Karachi University as seen on April 15, 2024

 

 

A jail burst and the ensuing war

On October 7, 2023, Gaza prisoners ran out of their jail and attacked those who were guarding the jail and others who lived close by not caring about why over 2 million were made to live in an open air jail.

The western media called the October 7 acts of violence, a terrorist attack.

Any act of resistance by the small guy is an act of terrorism.

Israel wanted to punish those responsible for the October 7 violence.  Israel attacked Gaza, a territory technically under Israel's control.  It is a civil war but the western media, being supported by money and large corporations, is calling it Israel's war on a terrorist group.

The western countries are helping the Government of Israel subdue people living under Israel's control.

The mainstream western media seldom mentions Palestinians as human beings, and no one ever asked why October 7 happened.

October 7 acts of violence took place because people have been displaced from their ancestral homes and pushed to live in an open air jail.

It is not a permanent solution.

A long lasting solution is simple: Israel must take over Gaza and the west bank territories and make residents of those geographical areas equal citizens of Israel.  That is the logical and humane way of dealing with this 'problem.'

 

The Defunct Chowk.com; what Chowk.com was all about

I was asked what Chowk.com was about when it was operational.   Chowk.com had three founders: Safwan Shan, Umair Khan, and Ginni Dhindsa.  When Chowk started, the Internet was a novelty.  Chowk.com provided an online space for Indians and Pakistanis to find out about each other and learn what the 'enemy' was thinking.  Several people started their writing careers at Chowk.com.  It was magical to see your article published at Chowk and then to see its 'views' growing in numbers, and on top of that you got to 'Inter-act' with your readers who cared to comment on your writing.  It was all very new and very refreshing, a huge departure from the days of hard-copy publications.  Why Chowk.com wrapped up its operation?  Chowk.com did not have a revenue model.  Very early, Umair Khan left.  For several years the duo of Safwan Shah and Ginni Dhindsa successfully ran Chowk.com but then Safwan Shah got busy with money-making ventures, and it was too much work for Ginni to handle the humongous flow of articles coming to Chowk.com.  When Chowk.com ceased operation, it went down with hundreds of thousands of remarkable articles, and millions of useful and educational comments from the readers.
But Chowk.com has made history.  Chowk will always be remembered as one of the first South Asian websites that let Indians and Pakistanis interact with each other, visa free.

Another website trying to get your personal information, alikefriends.com

 

When you try to reach

http://www.alikefriends.com/

 

You get the following message

This site can’t be reached

Check if there is a typo in www.alikefriends.com.

• If spelling is correct, try running Windows Network Diagnostics.

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

 

 here is the original email that landed in my inbox

 

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11:23:17 PM PDT, Credit Bureau Reporting-Alert <madison@alikefriends.com> wrote:

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No, NASA has NOT invited Bisma Salangi to the USA

A fake news report making rounds in the Pakistani social media circuits will tell you that NASA has invited the "inventor" of "anti-sleep glasses for drivers", a 13-year old girl by the name of Bisma Salangi, to the USA.

See here:

Anti-Sleep Glasses For Drivers: NASA Invited pakistan’s 13-year-old girl Bisma to USA

 https://pkbnews.in/anti-sleep-glasses-for-drivers/

 

 How can you tell it is fake news?

First, NASA web site does not mention anything about this claim.

Second, if you search the Internet, you will find that several people claim to have invented "anti-sleep glasses for drivers."

For example, see here:

Anti-sleep glasses

https://www.hackster.io/shubhamsuresh/anti-sleep-glasses-71dce3

 

Cemendtaur found Dead--a report from the local newspaper

Cemendtaur found Dead

By our news reporter

 

 

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur has been found dead in his room. Police is investigating any foul play.  Coroner’s report is due in two days.  Neighbors believe Cemendtaur died of a drug overdose.  A family member on condition of anonymity told the newspaper Cemendtaur fought with heroin addiction for a long time.  His last stay at a rehabilitation center ended just a week earlier.