Kashif Shah

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Retired .NET enterprise software developer and computing nerd. 
Bachelor of Arts dual-degrees in Mathematics and Psychology. 
Neurodivergent and “medically frail”. 
Pakistani-Irish-American, Radical Moderate, and (illiterate) Muslim. 
Occasional enjoyer of kayaking and sport touring by car or motorcycle.
 Connoisseur of science fiction and national-chain pizza. 
#RatifyICESCR #UNUDHR #VoteYourConscience

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2024-10-25 00:20:29 UTC

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i think i’m picking up what you are putting down, so to speak
in short, we shouldn’t expect any given State to exist tomorrow.
the traditional conception of “separatist” movements is difficult to directly apply to Palestine, today, given the pre-existing legal constraints
Punjab was practically split down the middle during partition, so perhaps we can learn something from that.
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2024-10-24 23:38:21 UTC

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i don’t follow - India and Pakistan are two separate, fully functional states.
that automatically makes it hypothetically feasible and practical to have a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine, from my perspective
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2024-10-24 22:52:52 UTC

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well, we have simple logic:
A) No-State Solution
B) One-State Solution
C) Two-State Solution
D) Both-State Solution
A) is vacuous
What historical examination can we make for B)?
In examination of C), we can take India-Pakistan as a case study, as it arose from a similar situation with regard to the UK and WWII.
D) little idea what that would look like
#palestine #kashmir
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2024-10-24 22:30:52 UTC

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that was the Arab position in the original negotiations with the UK and the mandate
what makes you think that the two-state solution is immoral or impractical?
postscript: I think it would be immoral to impose a two-state solution on the people of Palestine and Israel, if in the course of their self-determination, they determine they would prefer a single-state solution

2024-10-24 21:50:08 UTC

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the “Ultra-Zionists” have historically been and up till now been impeding justice for the people of Israel.
they make unlawful claims to land, assasinate key players in the peace process, and spread misinformation to the people of the world.
Ultra-Iranians have done and are doing equal or worse in the name of Palestine.
“Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

2024-10-24 04:15:46 UTC

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neither am i, heh - have just been digging into the details of the root causes of these issues

2024-10-24 04:14:25 UTC

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my understanding is that the veto only applies within the Security Council and not the overall General Assembly
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148896
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2024-10-24 04:06:52 UTC

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re: Jewish voices: a holocaust survivor gave a university lecture that i attended: key message was to “remove the word hate from your dictionary”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/holocaust-survivors-gaza-genocide

2024-10-24 04:01:46 UTC

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“Finland’s president said Monday that the UN Security Council has failed in its main task to preserve peace, adding that his country will make three proposals, including scrapping the veto powers of UN Security Council members.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/finland-to-propose-scrapping-veto-power-of-all-un-security-council-members/3338679

2024-10-24 03:49:23 UTC

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heh, some things they will not be able to veto (e.g., resolutions regarding genocide)

2024-10-24 03:47:22 UTC

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it’s like donating to charity - should be done outside of the holidays, too.
The UN is about to be exciting - countries are actively calling to restrict the Security Council ability to veto.
#NoPeremptoryVeto #UN #unitednations

2024-10-23 01:00:06 UTC

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I highly recommend MX Linux for Windows power users.
There’s a live version that you can download to test out before committing to installing, too.
https://mxlinux.org/

2024-10-22 20:01:14 UTC

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““If you empathize with radical Islamic terrorists and extremists, you’re disqualified,” he said. “If you want to abolish the state of Israel, you’re disqualified. If you support Hamas or any ideology that’s having to do with that or any of the other really sick thoughts that go through people’s minds – very dangerous thoughts – you’re disqualified.””
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/trump-muslim-ban-gaza-refugees

2024-10-19 02:53:39 UTC

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This is better:
“The ICJ, the U.N.’s world court, ruled that the U.N. and other international organizations were under an “obligation not to recognize as legal the situation arising from the unlawful presence” of Israel in the West Bank. The court called on the U.N. to “consider the precise modalities and further action required to bring to an end as rapidly as possible the unlawful presence of the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
https://jewishinsider.com/2024/10/united-nations-general-assembly-palestinian-authority-israel

2024-10-19 02:42:55 UTC

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I’m not sure that I understand your question - so what if the US defunds UN? Or so what that Ted Cruz is attempting to protect Israel?

2024-10-19 02:37:21 UTC

“If Israel is suspended from the U.N. General Assembly, we will move to limit American participation and funding across the U.N., including U.N. Programmes, Funds, and Other Entities and Bodies, as well as its Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations, both those in which the PLO participates and generally,” Cruz writes in the letter.
https://jewishinsider.com/2024/10/ted-cruz-threatens-to-defund-u-n-if-palestinians-succeed-with-israel-expulsion-effort/
#israel #palestine #un #unitednations
#uspol

2024-10-14 21:34:27 UTC

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because it is easier to kill than to serve justice

2024-10-14 02:02:20 UTC

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I’ve heard so many gamers say things like “it’s not a war crime if it’s the first time” when playing video games
would definitely be a sort of infotainment to see mommy spank the kids
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2024-10-14 01:44:43 UTC

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Pretty sad, when what we need is a prosecutor.

2024-10-14 01:33:45 UTC

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Oh, she’s one of the Iran war hawks? Lovely…
Pretty easy to weaken Iran - free Palestine so that Iran can’t keep leveraging the movement for power in the Middle East.

2024-10-14 01:28:28 UTC

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she made two glaring errors, in my mind
1) during the debated she asked people to join her campaign instead of asking people to register to vote
2) she hasn’t leveraged her prosecution experience to actively fight for the rights of Palestine

2024-10-11 13:51:35 UTC

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“From a sustainability point of view such technology needs an extremely well argued case for still being deployed today. Merely increasing profit for a few is no such case and given the fact that LLMs are largely used for misinformation, surveillance, and desire creation (Castor & Gerard, 2023), it is hard to see why such systems should exist at all.”

2024-10-10 20:45:19 UTC

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fascism won’t be solved at the ballot box, it is solved in peoples’ minds.
the reason that is marching in is because the people in power since Carter have failed to do their international duty to implement human rights.
replacing fascist right with fascist left is no solution

2024-10-10 20:37:21 UTC

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you do realize that the average human is about as smart as the smartest bullfrog, right?

2024-10-10 20:36:34 UTC

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wtf does creating new parties have to do with “changing the electoral system” and what gives you the right to dictate that we are only allowed to have two parties?

2024-10-10 20:34:51 UTC

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this is why i despise democrats and republicans, they both believe that the american people are stupid and require coerced submission

2024-10-10 20:31:57 UTC

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i believe in gathering representation around ideas and philosphies that are constantly in flux, not cults that last forever

2024-10-10 20:29:45 UTC

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let the party die, i say

2024-10-10 20:25:04 UTC

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or be cool and start a new party or voting bloc in congress so that we don’t have to vote for democrats and republicans any more

2024-10-06 17:02:48 UTC

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excuse me? check your assumptions about me

2024-10-06 16:50:06 UTC

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i mean, Musk did just get on stage with Trump and imply that if Trump doesn’t win, there would no longer be a country

2024-10-06 14:07:44 UTC

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why can we not just amend the constitution so that these anti-americans can secede their states from the union?