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Amber Road: The Other Great Trade Route Of The Ancient World
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Amber Road: The Other Great Trade Route Of The Ancient World

The Silk Road‚ the mega highway that linked the far-flung corners of Eurasia‚ wasn’t the only grand trade route of the ancient world. In Europe‚ another historical trade network spanned from the North Sea to the Mediterranean Sea‚ quenching the wild demand for "the gold of the north" – amber. It’s impossible to say when the Amber Road emerged. People have been collecting amber from the shores of the Baltic Sea for over 13‚000 years‚ while evidence of long-distance amber trading appears sometime around 3‚000 BCE. Regular‚ more organized amber trading appears to have taken root around 3‚500 years ago. Much like the Silk Road‚ it wasn’t a single highway‚ but a complex of numerous interweaving trade routes. It consisted of a loosely organized network of roads and river routes from Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region‚ down through present-day Germany‚ Poland‚ Austria‚ Hungary‚ and Slovenia towards the Mediterranean‚ including modern-day Italy‚ Greece‚ Syria‚ and Egypt.Chemical analysis of amber ornaments found in Southern Europe has revealed that much of it originated in Northern Europe or the Baltic Sea area. Even the tomb of ancient Egypt’s most famous boy king‚ Tutankhamun‚ contains pieces of Baltic amber.A map of Central Europe showing the rough course of the Amber Road.Image credit: Bearas via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)There’s even evidence of Baltic amber in Asia‚ indicating the Amber Road was even more extensive than previously thought. In 1914‚ two 3‚800-year-old amber beads were discovered near the west bank of the Tigris in Iraq. Using advanced imaging techniques‚ scientists recently revealed that the amber originated in the Baltic region. Amber wasn’t the only sought-after commodity traded along the route. Other goods from the north – such as animal skins‚ furs‚ honey‚ and wax – were also exported. In return‚ the “people of the North” would buy Roman glass‚ brass‚ gold‚ and other metals from the Mediterranean region.Prized for its deep orange coloring and translucency‚ amber is a fossilized tree resin that oozes out of some species of conifer trees. These trees grew prolifically in southern parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic region over 45 million years ago‚ likely resulting in the huge amount of amber deposits found here. This part of northern Europe is home to the largest known deposits of amber in the world. Along the beaches of the Baltic Sea‚ it still isn’t unusual to find chunks of amber that have washed up. These coastal areas also produce so-called “sea amber”‚ which has become smoothed by the ocean’s waves and sometimes features tiny barnacles. The beautiful material was widely featured in jewelry and other ornaments‚ just as it is today‚ but it was also used as a healing agent in folk medicine. Others used concoctions containing amber to ward off evil spirits‚ demonic figures‚ and "madness". The material is baked into the culture of the Baltic Region‚ earning it the nickname “gold of the north” or “Slavic gold”. Legend has it that Jrat‚ a mermaid-like goddess figure in Lithuanian culture‚ lived under the Baltic Sea in a beautiful amber castle.Unusually large deposits of amber can also be located in the Mediterranean‚ most notably in Sicily at the foothills of the mountains Castrogiovanni (now called Enna) and Caltanissetta. It also appears that people were aware of these deposits in ancient times. This has led many to wonder why the Greeks and Egyptians obtained their amber from Northern Europe when they could have simply shipped it over the Mediterranean. Still today‚ however‚ Baltic amber is highly sought-after for its good looks and unique chemical composition.
