The lucky guys also just won a drone contract from the US government! What are the odds?

Interestingly, UAE was also strengthening security cooperation with Israel and widening a rift with Saudi Arabia before the war

FT Exclusive: In one of the first major examples of defence co-operation between the two states, Israel sent sophisticated weapons systems to the United Arab Emirates to help defend the Gulf monarchy against Iranian missiles and drones. ft.trib.al/cgpZC19

Don't forget who is really coming out on top.

My father is still living. He was born in 1937. Emmett Till was born in 1941. Full blown rascists in the White House and Supreme Court want to take us back. read @aselrod.bsky.social @liberallisainok.bsky.social piece 👇🏽

A lived-in landscape has been turned into what a former Israeli general, Giora Eiland, described as a place ‘where no human being can exist’. Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza

I can’t stop thinking about this piece. "Proving to the plutocrats that they actually are (…) bound by the same rules (…) can be done within the confines of the rule of law—but only if legal consequences are swift, painful, and delivered on a timescale they cannot ignore."

Swift and thorough legal consequences for lawless billionaires, along with a very intense taxation program, are easily among the top three most urgent things that need to be done right now.

Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

In the longer term, he said, the crisis was likely to force a rethink of energy policies in Africa. “Even if the strait of Hormuz reopens, we know that this can happen again at any time. So we must definitely move away from fossil fuels.”

"Proving to the plutocrats that they actually are (…) bound by the same rules (…) can be done within the confines of the rule of law—but only if legal consequences are swift, painful, and delivered on a timescale they cannot ignore." @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

Nothing is as urgent as class warfare right now. The billionaires control our lives and our dreams and the aspirational fantasies of our children. All politics on this planet is tied to the rule of the billionaires right now. #endbillionaires

"If we wait for the hyperrich to finally realize that their fates are tied to ours—for their children to contract measles, or for them to get cabin fever in their apocalypse bunkers—it will be too late for many of the rest of us." - @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

War on Iran is changing the currency calculations of Gulf energy exporters. But the dollar’s global role depends on far more than the denomination of a barrel of oil: ft.trib.al/sqJUidM

Do read @bhgreeley.bsky.social's FAB piece on the petrodollar (1st 300 clicks free to read) as.ft.com/r/92ef3e7b-7...

This will be used to justify things that have nothing to do with the shooting and the shooter. Mark this moment.

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This is such a flagship moment for where America is right now. Gun violence, showmanship, celebrity, mass confusion, and also according to C-SPAN, people are opening the bottles of wine still on the tables.

If they continue that WHCD and Felon Trump still speaks on that open stage after Secret Service shot and killed someone in the hotel lobby, there is something seriously wrong with these people.

I am going back to bed.

Seems reasonable, think about everything that the attendees needed to deliberately ignore in order to show up in the first place

These are not real times.

The writers of this show are next level.

Well. Well. Well.

Turquie: plusieurs arrestations, dont un ancien gouverneur, six ans après la disparition d'une étudiante rfi.my/Cdxh.BS

Turquie: des mineurs en grève de la faim à Ankara pour réclamer des salaires impayés rfi.my/Ce15.BS

The Trump administration on April 23 launched a civil rights probe into New York City's Department of Education over a pro-Palestinian group of educators. An NYC education spokesperson said the group referenced by the Trump administration is not connected to NYC Public Schools reut.rs/4cNB7lF

Once again, as I do every year, I urge you to take advantage of the dazzling cosmic energy of April 24th, the fabulous spirit that gave us both Shirley Maclaine and Barbra Streisand. Breathe in that power and make something of it today. #BornThisDay

Israel’s killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil followed a now-familiar pattern: surveillance, strike, obstruction of rescue and denial. She is one of at least 263 journalists killed by Israel since October 2023. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

In 5th grade, I visit the school library. On one wall next to the door, a poster claims “If you read books, you live more than one life.” Now I’m thirty & whenever I look at faces around me, old or young, on the foreheads I read: If you live in Gaza, you die several times. - Mosab Abu Toha.

My favorite from James Baldwin: “There is a reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.”

A terrific sign for business confidence is when "not wiping civilizations off the map" counts as good news. Low bar. Somehow still doing limbo under it.

The news out of the Middle East might have seemed less dire lately, but oil futures are now basically as pessimistic as they've ever been. This could be a concern that the current war continues, or it could be concern about a rising risk of future geopolitical shocks.

This is straight up, Nazi "dual state" shit. If a naturalized citizen commits a crime, we have mechanisms in place to hold them accountable. It's called the legal system and it applies to all of us. This extra targeting of only *some* people accused of crimes is part of a broader, expulsive project.

An entire generation of pundits and contrarians made this their pet issue and now that it is happening at a level never seen before, it’s just:

Conflict remains the leading driver of hunger, affecting nearly 150 million people facing acute food shortages.

“We can't just give someone a self-help book,” says Plante. “We can't just give someone a block on a few apps, tell them to chain their iPhone to the wall, when really what they're looking for is to be propped up in a community of people." www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Israel murdered Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Killing journalists in a war zone is a war crime, and Israel has been doing it with impunity for years. The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity.

Great research out on nature finance ecosystem! This is incredible work by the partners of Nature Investment Hub, Nature United's Canada's Nature Advantage initiative! More here:

Italian UNIFIL soldiers rebuilt the statue of Jesus Christ that was smashed by Israeli soldiers in the town of Debel, in southern Lebanon. Yesterday, the Israeli army sent a statue to the village to replace the one that was smashed, but it was rejected by the residents.

Israeli recognition of Somaliland and UAE position on it was a much bigger issue than people seemed to realize, there’s a reason it triggered so much intra-Arab contention — stakes for Red Sea shipping are high

If Israel tries to maintain lasting military presence inside south Lebanon, as it did after November 2024, I'm not sure it will be uncontested this time. In retrospect, absence of Hizbullah attacks 2024-26 looks like a strategic choice, as Hizb was preparing for this conflict.

The latest World Bank Damage and Need Assessment on #Gaza states that 'environmental collapse is intensifying health and livelihood risks', in particular from untreated waste water, waste burning, pollution from debris and UXOs. Full report can be found here: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

Rich kids should go to public schools. The mayor should ride the subway to work. When wealthy people get sick, they should be sent to public hospitals. Business executives should have to stand in the same airport security lines as everyone else. More here for the incredible piece:

She adds it to the collection of "things I should have written first." HOT DAMN.

I am still mentally in this piece.

If nothing else it’s good to see the government seems to have eventually found a spine

I am currently reading Nathan Thrall's "A Day in The Life of Abed Salama." And I think I am not okay. Spectacular writing so far.