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Over fresh fish, rice, salad and soup, they talked about work and former colleagues. He was seated in front of her, with the view of the blue sea behind him.

“You don’t like to see it?” Ms. Kabaja recalled saying. “It’s so beautiful.”

Mr. Saadallah responded, “Not more beautiful than you.”

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein.

One was warned off by his Mom.

“Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here," said Scott Aaronson's mother.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Donate now to provide urgent bomb shelters for Bedouin communities in the Negev/Naqab This is not a game of hide and seek — it’s Bedouin children hiding under a tractor plow from rocket fire, because they have no bomb shelter to run to. We’ve all seen in recent days

Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social relaunches their efforts to obtain and provide missile shelters to unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, they launched a donation effort, I too donated a little.
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I've donated. Thank you for taking this stand.

Lebanon 🇱🇧: Israeli strikes this evening on the city of Tyre.

Tyre is well within the southern portion of the country, from where Israeli is forcing everyone to evacuate.

That butterfly looks like it has leaves for wings! Why brimstone?

FYI @aloner.bsky.social

The UK scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’ Pregnant women prisoners in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

It's hard to fathom the cruelty of this.

Pregnant women prisoners in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Sharing a Love Story That Stretched Across Gaza’s Closed Border

"What drew me to the young Palestinian couple was that their wedding would be a story of joy, and one that would humanize two people in love," writes Sadiba Hasan, who reports "on all things love and weddings at The New York Times."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/i...

Just Married, but Still Separated

Just Married, but Still Separated: Mayar Kabaja and Hatem Saadallah went on their first date in Gaza City shortly before Oct. 7, 2023. Unable to reunite since he evacuated with his family to Cairo over a year and a half ago, they wed remotely.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/s...

“If we end up in a scenario where we have regime implosion, where Iran becomes so internally destabilised that there is a real risk that material is diverted, is stolen … there’s going to be a lot of pressure on the US to put boots on the ground,” said Kelsey Davenport @armscontrolnow.bsky.social

Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile

In response to the June 2025 attacks, Iran excluded UN inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from sensitive sites, so the watchdog lost track of what became of Iran's 440kg highly enriched uranium (HEU) stockpile.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

🌼 A quiet woodland milestone 🌼

Wood Anemones are starting to appear in Portland Park, taking advantage of early spring light before the canopy closes. Always feels like a turning point in the season when these show up.

Have you seen them yet?

#SpringSigns #NottsNature #Wildflowers

CAIR estimates that about 5 percent of detainees in Texas are Muslim. Ms. Zayan said she was not aware of any Muslim chaplains serving in the state’s more than 20 federal detention facilities.

The monthlong observance of Ramadan, which began in mid-February, requires special meal schedules.

For Immigrants in Detention, Spiritual Care Can Be Hard to Find

“I just listen to people crying, crying all the time,” said Shaimaa Zayan, of CAIR-Austin, a Muslim advocacy group that also works with Muslim inmates in jails.

In Texas, advocates for Muslim detainees say that most do not have access to Muslim chaplains.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal

On Monday in the Commons, PM Starmer expressed doubt about the US action in Tehran and its legality.

He said the UK did not believe in “regime change from the skies” and defended his decision not to allow the use of British bases to conduct the strikes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

AI really likes using nuclear weapons in simulated war scenarios. Here's why The study comes as the U.S. military has been working through how to implement AI systems for potential use.

Some of the biggest AI models aren't shy about using nuclear weapons to settle disputes in simulated war scenarios, a new study finds.

Militaries are already using AI for decision support: those systems may lean into rapid escalation under pressure.

See @axios.com

www.axios.com/2026/02/26/a...

Israel-Hamas conflict: What is Iron Dome?

That isn't Iran, it's "Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza in May 2021."

See www.bbc.com/news/article...

Psychology says people who constantly apologize for things that aren't their fault aren't being polite. They grew up in an environment where someone else's bad mood was always their responsibility to ... That reflexive 'sorry' you can't stop saying was never about politeness — it was a survival strategy you learned before you had the language to name what was happening in your home.

"Psychology says people who constantly apologize for things that aren't their fault aren't being polite. They grew up in an environment where someone else's bad mood was always their responsibility to fix." share.google/LxDa6ftaoJmN...

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

Key Gaza crossing will be reopened, says World Food Programme A key aid crossing ‌that had been momentarily closed into Gaza will reopen imminently, the United Nations World Food Programme said ​on Tuesday.

A key aid crossing ‌that had been momentarily closed into Gaza will reopen imminently, the United Nations World Food Programme said ​on Tuesday.

Humanitarian supplies will be able ​to enter through the Kerem Shalom ⁠crossing into the enclave.

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

Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

Reliance on AI can result in “cognitive off-loading”, said David Leslie at Queen Mary University of London. Humans tasked with making a strike decision can feel detached from its consequences because the effort to think it through has been made by a machine.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

One service member said their commander had “urged us to tell our troops that this [Iran war] was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and imminent return of Jesus Christ”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Motherland by Julia Ioffe review – the matriarchs who built mother Russia A journalist uses family and political history to paint a portrait of a country in turmoil through its women

I just read "Motherland," by Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social and it is revelatory, beautifully-written, and quite sad.

Most moving are the portraits of Ioffe's foremothers. Two of her great-grandmothers were doctors; so were her mother and grandmother.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

In just over a year since taking office, Trump has authorized military action in seven nations, even after he repeatedly promised American voters that he would end, not start, wars. During his inaugural address, he said his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker.”

Oh.

In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency

To call something a gamble implies something you can win or or at least come out ahead of where you started - but there is no such scenario here because the war has no coherent objective. Even Trump barely pretends to know what the point is.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

Reliance on AI can result in “cognitive off-loading”, said David Leslie at Queen Mary University of London. Humans tasked with making a strike decision can feel detached from its consequences because the effort to think it through has been made by a machine.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs.

If the virus replicates in people with only partial protection, it can become resistant to the medications.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis

Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices.

After more than 2 years of war, Israeli forces are in control of about 60% of Gaza, almost all of Gaza’s food must be brought in.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...