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World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Has Been Idle For Years – But Maybe Not For Long
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World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Has Been Idle For Years – But Maybe Not For Long

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Japan is currently the world’s largest nuclear power plant. As mighty as it may be‚ its reactors have been shut off for several years due to a cacophony of disasters and controversies. Recent developments suggest that may soon change‚ however.The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant is located at a 404-hectare (1‚000-acre) site between the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture along the coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. Its first reactor started producing power in 1985‚ while the last one swung into operation in 1994.It’s operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)‚ the largest electric utility in Japan that also runs the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (or‚ nowadays‚ runs the clean-up operations there).Made up of seven boiling water reactor units‚ Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has a potential total output of 8.212 million kilowatts. However‚ the colossal power planet is currently idle. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant was rocked by the Chetsu offshore earthquake in 2007‚ forcing TEPCO to shut down its reactors for nearly two years. Two reactors were temporarily restarted‚ but they were turned off again in 2012 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster a year earlier‚ which sparked a total shutdown of all nuclear power plants in Japan.While Japan has since opened a few of its nuclear reactors‚ those at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa have remained inactive for almost 12 years.     According to some recent reports though‚ the power station is back on the path to reopening. In December 2023‚ Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban imposed on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant two years prior‚ according to Reuters. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority barred TEPCO from operating Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in 2021 after numerous safety breaches were highlighted. Per the Associated Press‚ unauthorized people were reportedly allowed to enter “sensitive areas” of the facility‚ raising concern that it would be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.After improving its safety management systems‚ TEPCO will now be able to apply for local permission to restart operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. However‚ there are still many hurdles to overcome before Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is pumping out energy again. Many people in Japan distrust TEPCO over their handling of the Fukushima disaster‚ plus locals in Kashiwazaki and Kariwa remain uneasy about nuclear power stations being in their neighborhoods. Further skepticism was sown in May 2023 when an employee left a stack of important documents on top of their car before driving off‚ losing many in a flurry of paper. Along with losing further trust among locals‚ the mishap further eroded the regulator’s confidence in TEPCO.Globally speaking‚ nuclear energy is at somewhat of a crossroads. Some countries‚ particularly in Western Europe‚ are currently in the process of phasing out their nuclear power due to long-term safety concerns. For instance‚ Germany closed its last nuclear power plant in 2023.On the other side of the coin‚ nuclear energy is becoming seen as an increasingly promising energy source‚ capable of producing huge amounts of electricity without directly producing the carbon dioxide emissions that lead to climate change. Many argue that new-generation nuclear power stations could be an invaluable weapon to stave off the worst of the climate crisis.In Asia‚ the number of nuclear power stations is on the up. As of January 2023‚ 10 out of the 15 largest nuclear power plants in the world based on capacity were based in Asia‚ most notably in South Korea and China.
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Passing Stars Have Changed Earth’s Orbit – But We Don’t Know How
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Passing Stars Have Changed Earth’s Orbit – But We Don’t Know How

Contrary to past assumptions‚ passing stars can cause changes in the orbits of planets‚ including the Earth‚ that are large enough to affect the climate‚ research suggests. By not taking this into account we’ve overestimated our capacity to calculate past orbital variations‚ and therefore our capacity to attribute past climate changes to variations in Earth’s orbit at the time.Compared to many asteroids or comets‚ the Earth’s orbit is a monument to consistency – life might not have survived if it wasn’t. Nevertheless‚ subtle changes still occur as a result of factors like the gravitational influence of other planets. Some of these‚ known as Milankovitch cycles‚ are known to have driven recent cycles of ice ages and interglacial eras. These influences don’t shift the Earth’s average distance from the Sun‚ but they can trigger switches between rounder and more elongated orbits‚ which can have a surprisingly large effect on the planet’s climate.We understand the relationship between the Earth and the other planets well enough that it has been thought we can calculate orbital variation over the last 50-100 million years. Along with movements of the continents‚ this has been used to explain what the geologic record shows as hotter and colder periods‚ but we may be overlooking something.Every massive object in the universe exerts a gravitational influence over every other object‚ but this is usually far too small to matter. We have calculated the effects of close stars like Alpha Centauri‚ and giant ones like Eta Carinae‚ and found their effects microscopic – outweighed even by dwarf planets in the outer Solar System. Consequently‚ stars beyond the