Settlers torch home in West Bank, infant among injured <article data-history-node-id="438741" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-torch-home-west-bank-infant-among-injured" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-torch-home-west-bank-infant-among-injured" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Settlers torch home in West Bank, infant among injured</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Seven Palestinians, including an infant, were treated for smoke inhalation after a home was set on fire in the village of Beit Imrin in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.</p> <p>One person was also treated for burn injuries.</p> <p>Residents extinguished the fire before it spread further, but two vehicles were also torched in the attack, the Wafa reported, adding that no arrests were reported.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Another HORRIFIC night in the West Bank.<br> <br> Dozens of Israeli settlers set a Palestinian home on fire in the village of Beit Imrin, surrounding the house to prevent the family from escaping, then hurling rocks as it burned.<br> <br> 8 people were injured, including a one-year-old baby. <a href="https://t.co/7yDG5Ch9U9">pic.twitter.com/7yDG5Ch9U9</a></p> — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) <a href="https://twitter.com/IhabHassane/status/2046739269352391024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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A black graphic with large abstract purple bubbles in the background. The white text says: WARNING: DO NOT RUN AI AGENTS ON ANY DEVICE USED TO ACCESS SIGNAL What is an AI Agent? Agentic AIs are programs that access all the data on your device to do autonomous tasks like manage email or make reservations. Examples include OpenClaw and Microsoft Recall. An AI agent is not a chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. Why not? AI Agents save everything that appears on your screen, including Signal messages. Storing encrypted or disappearing chats (potentially forever) violates community expectations of privacy & puts all your contacts at greater risk of surveillance. Is Signal still safe? This is a human error problem, not Signal's error. Signal remains the best tool out there for private messaging. What the absolute F#@K?! How can I stop this? Help keep each other safe by sharing this message to your Signal groups and contacts. Learn more + yell at Big AI over at AISnitches.com - Your friends at Fight for the Future

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a concert backdrop that says over 30 universities destroyed in iran against black and white picture of rubble

backdrop that says last standing university in gaza against a black and white image of al-israa university

giant three screen stage backdrop showing footage of the bombing of a university in gaza

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

Protester Amir Ali Mir Jafari Hanged for Arson; 8th January Protester Execution State media reported the execution of Amir Ali Mir Jafari, a protester arrested in relation to the January 2026 protests in Tehran.

“IHRNGO once again warned of further executions of political prisoners and protesters in the coming days and weeks. Hundreds of protesters are currently facing death penalty charges, with at least 30 having already been sentenced to death”

The murders continue.

The U.S. Has Now Killed More Than 180 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All @theintercept.com

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LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

NEW: Flight data reveals that the LAPD's "Drone as First Responder" program—sold to the public as a public safety measure—is in fact being used to spy on anti-ICE/anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles.

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The War on Iran: A Conversation Four scholars on the consequences of U.S. and Israeli aggression, reactions from Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and the warped analysis that pervades U.S. media.

Recording of the panel I moderated for the Boston Review with four distinguished scholars—Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Manijeh Moradian, and Naghmeh Sohrabi—to discuss the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran:

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#OtD 20 Apr 1914 US troops opened fire with machine guns and set fire to tents in a camp of striking miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado. They burned two women, 11 children and shot 13 others. None were prosecuted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9243...

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Hormuz Crisis “Only Going to Get More Horrific Before It Gets Any Better”: Prof. Laleh Khalili Amid the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, we speak with Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf studies who researches the shipping and logistics industry and its impact on the global economy. The U...

Amid the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, we speak with Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf studies who researches the shipping and logistics industry and its impact on the global economy.

“Depths of Hell”: Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis Sudan marked four years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 20...

Sudan marked three years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 2021 military coup left it with diminished political power.

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

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"Batra, who is Sikh, left India after her parents were murdered during a state pogrom against Sikhs in...1980s....she missed a one-year application deadline and her chance to become an asylee."

"Agents posed for photos with her handcuffed, which they said was for 'social media.'"

The next president's Attorney General needs to act with urgency to investigate and prosecute the crimes being committed to effectuate the mass deportation agenda.

The default idea of tech as a neutral “tool” camouflages the way tech elites transform platforms into environments for their own gendered form of power. Our book of the week critiques a system of inclusion it calls “Big Tech Feminism.”

By Sarah Sharma on @dukepress.bsky.social

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It doesn't matter whether you are on twitter or bluesky, you will always see long threads of men arguing w/ each other about whether economic feelings are real without seeing anyone mention childcare costs, rising unsheltered homelessness or the fact that uncountable numbers of families live in cars

It's tax season. This is what Americans are paying for.

The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year Americans want a government that supports them when times are tough—not one that shakes us down for endless wars.

Before plowing more money into the war machine, we need to take a long, hard look at how policymakers are using our money, write Lindsay Koshgarian and
@hannahomestead.bsky.social.

I personally think not safe to remain in any personal relationship with anyone who is using LLMs to analyze your relationship, make conclusions about your motives, or determine how to treat you. I think this is beyond red flag—it should be an immediate dealbreaker.

Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Has Been in Jail for Six Weeks in Kuwait, Faces Trial in Special Tribunal Ahmed Shihab-Eldin’s arrest comes as part of a wider crackdown on online speech in Kuwait and other Gulf countries during the Iran war.

Ahmed's arrest and prosecution are happening against a renewed drive of mass denaturalisation, temporarily paused because of the Iranian strikes on Kuwait.

Over 50,000 Kuwaitis have been denaturalised, rendering them not only stateless but incapable of cross-border movement.

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"There has been little transparency around his case, but the charges he faces are reported to be related to his social media posts, including a video showing a U.S. fighter jet crash near a U.S. air base in Kuwait, according to CPJ, which stressed that the videos [are] publicly available."

D.C. school applications fall amid deportation fears and federal layoffs Fears of ICE arrests, plus the impacts of federal worker job cuts and a declining birth rate, have contributed to drops in lottery applications that could hurt funding for some schools.

Pre-k applications in D.C. fell this year, particularly at schools in immigrant neighborhoods and those with bilingual programs, a sign of how federal layoffs and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have affected families who once competed fiercely for lottery seats.

The NYU contract faculty union spent 15 months negotiating our contract with the university, culminating in a week of intensive all day talks and a final 30 hour bargaining session. Vance left Pakistan after less than a day.

"Every member of the TESCREAL movement accepts a posthuman eschatology, according to which we should introduce one or more new posthuman species, hopefully in the near future."

Did Emile just try to kick me out of the (imagined) TESCREAL community because I don't pass his made-up purity tests?

Special discount on the one year anniversary of the launch of the audio book of my novel about Beirut Armenians during the Lebanese Civil War

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How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used ICE.

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used ICE.

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

US media: Escalating tension

Real world: bombing

US media: A dire ultimatum!

Real world: bombing

US media: Frenzied diplomacy!

Real world: bombing

US media: The brink of war!!

Real world: bombing

US media: CEASEFIRE!!!!

Real world: bombing

US media: A fragile peace

Real world: bombing

the pakistani meme game is better than any other nation; we were trained by successive dictators

Haha this is hilarious! I hadn't seen this one :)