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Mark [a 4-year old Ukrainian boy] survived the attack, [...] thanks to his mother’s quick thinking and protection, but he has endured injuries and a trauma that will take many years to heal. He suffered from fractures to his skull, a crushed nose and injuries that have left him blind in one eye.

There has been a significant rise in child casualties in Ukraine in recent months as Russia indiscriminately targets heavily populated civilian areas, with 222 children killed or injured between March and May this year and 2,889 in total since the start of the invasion. Given the delay in verifying deaths, the UN says the true number is likely to be much higher.

Ukrainian rights group say Russia’s attacks are not accidental and should be more strongly condemned by international leaders. “Under international humanitarian law, deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure – especially schools, hospitals, and places where children gather – is considered a war crime,” says Daria Kasyanova, chair of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network.

Amnesty says it has documented “numerous instances of Russian forces conducting indiscriminate attacks in Ukraine, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties” and that “indiscriminate strikes that kill or injure civilians constitute war crimes”.

Even if the conflict ends, Ukraine now has one of the highest prevalence of explosive remnants of war and landmines globally, says the UN, which are likely to cause continuing casualties among children in particular far into the future.

For children such as Mark who have survived, the injuries – physical and emotional – that have been inflicted are life-changing. A Unicef survey earlier this year, estimated at least one in five children in Ukraine have experienced a personal loss to the war, whether a sibling, parent or friend.

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HARVARD IS ABOUT TO CAPITULATE!!! THIS WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM!

Originally Posted By u/Professional-Arm-37 At 2025-07-30 01:51:09 PM | Source

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/26658937

Not my OC

[dude with glasses in a communist t-shirt, arguing] I'm the only leftist here, your opinions are TRASH

[dude holding a theory book on smug, arguing] Read theory you losers, you're all WRONG

[dude in an anarchist hoodie, arguing] Nuh-uh, I'm the only leftist here, you're SHITLIBS

[the three dudes are now caught in a cartoon fight, glasses gone flying, punches everywhere, while a firing squad of nazis are targeting them with rifles]

[a confused nazi asks] Why… why are they still arguing?

https://thebad.website/comic/infighting

Last spring, the United States quietly placed long-range missile launchers within reach of China’s mainland — and almost no one noticed. There was no congressional debate, no televised announcement, and no vote. It was the latest step of a growing military partnership with the Philippines, just across the South China Sea.

The U.S. has been steadily expanding its military footprint in the Philippines as part of its broader strategy against China, a nuclear-armed rival. With little public scrutiny or accountability, Washington is now preparing to deploy a second Typhon missile system to the Philippines. Experts and U.S. officials have widely acknowledged that the confrontational policy could bring the U.S. into direct conflict with China.

“We are being used as a training ground, as an experiment ground for the U.S. missile system,” Mong Palatino, the secretary-general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, a progressive civil society coalition, told The Intercept. “It endangers our population, it undermines our security. The lesson here is that we will not be able to be self-reliant as long as we are dependent on a former colonial master like the U.S. in protecting our sovereignty.”

You can feel the people in power getting scared of more class solidarity, so I feel like they are trying to bury the story as much as possible like they are with Luigi. Idk. Just venting, I know it’s only been a day. But I feel like it should still be top story on redit, but tom cruise is (barf)

Originally Posted By u/Spirited-Joke5545 At 2025-07-30 09:32:37 AM | Source

North and South by Alberto Gonzalez

./n/North_And_South.ay?#0
Title: North and South
Author: Alberto Gonzalez
#ZXSpectrum
#chiptune

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33715053

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/48902942

Judge ruled that the removal of the 3 bike lanes will put 'people at increased risk of harm and death'

The judge ruled Wednesday that Cycle Toronto and others "have established that removal of the target bike lanes will put people at increased risk of harm and death, which engages the right to life and security of the person."

I was a huge fan of Amazon from a usability perspective. Unmatched, I'd say!

But there are obvious reasons against it: Worker exploitation and the political situation.

Got to admit, I'm a "soft-quitter", still got my account and still order there as a last resort.

My latest purchase: Several different types of heavy-duty storage racks.

Method used for shelf type one (4x):

• Amazon for search & comparison
• tried the product on geizhals.de, but to my surprise, it omitted the manufacturer as an option!
• went directly to the manufacturer, who had a very decent paypal checkout integration (obviously, invoice / wire transfer and auto-fill form would be preferable)

Price compared to Amazon: Exactly the same.

Method used for shelf type two (2x):

• Wanted to try the new ChatGPT "Agent" to do a research based on a list of criteria. (I know, it's not European!)
• Quite happy with the results, which included a table with metrics such as "price per storage area". It did not include any Amazon results and showed mostly manufacturer stores
• It had this as the top result: https://juskys.de/products/2er-set-lagerregal-easy-160-x-80-x-40-cm#%3A%7E%3Atext=Mit+bis+zu+640+kg%2Cbelastbar
• I decided to go with a bigger version of that
• Checkout was just slightly quirky, but lost no more than 3 minutes compared to Amazon

This is what ChatGPT Agent generated. Is it a viable shopping method in general? We'll see. In any case, it's not European, and there are huge environmental issues with it. Similar results might be gained from asking online, like in a home community.