Lebanese journalist killed in targeted Israeli airstrikes, officials say Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of war crimes after IDF attacks on Red Cross vehicles also stopped rescuers from reaching the site.

Again and again and again. Systematic murder of those who document Israel’s crimes

Four photos of Wimbledon’s Centre Court show how tennis has shifted: from grass worn across the whole court (serve-and-volley era) to damage almost only at the baseline today. A slower, power-driven game played from the back. Source: buff.ly/ZqqXfVO

Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel After Khalil was apparently targeted by Israel, a commentator asserting a connection with the military said journalists "affiliated with Hezbollah" are "destined for death."

Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel
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Study warns of terrifying Atlantic Ocean current collapse New research shows a critical Atlantic Ocean current system is weakening faster than expected, raising the risk of irreversible climate disruption.

Is anyone listening out there? New research shows a critical Atlantic Ocean current system is weakening faster than expected, raising the risk of irreversible climate disruption.
Can you hear it?
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Tehran’s embattled Jewish community endures despite Israeli bombing of synagogue Members of Rafi’ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed

Words can non longer convey Israel's madness. The bombing of Tehran's Synagogue defies language www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Coronation Street star, Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), looking out over Manchester (1968) 📷 John Madden.

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

What do you mean? Are you disagreeing with the Uni of Melbourne article?

As we discussed the news
my work friend asked
if I ever feel like we
are all just stuck 
in an episode 
of the Twilight Zone, 
but I replied that no, 
I do not ever feel that way,
for I know
that Twilight Zone episodes
do not last this long.

Are you heading to #WomenDeliver next week?

At #WomenDeliver2026, WILPF will be holding space to connect with feminist movements, partners, and allies from around the world.

Let us know if you’ll be there!

#WD2026 #WD2026 #FeministSolidarity #WILPF @womendeliver.bsky.social

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...

This history map shows the US bombing in SE Asia during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975. Blue dots are 1000 lb bombs or larger. Source: buff.ly/1KXSRrd

AUKUS and the sunk cost trap beneath the surface As warfare shifts decisively toward autonomous and distributed systems, Australia’s massive investment in nuclear submarines risks locking in a costly and inflexible strategy.

AUKUS. As warfare shifts decisively toward autonomous and distributed systems, Australia’s massive investment in nuclear submarines risks locking in a costly and inflexible strategy.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Over 40% of all ships are used to transport fossil fuels and are themselves fuelled by fossil fuels. Increasing the share of renewables in the global energy mix also helps to decrease transport related fossil fuels.

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Listen:
if you keep trying,
one of these weeks
you’ll find the right words,
you’ll find the right deeds,
to convince people
that they need
to take care of each other.
It might even be next week,
if you keep trying,
so keep trying,
please, my friend, keep trying.

WILPF will be on the ground pushing for a #FossilFuelTreaty, #Demilitarisation, and a #JustTransition for all.

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#JustTransitionSummit #ColombiaSinFosiles2026 #ClimateJustice

In one week, governments and a diverse global civil society movement will gather in Santa Marta to confront a question climate negotiations have long avoided: fossil fuel production. @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked:

Do you know why
they haven’t named
any of the Covid variants
with the abbreviation AI?

I said I did not know.
So she replied:

Because AI
is already the name
of a plague on humanity.

And then neither of us laughed.

You can still “see” a 1100-year-old Viking frontier in England through place names. “-by” and “-thorpe” cluster in the former Danelaw, while “-ton” and “-ham” dominate elsewhere. Not a clean border, but a lasting cultural imprint. Source: buff.ly/NlTRNKY

The NHS should keep Palantir for patients’ sake The US technology company is opposed by some employees but its software is getting results

"When Palantir’s seven-year contract is done and the NHS platform is fully built, other companies can bid to take over the work." Can they though? Or will NHS be locked into Palantir's proprietary technology (other companies would have to build from scratch) and then forced to pay ever higher fees ?

'Gutter politics' and rape: The Black history of One Nation Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party has thrown a

'Gutter politics' and rape: The Black history of One Nation.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

I know, my friend,
that with everything going on
you probably feel
like you are about to collapse,
but according to the news
“Critical Atlantic current
significantly more likely
to collapse than thought,”
so just know
you are not the only one
on the brink of collapse.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

We're fucking doomed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With all our state capitals under water?

Remembering Rachel Carson, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1964, with the story behind her epochal book "Silent Spring," which catalyzed the modern environmental movement www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/27/r...

People distinguish between "fecundity" and "fertility" for this reason

As national borders should be - a natural geographic boundary.

Beware Men Who Wage War to Prove They Are Men | Common Dreams ​The rabid hypermasculinity unleashed across Iran by the White House can be no surprise.

Beware Men Who Wage War to Prove They Are Men
The rabid hypermasculinity unleashed across Iran by the White House can be no surprise.
By Professor Toby Miller and Dr Joan Pedro-Caranana
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...

Four ways gendered expectations affect everyone in climate disasters
www.minderoo.org/stories/gend...