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Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance | CNN Politics Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney Gen...

Truly our era's Wannsee Conference no doubt... www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/p...

How a police officer stole 50 BTC from a seized crypto wallet and got caught Discover how a UK police officer stole 50 BTC from a seized wallet, how blockchain exposed him and the trial that led to his conviction.

How a police officer stole 50 BTC from a seized crypto wallet and got caught cointelegraph.com/explained/ho...

Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have ‘input’ into factory attack investigation

TIL that it's legal for UK legislators to get paid by US weapons manufacturers to lobby in favour of genocide: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"The UK Government’s decision to proscribe the ‘Palestine Action’ protest group under terrorism legislation raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism laws are being applied to conduct that is not terrorist in nature," UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned today. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

You want to avoid a tech fad.
I want human computer people.

We are not the same.

If my spouse had to farm out TEXTING ME to an LLM it’s joever

Mohammed just sent me a bunch of photos he found from my trip to Gaza. I am crying. I have NEVER seen these photos before.

Canadians with an X gender marker on your passports: maybe do not go to the U.S.. An innacurate Nexus card is the least of your worries, be more concerned about an ICE abduction and prison camp extended stay.

cc @alexwinter.com @johncusack.bsky.social @lillywachowski.bsky.social It's been a few weeks since I heard from Mohammed, and its good to get their latest update: "What’s available in the markets is extremely limited—sometimes nonexistent. Prices have skyrocketed 20x their original cost."

Housing for the Abu Matars Mohammed Abu Matar is a young father of four. As an engineer, he is trained to solve problems with technology. He founded Gaza's first 3D printing company, starting with one device that he then used t...

I just posted a new update from @mhamonline.bsky.social to their page: "I had intended to go to a distribution point, but my wife stopped me. She reassured me that she would endure the hunger & everything else, as long as I stayed safe." chuffed.org/project/1163... Please read these words from Gaza

Hi, this is an act of war.

How the Tech Billionaires Bought Radical Journalists On this episode of The Time of Monsters, I talk to Eoin Higgins about how rich tech weirdos co-opted huge chunks of the media.

www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...

my most defining philosophical text is: virginia woolf a room of one's own.

Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...

last year the NYT published an extensive investigation into how IDF soldiers are shooting palestinian children in the head and everyone kind of shrugged and went on with their lives

Illustration of a book hoarding dragon, lying on top of a huge pile of books.

If I win the lottery I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs

Ahlam, located in the south of the enclave, is holding on “to testify” as long as she can. “Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, do an interview or document a story, I don’t know if I’ll come back alive.” Her biggest issue, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We are watching their situation get worse. They’re young but their strength is leaving them. Most are no longer physically able to get around the enclave to do their work. Their heartbreaking cries for help are now daily. For the past few days, we have only received very brief messages from them, when they have the strength to send any. Their courage, considered heroic by the rest of the world, is now their only hope of survival. We may hear about their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: “For the first time, I feel defeated.” Later that day, he said he would thank us “for explaining that we live day to day between death and hunger.” “I wish President Macron would help me get out of this hell.” Ahlam is still holding on. “I try to keep exercising my profession, to speak for the voiceless, to document the truth despite all the attempts to silence it. Here, resistance isn’t a choice: it’s a necessity.” Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner. But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger". — The outgoing Editorial Committee (Société de Journalistes, SDJ) of the AFP

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Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

SERIOUSLY? @bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app YOU SUSPENDED Alaa????

what in the living fuck is WRONG WITH YOU

Good. These people have contributed to the greatest atrocity of our generation. They should know no peace until they face consequences.

Meanwhile they are starving Gaza.

Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellation The Writers Guild of America has called on New York state officials to launch an investigation into Paramount following its sudden decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In a strongly worded statement issued on Friday, the Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked New York state attorney general Letitia James to investigate Paramount over “potential wrongdoing” after the company announced the cancellation of the ‘Late Show’ on Thursday. Continue reading...

Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show

England, the birthplace of the English language, has made protesting against a genocide a terrorism offence. That's the law, for you.

Who could have seen this kind of over-reach happening? Who!?

This is 10 million days worth of emergency food, already paid for by the US taxpayer. To be destroyed rather than distributed to those in need.

Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.