What’s maddening re:Israel-Iran is that there was a deal in place and Trump chose to rip it apart. Now we’re on the brink of nuclear warfare started by a politician willing to sacrifice its own population, innocent Iranians and US troops to retain his own power.

🤖💡 Are LLMs really developing social behaviors—or just reproducing familiar patterns from training? In our new paper, @pettertornberg.com and I take a closer look at recent claims of emergent conventions in AI and offer a different perspective... 🧵

We at MSF have repeatedly raised the point that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a political decision, not a logistical issue. It has been active policy of Isr govt to manipulate aid for its war aims. The US is complicit in this systematic blockade of life-saving aid.

State Department Halts Interviews Abroad for Student and Exchange Visas

The Trump administration has halted all interview appointments abroad with foreign citizens who want student or exchange visas. The State Dept. says it needs to expand scrutiny of applicants' social media. It's unclear how long the halt will last. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

10 Years of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

My @hrw.org colleagues, Shayna Bauchner and @nadiahardman.bsky.social comment:

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This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is:

🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide

A thread:

The diminishing of US exceptionalism Visa bans, research cuts, and isolationist policies risk America’s global leadership and leave a void for China to fill.

“Cruelty seems to be a design feature of the Trump administration’s policies rather than an unintended consequence,” writes Jenny Gordon in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/diminish...

A reminder that ideology transcends the vanguard

Report: Progress in talks to release Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli held in Iraq since 2023 ***

Let’s hope this is true.

Sources in Iraq told Al-Hadath that 'serious efforts' are being made to secure the release of Tsurkov, a dual Israeli-Russian citizen ■ Reports say Tsurkov will be released in exchange for prisoners in Iraq

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Singapore’s New Mega-Terminal 5 Will Double Changi Airport’s Size | WSJ Booked YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal

Singapore’s Changi airport has been ranked the best in the world. Nearly 50 million travelers pass through Changi’s four terminals annually. Now it adds a fifth mega-terminal. It can operate even in a pandemic www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjt...

Study looking at AI chatbots in 7,000 workplaces finds 'no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation' Despite AI’s promise to revolutionize white-collar work, most workers are using it sparingly—or hiding it from their boss.

"The NBER paper comes on the heels of other indications suggesting that AI’s potential, while tremendous, has been vastly overstated in the media and the market."

But they're doing the exact overstatement here with the phrase "while tremendous."

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In Gaza, hospitals have collapsed. Babies ran out of formula. Clean drinking water is gone. Meanwhile, trucks filled with aid are waiting idle by the border. Instead of trying to do a Gaza real estate deal, Trump should press the Netanyahu government to open aid routes & stop starving Palestinians.