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Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages' families Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people,…

Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday.

Layan and Mira are just two of more than 160 cases of children shot in the war in Gaza, for whom we have gathered accounts. We found that in 95 of these cases, the child had been shot in the head or chest. In 59 of those, we obtained testimony from eyewitnesses, either directly or via human rights organisations and medics. The witnesses alleged that 57 of these children were shot by the IDF, and two were shot by Palestinians - one in celebratory gunfire and the other in a gang conflict. For the remaining 36 out of the 95 cases, we have no account of what happened. Israel bans foreign reporters from entering Gaza independently, and the destruction and displacement make gathering details difficult.

The BBC has determined that 95 children in Gaza have been shot in the head or chest since October 7.

In other words, these are deliberate, targeted murders of children—not accounting for the thousands upon thousands otherwise killed.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back Abuse allegations and infighting helped kill a campaign to legalize MDMA for medical use. Trumpworld is giving the therapy’s advocates hope for a second shot.

Psychedelic medicine, as it turns out, slots rather comfortably into the burn-it-all ethos of RFK Jr.’s movement. Could the psychedelic world’s new Trumpworld allies be the ones who finally help it achieve its goal of legalizing MDMA for medical use?

ISRAEL DETAINED AND then deported an American nurse who tried to save the life of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who worked on the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land.” After Israeli settler Yinon Levi allegedly shot and killed Hathaleen on Monday in Umm al-Khair, a village in the occupied West Bank, the critical care nurse gave Hathaleen four rounds of CPR. She cradled his head in her hands, checking his pulse and whispering “You’re OK,” as he bled out, the nurse told The Intercept. The medical worker asked not to be named because they fear for their safety. Hathaleen was then taken away in an ambulance, where he died before reaching the hospital.

Israel just detained and then deported an American nurse for trying to save a Palestinian life.

theintercept.com/2025/08/01/a...

Inside the Crisis at the Anti-Defamation League The group used to believe the rights of Jews were inextricable from the rights of everyone else. Its war against anti-Zionism has changed everything.

Really good deep reporting by @noahshachtman.bsky.social (plus some jaw-dropping anecdotes) in this story about the growing internal crisis at the ADL

nymag.com/intelligence...

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

For months, people have been asking me whether I still trusted gov’t data. My answer was always the same: The stats agencies faced longstanding challenges, some of which Trump was making worse. But there was no sign of political meddling.
I can’t say that anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

banger of a @stevenlevy.bsky.social newsletter this morning
www.wired.com/story/epstei...

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.

NEW: Palantir is carving out a unique role as not just a federal contractor but a partner to other contractors, putting it in an increasingly central role across the government. This is from @makenakelly.bsky.social

The Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition Crisis The WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations.

“There’s so much traumatic injury, like blast wounds and broken bones. But they’re not healing, because people don’t have the nutrients to build the collagen necessary to close them. So wounds that are a month, even two months old, still look as fresh as if they had occurred in the last week.”

Anyone else get hit with just a giant Con-ed bill last month?

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

An extraordinary intrusion. Fighting anti-semitism has nothing to do with demonizing trans people but of course it was always a means to a much bigger end.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

let Buzz be unfettered!

Did you see that piece about Buzz Bissinger being ghostwriter for Fetterman?

The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.

Love this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social about *why* it seemed like ChatGPT was satanic www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

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My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.

If you haven't read the story about a romantic weekend with AI lovers... welp... www.wired.com/story/couple...

Print. Fold. Share. Download WIRED's How to Win a Fight Zine Here Never made a zine? Haven’t made one since 1999? We made one, and so can you.

Or the extremely fun How to Fight package done by @waterslicer.bsky.social and others (with an actual zine) www.wired.com/story/downlo...

Beyond Wellness The line between science and wellness has been blurred beyond recognition. WIRED is here to help.

I'm still pretty new to WIRED, but I am really proud of the work that the features team has done -- check out our latest cover package, all about wellness (and actual health) www.wired.com/beyond-welln...

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Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back Abuse allegations and infighting helped kill a campaign to legalize MDMA for medical use. Trumpworld is giving the therapy’s advocates hope for a second shot.

NEW @wired.com: A look into the roller coaster ride that MDMA has had as a government approved therapy. Will MAHA save it (again)? www.wired.com/story/psyche...

I met Palestinian activist, Awdah Hathaleen, years ago when he gave me a tour of an olive grove destroyed by Jewish settlers for a story I was reporting.
Today, Hathaleen was shot and killed by a Jewish settler who was sanctioned by the Biden admin, according to Hebrew news outlets.

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

“Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.”

And thats not true says Israeli military. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...

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The deadly risk of trying to reach food in Gaza An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his experience seeking food from a site run by private American contractors, facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting for rations, and masked thieves.

. @npr.org is one of the only US national news organizations that still has a reporter inside Gaza, Anas Baba, and he keeps reporting even though he himself is starving. This piece is unbelievably powerful.
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...

An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US A Chinese man with no medical training is injecting cancer patients with a toxic bleach solution; a full course of treatment runs $20,000. He’s now working to bring the unproven treatment to the US.

“It was fine after the injection, but I was woken up by severe pain [like] I had never experienced in my life. The pain lasted for 3-4 days”

This is how a cancer patient, who was convinced to inject highly-concentrated toxic bleach into her tumor, described the result

www.wired.com/story/danger...

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