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I showed it one slide and the underlying data. Grok said there were 3 explanations that were more likely than “net harm.” After I dismantled each explanation, Grok had to admit I was right.
Executive summary
Grok 4 admits it is the best AI chatbot for resolving controversial issues such as whether the COVID vaccines were beneficial or not.
So I gave it one slide summarizing the Czech Republic record level data.
It said I was full of shit and that the 3 explanations it offered were more likely than “net harm.”
I proceeded to dismantle each of its arguments as nonsensical. Grok, after some resistance, finally had to admit that none of its explanations could explain the observed data.
Grok 4 had to eat serious crow at the end and admit I was (once again) right.
The United Nations and rights groups have slammed Israeli Aid Centres as “human slaughterhouses” and “death traps”.
Survivors and witnesses said Israeli forces fired directly at Palestinians in the al-Shakoush area, in front of one of the GHF sites.
Samir Shaat, who survived the attack, described “pools of blood” at the GHF site, and said the victims were being shrouded in the bags they had hoped to collect food in.
“The bag meant to be filled with food turned into shrouds. I swear to God it is nothing but a death trap,” he said, sitting next to the body of his friend at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. “They opened gunfire on people in a completely frenzied manner. As I carried my friend over my shoulder, I walked among martyrs.”
“The GHF keeps only one aid centre operational in Rafah, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to move to the southern part of Gaza to get food aid,” Tareq said.
“Witnesses report that the Israeli military squarely targeted hungry crowds without prior warning, causing a great deal of panic and fear along with chaotic scenes that erupted following the shooting,” he added.
“The latest attack on aid seekers underscores how no place in Gaza is safe and no act of survival is spared from Israeli strikes.”
According to doctors in Gaza, more than 800 Palestinians have been killed and 5,000 others wounded at GHF sites since the group began its operations in late May.
“The vast majority were shot in the head and legs,” said Khalil al-Degran, a spokesperson for Al-Aqsa Hospital. “We are struggling to cope with the overwhelming number of casualties amid a devastating shortage of medical supplies.”
This is Salam, just under 7 months old and suffering from serious acute malnutrition.
Yesterday, UNRWA health teams were giving her emergency treatment.
Sadly, Salam died later in the day.
She is one of thousands of malnourished children in Gaza. More cases are detected every… pic.twitter.com/heomKXNnzx
‘Extremely cruel’ Other Israeli attacks on Saturday included bombings that killed 14 Palestinians in Gaza City, four of them in a residence on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah area. That assault also wounded 10 others.
Israeli forces also hit two residential buildings in Jabalia in northern Gaza, killing 15 people, according to medical sources. Israeli strikes on the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, killed seven more people.
This video from Gaza shows the aftermath of one of the Israeli massacres, in Deir al-Balah.
Earlier as hungry women and children queued to receive aid in the form of much-needed food supplements in central Gaza, an Israeli warplane deliberately struck the gathered Palestinians.
Yet again the Zionists celebrate as they create a slaughterhouse in the street.
Most of the dead and dying were starving children.
Depraved vile sadistic Israeli mass Torture, murder and slaughter again this morning
** Israelí minister details plan to force all Gazans into an Extermination Camp called ‘Humanitarian City’
** Ceasefire still blocked as Israelis refuse guarantees, demand surrender..
** Resistance kills Israeli soldiers in ambushes
** Ansar Allah sink 2 ships and target Tel Aviv Airport in ongoing blockade demanding Gaza Ceasefire
**Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, responded to Trump’s sanctions for Report detailing western complicity in Genocide, stating that “the powerful punishing those who speak for the powerless, it is not a sign of strength, but of guilt.”
In a pair of posts on Thursday, she declared, “Let’s stand tall, together” and called on international observers to keep their attention on the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza.
“All eyes must remain on Gaza, where children are dying of starvation in their mothers’ arms, while their fathers and siblings are bombed into pieces while searching for food,” she said.
Mick Wallace told RT that: “Brussels backs Israel’s military campaigns while ignoring civilian deaths and international law..”
“As far as I’m concerned, the EU has enabled and supported the genocide in Gaza 100%,” he stated.
