The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals to Shop in 2025
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Jewish "Genius"
I often stumble across fascinating tidbits that have nothing to do with my research, but I wish they did. In this post in the "Social History Blog", historian Omri Eilat responds to readers complaints regarding an earlier piece he posted about Ottoman military governor Jamal Pasha, where he acknowledged that Jamal Pasha aspired to establish a modern society on a rational and scientific basis.
When accused of whitewashing Jamal's crimes against humanity, Eilat replied that modernity and rationality are loaded terms with contradictory meanings that confuse more than clarify. Liberalism, socialism, fascism, and Islamic fundamentalism are all modern phenomena. Describing Jamal Pasha's aspirations for a rational, scientific society carries no moral judgment—it's simply using his own language.
The second thing that drew readers' attention was information about Gedalia Wilbushevich, who oversaw Damascus city planning under Jamal Pasha during World War I.
Israelis don't need a historian for that explanation. They know he was chosen for his superior European education and Jewish brilliance—obvious proof that Jews naturally outclass local Arabs intellectually. The notion of Jewish supremacy runs so deep in Israeli and Jewish consciousness that I barely noticed it until I read some of the comments.
Eilat quickly deflates this fantasy. Like anyone who finished high school will tell you, the Ottoman Empire had been modernizing for decades through the Tanzimat reforms of 1839-1876, which overhauled administration, law, military, and society while establishing equal citizenship regardless of faith or ethnicity. By 1917, European-educated professionals filled the empire's ranks. Arabs, Turks, and Armenians studied at European universities or learned from European professors in Istanbul. Even David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first PM, studied law in Thessaloniki and, as a big fan of Atatürk, aspired to become an Ottoman before switching sides.
Educated Eastern European Jews like Wilbushevich were actually the exception—and disadvantaged. Russia's numerus clausus severely limited Jewish university and high school access, forcing ambitious students to flee to Switzerland, Germany, or Austria. Ottoman subjects enjoyed direct access to imperial universities and European education. Eastern European Jews were educational refugees. The Haskalah movement's modern schools in the Pale of Settlement weren't universities—they were desperate workarounds for educational apartheid.
So what's the real explanation? Jamal Pasha's game was power politics through "ethnic engineering"—dismantling Damascus's established networks by importing outsiders with zero local ties. Aaron Aaronsohn, a more famous expert he hired, later spied for the British. This pattern echoes throughout history: rulers consistently recruited Jews precisely because their outsider status seemed to guarantee loyalty to the sovereign rather than local networks.
Acknowledging that Ottoman Arabs matched Jewish qualifications means abandoning cherished myths about innate Jewish "genius." A hard pill to swallow (but don't worry, we have full statistics of Nobel Prize winners).
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ג'מאל פאשא, הארמנים והישוב היהודי: תגובה לפולמוס - הסדנה להיסטוריה חברתית
מאמרו של עמרי אילת על התגייסותה של האליטה המקצועית של היישוב היהודי למאמץ המלחמתי העות'מאני בתקופת מלחמת העולם הראשונה עורר עניין רב וביקורת, כאן וברשתות החברתיות. עמרי אילת מגיב למבקריםהארץ
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La imagen muestra un emblema circular en blanco y negro. En el centro, hay un diseño abstracto que representa una máscara de guerrero nórdico con alas, flanqueado por dos cuervos. Encima de la máscara, se encuentra un símbolo que parece un hacha invertida. Alrededor del emblema, en un arco, se lee "CLAN ÁSATRÚ ARGENTINA" en una fuente gótica. El diseño es simétrico y evoca un estilo nórdico, con elementos que sugieren una conexión con la mitología nórdica y la cultura vikinga.
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The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them.
The rise of end times fascism
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Pogacar, 100 di queste vittorie! Sprint da re, VdP e Vingegaard si arrendono
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Pogacar, 100 di queste vittorie! Sprint da re, VdP e Vingegaard si arrendono
Lo sloveno vince la volata ristretta con l'olandese (che resta in giallo) e il danese, raggiungendo un traguardo clamoroso a 26 anniCiro Scognamiglio (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
With Trump you get 6!
