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Francesco Falaschi

@ffalaschi.bsky.social

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Médecin hospitalier, Italien, migrant, curieux, athée, sceptique, matérialiste. J'aime la justice, la liberté, l'égalité et la fraternité... surtout l'égalité (aussi le vélo). Je n'aime pas les milliardaires et en général le capitalisme sans règles fermes.

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Francesco Falaschi @ffalaschi.bsky.social · 16d

Sicuramente i nazisti, mentre bombardavano il ghetto di Varsavia soffocandone la resistenza, dicevano: "Ma vedi che son stronzi questi ebrei! Son proprio cattivi, ha proprio ragione Hitler a perseguitarli!"

Più o meno gli stessi discorsi che sento fare oggi dalla destra mondiale su Gaza.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 17m

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16m

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Inside the Naqab Prison: the notorious detention centre holding flotilla activists

The Naqab Prison holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners, including detainees from Gaza - and now, flotilla activists, too

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 40m

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Breaking video: new flotilla already under severe Israeli attack, crews kidnapped

Israel detains activists and confiscates aid carried on the Freedom Flotilla as legal group warns of further action

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 19h

I see what you did there.....AND I LOVE IT......

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 39m

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VIDEO: anti-genocide protester reads poem about murdered child as he's being arrested

He was being arrested by the Metropolitan Police during today's protests to mark two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

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How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

Over the months, we gathered material and analysis before working with colleagues @srfnews.bsky.social, @972mag.com, and @theferret.scot to bring the investigation together for their respective audiences.

SRF International podcast (via Susanne Brunner) www.srf.ch/audio/intern...

Realistische Fantasy: Die 3D-Erklärvideos der Israelischen Armee

Die israelische Armee erklärt Angriffe auf Ziele in Gaza und Libanon in Videos mit 3D-Grafiken. Der angebliche Beweis für Terror-Zentralen in Spitälern und Häusern ist jedoch irreführend.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

I started working on this research in my spare time with a small group of fellow journos/artists — Nicole Vögele, @jakecharlesrees.bsky.social , & Robin Kötzle — after noticing recurring patterns in IDF 3D videos last year

The Ferret (via @billybriggs24.bsky.social): theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

The TikTok outlines that a specific goal of these animations is to multiply their reach by cultivating secondary coverage

And indeed, dozens of major outlets like BBC, CNN and Sky News have aired them, in part or in full, often without context

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

These videos are produced in-house by a small animation cell in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, working mainly in After Effects + Blender

In a TikTok posted after Israel's June attacks on Iran, soldiers describe working weeks under “prime-minister-level secrecy” to prepare visuals

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

Others assets came from scans made by the Scottish Maritime Museum of their boat-building workshop which was downloaded (via @sketchfab.bsky.social) and reimagined by the IDF adornments for underground missile factories.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

Hubert's assets, created as decorations for cyberpunk cityscapes, are used especially widely in animations that the IDF released during their strikes on Iran in June.

Ripped assets from Hubert are shown here in stills from IDF animations, with blue highlights:

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Nino Cartabellotta @cartabellotta.bsky.social · 36m

Come la storia insegna, i diritti non sono per sempre
Bisogna difenderli
#SalviamoSSN

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 8h

Amid waving Palestinian flags and fireworks being shot off towards the Israeli Embassy in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, some of the chants were “viva Palestina,” “free Gaza,” “free Palestine,” “we are all Palestinian,” “fuck you Israel,” and “death to the IDF.”

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Toulouse : Du monde à la soirée Faisons Front de soutien aux prisonnier·es palestinien·nes

https://secoursrouge.org/toulouse-du-monde-a-la-soiree-faisons-front-de-soutien-aux-prisonnier%c2%b7es-palestinien%c2%b7nes/ [1/2]

Toulouse : Du monde à la soirée Faisons Front de soutien aux prisonnier·es palestinien·nes

Ce mercredi 8 octobre lors de la soirée Faisons Front #2 organisée par le Secours Rouge Toulouse, la salle du Chat Noir était pleine pour assister à la présentation du livre « Le secret de l’huile » du prisonnier palestinien, écrivain et martyr Walid Daqqa paru aux Éditions Terrasses (voir ici). Au côté du Comité de soutien […]

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 33m

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BREAKING: Palestine protest shuts down Kings Cross station - video

Hundreds of anti-genocide protesters have shut down Kings Cross station in London to mark the second anniversary of 7 October 2023

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AlterMedia @altermedias.skyfleet.blue · 14h

Dans l'illégalité, le chantier de l'A69 se poursuit la nuit

Dans l’illégalité, le chantier de l’A69 se poursuit la nuit

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Stefano Bornia @stefanobornia.bsky.social · 10h

Quindi abbiamo la conferma che il #governo #fascista è #complice.

#meloni #governoindegno #alimenti #genocidio

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The Liberal Page @theliberalpage.bsky.social · 9d

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

Just Horrible!!! @cristianfarias.com

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Media 🇮🇹 @mediasit.skyfleet.blue · 11h

Modena, aggredita dal datore di lavoro per un “no”. Cgil: “L’ha scaraventata fuori dall’ufficio”

Dipendente aggredita dal datore di lavoro a Modena: scaraventata fuori dall'ufficio

Impiegata 32enne aggredita in un'azienda edile nel Modenese dopo aver rifiutato di completare un compito oltre l'orario lavorativo