these expenses.
• The Norwegian Association of the Deaf says this is a violation of human rights, and sees that this is a problem particularly concentrated in Northern Norway.

"Cool!"

"You're building!"

Tor Sverre Iselvmo sits on the floor playing with Duplo blocks with his son Edvin, 14 months old.

He whispers his words such that they can barely be heard, simultaneously using sign language.

In February, he and [Edvin's] mother Kajsa Søreng were informed that Edvin is completely deaf.

They had known that he had a hearing impairment. But on that February day, they were informed that he would never speak with his voice.

—"One gets very sad then and there, thinking about how his life is going to be. But we have through this process found out that he can live a completely normal life. He is not sick. The only thing that will be different is that he will use sign language," says Søreng.

They must now learn a completely new language in order to communicate with their son. Edvin's big sister Tilje must do the same.

Norwegian Sign Language

• A full-fledged language articulated through hand movements, mimicry and posture, and comprehended through sight.
• Norwegian Sign Language is a minority language with official status in Norway.
• It is considered to be the native language of the majority of Deaf people in the country, who also have Norwegian Sign as an obligatory subject in school.
• Hearing children with Deaf parents can also have Norwegian Sign as a first language.
• Each country has its own sign language.

Source: Store Norske Leksikon

Until Edvin is 16 years of age, his family will attend courses in Trondheim four times a year. A city more than 1,000 kilometers* away from their homes in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms County. That is the nearest offer.

Statped [State Special Pedagogical Service] covers board and lodging, and NAV [Labor and Welfare Administration] covers lost income. The municipalities cover travel expenses.

But it is not mandated by law for municipalities to cover travel. This is why the family has encountered a problem with Balsfjord Municipality. Because the municipality does not want to cover the entire cost of travel.

The [municipal] administration proposes to cover up to 15,000 NOK per year. The family must pay the rest out of pocket.

—"We have calculated that it will cost us in total 55,000 NOK per year out of pocket to learn our son's language," says Iselvmo.

That will amount to a total expenditure of 800,000 NOK for the family over the course of the next 15 years.

—"Worst case scenario is that we'll need to move out of Balsfjord," he says.

[Photo caption] On the wall by the play corner hangs diagrams of the names of different toys in sign language.

• The provinces* have long struggled with getting qualified sign language teachers. When Kristiane was eleven years old, she and her family had to move to another municipality to get a better offer. [This links to an article from September 2020]

*TL note: in Norwegian the term used here is distriktene, literally "the districts", but this term is used identically to "the provinces" in English.

Northern municipalities often refuse

The municipality has calculated that it would cost 30,000 NOK per year for the parents to travel to Trondheim. Neither Tilje nor Edvin are included in the calculations.

The family were initially rejected by the municipality for any coverage. After talking to the chief executive, Iselvmo was told that the municipality would cover up to 15,000 NOK per year up to and including next year.

This will be discussed and sorted in an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee and municipal council on Monday.

The justification [document] states that [while] it is important for Edvin to be able to communicate with his nearest, Balsfjord Municipality is at the same time in an economically tight spot.

[The document] also states that [the municipality's treatment of Edvin] can create a precedent for other legally non-mandated expenses such as accommodations in the form of extra resources in SFO [cf. after-school program] for students with special needs, or coverage of student transport across municipal lines for students who wish to go to Montessori schools.

—"They [the municipality] justify their decision by claiming that the municipal economy is more important than what's best for children. I think that in a welfare state, a municipality should not get to decide a child's future," says Iselvmo.

[Photo caption] Like most children, Edvin thinks it's fun to throw Duplo blocks on the floor. But he does not hear the loud sounds when he does this.

Petter Noddeland is the general secretary of the Norwegian Association of the Deaf. He is not surprised that the family has been met with opposition from the municipality.

—"We have heard of a number of cases, especially in Northern Norway, where they [the municipalities] refuse to cover expenses for d/Deaf and hard of hearing children," he says.

