> Techmeme has remained absurdly consistent

Everyone who talks to Gabe says bad things about Gabe, like he is stubborn, or rude, or something of that nature. I think he is cool and collected and totally not passionate about any changes. And only makes a change when there is significant pressure and a layer of obviousness.

Having said that, F** you Gabe for putting the Back button on the top left on mobile view, and breaking (not reflecting) the browser back history after clicking an article's right arrow. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED A LONG TIME AGO.

> I wonder how many of those people would be happy to throw an American in a wheelchair off a ship in the name of the Palestinian cause.

Not sure I follow. Are you upset at the Pro-Palestinians? Today? Do you think that throwing a person in a wheelchair off a boat makes it ok to be silent about Israel's genocide? or makes Pro-Palestinians bad?

Your opinions of what is happening now should be a bit more comprehensive and in-depth than the opinions and perceptions of the public from 40 years ago. Social media as it is known today was non-existant. And news in mainstream media was well controlled and manipulated, and less independent, yet had the facade of professionalism and integrity. So there was a lot of news about Palestinians that just were not reported, and if they were reported, were in subdued form.

Considering how asleep the civil rights movement was in America over South Africa Apartheid, I don't think most people understood the context.

Can a machine detect smell? That bit is left unattainable.

  Police Open Fire as 50,000 Protest Outside Pretoria
  L.A. Times Archives
  Nov. 21, 1985 12 AM PT

Makes me recall a similar story happening in our times in the world. The headline does not mention "Black". [Security force] indiscriminately is killing. World says nothing.