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Here's something I did that's very eye opening.

- Use ChatGPT to get a list of landmarks in Gaza (historical, religious, medical, educational...)

- Find the wikipedia for a landmark (hit or miss), and copy the coordinates from the upper right hand corner

- Open "Google Earth" and paste the coordinates

- Use the "Show historical imagery" button to compare the 2023 image to the most recent

You'll see with your own eyes that the majority of all notable landmarks are just about destroyed, obviously targeted, and most of the google earth images are at least a year old.

Every single university ChatGPT lists as the top 5 in gaza are gone. And you can see from the historical images that these were very nice, well-groomed campuses. All of the greenery is gone. I had heard it beforehand, but this process of self-discovery with google earth hit a little bit different

I saw this yesterday which really changed my mind: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/1000000103701...

per a couple of articles [0][1]

- only 28% percent of members voted

- virtual discussion for resolution prior to voting was cancelled

- didn't allow dissenting opinions published on list serve

- The association has recently expanded its membership and there are little qualifications to become a member. The association had been mostly made up of scholars, but now includes figures like activists and artists,

- if somebody reads actual resolution, it reads like fine collection of tiktok videos.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-02-2025/#li...

I can't understand just how is Israel able to deliver precision strikes in Iran basically landing explosives to key personnel bedrooms (which is impressive!), but w.r.t. Hamas -- allegedly a weaker adversary -- it just isn't possible! We have to end 60k people first.

Does anyone have some rational explanation?

No shit, Sherlock.

Last 5 years and especially last 3 years have been historical milestone for the developed world, and not in a good way. It spirals into something indistinguishable.

I saw paul graham tweeted "It's official. It's genocide." https://x.com/paulg/status/1962512489452618056

Related article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45097384

Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

The overton window is shifting thank Jesus. We are on the brink of awakening.

Well, if the Al-Qaida outlet says so, HNers will swallow it.

Was there a threshold as to why it wasn't one last month, for example.

Why wouldn't they? Nobody is stopping them, and it benefits them to remove a traditional enemy population. The sorts of people who seek to lead nations tend to only have performative ethics: if it benefits them to appear ethical, they'll behave ethically.