I normally hate LinkedIn, and have seriously been thinking about deactivating my account. But I jumped on it today, and saw this interesting post from the CEO of the New Humanitarian @tammam.bsky.social about the failure of western journalism today. An excellent read.

A statement about what is happening, and the world's reaction to it, from someone I had the pleasure working with in my time at MSF. One of the smartest people I have ever met.
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Here’s What All Those Brigitte Bardot Obituaries Got Wrong About Her Legacy The legendary actress and activist was also kind of the worst, so how do we talk about that?

"Bardot is one of the most important sex symbols in pop culture history and she was also a massive racist with a misogynistic streak a mile wide...If Bardot didn't want her legacy to be defined by her own words, she wouldn't have said them."

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Ok so it's not making me as angry as Wuthering Heights. It's just as meandering, but everyone isn't terrible and while Jane drives me nuts at times, I can understand where she is coming from (sort of) at times.

a man in a black jacket sits on a set of stairs ALT: a man in a black jacket sits on a set of stairs

I'm reading (ok audiobook) Jane Eyre for the first time. Haven't seen the movies and don't know the story. What I do know is that I'm on chapter 23 and she's about to be married and I am certain that Mr Rochester is an absolute scoundrel
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This is Salem. He waited for his mom to leave the car before stealing her breakfast. Loves the thrill of the hunt. 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: unhingeddogmom)

ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself The maker of ChatGPT has said the suicide of a 16-year-old was down to his “misuse” of its system and was “not caused” by the chatbot. The comments came in OpenAI’s response to a lawsuit filed against the San Francisco company and its chief executive, Sam Altman, by the family of California teenager Adam Raine. Continue reading...

ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology

I'm not planning on going to the US any time soon (just not safe!) but when I do, I think I want to go to Portland. Everything I have read about it makes it sound like a fantastic city

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-...

I haven't been able to edit in a few weeks, just busy with work, so back at it now. Friends, editing is hard!
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Ok I didn't know this until now and yet somehow it doesn't surprise me in the least

I was at Sprüngli in Zurich this morning for a hot chocolate. A dark skinned woman came in and asked for a table. She was told to wait. A white lady came in just after and was seated immediately. And honestly, the hot chocolate wasn't even that good. Definitely taking my money elsewhere from now on

Thank you so much!

She Doesn't Remember | Short Story by Alnaaze Nathoo in the September 4, 2025 issue of The Write Launch Her phone buzzed: Lia pulled it out of her pocket to check the incoming message, expecting a meme, or a friend sending pictures from her latest walk. It was not. “I was there this morning: she’s refus...

Hi there! I'm excited to announce that I have a short story published in @thewritelaunch.bsky.social this month. Parent-child relationships are always complicated, much more so as we get older. I try to explore that here.
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As Gaza starves, GoFundMe accused of blocking ‘millions of dollars’ raised GoFundMe is accused of unfair restrictions and financial freezes on Palestinian aid fundraisers.

TIL that GoFundMe’s execs are full of IDF & IDF adjacent & it makes 👇👇👇 make infinitely more sense

Javier Bardem, I will love you forever
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Genocide.

Of course not. Tony Blair is in on it

Israeli drones dropped grenades near peacekeepers in south Lebanon, UN says Unifil condemns ‘serious attack’ on Tuesday morning as it was clearing a road and adds that no one was hurt Israeli drones dropped four grenades near UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, the agency’s force said on Wednesday, in what it described as “one of the most serious attacks” on its personnel since a November ceasefire. The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, said the Tuesday morning attack came as it was clearing a road to a UN position close to the Israeli border, adding that no one was hurt. Continue reading...

Israeli drones dropped grenades near peacekeepers in south Lebanon, UN says

Sadly racial profiling is alive and well in Zurich as well.

I had read that if someone at a store like Sephora gives you a basket it's profiling. I thought it was just a US thing but I just went into Claire's in Zurich & the woman accosted me with a basket. She followed me around & didn't stop until I left. There were many others in the store, all ignored.

Boycott the banquet, send a tweet. But ending the horror in Gaza still relies on the worst people in the world | Marina Hyde This humanitarian catastrophe is barely of passing interest to Donald Trump. The curse of our times is how little we can do about it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Boycott the banquet, send a tweet. But ending the horror in Gaza still relies on the worst people in the world | Marina Hyde

Taking a break
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Denzel Washington Says He Doesn't Watch Movies, So What Does He Watch? His viewing habits may come as a surprise to some, but not those who really know Denzel.

Denzel loves Miss Marple and Vera!! I'm in excellent company with my TV obsessions

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