Hacker News with Generative AI: Conflict

New policy limits access to Covid vaccines (apnews.com)
Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory

Politics, International Relations, Health, Conflict

7 points by newAccount2025 18 days ago | 0 comments

India launches military operation against Pakistan, explosions heard (cnn.com)

India, Pakistan, Military, International Relations, Conflict

23 points by cebert 32 days ago | 1 comments

What Air Defenses Do the Houthis in Yemen Have? (twz.com)
The loss of nearly 20 MQ-9 Reapers, increasing use of standoff munitions, and the deployment of B-2 bombers point to the Houthis' air defenses being a real problem.

Military, Yemen, Conflict, Weapons

16 points by nradov 41 days ago | 5 comments

News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World (watson.brown.edu)
Since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means, from repressive policies to armed attack.

Journalism, War, Conflict, International Relations, Safety

28 points by Qem 66 days ago | 3 comments

The Internet of Beefs (2020) (ribbonfarm.com)
Online public spaces are now being slowly taken over by beef-only thinkers, as the global culture wars evolve into a stable, endemic, background societal condition of continuous conflict.

Online Culture, Social Media, Conflict, Polarization

48 points by throw0101b 88 days ago | 9 comments

My Wife's Enemies Are Now My Enemies, Too (2019) (thecut.com)
Until about five years ago, I got along with basically everyone. Sometimes, I knew, people didn’t care for me, but my impeccable get-along instincts and crushing fear of confrontation prevented things from coming to a head very often. And if I didn’t like someone, I’d try to never let them know, because even if the sight of them made my stomach curdle, I still wanted them to like me.

Relationships, Personal Experiences, Conflict

38 points by mooreds 116 days ago | 62 comments

Drone footage shows Gaza in ruins after 15 months of war [video] (youtube.com)

Drone Footage, War, Gaza, Israel, Conflict

12 points by teleforce 137 days ago | 0 comments

Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera TV in West Bank, Citing Incitement (bbc.com)
The Palestinian Authority says it has suspended broadcasting by the prominent Arab channel Al Jazeera in parts of the occupied West Bank, citing incitement and bias.

Palestine, Media, Politics, Conflict, Censorship

13 points by impish9208 156 days ago | 16 comments

Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters (seangoedecke.com)
Why do engineers get mad at each other so often?

Engineering, Culture, Conflict, Work Culture

232 points by rbanffy 185 days ago | 118 comments

Rebels Control Most of Syria's Largest City, War Monitor Says (nytimes.com)
Rebels had seized most of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, on Saturday, according to a war monitoring group and to fighters who were combing the streets in search of any remaining pockets of government forces.

Syria, War, Conflict, Aleppo, International Relations

12 points by wslh 189 days ago | 3 comments

About that brawl between the WordPress co-founder and WP Engine (computerworld.com)
WordPress has been the most popular content management system for years — and WP Engine was one of the most popular WordPress hosting services around. Not long ago, everyone was happy. Now, it's a miserable open-source business war. What happened?

WordPress, Hosting, Open Source, Business, Conflict

7 points by CrankyBear 234 days ago | 1 comments

North Korea blows up roads leading to South Korea [video][2 mins] (youtube.com)

North Korea, South Korea, International Relations, Geopolitics, Conflict

23 points by LinuxBender 235 days ago | 3 comments

Spike.News – Simple News Aggregator (spike.news)
Anger and grief in south Lebanon city almost deserted after Israeli strikes

News Aggregation, Lebanon, Israel, Conflict

41 points by rohithkp 245 days ago | 9 comments

Solving the Maker-Taker Problem (dri.es)
Recently, a public dispute has emerged between WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting company WP Engine. Matt has accused WP Engine of misleading users through its branding and profiting from WordPress without adequately contributing back to the project.

WordPress, Open Source, Business, Technology, Conflict

81 points by geerlingguy 248 days ago | 81 comments

Ukraine Is Losing the War (semafor.com)
Ukraine is facing a perilous moment in the war with Russia, two recent reports argue.

Ukraine, Russia, War, Conflict, Geopolitics

4 points by everybodyknows 248 days ago | 4 comments

A year in exile: The fading hopes of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians (newarab.com)
Yerevan, Armenia - Twenty-year-old Susanna Hovsepyan recalls her final September in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, passing through an Azerbaijani checkpoint filled with fear as she left her home behind.

International Relations, Conflict, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Refugees

10 points by vinnyglennon 260 days ago | 0 comments

"Monkeys with a grenade": inside the nuclear-power station, Ukraine's front line (economist.com)

Ukraine, Nuclear Power, War, Conflict, International Relations

16 points by type0 353 days ago | 4 comments

Life on Ukraine's front line: 'Worse than hell' as Russia advances (usatoday.com)

Ukraine, War, Russia, Conflict, International Relations

14 points by jdmark 372 days ago | 1 comments

ICJ orders Israel to stop military operation in Rafah (pbs.org)

International Law, Israel, Palestine, Conflict

67 points by goatsneez 379 days ago | 166 comments

Israel seizes Associated Press equipment, shuts down Gaza video feed (washingtonpost.com)