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A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.

If A.I. companions could truly fulfill their promise—banishing the pain of loneliness entirely—the result might feel blissful, at least at first. But would it make us better?

S. #Syria: #Damascus night combat troops are now entering the city of #Suwayda.

They will lead the upcoming thermal battle against Druze militiamen.

A Year Since the UK Riots, Elon Musk's X Is Still 'Profiting From Anti-Muslim and Anti-Migrant' Hate Report finds X is still failing to take down calls for violence against Muslims and migrants despite the messages “clearly violating” the platform's own rules

🔴A Year Since the UK Riots, Elon Musk’s X Is Still ‘Profiting From Anti-Muslim and Anti-Migrant’ Hate

Report finds X is still failing to take down calls for violence against Muslims and migrants despite the messages “clearly violating” the platform’s own rules

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/15/a...

Will Europe Bother to Fight for an Imploding ICC? Two tweets provide a stark illustration of falling support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). Europe seems ambivalent.

Will Europe Bother to Fight for an Imploding ICC? | "As the US wages a sustained campaign against the court, Europe seems ambivalent about its response." Chris Stephen

God, Mark Rutte is insufferable. Talking about how him calling Trump a “Daddy” and how the White House released a video about how “Daddy’s Home” plus t-shirts would be made about it. Then he expresses how much he likes Trump. What’s next? A one night stand? The butler of the US will do anything.

Patriots are short range defensive weapons. Will protect civilians. Won't change the course of war. When will they come? How many?

50 days is a LONG time for Russia to do horrific things and THEN come to the table with a "negotiated settlement".

Things aren't as grand as they look.

Invaders have killed about 100,000 people in Mariupol – human rights defenders The Russian invaders have killed approximately 100,000 civilians in Mariupol, and this is a confirmed number. — Ukrinform.

The world's attention is not focused on Russian crimes against humanity,yet every other conflict and war pales in comparison when you consider the number of people killed or wounded. Why is this? Because Russia,Iran and China invest vast sums of money in waging an information war on our hearts&minds

France says UN conference to work on post-war Gaza, Palestinian state recognition A rescheduled United Nations conference this month will discuss post-war plans for Gaza and preparations for the recognition of a Palestinian state by France and others, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

"Macron has faced resistance from allies such as Britain and Canada over his push for the recognition of a Palestinian state."

Not does Canada refuse to recognize Palestine, it is applying pressure on others not to do so. What gives, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The Promise and Peril of Recognizing Palestine Can a two-state solution still emerge from a one-state reality?

To be more than a hollow gesture, a renewed global push to recognize the state of Palestine must be accompanied by “real change on the ground,” argue @abuaardvark.bsky.social and @stelhami.bsky.social.

The Trump regime is about to burn 500 tons of USAID emergency food. Why?
Because it expired after its shipment was delayed.

1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now, taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed.

This isn’t just inefficient – it’s cruel.

Trump is fed up with Putin, but he is still the least pro-Ukraine president of recent times Being humiliated by Moscow doesn't land well, but Trump's likely to lose interest in helping Kyiv

Take the win, but Trump is no friend of Ukraine.

arthursnell.substack.com/p/trump-is-f...

Neo-Nazi Teenagers Across America Starting Their Own Active Clubs A dangerous new front in youth radicalization is spreading across the U.S., as neo-Nazi "Youth Clubs" modeled on the white supremacist Active Club network gain traction among teens aged 15 to 18. With...

Neo-Nazi “Youth Clubs” are forming across the U.S., targeting boys aged 15 to 18 with white supremacist propaganda, MMA training, and recruitment tactics modeled after the violent Active Club network. Active in at least 42 states, the movement is spreading both online and offline.

‘Expect more violent crime’ Russian state legal scholar issues rare warning that veterans returning from Ukraine pose a growing public safety threat — Meduza The war in Ukraine has begun to influence Russia’s crime rates, and the situation promises to grow worse in the coming years, including more violent crimes. This is the conclusion presented in a…

A recent legal paper by a scholar at the MVD's Ural Law Institute links Russia's rising crime rates. The research represents “a rare instance of an insider within the system analyzing the war’s criminal ramifications,” writes the BBC. Meduza summarizes the findings. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

The Clash Of Two Gilded Ages | NOEMA Despite their great power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end the excesses of capitalism.

Good read on the parallel convergence between China and the US—framed usefully here not as a “clash of civilizations” but a clash of two gilded ages

www.noemamag.com/the-clash-of...

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Thirty years on: Newcastle’s Bosnian community remembers the genocide Event at Newcastle Civic Centre to commemorate the 8372 men and boys who were brutally murdered by the Serbian army 30 years ago

Thirty years on: Newcastle’s Bosnian community remembers the genocide

Event at Newcastle Civic Centre to commemorate the 8372 men and boys who were brutally murdered by the Serbian army 30 years ago
@northeastbylines.co.uk

northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...

EU wants to boost G7 coordination to fend off Trump’s tariffs EU seeks to coordinate with Canada and Japan following Trump’s recent letters.

EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič says the European Commission is seeking to formally engage G7 countries such as Canada and Japan to coordinate responses to Donald Trump’s erratic tariffs.

YouTube video by CityNews Canada refuses to support the International Criminal Court on two consecutive occasions

"The most likely explanation is this is representative of one more situation where Canada will go to considerable lengths to avoid irking or upsetting Donald Trump." @alexneve.bsky.social

Canada refuses to support #ICC on two occasions www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7yC... @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

Trigger warning here

Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army

They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire

www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...

i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf

A ceasefire is not enough. The Israeli military’s weaponisation of aid and starvation to displace and destroy Palestinian society will not stop as long as Israel controls aid distribution. Our new analysis shows how Israel has imposed a deadly aid system through GHF ration stations, while dismantling a proven civilian-led model, in order to concentrate Palestinians in Rafah and push Gazan society toward collapse. The genocide can continue even under a ceasefire. View our full analysis: https://frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid

A ceasefire is not enough. Israel’s control over aid lets it weaponise starvation and displacement. Our analysis shows how the GHF system dismantled a civilian-led model to concentrate people in Rafah. The genocide can continue even under ceasefire.

frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid

The cover of the current issue of New York magazine, featuring a beaver throttling a bald eagle and the coverline "You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are"

just spent a week in Toronto and can confirm

nymag.com/intelligence...

Hot Type: Welcome to Electro-Fascism — Warning: Prolonged Exposure May Be Harmful Spectacle continues to camouflage the core malfeasance of our growing tech tyranny, writes Heidi Siegmund Cuda

🔴Hot Type: Welcome to Electro-Fascism — Warning: Prolonged Exposure May Be Harmful

Spectacle continues to camouflage the core malfeasance of our growing tech tyranny, writes @heidicuda.bsky.social

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-w...

The most devastating forest fires in #Syria's recent history ended today without any human losses.

This was due to the extraordinary efforts of the Civil Defense teams and the remarkable collaboration with volunteers and the foreign teams.

Over 15,000 hectares were destroyed over the past 12 days.

'Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win' Neal Lawson on the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now

🔴‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’

Neal Lawson on the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/04/p...

Objectively speaking, Israel trying to reshape the region through brute force

For Turkey, the ‘New’ Middle East Is Cause for Concern Israel’s war with Iran signaled the latest shift toward a new regional order that Turkey finds undesirable. Ankara is responding accordingly.

Interesting analysis of Erdogan's responses towards Israel's military operations by @sinemadar.bsky.social : "Turkey views the Israeli airstrikes not as an isolated event but instead as part of Israel’s broader strategy to reshape the regional order::
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/turkey-middl...