“The EU has shown unwavering support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza while failing to uphold international law or acknowledge the scale of Palestinian suffering,,”,
Speaking to RT on Monday, Wallace accused Brussels of being “totally complicit,”adding that the word “complicit” was not strong enough.
He singled out unelected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola for granting Israel a “blank check”
“Neither of them has said one word of criticism of Israel yet,” he said.
While public opposition to the war continues across Europe, Wallace says EU leaders have aligned themselves with what he described as the “Zionist settler-colonial project.”
Asked about an EU External Action Service review suggesting Israel may have violated human rights, Wallace dismissed the prospect of any response, “because Israel has them in their pocket.”
He pointed to the staggering number of Palestinians – including tens of thousands of children – killed by Israeli forces.
yet “the EU institutions still refuse to condemn Israel.”
But when images of starvation surfaced, EU officials abruptly declared it was “wrong to starve the Palestinians,” he said.
“Is it okay to bomb them morning, noon, and night, but not starve them?”
Wallace accused the EU leadership of having“no morals” and “no interest in international law anymore.”
Commenting on reports that EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas may propose a formal response to Israel’s actions, Wallace scoffed: “Come on. You wouldn’t give her a job in a coffee shop… She hasn’t a clue.”
The EU’s association agreement with Israel includes a human rights clause, but Wallace said it has no real effect:
“Not one single member state has broken business links with Israel yet,” he said. “The hypocrisy is dripping out of the place.”
Asked about Germany’s role as Israel’s top EU arms supplier, Wallace responded: “I would hold every EU member state culpable… The genocide is happening because both the US and Europe have given it full support.”
The conflict began with Hamas’ breakout from Gaza after decades of mass imprisonment in October 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage. Of those, 50 remain in Gaza, with fewer than half still alive.
Israel’s US enabled attacks against the trapped 2,226,544 (wiki)Palestinians has so-far massacred between 57,000, (confirmed dead by Health Ministry) and estimations over 300,000 killed in the enclave in the past 21 months, mostly women and child civilians, with scores more still being murdered daily amid the ongoing starvation campaign in the ruins of Gaza. (July 8 2025)
see RTE video (banned on You Tube) Jul 8, 2025 08:24
News|Israel-Palestine conflict ‘Going hungry’: More than 700 Palestinians killed seeking aid in GazaPalestinians say they have no choice but to go to deadly US- and Israeli-backed aid sites amid growing starvation.
Hamas accused Trump of aiding an Israeli “deception operation,” but the movement says it wants to bridge the gaps and make a deal.
18 March 2025.. Israel unleashed “hell” on Gaza in horror air-strikes, smashing the ceasefire and killing at least 413 Palestinians including women and children.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted the new U.S.-promoted Gaza “ceasefire” framework as the “final proposal,” but while it contains some substantive changes to the previous terms crafted by the U.S. and Israel, the plan would still allow Israel to resume its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip after an initial 60-day truce. “Trump is a crucial part of Israel’s deception operation,” a Hamas official told Drop Site News.
“The United States and President Trump are committed to work to guarantee the continuation of the negotiations with goodwill until they reach a final agreement,” the draft says, according to the Arabic language version given to Hamas. It adds that Trump will personally announce the deal.
The official characterized the proposal, which was also obtained by Drop Site, as containing mostly “rhetorical changes,” though he acknowledged that some of the amended language describing Trump’s desire to end the war was clearly aimed at convincing Hamas to support the agreement.
The Hamas official said the “new” draft was largely a repackaging of terms that the U.S. and Israel tried to strong arm Hamas into accepting in late May. That deal would have allowed some Israeli forces to remain entrenched in Gaza, offered no clear guarantees for a permanent end to the war, and allowed Israel to effectively maintain control of food and aid distribution in Gaza.
Among the apparent concessions to Hamas in the document, one involves the timing of the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza. Israel had wanted ten living captives released within a week of a ceasefire taking effect, while the new proposal would see eight released on the first day and the remaining two on day 50. Hamas has expressed concern that Israel would resume the war after retrieving its captives.
