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For decades, one of the most reliable pillars of pro-Israel sentiment in the United States was not just Jews but conservative Christians. That support had a theological motor: Israel mattered not just as an ally on a Cold War map, but as a central actor on the map of the End Times. Put simply, Christians needed Jews to return to the homeland of Israel to usher in the second coming of Christ.

But now, that theological motor is sputtering.

This is the Fallout season I did not expect.

Crossposted from https://lemmy.zip/post/49109342

Amnesty International boss says "many private entities have knowingly contributed to or benefited from Israel’s genocide in Gaza"

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/09/19/amnesty-international-reveals-names-of-15-companies-involved-in-genocide-in-gaza/

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Crossposted from https://sh.itjust.works/post/46325645

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/31500488

"Sound engineers pointing out in the comments that the applause is from an indoor audience on an outdoor event," wrote one user

Social media users are ridiculing Donald Trump and FOX News Channel after the network was accused of adding fake applause sounds to footage of the President's military parade last weekend.

Users pointed out that footage of Trump's remarks during the event which aired on FOX News was accompanied by applause sounds that didn't sound correct for the setting. Furthermore, they pointed out that the footage of the same point in the event aired on other networks, such as PBS, was not accompanied by the same cheering.

Republicans on the panel voted down a series of proposed amendments from Democrats, including one that would bar the deportation of U.S. citizens, with Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) calling it “batshit crazy” that such a resolution would even be needed to stem the tide of problematic deportations.

Beyond the immigration priorities in the bill, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) drew attention to the very last provision of the bill — one that would limit the ability of courts to enforce contempt orders issued against the Trump administration. Goldman accused the Trump administration of flouting a Supreme Court directive to “facilitate” the return of mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“You would think that [my Republican colleagues] would say, ‘Huh, let’s make sure that our president is actually following court orders, because if he’s not following court orders, then why would anyone else follow court orders – and our entire system breaks down.’ That is clearly what Donald Trump wants to do. He wants to be a king who gets to make all of these decisions himself,” he said.

Crossposted from https://feddit.org/post/11661559

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/164272

The core of the new Dungeons & Dragons rules have been released into the Creative Commons so you can use them when you publish your own D&D material

Last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that when the three core books that formed Dungeons & Dragons' updated 2024 ruleset were out, the essence of those rules—the System Reference Document, or SRD—would be made available under a Creative Commons licence. And now, it has.

This is a big deal because, while D&D's 5th edition rules SRD was previously available under the terms of the Open Gaming Licence, or OGL, it was potentially subject to revision. Letting the basics of the most popular tabletop RPG be used by third-party developers—who could sell their creations and retain the rights to them—had made more niche publications like Weekend at Strahd's and the Uncaged series possible. But when a draft of a possible restriction to the OGL leaked a couple of years ago, the community reacted with outrage.

Releasing this new SRD, version 5.2, under the Creative Commons—specifically the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0)—means it can't be taken back. And third-party publishers citing it only need to include a single sentence rather than the whole chunk of text the OGL required.

SRD 5.2 also includes more stuff than SRD 5.1 did. It contains multiple feats rather than just one, for starters. It also includes the 2024 update's weapon masteries, 20 more spells, 15 magic items, rules for playing a goliath or orc, and a bunch of additional monsters—the 2024 version of the Monster Manual added a fun rule where a troll's arm or leg could get cut off mid-fight and keep attacking you, which is now part of the SRD, as are rules for Bugbear Stalkers, Swarms of Crawling Claws, Vampire Familiars, and more.

What's not in the SRD are rules for trademarked monsters like illithids and beholders, or the artificer class, rules for bastions, or for playing an aasimar (a person who is part-celestial being, and a counterpart to the tiefling's part-fiend). "These exclusions are based on brand identity protection, licensing strategy, and intellectual property rights", Wizards of the Coast explained in its FAQ.

It's still a chunky 361-page PDF. If you're not looking to create your own D&D material but would just like to learn how to play, Wizards of the Coast also uploaded the new D&D Beyond Basic Rules to give you a way in if, say, you've put 100 hours into Baldur's Gate 3 and would like to take this thing out for a spin around a table with your friends.

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Yup, it’s weed. I got high. Then I ate some crackers.

Hell yeah.

7/10

It’s not even a real challenge. They’re either too easy, or they instakill, which just ruins the entire experience.

The whole, “Ahh, you thought I was dead, but now I’m changing” bullshit gets old, too. They’re granted a new, full health bar. Neat.

It doesn’t seem like they’ve done much balancing at all, unless they’ve nerfed builds. That’s about it.

Had a user here on the Tankie thread that was obviously just being contentious for the sake of it, and being insulting to users here.

I hate being that person who bans, deletes posts, etc. It seems kind of authoritarian to me. So please, lovely Lemmings, be cool to each other.

Yahoo UK has the story, but Yahoo in America says it's 404'd. 🤔

Aside from the more obvious reasons that this is terrible, I also have selfish reasons for being upset about this (I'll edit this later).

This is the first time I've smoked this strain, and holy shit, it's nice.

Pretty strong, but a nice, happy high.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39093288

The doge[.]gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.”

Doge[.]gov was hastily deployed after Elon Musk told reporters Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency is “trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, our actions—we post our actions to the DOGE handle on X, and to the DOGE website.” At the time, DOGE was an essentially blank webpage. It was built out further Wednesday and Thursday, and now shows a mirror of the @DOGE X account posts, as well as various stats about the U.S. government’s federal workforce.

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/32356197