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  6. What are you listening to Part the Third

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    30 minutes ago, TMoney said:

    Glad for her fans. For the rest of us who are agnostic, hope we see a bit less of her in 2024. It has been suffocating, to say the least.

    If you look at recent past winners, she may need to worry. 

    Newt Gingrich
    Rudy Giuliani
    George W. Bush
    "You" (I never realized we all won)
    Vladimir Putin (previously and nominated again this year)

     

  9. RIP someone or another

    in Off Topic

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    39 minutes ago, Knuckledragger said:

    I don't want to be a turd in the punchbowl, but the square cropping on the album cover absolutely ruins the brilliant framing of the original.  EE hit the rule of thirds just right and made brilliant use of selective DoF in California Kiss.  The album cover might as well be an Instagram filter. 

    Still significantly cropped, but the other side of the jacket. 

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  16. The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

    in Miscellaneous

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    3 hours ago, dsavitsk said:

    20JAPANESE-PHOTO-NOTEBOOK-SUGIMOTO-01-pv

    What Is Photography? (No Need to Answer That.)

    Two exhibitions by Japanese artists raise deep questions about the medium, and — refreshingly — leave them hanging.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/arts/design/sugimoto-moriyama-london.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk0.x_6d.KSjSSxKzHl3A&smid=url-share

     

    For those in SF, there’s also a Sugimoto exhibit at the Fraenkel through next month. 

    https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/a-closer-look-hiroshi-sugimoto-brush-impression 

     

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  19. World War 3 Thread

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by blessingx

    I'll stop after this post, but Ezra Klein & NYTimes did a couple podcasts recently, one from the Palestinian and one from the Jewish Israeli perspective. I clarified on the latter as 1/5th of population of Israel is Arab, a group possibly pulled in multiple directions, though obviously there are diverse opinions on all sides. The goal of the podcasts, as stated, is not to pick who won, but, if possible, to understand some of both. If you don't have any interest in that probably best to skip. 

     

    Why Palestinians Feel They’ve Been ‘Duped’

    The Palestinian policy analyst and writer Amjad Iraqi on how Gaza’s past, present and future look from his eyes. 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-amjad-iraqi.html

     

    What Israelis Fear the World Does Not Understand

    The writer Yossi Klein Halevi talks about why many Israelis see the ongoing conflict as an “existential war.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yossi-klein-halevi.html

     

    (also on Apple, Spotify, etc.)

     

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  20. World War 3 Thread

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    After everything said here recently, it's probably worth reading today's look back at the last serious attempt at peace, including the rise of Hamas and Netanyahu. Plenty of complications and blame to spread around. For those without NYT subscriptions PDF attached. 

    Thirty years ago, a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seemed achievable. The story of how it fell apart reveals why the fight remains so intractable today.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/20/magazine/israel-gaza-oslo-accords.html

    Why the Oslo Accord Between Israelis and Palestinians Failed.pdf

     

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  21. World War 3 Thread

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    This is the third time I've tried to start a response and twice attempted to PM you directly Mike. I wasn't sure how to respond to your non-bullet, bullet list with a single emoji, and once you posted about no comments and your lack of surprise at HC silence, even less so. 

    I don't pretend to understand the weight of all the historic injustices in play in the Levant or peoples from there (the Holocaust most obviously, but also Spanish & Portuguese Inquisitions, The Crusades, forced migrations, etc.). However not only one side here was affected by those, especially the last two, and I most certainly don't support protecting oneself at all costs. That applies to the US or any other state or people. Look at awful 9/11 AND the awful 9/11 response. When W. said "you're either with us or against us" I thought most understood that wasn't the best path forward.  

    I have to admit, probably my being naive, I can't remember during my life even having sympathy for innocents on both sides got you labeled as not supportive enough on one side. That feels different, though I know further back it was quite common.

    I hope we all feel similarly against terrorism, minimizing collateral damage, long-term peace goals, democratic governments, etc. If that's the case, it's probably why it goes less spoken. We already agree. 

    But we all have additional lines too, and one of mine is cutting off food and water to an entire population. That's just waaay too far over the line on the at all costs yardstick and I can't believe people aren't starting every conversation with that fact. Not invalidating power structure or history or identity, etc. It's complicated history, but one side actively starving out the entire other side is the opposite of complicated. 

    So for what it's worth I've given $2,500 so far to try to help slightly there. Hopefully humanitarian channels will further open. 

     

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