Sun have been left out of efforts to wind the clock backward and reveal Earth’s historic orbit.Yet the stars‚ whatever the ancients might have told you‚ are not fixed. In a few thousand years Alpha Centauri will be more than a light-year closer than it is today. That still won’t be enough for its gravity to affect us‚ but what if it came closer still‚ like really close?We know such things happen. The star HD 7977 is on a path through the Milky Way very different from the stately orbit of our own Sun. It’s been calculated that 2.8 million years ago it came an estimated 13‚000 astronomical units from the Sun (about 0.2 light years) – there is a 5 percent chance it was less than 4‚000 AU. The Planetary Science Institute’s Dr Nathan Kaib and Dr Sean Raymond of Université de Bordeaux tested whether HD 7977’s gravitational tug would have been enough that its influence should be factored into calculations for the time. They found a 13‚000 AU passage would have no noticeable effects‚ but that’s not true for one more than three times closer (and therefore with gravitational effects more than 10 times greater).How the close passage of HD 7977 increases uncertainty about the Earth's orbit over the last 56 million years. The chart represents the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit‚ and direction of perihelion. Results vary depending on estimates of HD 7977's distance.Image Credit: N Kaib/PSIPerhaps surprisingly‚ HD 7977 did not make much direct difference to Earth. However‚ being further from the Sun‚ the gas giants are more susceptible‚ and they in turn influence Earth. Indeed‚ if HD 7977 did make such a close passage‚ Jupiter and Saturn settled into their new orbits‚ and would have continued affecting Earth in ways dictated by the passage long after the star left.Even though the effect is indirect‚ HD 7977’s flyby means we can only wind back the clock on Earth’s orbit accurately by about 50 million years‚ Kaib and Raymond conclude‚ instead of 60 million or so as previously thought.    “The geologic record shows that changes in the Earth's orbital eccentricity accompany fluctuations in the Earth's climate. If we want to best search for the causes of ancient climate anomalies‚ it is important to have an idea of what Earth's orbit looked like during those episodes‚" Kaib said in a statement. "One example of such an episode is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 56 million years ago‚ where the Earth's temperature rose 5-8 degrees centigrade [9-14°F]. It has already been proposed that Earth's orbital eccentricity was notably high during this event‚ but our results show that passing stars make detailed predictions of Earth's past orbital evolution at this time highly uncertain‚ and a broader spectrum of orbital behavior is possible than previously thought."It’s entirely possible earlier passages from other stars were even closer‚ and more disruptive.The study is open access in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. 
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Watch The World's Biggest Iceberg Do A 360° Twirl In Antarctica
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Watch The World's Biggest Iceberg Do A 360° Twirl In Antarctica

The world’s biggest iceberg – the A23a megaburg – has recently been spotted performing a full 360° spin as it floats off the coast of Antarctica. A23a made headlines in November last year when the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced it was on the move for the first time in over three decades. The iceberg is currently making its way out of the Weddell Sea and heading down “Iceberg Alley”‚ a route that many icebergs take after departing from mainland Antarctica.This week‚ the BAS has shared imagery of the A23a megaburg doing a 360° spin to the tune of “Spinning Around” by Aussie pop legend Kylie Minogue.The imagery was captured between the end of December 2023 to February 2024 by MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)‚ an instrument aboard the NASA satellites Terra and Aqua.You almost can’t tell from its agile twirling‚ but A23a is an absolute beast of an iceberg. With a height of 400 meters (1‚312 feet) and covering an area of 4‚000 square kilometers (1‚500 square miles)‚ the floating chunk of ice is larger than the state of Rhode Island.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.The BAS has been keeping a close eye on the travels of A23a. In December 2023‚ scientists aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough collected samples of seawater around the A23a to see how its movement impacts life in the polar region. “We know that these giant icebergs can provide nutrients to the waters they pass through‚ creating thriving ecosystems in otherwise less productive areas. What we don’t know is what difference particular icebergs‚ their scale‚ and their origins can make to that process‚” Laura Taylor‚ a biogeochemist at the BAS and the University of Cambridge working on the RRS Sir David Attenborough‚ said in a statement.“We took samples of ocean surface waters behind‚ immediately adjacent to‚ and ahead of the iceberg’s route. They should help us determine what life could form around A23a‚ and how this iceberg and others like it impact carbon in the ocean and its balance with the atmosphere."             A23a was born in August 1986 when it was calved from the Antarctic coastline before almost immediately becoming grounded‚ tethered to the muddy seafloor for 40 years. It briefly lost its title as the world’s largest iceberg in May 2021 when A76 detached from the Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea. This single berg initially measured 4‚320 square kilometers (1‚667 square miles)‚ but it later fragmented into three pieces.Even A23a is relatively small compared to the biggest iceberg of all time. This colossus was spotted in November 1956. Since this was before satellite imagery‚ its exact size isn’t known‚ but it was estimated to be 335 kilometers long and 97 kilometers wide (208 by 60 miles) with an area of 31‚000 square kilometers (12‚000 square miles) – that’s three times larger than Hawai'i’s Big Island.
