The is Zarbiv’s full quote about Gaza demolitions: Gazans “will be returning to nowhere. Tens of thousands of families are left without papers, without childhood photos, without ID cards, they remain with nothing. If they return, they will not know where their home is. All they will find is sand.”
The title of this essay comes from a quotation by Avraham Zarbiv, the rabbinical judge and IDF reservist bulldozer operator who is the public face of the semi-irregular force of military and contractor earthmover operators who have both pushed for and executed mass demolition operations in Gaza
As tech bosses like Sam Altman play an increasingly influential role in our lives, concerns are growing over how much we really know about these powerful individuals.
The US enforcing a blockade puts China and the US in direct and immediate conflict 👇
Europe doesn't want Tehran or Trump tolls on the Strait of Hormuz but it's up to shipping companies themselves whether to pay per barrel and/or $2 million per ship.
I converted to Catholicism last week. Here’s why it’s necessary for the United States to invade Vatican City and install its own pope.
Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal seemingly bribed Trump to lower tariffs on Canadian steel. Curious what EU and Canadian trade authorities knew, and when they knew it.
Somebody should ask Mathias Döpfner of Axel Springer media whether he's still as gung-ho about Iran now MAGA is purging the people who know best how wars work.
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Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.
Trump's rambling press conference raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental state.
Gen AI has become ubiquitous in the EU Bubble. I found this artefact in a newsletter this morning.
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video.
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
The Athletic | Tiger Woods was arrested for a DUI at 1 o'clock in the afternoon after flipping his SUV. Could he be a future candidate for Secretary of War?
Agreed. Bad choice. I immediately thought about the cover of Screamadelica. Hijacked away I was, from the huge importance of these protests.
Nouriel Roubini foresees "escalation and a US-Israeli victory (with regime collapse in a few months) as more likely than escalation and a US-Israeli defeat." NB: escalation is also the scenario he personally favors: "Trying to finish the job is better than the alternatives."
When a supposed member state of the EU, Hungary, is using the talking points of a supposed EU ally, the US, to justify election interference that will undermine the EU, that is a truly grotesque situation.
Just horrifying to read this in 2026. 'Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [the army secretary] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Non-negligible chance that Deutsche Bank is improving its abject image rather than Brussels. May be a script worth flipping.
after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
Heckuva job Rutte
This is very interesting on Bayer's role in the pharma-military industrial complex. Trump needs Bayer's white phosphorus for warfare. Meanwhile the German company appears to be getting sweeteners for its glyphosate weed killer business.
One of the reasons US IT billionaires supported Trump was that they expected his regime to be able to pressure EU to loosen its regulations and grow their business.
Totally opposite is happening: we are only beginning to see the long lasting business damage that Trump is causing to US companies.
The "international political situation has changed" and the "Ministry of Justice emphasizes the paramount importance of citizens' trust in the elections". (Machine translation)
Wow. Looks like Trump just lost Amazon Web Services its contract with Finland for cloud-based management of election information. No price given. But would be interesting to know how soon European digital sovereignty might start to mean something to US hyperscalers' bottom lines.
The way this numbers station story made it into so many big UK and US media at similar moments seemed a bit weird to me. The net effect was that any threat from Iran seemed even more salient.
Let's crush this grotesque flirtation before it gains anymore steam. There is no common ground with Tucker Carlson. There is no common ground with those who claim common ground with Tucker Carlson. There are no "good" fascists vs. "bad" fascists. Fascists=fascists.
