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Gaza child dies waiting for Israeli permission to leave for treatment Israel continues to block thousands of Palestinians from seeking medical treatment abroad through Rafah crossing.

sad end to this story...

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/... via @ajenglish.bsky.social

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect Journalists

According to CPJ, Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, is torturing journalists. Seems kinda undemocratic...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... via @theguardian.com

CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees’ low rates of violent criminal histories

Jernilizm 😎

www.mediamatters.org/cbs-evening-...

Yeah. There has been criticism that Google's news feeds quickly fill up with non-American outlets, usually Indian. Google denied those reports last I spoke to a representative.

It is a bit odd that on Google Search, non-Mexican news outlets fill the feed when searching for "Guadalajara Airport." Granted, I'm based in the US and searching in English.

But I guess the early publishers get the worm?

Was reading through the latest issue of @gameinformer.com and look who I see!

Fun read by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social

Palestinian journalist Mustafa Ayyash to be extradited to Austria Austrian authorities accuse the founder of Gaza Now of financing Hamas, a charge he has denied.

It's sad that the Europeans won't stand up for journalists. If Ayyash is extradited to Israel, he'll be in major trouble.

His family was already killed by Israel.

Israel claims he, a journalist, helped fund Hamas. Journalism doesn't pay that well.

aje.io/emh499

Great bit of reporting from Jason. Bluepoint has some incredibly talented developers and it sucks that we won't get to see an original game from the team.

Inside ‘pig-butchering’: the most insidious scam on the internet One victim reveals how she was fleeced for $26,000 by a stranger who pretended to love her: ‘He knew how not to suffocate me, but move things fast’

Heck yeah! Great to see @breejfowler.bsky.social back at it with a new feature story! This one is for @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

a cartoon of sonic the hedgehog says why does sonic love the ramadan ALT: a cartoon of sonic the hedgehog says why does sonic love the ramadan

Ramadan Mubarak!!

Report: Multiple Gaming Sites Slash Staff As Owner 'Pivots To AI' The peculiarly shy company has been buying up gaming sites and turning them into gambling sites for years

Clickout Media's AI pivot is unsurprising.

Gamers, if you want quality games reporting, you're going to have to pay. If gamers can pay $40 for a skin, surely they can pay $7/month for @aftermath.site or @gameinformer.com?

We're an odd bunch.

kotaku.com/the-escapist... via @kotaku.com

Excellent play from Cody Schwab. His second Genesis title. Excellent run from losers bracket. #GX3

Jmook is actually insane #GX3

genesisgg - Twitch Genesis X3 FINAL DAY - MELEE TOP 8 | !bracket !schedule !shop

Wizzy is so locked in right now. #GX3

www.twitch.tv/genesisgg

Sarajevo sniper tourists ‘killed children by day, then partied at night’ Rich foreigners, including Britons, have been accused of paying to shoot children and pregnant women during the siege of the Bosnian capital in the early 1990s

"In return for payments of up to £88,000, the visitors were allegedly allowed to use Bosnian Serb sniper positions to shoot residents taking cover in the city below, reportedly paying more for the privilege of killing children or pregnant women."

www.thetimes.com/world/europe... @thetimes.com

7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.

“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows "We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."

Shocker

www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash... by @hanaatameez.bsky.social via @niemanlab.org

Former Highguard Developer Reflects on Disastrous Announcement and Launch: 'We Were Turned Into a Joke From Minute 1' - IGN A developer who worked on Highguard has discussed the "hate" he received after the free-to-play shooter debuted at December's The Game Awards, saying the game, and by extension its team, "turned into ...

The launch of this game will be studied for years.

www.ign.com/articles/for... by @vixx.bsky.social via @ign.com

Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally getting freed from PS3 jail Welcome back, Snake

Man, I played MGS 4 back in like 2010. I remember it blowing my mind. So glad that it's finally getting a re-release. Hopefully it'll maintain a smooth framerate. I assume this port was a pain in the ass.

www.polygon.com/metal-gear-s...

Highguard dev blames content creators for the game's failure - "It was dead on arrival" Highguard turned out to be a failure for Wildlight Entertainment, and according to the former Lead Tech Artist at Wildlight, the game was labeled a failure before it ever had a fair chance.

Honestly, the internet loves to hate. Even TimTheTatmam (I think) couldn't play the game on stream without chat complaining. I'm personally tired of the negative groupthink that enchants a vocal minority of chronically online netizens.

www.notebookcheck.net/Highguard-de...

Wired - Technology, Business, Science & Culture WIRED Middle East explores the ideas, technologies, and people shaping the region—from business and science to culture, security, and design.

I'm personally incredibly happy to see @wired.com getting into Middle East coverage, especially as the media industry is laying off reporters on international beats. Major props to @danaalomar.bsky.social and the rest of the team on the launch!

www.wired.me

Shooter in Canada kills 9 people and injures 25 others at a school and home A school shooting in northern British Columbia has left seven people dead and more than 25 injured. The incident occurred at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday.

Horrible news coming out of Canada

apnews.com/article/cana...

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

Absolutely insane report from @aljazeera.com. Thermobaric weapons were used in Gaza by Israel. These weapons came from the US and Europe. 3,000 people were evaporated.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

These letters are very hard to read. Kids deserve to be kids.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Bloomberg seeks a structured finance reporter - Talking Biz News Bloomberg is looking for a driven reporter to break news in the structured finance markets, with a specific focus on the rapidly growing world of asset-based finance. You will be responsible for break...

@bloomberg.com seeks a structured finance reporter: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-hel...

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.

Selling toilet paper and selling newspapers are two very different types of businesses, Mr. Bezos.

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-... via @newyorker.com

Washington Post Lays Off More Than 300 Journalists

300 reporters laid off. Absurd numbers. The journalism job market was already tough. It just got way more competitive.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

After today's horrendous layoffs, I think we can all confidently say that Jeff Bezos has been a terrible owner of the Washington Post. Just a liability at this point. He needs to go.

Best solution I've heard is a group led by Kara Swisher to buy up WaPo and restore the paper's independence.

I want to get this framed. Legitimately one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my writing.