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Nuclear Fusion
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Nuclear Fusion "Spark Plug" Created In New Technical Breakthrough

Getting out more energy from nuclear fusion is a fundamental step in making it the energy source of the future. So far‚ it has been achieved only in one system – the inertial fusion approach of the National Ignition Facility (NIF). New research on a similar approach shows that the NIF might have competition in the realm of inertial fusion.Nuclear fusion is what powers stars‚ the most common source of energy in the universe. And yet‚ we can’t easily recreate it here on Earth because we cannot compress hydrogen in the same way that gravity does in the core of stars. To bypass that requirement‚ the inertial fusion approach uses lasers to compress a pellet of fuel so much that it ignites.The NIF uses an indirect method. Their system has some of the most powerful lasers in the world hitting a container called a hohlraum‚ getting converted to x-rays. It’s the x-rays that then compress the pellet of fuel and release energy. The method presented in new research from scientists at the University of Rochester approached fusion by directly slamming the pellet of fuel with lasers.They have demonstrated what they are calling the spark plug. The laser system is about 100 times less powerful than the one used by NIF and still‚ it was able to compress the fuel capsule and start nuclear fusions. It was a small fraction of energy but it showed that it was not just the plasma being hot‚ there was fusing plasma.  “Generating more fusion energy than the internal energy content of where the fusion takes place is an important threshold‚” lead author of the first paper Dr Connor Williams‚ now a staff scientist at Sandia National Labs in radiation and ICF target design‚ said in a statement. “That’s a necessary requirement for anything you want to accomplish later on‚ such as burning plasmas or achieving ignition.”The work used the OMEGA laser‚ the largest academic laser in the world. Still‚ it is far from the power the NIF has. The team was intrigued to model what they could achieve with such a laser and simulations are extremely promising.“If you can eventually create the spark plug and compress fuel‚ direct drive has a lot of characteristics that are favorable for fusion energy compared to indirect drive‚” said the lead author of the second paper Dr Varchas Gopalaswamy. “After scaling the OMEGA results to a few megajoules of laser energies‚ the fusion reactions are predicted to become self-sustaining‚ a condition called ‘burning plasmas.’”While breakthroughs and record-breaking successes are piling up with this and other methods‚ the road ahead for viable commercial nuclear fusions is very long. An experiment such as this presents valid alternatives to tested methods.The papers are published by Nature Physics‚ here and here.
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JWST Discovers Another “Beyond Possible” Galaxy And We Have To Rethink Everything
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JWST Discovers Another “Beyond Possible” Galaxy And We Have To Rethink Everything

Looking at objects far away in the universe is like looking back in time‚ a very useful consequence of the finiteness of the speed of light. Very distant objects are therefore very young objects‚ as they were when the universe was also young. Imagine the surprise‚ then‚ of astronomers who found a very distant galaxy that was looking pretty old.It is known as ZF-UDS-7329. Observations revealed that the galaxy’s light comes from 11.5 billion years ago and its massive stellar population was already in place 13 billion years ago. The mass of all the stars in that galaxy is at least twice that of the stars in our galaxy‚ the Milky Way. And our galaxy has taken billions of years to get this big. How a galaxy got so big in just several hundred million years is a mystery."We are now going beyond what was possible to confirm the oldest massive quiescent monsters that exist deep in the universe. This pushes the boundaries of our current understanding of how galaxies form and evolve. The key question now is how they form so fast very early in the universe‚ and what mysterious mechanisms lead to stopping them forming stars abruptly when the rest of the universe [is] doing so‚" co-author Dr Themiya Nanayakkara from Swinburne University of Technology said in a statement.The galaxy was first identified years ago but the truly unusual properties couldn’t be captured by ground-based observatories. It was only with the keen eye of JWST that astronomers could get a proper handle on it. Being in space‚ it is not affected by the limitations imposed by our atmosphere."We've been chasing this particular galaxy for seven years and spent hours observing it with the two largest telescopes on earth to figure out how old it was. But it was too red and too faint‚ and we couldn't measure it. In the end‚ we had to go off Earth and use the JWST to confirm its nature‚" lead author Professor Karl Glazebrook‚ also from Swinburne‚ added."This was very much a team effort‚ from the infrared sky surveys we started in 2010 that led to us identifying this galaxy as unusual‚ to our many hours on the Keck and Very Large Telescope where we tried‚ but failed to confirm it‚ until finally the last year where we spent enormous effort figuring out how to process the JWST data and analyze this spectrum."While this is a single object‚ the results combined with other unusual discoveries continue to point out more complexity in the early universe than previously thought. It could be related to how dark matter assembles. Galaxies form in the gravitational wells of those primordial dark matter halos. Or‚ it could be that there are processes in galaxy evolution that we are yet to grasp."Galaxy formation is in large part dictated by how dark matter concentrates‚" Associate Professor Claudia Lagos of the University of Western Australia said. "Having these extremely massive galaxies so early in the universe is posing significant challenges to our standard model of cosmology. This is because we don't think such massive dark matter structures as to host these massive galaxies have had time yet to form.""More observations are needed to understand how common these galaxies may be and to help us understand how truly massive these galaxies are."The study is published in Nature.
