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The nuclear scientists were killed using a special weapon whose details were barred from publication, Channel 12 says.

The 10th nuclear scientist was killed shortly after the other nine, as part of the overnight Thursday-Friday Israeli operation, which included strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program and the Natanz nuclear site, along with the elimination of top members of the Islamic Republic’s military leadership, the network says.

The nuclear scientists were all killed while they were sleeping in their beds, with Israel deciding to carry out the assassinations simultaneously so that there wouldn’t be time to tip off those being targeted.

The scientists apparently believed they were safe from such targeting in their homes, a senior Israeli official tells Channel 12, noting that previously assassinated nuclear scientists were killed while heading to their cars after work.

Israel had been tracking Iranian nuclear scientists for years and the ten killed last week were marked for assassination in November of last year, Channel 12 says.

Just when I feel like dystopian news can't really disturb me anymore...

Leaving this totally unrelated article about Palantir and Israel here for absolutely no reason at all...

How Israel Uses AI in Gaza—And What It Might Mean for the Future of Warfare:

 A program known as “The Gospel” generates suggestions for buildings and structures militants may be operating in. “Lavender” is programmed to identify suspected members of Hamas and other armed groups for assassination, from commanders all the way down to foot soldiers. “Where’s Daddy?” reportedly follows their movements by tracking their phones in order to target them—often to their homes, where their presence is regarded as confirmation of their identity. The air strike that follows might kill everyone in the target's family, if not everyone in the apartment building.

Abraham, whose report relies on conversations with six Israeli intelligence officers with first-hand experience in Gaza operations after Oct. 7, quoted targeting officers as saying they found themselves deferring to the Lavender program, despite knowing that it produces incorrect targeting suggestions in roughly 10% of cases.

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[–] [email protected] 221 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

How is this all normal and ok?

[–] [email protected] 133 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

It's not normal. It's ok until the majority of America accepts what can really be done with that database Trump is having Palantir build.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Can someone try blowing up their servers? That'd be nice.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago

The wrong Amazon is burning

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

More than just America need to stand against Israel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Except we're the purse, so if we truly oppose it, we can easily make it stop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Money won't stop a genocidal cult from nuking the planet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Stopping the money and supply of arms sure might help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Makes much more sense to stand up against Palantir!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i think the military has been using thiels palintir for at least 10 years already. TRump just made it more obvious, because hes a loudmouth. thiel loved to stay out of the spotlight of the news for many reasons. everytime he was in the news, its never is good for him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not just the military. I found out Palantir had a contract with my own city to develop and test their predictive policing technology until 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predictive-policing-tool-new-orleans-nopd

The city banned predictive policing and facial recognition tech, then quietly lifted the ban and replaced it with a very concerning ordinance in 2022. https://thelensnola.org/2022/02/17/mayor-cantrell-moves-to-reverse-bans-on-facial-recognition-predictive-policing-and-other-surveillance-tech/

Then it came out that the city wasn't even following the rules they had created in the sketchy ordinance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/19/live-facial-recognition-police-new-orleans/

The private surveillance company using the facial recognition tech (which was created during the time Palantir was still under contract with the city, but is allegedly totally unrelated to Palantir 🙄) couldn't keep providing the real time facial recognition tracking to city police bc WaPo exposed they were violating the ordinance. However, since it's only a city ordinance and they're a private company, they can still provide it to literally anyone else in the city (state police, federal agents, ICE, military).

They've already been doing a lot of shady shit to American citizens, and it's naive to just trust that they won't eventually start using these kinds of AI drone weapons on American soil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

red light cameras already using facial recognition, to catch would be "runners of red light", LEO was already using PAlintr PRIOR TO trump announcing "all agencies must use palintir, to target democrats"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who's Palantir? I sort if live under a rock. Yes I looked it up. I'm asking for the general scoop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Palantir, as you know is the all seeing stone in LOTR, THiel is obsessed with LOTR for the wrong reasons, he named several companies after lotr themes: MITHIRL, andurl, lembas,,,etc. Peter thiel is the funds behind AI tech that palantir uses, which is used by the military and now by Some LEO. basically a spying software with AI.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 weeks ago

The rogue state of Israel has immunity from the US and its satellites.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's absolutely not okay, but since there will be no negative consequences for it whatsoever, it's the new normal. This is sadly what happens when laws are not enforced, and I'm not sure if anything even can be done anymore...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

I hope so, I genuinely do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry. "Laws" are being enforced all the time. It's just not the ones that you imagine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

It is “statistically” normal in that governments and corporations will always choose death because it is profitable.

It is not and never has been ok.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Europeans did the genocide and took over America, in a much larger scale. Israel is just a smaller copy cat. The fact USA exists justifies what Israel does.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Truth is hard to swallow. Regardless, people are dying anyway.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Truth is hard to swallow

Apparently Israel's cock is not

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Equating Israel to USA in its right to exist is not swallowing its cock.

They are right. Except one problem still can be solved, the other not so much. Maybe a few centuries after now somebody will think of something. Slow demographic changes and more modern weapons, that stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Appreciate your optimism that Israel is a solvable problem.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not, "and genocide is wrong in both cases," rather than, "and thus they're both okay?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because USA will never admit its disgusting foundations on genocide, slavery, etc. They would rather jerk off dead enslavers and continue supporting genocide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

So the USA will never admit it, which somehow means you personally have to have a shitty view supporting genocide, too? I still don't understand the connection, because there isn't one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Insane that there are people who actually believe this shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What part of that completely factual statement don't you believe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The fact USA exists justifies what Israel does.

Our past atrocities do not justify current atrocities. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

they have been doing this for decades, even to the point clandestine type novel stories are often written about them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

All's fair in love and war.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It should be normal. People helping an evil state get nukes, deserve to die. Unfortunately what's normal nowadays is sitting around fat and lazy and letting NK become a nuclear power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The US gave Israel, an evil state, nuclear weapons. By your logic...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well they were less evil back then.. now I think we should cut off all support. And I think we probably would stop the donations, if it wasn't for Iran being allied with Ruzzia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Just listen to NPR. It's all good!!! smh.