Interesting Links for 31-12-2023

[andrewducker]

1. For the Safety of Jews and Palestinians, Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism

(tags:Jews Israel Palestine bigotry )

2. The British now basically blame Brexit for *everything*

(tags:UK Europe polls )

3. Generative AI produces copyright infringements from the vaguest of prompts

(tags:ai copyright )

4. China's Xi goes full Stalin with purge

(tags:china politics authoritarianism )

5. New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics

(tags:gravity relativity physics quantum )

Comments

[calimac]

1) It's definitely true that criticism of Israel is sometimes incorrectly labeled as anti-semitism. But it's equally true that anti-semitism is sometimes disguised as legitimate criticism of Israel. The difference lies in the nature and basis of the criticism. The writer of this piece mentions putting things to the "smell test," and some of this definitely reeks. The current crisis has flushed out a lot of previously hidden anti-semites as well as hysterical over-reactors on the other side.

[mountainkiss]

Agreed.