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Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' Movie Would Have Been "Balls-Out Hard R" (collider.com)
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Cher Says The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Can Go Fuck Itself (www.stereogum.com)
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Qatar sent millions to Gaza for years – with Israel’s backing (edition.cnn.com)
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‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing (www.theguardian.com)
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Revealed: more than 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access (www.theguardian.com)
 

The World Health Organization prohibits tobacco companies and lobbyists from attending its summits, yet the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) has no conflict of interest policy allowing organizers to ban bad-faith actors from registering as observers.

The climate action obstructionists at Cop28 include the American Petroleum Institute (API), the largest fossil fuel trade group which for years has blocked efforts to pass domestic legislation limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Internal documents suggest that the API, which is attending as an accredited observer delegation like Greenpeace and Amnesty International, has been misleading the public on climate change since the 1980s.

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EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing (www.dw.com)
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Stephen Harper's firm pours $350M into developing military tech for Israel ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
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Palestinian journalist says CTV News fired her after "speaking up for Palestine" (dailyhive.com)
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Doctors Without Borders: Attack on organization’s convoy ‘deliberate,’ calling for investigation (thehill.com)
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Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed (www.theguardian.com)
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Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire begin hunger strike outside White House (www.theguardian.com)
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Huge pro-Palestinian London march calls for permanent ceasefire (www.theguardian.com)
Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War is a summary of the Washington Post's reporting on Afghanistan, specifically on the US government's own internal assessments from all levels of the military and political administration. In it, you'll find this quote:

Of all the failures in Afghanistan, the war on opium ranked among the most feckless. During two decades, the United States spent more than $9 billion on a dizzying array of programs to deter Afghanistan from supplying the world with heroin. None of the measures worked. In many cases, they made things worse.

The US doesn't need "tankies" or anyone else to make themselves look bad as far as the Afghan drug trade goes.

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