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Great Dane throws hilarious ‘tantrum’ when dad steals his doggy bed
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Great Dane throws hilarious ‘tantrum’ when dad steals his doggy bed

There’s something undeniably special about our own beds‚ isn’t there? It’s the only place where we can truly relax and get that perfect night’s sleep. Too hard‚ and you’re in for a backache; too soft‚ and your neck pays the price. It seems like our furry friends might just share our sentiment‚ especially one Great... The post Great Dane throws hilarious ‘tantrum’ when dad steals his doggy bed appeared first on Animal Channel.
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40 Hilarious Pets Who Have Absolutely Zero Concept of Personal Space
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40 Hilarious Pets Who Have Absolutely Zero Concept of Personal Space

The post 40 Hilarious Pets Who Have Absolutely Zero Concept of Personal Space appeared first on Animal Channel.
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Morning Joe Mocks Mike Johnson's Snowstorm 'Spin' on NY Loss‚ Ignore Rest of His Message
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Morning Joe Mocks Mike Johnson's Snowstorm 'Spin' on NY Loss‚ Ignore Rest of His Message

Morning Joe had a grand old time today at the top of the show mocking House Speaker Mike Johnson for in part blaming an Election Day snowstorm for the Republican loss in the New York Third District special election on Tuesday to replace the disgraced and expelled Congressman George Santos. MSNBC really wants this win to be a "canary in the coal mine‚" a warning of GOP losses to come in November.  Willie Geist: Speaker Johnson yesterday didn't look like he believed his own spin while he was talking about this race‚ saying it snowed‚ this and that. Joe Scarborough: You know‚ it snowed on Democrats‚ Democratic voters‚ as much as it snowed on Republican voters. Sam Stein: Joe‚ you don't understand. It was strategically targeted snow‚ down to the district level‚ knowing the voter locations. Except . . . Morning Joe conveniently ignored the differences in early voting vs. same-day voting‚ and mail-in voting‚ between Democrats and Republicans in this election. As per this Politico article‚ Democrats enjoyed a 7‚000 vote advantage in the nine days of snow-free early voting. Dems also had a mail-in ballot advantage over Republicans. Those factors are a large chunk of Suozzi's winning margin. That Democrats tend to vote early whereas Republicans prefer same-day voting is a national phenomenon of which Scarborough is surely aware. But he suppressed that factor‚ choosing instead to mock Johnson on snow. In fact‚ in his comments Johnson described several factors accounting for the loss. He actually never even mentioned snow‚  only making vague reference‚ at the end of his comments‚ to a "weather event" that affected turnout. Here's the whole soundbite they played:  JOHNSON: The result last night is not something‚ in my view‚ that Democrats should celebrate too much. Think about what happened there. They spent about $15 million to win a seat that president Biden won by eight points. They won it by less than eight points. Their candidate ran like a Republican. He sounded like a Republican talking about the border and immigration‚ because everybody knows that's the top issue that is on the concern -- on the hearts and minds of everybody. You know‚ there was a weather event that affected turnout. There are a lot of factors there. That is in no way a bellwether of what is going to happen this fall. And as per Scarborough's claim that we noted yesterday that this was "a district Republicans should have won‚" that same Politico article noted that Dems enjoy a major‚ 11%‚ party-registration advantage over Republicans in the district: 39% vs. 28%. From that perspective‚ the Republican's 8% loss could be seen as over-performing. And as we mentioned yesterday‚ voters were in part surely motivated to punish Republicans for the Santos fiasco‚ and looked at the Dem winner‚ Tom Suozzi‚ who previously represented the district in the House‚ as a comfortable‚ virtual incumbent. One thing Scarborough was prevented from mocking Mike Johnson about this morning—in contrast with what we have caught him doing in the past—was regarding Johnson's supposed southern accent. That's because the show ran the clip of Johnson commenting on the race. Rather than relying on Scarborough's phony spin‚ viewers could hear with their own ears that Johnson sounds more like a Nebraska newsreader than a good ol' boy from the bayou. Scarborough rejected the notion that some people have expressed to him that he is being "mean" to Republicans. Joe kept a straight face while claiming that he is actually "trying to help" Republicans. So this recently-revealed frequent Biden phone buddy and informal adviser is trying to help Republicans. Riight.