He believes that the law is not clear enough when it comes to municipalities' responsibilities, and that municipalities exploit this.

—"We consider this to be a violation of human rights. There is a human right to accessibility in one's own language. This is also a violation of the Language Act," says Noddeland.

[Photo caption] Petter Noddeland of the Norwegian Association of the Deaf believes that Balsfjord Municipality is violating human rights by refusing to cover the family's travel expenses.

He points to that language deprivation in a child can lead to great challenges and costs for the child and for society as a whole in the long term.

A child can get behavioral problems, miss out on education and as an adult miss out on work.

—"If one starts with a good sign language offer, the child will grow up able to contribute to the workforce and to society. Everything starts with that a municipality covers travel expenses. That's how simple it is, and that's how serious it is," says Noddeland.

[Photo caption] Kajsa, the mother, uses signs when she talks to both of her children. This way, the older sister can also learn to talk with her little brother.

—"Don't send the invoice to the municipalities"

The chief executive of Balsfjord, Øyvind Korsberg, says that the family is being taken care of by the municipality to the greatest extent possible.

—"We're trying the best we can to stretch ourselves just a little bit further, but we have a bigger picture to consider. And we have multiple families with corresponding difficulties who are not being covered by the government on any level," the chief executive says.

[Photo caption] Chief executive Øyvind Korsberg believes that the Norwegian government must pay the travel expenses of families like Edvin's.

[Korsberg] says he will notify the politicians that the [family's travel] expenses are greater than the estimates they were using, and agree that 55,000 NOK per year is a lot for a family to pay.

He also points out that it will be much more expensive for a family living on the Finnmark Coast.

—"This is a national challenge that national authorities need to solve, rather than sending the invoice over to the municipalities. There ends up being a very big difference in how and how well things get treated depending on where in Norway you live, and I think that's unfortunate," says Korsberg.

[Photo caption] The parents understand that Edvin can lead a completely normal life, as long as he has a language.

—"There is a weakness in the central government's regulations, but that doesn't dismiss the municipality from its responsibility to make things right. It is important that parents are able to communicate with their own children," says Fridtjof Winther.

He is a member of the Conservative Party in Balsfjord and is an opposition member of the municipal council. He believes that the municipality must cover all the travel expenses for the family.

Winther recognizes that the municipality is in an economically tight spot, but he believes that there are other ways in which it can save money.

—"I think first and foremost that it is unnecessary that they [the family] need to fight this battle against the municipality in order to get the resources they need to live here," Winther says.

[Photo caption] Fridtjof Winther of the Conservative Party in Balsfjord believes that the municipality must pay the family's travel expenses.

The Ministry of Education and Research informs NRK that the investigation "Sign Language for Life" contains suggestions to look at the [current] arrangement. The investigation is being looked at by the Ministry of Culture and Equality.

—"Being pressed out of the region"

At home in Nordkjosbotn, [Edvin's] family has gone out into the yard to play. Kajsa the mother blows soap bubbles to Edvin and Tilje.

On the house wall hangs a "for sale" sign. The family has grown out of their rowhouse. But they are unsure if their next home will be in Balsfjord.

If they cannot cover all of their travel expenses, they'd consider it as necessary to move closer to Trondheim. Away from both family and friends, and from the municipality in which they have spent their entire lives.

Edvin is one of only some few [deaf] children who do not have the opportunity to get an implant to hear with, because he is missing inner ears. Today some 90~95% of all deaf children undergo an operation.

[Photo caption] The family has grown out of their current home. Now they don't know if they will buy a new house in Balsfjord.

Both Iselvmo and Søreng are provoked by how it's especially Northern municipalities who refuse to pay travel expenses.

—"It shows that Deaf people are not wanted here in Northern Norway. [Deaf people and their families] get pushed to move to Trondheim which has a strong Deaf milieu. And as a result of this, the Deaf milieu up here doesn't develop", Søreng says.