According to another section of the potential agreement, once Hamas agrees to a ceasefire, then deliveries of food, medicine, and other aid will commence immediately and will be distributed through “agreed channels,” including the United Nations and the Red Crescent. It states that this would be done “in accordance with an agreement to be reached regarding aid for the civilian population.” A Hamas official said the phrasing would continue to allow Israel to treat humanitarian aid as “negotiable.” It makes no mention of the U.S.-Israeli “aid” scheme run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
On TruthSocial Wednesday, Trump wrote, “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War,” adding, “I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better—IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.”
On July 2, the Barcelona City Council, currently of the PSC ( “socialists”!), planned to evict 40 people from their homes, 13 of whom are minors, without any viable alternative or follow-up by social services.
LATE NEWS..JUNE 2nd MASS EVICTION POSPONEDAS WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD RESISTS
⚒️LA DEFENSA DE LA BARCELONA POPULAR COMENÇA A VALLCARCA⚒️
😡 The pretext of carrying out an urban development plan from 2002 is yet another example of the PSC’s neoliberal policies.
These far right capitalista policies include the desire to expand the airport, the danger of so many self-managed spaces such as the Sants Social Center, the Casal de Joves Autogestionat ( Self managed Youth Center) of Ciutat Vella, or the Casal de Joves Girapells..
Also the constant advance of the flagship neoliberal project that is 22@ or the hygienist and racist campaign of the “Pla Endreça”.
Comment..amazing and inspiring in 2025 to see a whole Barrio, even kids, out fighting capitalist bureaucratic destruction
🏴Vallcarca is a neighborhood that has been forged with years of resistance, in which networks of mutual support have been woven and a popular policy has been carried out that has given the neighborhood tools to have its own voice in what they want their neighborhood to be like.
Today, defending Vallcarca is defending Barcelona Popular.
El pròxim 2 de juliol, l’Ajuntament de Barcelona, actualment del PSC, vol expulsar a 40 persones de casa seva, 13 de les quals menors d’edat, sense cap alternativa viable ni seguiment per part de serveis socials.
😡 El pretext de dur a terme un pla urbanístic del 2002 és una mostra més de les polítiques […]
Various unions and organisations joined the protest in Xixón against the bakery workers’ conviction ~ Guillermo Martínez, La Marea ~
Following the court’s refusal to suspend their sentences, the streets of Xixón (Asturias, Spain) once again chanted, “the Suiza 6 will not go to prison”.
The protest on Sunday (29 June) drew around 10,000 people, according to the organisers, and demonstrated their rejection of the prison sentences imposed on the union members by the Right Wing Courts.
Various unions and organisations joined the protest, demanding a pardon from the central government.
“Trade unionism is not a crime”, they repeated in their hoarse voices.
The demonstration started on Paseo de Begoña at noon and ended in front of the courthouse in the Asturian city, which once again vibrated with the activists’ passage. Erica Conrado, the general secretary of the CNT (National Union of Workers’ Unions), the union to which four of the convicted women belong, criticised the court’s refusal to allow the union members to divide their sentences, a measure that would have prevented them from going to prison.
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The union’s pressure materialised in demonstrations in front of the shop and an attempt to mediate with the owner of the establishment after he also filed a complaint.
The process ended with a conviction by Judge Lino Rubio, known for his landmark rulings against union members.
They were sentenced to two years in prison for ‘serious coercion’ and another for ‘obstruction of justice’, which translates to a year and a half in prison.
Against the court ruling, Xixón has once again taken to the streets to strengthen this armed barricade of mutual support, which has continued to grow over time.
“The prison order could come at any moment. Our comrades live in a state of constant uncertainty”, Conrado told La Marea before the start of the demonstration. The sun was beginning to set over the city streets
“Irreparable damage has been caused after eight years of legal proceedings that have persecuted six people solely for defending the rights of the working class”, she added.
Throughout the march, which lasted a couple of hours, chants such as “worker fired, boss hanged,” “comrades, you are not alone”, and “the strength of the worker: solidarity” were heard constantly. Several of the convicted individuals also participated in the demonstration.
One of them welcomed the announcement by the Socialist government of Asturias that this Monday it will join the petition for a pardon already formalised by 22 union organisations.
“It’s a precious opportunity for the PSOE to position itself in favour of the working class it claims to defend”, the convicted woman stated.
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