As Israeli settler attacks on water sources multiply across the West Bank, Palestinian communities that have farmed the land for generations are being forced out. "If this continues, we will barely be allowed to drink," a resident tells Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-... #Palestine #Israel

"A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social media posts critical of Donald Trump's administration."

Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel's implementation of its Gaza "double-tap" policy in Lebanon. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/like...

Israeli soldiers are facing a mental health crisis as they return from Gaza, and the diagnosis of "moral injury," the distress one feels when actions violate one's moral beliefs, is being used to absolve the guilt of perpetrators of the genocide. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-... #Palestine #Israel

“We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents [than] you ever seen before.” The time to get whistles into the hands of your community is right now. We will send you whistles, for free, in quantities of 100-thousands. We do it every day. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

A sea of people in red spread out, raising signs and chanting through the streets of downtown Grand Rapids on Tuesday to demand justice and honor victims as they marked Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day. From Erick Diaz Veliz

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

This country is quickly becoming the stupidest shit hole on the planet

The Trump administration is denying green cards to people who criticize Israel. The Supreme Court has recognized First Amendment rights for noncitizens for 80 years, but the US government continues to violate its own laws to back Israel.

Israel is forcing Palestinian families to either pay thousands of dollars in fines to bulldoze their homes or to destroy it themselves by hand. “We have no alternative to this house or this land. We have nothing else but this place.”

Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS TUFTED PYGMY SQUIRREL

In what seems to have been a hostile interview with Jewish Insider, Rahm Emmanuel -Says he would immediately suspend all taxpayer military assistance to Israel, not phase it out -Would condition military sales to Israel on peace-efforts -Doesn't commit to supporting Iron Dome systems in the future

i remember learning "there is no silver bullet" in my cs classes and it's bleakly hilarious that all tech speculation now is "what if we made a silver bullet? we will add the line 'you are the silver bullet' to claude's code"

Israel has seized nearly 60% of Gaza and killed at least 832 Palestinians since the so-called “ceasefire.”

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs says there are at least 4200 unsolved cases of Missing and Murderee Indigenous Women and girls. Today we remember them. michaelleroyoberg.com/mmiw/a-brief...

⚠️ Concerned about Iran War escalation risks, House Dems are pressing Trump to publicly acknowledge Israel's nuclear weapons program. “The concerns about nuclear escalation are shared by some inside the Trump administration, who say Israel's red lines may not be adequately understood.” WaPo report:

People keep asking Alan Moore questions about comics he's disowned when they could spend more time asking him questions about things he actually gives a shit about—and get answers as glorious as this.

President Trump just went around Congress to send another $1 billion In weapons to Israel Trump has announced the delivery of nearly $20 billion in weapons to Israel since taking office.

A fake video of celeb bald eagle Shadow “massaging” Jackie fooled viewers online. Experts say AI wildlife videos may do more than rack up likes: They can distort how people see animals, encourage risky encounters and erode trust in what’s real. My story: bit.ly/4n8kLJ3

Team Trump lies about “combating anti-Semitism” even as it shuts down programs created to fight anti-Semitism

Last year, California passed a law that intended to censor pro-Palestine speech in its schools. Now, lawmakers are fighting back with a new amendment.

A combat surgeon who volunteered in Gaza during the genocide is one of the surprise leaders in the Democratic Party race to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in New Jersey's 12th district. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-... #Palestine #Israel

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel's implementation of its Gaza "double-tap" policy in Lebanon. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/like... #Palestine #Israel

Dr. Salman Khan, an infectious disease specialist, traveled to Gaza on a three-week medical mission in February 2026. He found infectious diseases running rampant, all directly due to Israel's siege and genocide. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-... #Palestine #Israel

You know what day it is? We almost forgot. Yes it’s your annual reminder that Yoda was infact a medieval monk. (Smithfield Decretals at the British Library). #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday

This means that hundreds, if not thousands of labs all over the country will close. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. This is in defiance of Congress's will and in defiance of good stewardship of the US economy. This is entirely because Russ Vought hates science

We must believe in a world to create that world

Ghost Operators: How Israeli telecoms were exploited to track citizens worldwide Report shows how an SMS exploit turns smartphones into tracking devices – and how 4G and 5G networks are abused www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

"To My Dearest" is out now on itch.io! A kinetic visual novel about lighthouse keeping, existential unease, and (re)deriving one's purpose in a world thrown into flux. ✣ >7k-word narrative ✣ Over 250 voiced lines of dialogue ✣ 12-track OST ✣ 45-60min runtime jettbarker.itch.io/to-my-dearest

I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job

Ypsilanti Township in Michigan is attempting to cut off the flow of water to a planned data center that would power a new generation of nuclear weapons research. www.404media.co/community-vo...

CSS is very easy to learn. I myself have learned it 100 times.

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Remember when Joe Biden personally vetoed sanctioning Ben Gvir even though Blinken recommended it? Also remember when the EU refused to sanction him because of Germany and Hungary? Also remember how people on here told me that this guy isn't that important, he's just the national security minister?

#憲法大集会2026 5万人参加！お疲れ様でした…！

Messaging 200 MB Word processor 150 MB Background processes 800 MB Open browser tabs 3600 MB Music player 150 MB someone who is good at the computer please help me budget this. my laptop is dying

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

RIP Baudrillard, you would've loved The Devil Wears Prada 2 hiring a real artist to create an image in the style of AI slop.

ISAAC CHOTINER: So, the food bowl. It's empty, you say? CAT: That's right. IC: And has it ever not been empty? C: Not that I can recall, no, it has not. IC: Fascinating. And this bit of food caught in your whiskers, where would you say that's- C: Now hold on, this is about the bowl, not

Congratulations to Donald Trump for turning Israel / Palestine into a kitchen table issue!

graphcel poasters like me: there is no omnicause that combines us imperialist atrocities abroad with cost of living issues at home; in general american hegemony serves the material interests of the electorate, so . . . Trump: AT LONG LAST I HAVE INVENTED OMNICAUSE, THE WAR CRIME THAT MAKES YOU POOR

Uhhh... not sure about that one

Both the United States and Israel were founded and exist on land taken during ongoing genocides. Settler colonialism drives these genocides, and both nations share an ideology that justifies the theft and rationalizes the killing. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/unde... #Palestine #Israel

Two years ago today, activists at Columbia University occupied a campus building, renaming it ‘Hind’s Hall.' While campus protests for Palestine have mostly receded from view, they continue to offer vital lessons for the movement they inspired. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-...

Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports reut.rs/4umfPCH

I think about this all the time.

a lot of people crack wise about bluesky but what if i told you it facilitated the purchase of the onion by an internet guy who then went on to dismantle one of the biggest misinformation engines of the 21st century

Interesting article which reveals that since Oct 7th 2023, Israel has dropped more than 135,000 bombs on Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran. More importantly though, this report cites IDF officials who are worried that Syria is rebuilding its military capabilities despite Israeli invasion.