#beirut explosion

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Beirut, 4 August 2020

[shin-zaibatsu]

so a really bizarre little rabbit hole I went through a few years ago was I was curious looking up stuff on Youtube about the Beirut explosion in Lebanon because I wanted to learn more (and also go "holy shit"), and I found this channel

It rotates through different names, but the point is they have nearly a thousand videos of the Beirut explosion including other tragedies, and out of curiosity I perused the channel posts where I found this:

Wait what the fuck? He was 13?

"So?"

Okay, let's see his second channel

Name is a Breaking Bad reference

I remember laughing so hard at the absurdity of seeing all this, this has to have some sort of emotional/mental consequences on a child as young as this, how do his parents not know?

[uniqueeval]

How did Hezbollah get the pagers that exploded in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 2,750. Some pagers belonging to Hezbollah also exploded in Syria, leading to some injuries. Lebanon, Hezbollah and the group’s allies have all blamed Israel. But what really happened? Many analysts believe the answer might lie in how Hezbollah got the pagers in…

How did Hezbollah get the pagers that exploded in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

[rayatii]

Well, today is the 4th anniversary of the explosion. I still remember it like it was yesterday. Time passes so fast.

Somehow, there are still people out there, including my father, who believe in the conspiracy theory that it was caused by a targeted missile sent by Isr*el... I don't believe it, bc as much as it feels good to point a finger towards the country that we consider our worst enemy, the evidence doesn't seem to add up.

[tonyrossmcmahon]

Biggest man-made explosion in history?

Human beings have now caused some of the biggest explosions seen in history on our planet as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

Early human beings witnessed volcanoes exploding and earthquakes that made the ground shudder. But it took the Industrial Revolution to allow humans to create their own massive calamities. So, what is the biggest explosion in history for which we are solely to blame – and not mother nature? Let’s take a look… Beirut explosion – 2020 On August 4, 2020, the capital of Lebanon, was rocked by an…

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[thetemplarknight]

Biggest man-made explosion in history?

Human beings have now caused some of the biggest explosions seen in history on our planet as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

Early human beings witnessed volcanoes exploding and earthquakes that made the ground shudder. But it took the Industrial Revolution to allow humans to create their own massive calamities. So, what is the biggest explosion in history for which we are solely to blame – and not mother nature? Let’s take a look… Beirut explosion – 2020 On August 4, 2020, the capital of Lebanon, was rocked by an…

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[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

The situation in Lebanon today is bleak. Carved out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire and subjected to years of colonialism-lite administration by France, its economy and infrastructure have been devastated by a long civil war, overlapping occupations by Syria and Israel, and corruption on a massive scale. Since 2019, Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe financial crisis, with widespread unemployment and hyperinflation. Now 80% of the population is poor and Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a failed state.

And yet, JD Harlock, Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine, who lives in Beirut, believes in solarpunk. Join us for this episode to find out how that can be and what day to day life is like in Beirut right now.

You can find JD on X and Instagram at @JD_Harlock.

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