These 5 dictators had the worst ends to their reigns of terror
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These dictators had the worst ends to their reigns of terror
Dictators usually end one of two ways: a child takes the place of the elder dictator, or the people rise up and depose their tyrant.Team Mighty (We Are The Mighty)
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Russia's crude exports fall to lowest level since February
Seaborne crude flows averaged 3.12 million barrels a day over the four weeks to July 6, a 3% decline from the previous period ending June 29, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
Il grande vuoto che allenta la tensione l MEDIA INAF
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Il grande vuoto che allenta la tensione
Secondo due astronomi britannici, la Terra si trova all'interno di un enorme vuoto cosmico. Una specie di bolla dell'ordine di un miliardo di anni luce di raggio e con una densità circa il 20 per cento inferiore alla media, all'interno della quale la…Maura Sandri (MEDIA INAF)
TIL, The Boeing 747 Still Uses Floppy Disks For Software Updates
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The Boeing 747 Still Uses Floppy Disks For Software Updates: Here's Why
It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.Paul Stadden (Jalopnik)
A Marsiglia un incendio ha causato la chiusura dell'aeroporto - Il Post
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"Assembled on the Knee": The US Army Again Wants to Introduce 3D Printing of Drones Directly on the Front Lines
The US Army wants to introduce 3D printing of drones directly to the front lines. They are looking for options on how to effectively implement this idea. This is reported by the American portal Breaking Defense.Кузмицкий (Военное обозрение)
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Three men convicted in London arson plot tied to Russia's Wagner Group
The ringleader, Dylan Earl, 21, had already pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the 2024 blaze targeting companies that were supplying Elon Musk's Starlink satellite equipment to Ukraine.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
Rumor is that Gym’s only sorry that he didn’t get to play himself! Show biz!?!
Rep. Jim Jordan knew about and shrugged off OSU wrestling sexual abuse, victims say
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En la imagen, se observa a un hombre con una larga barba blanca, vestido con una túnica roja sobre una camisa blanca, de pie frente a una mesa cubierta con una tela blanca. Detrás de él, hay una bandera negra con un diseño de patrones celtas. La mesa está adornada con varios objetos, incluyendo una vela amarilla, un recipiente de madera, un cuerno de res, una lámpara de metal antiguo, y otros elementos que parecen tener un significado ritual. A la izquierda, se puede ver un escudo con inscripciones y un diseño circular. El fondo muestra un cielo azul con algunas nubes y un seto verde. La escena sugiere un ambiente de ritual o ceremonia, posiblemente relacionado con tradiciones nórdicas o celtas.
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Ailbhe Rea: Starmer’s Challenging Future Without a Policy Change
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Don’t miss Gym Jordan’s star turn!
Congressman Jim Jordan plays key role in 'Surviving Ohio State' doc on Richard Strauss scandal dispatch.com/story/news/2025/0…
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Congressman Jim Jordan plays key role in 'Surviving Ohio State' doc on Richard Strauss scandal
Rep. Jim Jordan is accused in a new HBO documentary of knowing about abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss at Ohio State., The Columbus Dispatch (The Columbus Dispatch)
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"Les événements de la cause animale du mercredi 9 juillet 2025
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Google Pixel 10 Pro: spuntano foto reali del prototipo EVT
#Android #Design #Google #Leak #Pixel10Pro #Prototipo #Smartphone #TechNews #Tecnologia
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Google Pixel 10 Pro: spuntano foto reali del prototipo EVT
Foto del prototipo Google Pixel 10 Pro emergono online: design in linea con i rendering, chip Tensor G5 e lente periscopica in vista del lancio imminente.CeoTech
Everything about how we “teach”, from cradle to grave, is rooted in reward and punishment.
Carrot and stick. Approval and shame. Gold stars or public correction. Praise or punishment.
It’s a formula we’ve accepted without question for so long that we don’t even recognize it as a formula anymore. We don’t question it…we optimize it.
We design “better” systems, stronger incentives, clearer rubrics. We implement tools for behavior management and compliance. And rarely do we stop to ask:
The path forward is here. We just have to be brave enough to walk it. Together.
