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Anas Al-Sharif pictured with his two young children that he is holding. They are all smiling.

Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.

Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:

RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

We Have Enough Dead Friends BY LENA OLEANDERSON Come over. The doors are open, my flat's a mess and so is my heart but the doors are always open. Come over. I will make soup, probably from frozen but the important thing is we will both eat. You don't have to be dying, but if you are, or you feel like you are, or if living's been hard, call me, and I will show up It doesn't have to be that bad. it doesn't have to be bad at all, but if it is, please call. Do you want me to do the groceries? Do you want me to mop the floors? Do you need to be held; you don't have to be dying to be held. If you want me to be there, I want to. I'm on the bathroom floor again, and breathing is hard and eating's been hard, and sleeping the world is a laden thing rolling around on my chest lately. Just being alive is heavy tonight, but we have enough dead friends. Come over.

Saw this on a light pole two minutes ago.

We should have agreed to this ages ago, “The Tuvalu prime minister also said that his country supports the idea of a Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty with “the ultimatum of a rapid, fair and irreversible phase out of fossil fuels across all sectors.”

Proud to have Etel as my city councilor.

“We’re starving”: A Gaza journalist’s dispatch from the midst of starvation This dispatch from my colleague and friend Ruwaida Amer speaks more powerfully than anything I could write alone.

I really don't know how to process the fact that so many powerful people are still, STILL silent about this. So many people with the money and platform to make a huge difference to the lives of starving children are simply choosing not to. www.mohammedmhawish.com/p/were-starv...

This just looks like a cyberdog. Terrifying. #DoctorWho

Donate to Fund Sanjay's First Fringe Show - Be Part of the Magic, organized by Sanjay Lago We’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with a bold, heartfelt new sh… Sanjay Lago needs your support for Fund Sanjay's First Fringe Show - Be Part of the Magic

Help my talented friend Sanjay get to Edinburgh Fringe. There are so many important causes and we can't forget about art. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-sanja...

I work on a farm and have Medicaid as do many other farmers. Two weeks ago, MassHealth paid for my stitches after I cut my hand while harvesting. Not that access to healthcare should be attached to productivity or citizenship but this statement doesn't even reflect the agricultural reality.

[catching up on andor] mm, glad this happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, because it would be kinda a bummer in our galaxy in the present

Worcester, Woo fridge survey by Tufts students: tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down

raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible

“Get Your War On” did we ever actually declare war comic

I’ll repeat.

Worcester City Council Meeting Shut Down by Anti-ICE Protest The Worcester City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, started late, and was soon interrupted by anti-ICE protestors. Police made no arrests.

The Worcester City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, started late, and was soon interrupted by anti-ICE protestors. Police made no arrests.

We are past the point where we need clarity from the MA governor on what she’s going to do if Homeland Security tries to call up our National Guard.

Graphic with a light pink background with a slice of watermelon on top. Text reads “Crips for eSims for Gaza Update 1/7/25, $2.16 million CAD raised ($1.50 US) 18,434 eSims purchased and sent, 4316 eSims activated” On the lower left corner, “Thank you! Jane, Leah, and Alice.” On the lower right corner is a QR code

🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world

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The WPD waited a month to charge someone w/ assault on a police officer?! And they want us to believe this is isn’t retaliatory bullshit? Etel’s integrity and compassion is a model for us all.

really nice job on what is ostensibly a sports article, as Milford volleyball played without their teammate last night

Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.

"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

tbqh it's not even too late to start masking half-assedly, and i mean this sincerely. you don't have to be 100% perfect about masking for it to help yourself and others.

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital, according to multiple media sources. Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser medical complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the Palestinian territory on Friday when she received the bodies of nine of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12. Continue reading...

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say

A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.

Part of the reason I wanted to highlight Kelvin’s story is because he’s not the perfect immigrant. His narrative isn’t linear and he’s made mistakes like all of us. But he’s a good man with a family who loves him. He’s the kind of person I want in my community.

2. $45 billion for adult and family detention. That would be enough to detain 100,000 people at a time, perhaps more. The New York Times reported in early April that ICE had already requested proposals from contractors who run detention facilities. Add another $3 billion for the Office of Refugee Resettlement to hold migrant children who arrive unaccompanied. How much is that combined $48 billion? Adjusted for inflation, it would be: Enough to cancel the debt of 1,240,814 student loan holders ( averaging $38,375 each). A generous estimate of what it would cost to end U.S. homelessness for 19 months ($30 billion per year). 1.6 times the global revenue of the entire music industry in 2024 ($29.6 billion in 2024 dollars). More than enough to build a new stadium for all 30 Major League Baseball teams (the Oakland As’ new stadium in Las Vegas is expected to cost $1.5 billion). More than Netflix’s forecast worldwide revenue from its 300 million-plus subscribers in 2025 ($43.5 to $44.5 billion).

This is how much Congress, in a bill the House passed this morning, proposes to spend _just to hold migrants in detention_ over the next 4 1/2 years.

From this new WOLA explainer: bit.ly/2025-05-wola...

I didn’t know she has a Worcester connection!

Thanks for doing this Tracy!

Four-legged investigators sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs Researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow the spread of invasive spotted lanternflies

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"So far, the dogs have uncovered more than 4,000 of the masses, meaning they've helped eradicate as many as 200,000 of the sap-sucking bugs"

"In just a few hours in April, the dogs found about 1,100 egg masses at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo"

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The City of Worcester released the bodycam footage from Eureka Street- www.worcesterma.gov/announcement...