30,000 Palestinians killed.

— World leaders: “Israel has a right to defend itself.”

7 international aid workers killed.

— World leaders: “ISRAEL HAS GONE TOO FAR!”

If your moral values change depending on the nationality of the victims, you do not have any moral values.

All you have is racism.

me: my first husband and I amiably separated

an AI-powered autocorrect: most people don't use an adverb there, it would read so much better if you simplified that to just "separated"

me: NO IT ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK WOULD NOT

An interesting thing about the XZ sabotage is that, while it was very cleverly obfuscated (congratulations to Andres Freund for finding it!), once found, it is very clear that it's a deliberate backdoor. It can't be explained away as an ordinary bug that introduced a vulnerability.

Says something about the tradeoff space the attacker was working in.

A rabbi was asked by one of his students “Why did God create atheists?” After a long pause, the rabbi finally responded with a soft but sincere voice. “God created atheists” he said, “to teach us the most important lesson of them all – the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs an act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that God commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his actions are based on his sense of morality. Look at the kindness he bestows on others simply because he feels it to be right. When someone reaches out to you for help. You should never say ‘I’ll pray that God will help you.’ Instead, for that moment, you should become an atheist – imagine there is no God who could help, and say ‘I will help you’.”

— Martin Buber, “Tales of the Hasidim”