I've been decolonizing whiteness pretty heavily in myself lately, and when I've written about it, it's resonated heavily with white people. It feels like there's a yearning in some to get back to our own precolonial roots. It's bigger than bigotry and race. It's a worldview that situates us in opposition to nature and drives us to dominate on behalf of our superiors.
This disconnection from our bodies, each other, and nature is unnatural, and we intuitively feel this while at the same time don't understand how to speak with our intuition. I've been on that journey for decades but only recently have had enough pieces to see the larger picture and associated those internal feelings with the ancient colonialism that my ancestors were absorbed into more than a thousand years ago.
But whiteness is the cult that America is indoctrinated with, and it's been no different than when I deconstructed the Mormonism I was raised in — difficult but enlightening.
I've been learning how to present these ideas to non-left people, and it's been resonating with some of my family. "Whiteness isn't about the color of your skin. It's an ideology that's been imposed on us that happens to use skin color as the starting point of who to exclude and rank. Here's how it works to keep all of us down." Lots of nodding and participating instead of defensiveness and arguing.
Reward/punishment is just the tip of our iceberg.
La ragazza ucraina scomparsa venerdì a Carovigno, in Puglia, è stata ritrovata impiccata - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/07/08/ragazza-ucraina-scomparsa-carovigno-puglia-trovata/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Magi-fantasma alla Camera per i referendum, due giorni di interdizione. “Procedura sproporzionata”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/07/08/news/riccardo_magi_fantasma_camera_referendum_piueuropa-424718772/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Magi-fantasma alla Camera per i referendum, due giorni di interdizione. “Procedura sproporzionata”
Lo scorso 14 maggio la protesta del segretario di +Europa in aula. La decisione dell’ufficio di presidenza di Montecitorio. Azione vota con la maggioranza che …Gabriella Cerami (la Repubblica)
🚨 Mastodon 4.4.0 is out now! 🐘
Lots of new features & fixes - but watch out when updating!
👉 This time, a simple 'docker compose pull && docker compose up -d' won’t be enough!
Make sure to read the release and update notes carefully:
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Release v4.4.0 · mastodon/mastodon
Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ⚠️ The minimum supported version for Redis has been bumped to 6.2 ⚠️ The minimum supported version for PostgreSQL ha...GitHub
I'm hoping that when I put this on I don't immediately take a quest into the nearest wall.
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I hope the cat is OK 😉
Narrator: Jim did exactly the same thing last night, after turning off the last light before bed.
*The cat is OK 😅
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"Les autorités libyennes ont annoncé lundi avoir intercepté 113 migrants au large de leurs côtes lors d'opérations distinctes sur trois jours. Les corps de trois migrants subsahariens ont également été découverts sur une plage de Misrata."
St. Jude Children's Hospital's fundraising arm selects new CEO in midst of global expansion
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Interviews would be so much easier if we could all just tell the truth.
“What interested you about this job?”
“It pays well and seems like I won’t have to kill myself doing it.”
BOJ Faces Inflation Risks and Has Room for Hikes, Nakaso Says
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È possibile costruire solide istituzioni di pubblica amministrazione nel Sud globale?
Traduzione italiana della 27° newsletter del 2025 di Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research sulle istituzioni pubbliche nel Sud globale.Rosa (Potere al Popolo)
Anthem chiude e diventa l'ultima vittima dell'industria dei videogiochi
https://www.wired.it/article/anthem-chiusura-conservazione-videogiochi-stop-killing-games/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Anthem chiude e diventa l'ultima vittima dell'industria dei videogiochi
Gli sviluppatori hanno annunciato che Anthem verrà messo offline all'inizio del 2026. Nel frattempo, un movimento si batte per salvare altri giochi dall'oblioMegan Farokhmanesh (Wired Italia)
⛔️🇨🇳Germany has accused China of targeting its aircraft with a laser attack. Germany’s Foreign Ministry stated that Chinese military forces used a laser against a German aircraft participating in the EU’s ASPIDES (more) #Ukraine #Germany #Mastodon #Brussels #SHAPE #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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🇩🇪🇨🇳 Germany has accused China of targeting its aircraft with a laser attack. Germany’s Foreign Ministry stated that Chinese military forces used a laser against a German aircraft participating in the EU’s ASPIDES naval operation in the Red Sea.Telegram
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