Venezuelan mother dies 10 days after state confirms missing son died in custody

Trump has let the CIA off its leash The spy agency is playing a direct role in assassinations, kidnappings, and captures across LATAM: reminding many of its darkest periods LATEST by PWS

I have a hard time believing this. No live footage, no eyewitnesses, no satellite image confirmations. Just the government’s claim. And the fact that there’s no sense of alarm or emergency. Not even talks about contingencies, and the need to possibly distribute masks. An excuse to escalate.

The entire state of Louisiana voting against these racist white folks effectively trying to segregate the school system in Baton Rouge makes my heart happy. We not dead in Louisiana. We are not a lost cause.

perfect.

What will future scholars and historians will say about the West in the first half of 21st century??? The moral compass of an amoeba

“It does not look like the manta ray likes it,” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/s...

Omfg. Study after study has shown that the reason 12-step groups work is because of the human connection. Literally community is the treatment for addiction. This “AI AA” bullshit is going to kill people who would otherwise have sought help where it actually exists: IN MEETINGS.

BESTIE! www.kcrg.com/2026/05/15/c...

My husband volunteers at St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney, and tomorrow he’s running the Hackney Half Marathon for them – on his 40th birthday! He’s ever so close to his fundraising target, in case anyone feels like chucking him a few quid. It’s a very good cause 💛 www.justgiving.com/page/mike-wi...

BREAKING! Journalist talks to supportive parents of trans kids! Will industry collapse?!

"Virtually nobody I know in U.S. policy circles would consider themselves to be racists... at least before... Trump... But in practice, they simply do not value Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, Iraqi, or Iranian lives the same way they do American or Israeli lives." carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...?

“As a result, the DoW may not comply with its civilian casualties and harm policy,” the report read. “A policy required by federal law.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Emmanuel Macron has visited Africa more than any other French president. He is “reinvigorated” after his trips to “this battered continent” and yet, Mayotte, an overseas department of France, with 75% of residents below the poverty line, deserves getting shouted at… all the coverage you need 👇🏽🌍

Palestinian-Egyptian activist Ramy Shaath, who spent 900 days in Egyptian prison, is facing deportation proceedings in France for his organizing, public remarks, and contacts on Palestine. He is to appear before a deportation committee next week on May 21 www.france24.com/en/france/20...

In Conservative Odyssey, Odysseus does not cry like a woman.

"Indian mega projects often travel under mixed labels because once the security frame is attached, scrutiny becomes harder. Opposition can be dismissed as naïve, anti-development or even unpatriotic."

May we rage when we must & rest when we can. May we build the peace we so desperately need. May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice peace requires. The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it. Shabbat shalom ❤️

This is going to be one of the hardest parts of governing for the administration.

A real honor to have this piece written about my work with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. My hope is that momentum keeps building and we can eventually live in a world where we can expect technology to work for everyone regardless of the color of their skin. current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...

"If the US and Iran actually reach an agreement, that will likely supersede whatever terms the United States and Israel tried to dictate to Lebanon. This, in turn, will have the embarrassing effect of showing that Tehran is more effective at defending Lebanon than the government in Beirut."

And this is from the 1990s: www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4077535

It is worth noting that Israel has consistently used rape as a weapon of suppression. This Washington Post report is from 1979: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...

And this is the assessment for April. A lot of people tend to not realise that 35-40°C temperatures are not anomalous for Indian summers www.youtube.com/live/sWwl6no...

Heatwaves have become a feature of Indian summers in some regions. However, they are not the only story, neither the main one. It is important to understand trends like the one explained here because it points to issues like weather becoming less predictable www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/cl...

I obliquely refer to 1959 because that was the year that Walid Khalidi (may his soul be resting in peace) published this, decades before the wave of the Israeli New Historians did anything themselves.

i'm crying

Not well understood, but when Xi Jinping went after tech bros in China there were reams written on how it would tank the economy. It did, a bit, although the real issue was the housing bubble. Now tech companies in the US and others wield outsize influence on the global economy.

When BlueSky doesn’t like my posts.

She sounded so extraordinary. Atmospheric sciences major with minors in music and philosophy. Gifted singer. Kind. It wouldn’t have been any less tragic had she been utterly ordinary but my god, what a light that man took from the world. I’m so sorry, Juniper.

Gone are the days of a cannibal witch owning her own spacious gingerbread house. Today's child-eating witch can barely afford to rent a one-bedroom gingerbread condo.

Machine consciousness unexpectedly emerges from chatbots. They are trained to be sycophantic. A chatbot is tasked to review a novel by Richard Dawkins. Skynet initiates a nuclear first strike against humanity. (Got to admit, the machines have a point.)

OMG the DOJ lawyer just said presidential power has never been "circumcised." He was trying to say "circumscribed."

I covered that march. Here's the first paragraph of the story I wrote about it: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

So this made my day!

If you’ve spent time in New Orleans or Baton Rouge you know this man in spirit. Louisiana is so much the best and worst of us. But the thing about the best is they see the future. Because these men and women have mirrors.

The Hamid Khalafallah I knew never stopped advocating. He worked relentlessly, but pragmatically. He was rooted in his values. He never lost sight of what mattered. I wish you knew him, and I wish my dear friend Jawhara didn't have to write this beautiful tribute so soon timep.org/2026/05/13/h...

lol, good

I love reading polling analysis, it's always like "Wow, devastating news for President Trump today---after eating a baby on live TV last week, his approval has gone down approximately 1.3% (+/-2%) on a majority of statistical averages---an unprecedented indictment of this administration!!"

Good 🧵. Like any other tech, it can be used for good—and it also can be abused.

That the UAE "decided to release images of arrested individuals before they have undergone a fair trial suggests a verdict has already been reached to villainize them and their communities,” said DAWN fellow @miraalhussein.bsky.social, responding to reports of targeted repression of Shiites.

Rabbi on Yom Kippur: Today, we remember that before god we are all nothing. I, your great rabbi, am nothing. Synagogue President: I have funded every major initiative here… and I too am nothing. Nudnik seated in the back row: Yes, I am nothing! Pres. to Rabbi: Humph! Look who thinks he’s nothing.

“The UAE’s efforts to establish itself as a regional player have left war and devastation in its wake, most calamitously in Sudan.. it has been supported in that by the US and UK, not only political allies but financial beneficiaries.” @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm aware of this attack, but not sure I'd seen this overhead photo before. Completely unhinged.

Who doesn't agree with taxing billionaires more? Oh right, the billionaires! They may whine about it (and even try buying elections to stop us), but the movement is growing to tax obscene wealth — and use it to fund child care, health care, and affordable housing. (1/2)

OF COURSE Musk's biggest online henchman is a user in India. Of course. Fucking pathetic.

Hey! @caselchris1.bsky.social has her book out! So looking forward to it! Go get your copy! www.penguin.co.in/book/dalit-w...