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Queers Gather in DC To Fight For 'Palestinian Liberation'
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Queers Gather in DC To Fight For 'Palestinian Liberation'

On Valentine’s Day this year‚ a group of queer people gathered to fight for "Palestinian liberation." Around 50 people met in DuPont Circle‚ a neighborhood in Washington‚ D.C. and marched to the steps of the Human Rights Campaign‚ where many individuals claimed it was time for queer and trans organizations to “break up with genocide.” Event coordinators called on influencers‚ celebrities and organizations that claim to support LGBTQ lives but are “silent” about the genocide of queer Palestinians‚ insisting that the institutions were complacent about Israel retaliating against Palestine and were "pinkwashing" to justify the genocide of Palestine. Every speaker insisted that this war involved Israel attacking Palestine when in reality‚ it was Hamas‚ the terrorist group that runs Palestine‚ that started this war and abducted‚ raped and slaughtered innocent Israeli civilians. But that point didn’t matter to the group Wednesday. “Where’s the Human Rights Campaign as we’re seeing people being wiped off the map? Entire residential neighborhoods being blown off of the map!" one woman protester screamed. "We are here to say that we are queer and we do not stand with the HRC or any of its liberalist policies that decide to profiteer off of war rather than to stand with the people‚ including the queer Palestinian people who are here and who have always been here.” Related: Annie Lennox Yells 'Artists for Ceasefire!' at Grammy Awards Another speaker‚ a transgender man‚ insisted that the HRC was “profiting off of our struggles.” “He” also talked about "his" identity as a trans person and how the HRC was not actually fighting for “his” human rights.  “I personally know one thing to be true.: my Palestinian people have been born caring of me‚ a transgender person of the western empires and me as a Palestinian. You do not speak for us‚ the conscious queer collective‚ HRC‚” the speaker said.   To wrap up the event‚ one of the organizers listed off the demands they had for LGBTQ Individuals‚ groups and leaders to follow. Here are a few that she insisted upon‚ which are also found on the group’s Instagram: Publicly denounce the use of pinkwashing to justify the occupation and genocide of Palestinians; Immediately boycott‚ divest from‚ and sanction the systems and entities that enable the genocide‚ including severing ties with weapon manufacturers and donors profiteering off genocide; Call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire‚ to lift the siege and for all food‚ clean water‚ supplies‚ and medical support be allowed into Gaza; Publicly denounce the increased surveillance the Israeli Occupation Forces use against Palestinian queers; While I absolutely don’t think that anyone’s sin or mental confusion should be the basis for any killing whatsoever‚ it was ironic that these people were calling on organizations to fight for queer people in Palestine given the tract record of how Palestine deals with people on the LGBTQ spectrum. In 2016‚ Hamas executed one of their own after he slept with a man. Then‚ in 2023‚ a man was beheaded for being gay. Brendan O’Neill from The Telegraph wrote about this irony back in November when he admitted that when he’d first heard the phrase “Queers for Palestine‚” he thought it was some sort of joke. He also noted that many queer Palestinians go to Israel for more rights and posed the question: "How do you think that relationship is going to change now that Israel and Hamas are at war?" It is grotesque that in New York‚ London and Berlin‚ young gay people who enjoy every right known to man are singing the praises of a nation that would happily persecute them‚ and damning a nation in which they could live freely and happily. “Queers for Palestine” is condemning “Queers in Palestine” to further torment and tyranny. O’Neill went on to say that these queers were merely putting their virtue signaling above other people’s actual needs. If queers were free in Palestine like the group advocated for Wednesday‚ their pronouns would be “was/were” as Palestine is not a country that acknowledges anything on the LGBTQ spectrum. Attendees were told not to talk to any media and were forced to wear masks. Though we had to put them on too in order to be near event queers‚ we could smell the BO and rotting STDs through our N-95’s and that made an imprint on us that will make the event hard to forget. In all‚ this was just another failed attempt by confused progressives about the reality of this war overseas and the role that queer people play‚ or rather don’t play‚ in it. Follow us on Twitter/X: Woke Of The Weak: Exposing The Reality of Transgender Mental Illness Only leftists could watch this video and think there is nothing wrong going on here. pic.twitter.com/fratl8k6Kb — MRCTV (@mrctv) February 13‚ 2024
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