Millions of Palestinians mark 78 years since the Nakba https://aje.news/va6lz0

Knocks to the head are linked to both long- and short-term changes to the human gut microbiome go.nature.com/3PpgX9J

Israeli activists protest at New York Times building after article exposes rape of Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-activists-protest-new-york-times-building-after-article-exposes-rape-palestinians

@3ma.bsky.social y'all have tap danced around this conversation, but I think this would be a great episode. Especially if you bring on a panelist from the Global South

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

I guess bees are next for the unemployment line /s But really, this is likely the next step in drone warfare because there's no way any current munitions can target something this small

But you'll never hear a CTO admit this, nor any board which will hold management accountable fortune.com/2026/05/11/a...

Hundreds displaced, medical services suspended amid gang violence in Haiti https://aje.news/66s9ka

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

The fact that the UK is paying money to have a foreign country surveil their population after all this brexit hypocrisy is crazy www.ft.com/content/8ce1... Free link: archive.ph/s3jcT

Israel’s destruction of infrastructure has become a “generator for disease,” with sewage contamination and rodent infestation now an everyday hazard for refugees living in tent camps.

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o... Free link: archive.ph/K5rv7

You all realize it’s John Brown’s Birthday, right? Just saying. You white people have role models, too.

TW: Discussion of sexual violence On November 13, 2025, Fátima Rodriguez-Ortiz was assaulted by Huntington Park Councilmember Arturo Flores. Rodriguez-Ortiz believes justice can be served if Flores is held accountable for his actions. The full story on lataco.com 🎥: Michelle Zacarias

Skin conditions have become a serious issue for healthcare workers in Gaza, particularly when temperatures rise.

An Israeli court has extended the detention of two foreign activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla until Sunday, a rights group representing the men says, as authorities continue to question them. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/glz7p2

A survivor of the Kent State Massacre rings the bell on campus today, May 4, at exactly 12:20, the moment his classmates fell, 56 years ago.

"This scenario makes the region the 'most physically vulnerable coastal zone in the world.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

1. Chinese and US AI advancement are equal now, despite US spending 23x 2. AI researchers have been leaving for almost a decade, but now even faster under Trump hai.stanford.edu/news/inside-...

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

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...

Until he developed the film and pored over the negatives, Thornell believed he might be fired. He feared his competitor had an image of the gunman and he didn’t. Instead of dismissal, Thornell won the Pulitzer in 1967.

Court extends activists’ detention by two days for further interrogation, rights group tells Al Jazeera.

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SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services The only thing that gives me solace is realizing that half our military is going to be charged with CSAM possession from using Grok

1/ Happy International Workers' Day to all our fellow workers and unions! ✊ ICYMI, our bargaining unit exercised our collective power to walk out on a one-day strike last month, as we fight for a fair contract.

I don't think I've ever had more contradictory conversations with politically aligned folks as I have about Attack on Titan Over time, it's become a soft litmus test for me of the person's political maturity It seems the creator now agrees that war crimes are bad🤷🏿‍♀️ kotaku.com/attack-on-ti...

Truly insane that we’re being asked to tolerate this.

It's time again. Be the wild lemming the world needs! 🔥🐹🔥 👉https://itch.io/jam/fuck-capitalism-jam-2026

Multiracial democracy in the American South has briefly existed twice in American history, both times enforced from outside, and both times has lapsed the instant the rest of the country lost interest.

As long as this is on patent restrictions, this is essentially a "miracle drug" for the elite

Telegraph and Politico owner says journalists must support Israel or resign - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/telegraph-and-politico-owner-says-journalists-must-support-israel-or-resign

The sheer hubris of a man who took credit for sequencing the human genuine by stealing public academic work In retrospect, I know exactly when US AI companies got their inspiration Fuck this dude and his enablers in the scientific community www.theguardian.com/science/2001...

'Piracy': Israel raids Gaza-bound aid flotilla off Greek coast - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/piracy-israel-raids-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla-greek-coast

In a move serving no apparent purpose besides harming trans people, the Department of Housing and Urban Development begins rolling back protections for trans people seeking federally funded housing. Read this story here, brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social

Great write up with quality pull quotes from Dr. Bender 🔥 That said, again we're so fixated on Western technofascists that we miss all the non fascist Chinese companies who rival these US firms When was the last time you heard Alibaba or Deepseek trying to sell AGI? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Why is anyone surprised they are hiding the files? They've been hiding the true atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade for 400 yrs. They had centuries of practice. These are descendants of folks who tried to destroy the history of entire ppl, 3 million files to protect the same is light work!

Dave Chappelle tried and failed to articulate the intersectional contradictions of white trans women's allegiance to white supremacy rather than any form of solidarity with the oppressed for over a decade This comedian just did it better than Dave in two minutes of crowd work Bravo 🏆

Aid agencies warn that time is running out to avoid an 'irreversible humanitarian catastrophe'.

Hmmm, I wonder why...? 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

Im not tryna do a "whataboutism," but i do find it interesting that we're continuing to do a deep dive on this alleged shooter at the Correspondents Dinner, but it's been completely radio silent on that NC cop traveling to New Orleans t massacre Black people at the Jazz Fest

Love to see it ❣️ www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-isnt-ju...

This analysis seems robust but it makes so many US biased assumptions You don't have to use Claude code to code. Local AI on a renewable energy grid removes > ~80% of emissions and water use China decoupled growth from carbon, so why do we still believe this? www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Israel's policy of endless war is fuelled by the crisis of Zionism - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-policy-endless-war-driven-crisis-Zionism

If you're a young person and you're not learning Mandarin, you're going to have a bad time in your later years❣️

A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability: First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, & the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised. 1/

With the election just a day away, a New York City Council race has seen a surge of outside spending over the past week from a super PAC tied to allies of former governor Andrew Cuomo — whose treasurer is a sitting member of the city’s Board of Elections.

Again, remember that China is building enough solar energy in this year alone to power the next decade of American AI data centers This ecological and social destruction is a choice, not an inevitability 🌍 e360.yale.edu/digest/china...