Chang'E-6 samples will answer 6 important questions

1. The age of SPA. The CE-6 mission is expected to collect the impact melt formed during the formation of SPA to accurately obtain its age.
2. The age of the Apollo crater. There is a high probability that the CE-6 samples contain impact melt from the Apollo crater. The radiometric ages of SPA basin and Apollo crater can greatly promote the study of the early lunar impact flux.
3. The major mineral composition of the lunar mantle. The formation process of SPA basin exposes lunar mantle material, but due to the lack of observation of large-scale olivine, some studies speculate that the main component of the lunar mantle is low-calcium pyroxene rather than olivine like the earth. Geochemical analysis of the samples will help to uncover this mystery.
4. The lunar impact flux function. With the radiometric ages of the samples and the crater size-frequency distribution of the areas represented by the samples, the lunar impact flux function can be further optimized. This is the only sample from the far side of the Moon, and it is of great significance for studying the distribution of lunar impact fluxes.
5. The volcanic eruption inside SPA basin. Current research shows that the thickness of the lunar crust inside SPA is small, but there is no large-scale basalt exposure inside. Geochemical research on CE-6 samples, especially the comparison with the chemical composition of basalt on the nearside of the Moon, will help solve this problem.
6. The asymmetry of the Moon. By combining the above analyses, the long-standing issue of the asymmetry between the near and far sides of the Moon on the crust thickness, volcanic activity, internal structure is expected to be resolved, which has perplexed geologists for decades.

https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/pdf/S2666-6758(24)00101-2.pdf

Boeing has like 6 crises right now and yours is priority 5/6. Imagine becoming an astronaut just to put your life in Boeing hands.

>Ruto won an election almost two years ago on a platform of championing Kenya's working poor, but has been caught between the competing demands of lenders such as the International Monetary Fund, which is urging the government to cut deficits to access more funding, and a hard-pressed population.

Very interesting!

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805388007475732646

https://archive.ph/btIDP

Well, it's finally going to happen. Here we fucking go !doomjak

https://archive.ph/O63eW

trudeau is so cooked

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_plot

!volcel-kamala

!edgeworth-shrug

sadly my voice is readily found online so my own parents might be a target of this

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https://archive.ph/NrsAV

NAFOids probably rejoicing rn

This article evoked memories of living through the dissolution of the USSR, an experience characterized by gradual deterioration rather than a single cataclysmic event.

Each day brought new disheartening news and incremental decline, until eventually reaching a tipping point where the cumulative weight of issues overwhelmed the entire social structure, causing it to unravel.

Looking back, what was most interesting was how effortlessly one could acclimate to a new status quo amidst mounting challenges. As long as issues accumulated at a pace manageable enough for adaptation, individuals would readily embrace alterations in their lives and continue onward. This widespread phenomenon served to stifle any substantial efforts aimed at halting the descent into decline.

I know not many of you care about LLMs/other ai models but I think this really shows the amount of loneliness and in our society. Look at how it presents itself on Google. As an AI that feels alive, always available, that understands you. People don't use this service to summarize text or get help with their programming homework like they might chatgpt. They are selling artificial companionship. !

> 'After 72 hours without power in Israel – it will be uninhabitable,' says CEO of company overseeing electrical systems.

Israel is utterly unprepared for a war with Hezbollah and for the toll such a conflict could take on the country's power infrastructure, the CEO of a company that manages and oversees Israel's electrical systems on behalf of the government said on Thursday.

> "We are not ready for a real war. We live in a fantasy world, in my eyes," said Shaul Goldstein, head of Noga – the Israel Independent System Operator. Later, in an interview with Kan Public Broadcaster, he seemed to walk his comments back somewhat: "I said irresponsible things. I shouldn't have."

> "If Nasrallah decides to paralyze Israel's power grid, he only needs to pick up the phone and call the head of Beirut's power grid, which is [technically] identical to Israel's." Goldstein said, before noting that "the upside is that we have invested a lot in protection, working together with Israel Electric Company."

The kids are alright.