Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

The Trump Supremacy [FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order

"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr

We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

Who Killed the Narrative Podcast? Podcasts like 'Serial,' 'The Shrink Next Door,' and 'Over My Dead Body' were once a booming industry. But times — and budgets — have changed.

This story about the corporatization, enshittification & chat-show-ification of podcasting is sad.

In light of this, it’s a miracle we can do the journalism we do on MASTER PLAN and LEVER TIME.

Thanks to The Lever’s subscribers for making them possible. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif has been killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside Al-Shifa hospital.

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9 reasons you should be wary of generative artificial intelligence tools | Descrier News While such tools offer possibilities for extending knowledge and developing new research methods, they are very much a multi-edged sword that bring significant challenges.

9 reasons you should be wary of generative artificial intelligence tools

Possibilities for extending knowledge & developing new research methods but they are very much a multi-edged sword.

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Amid Meta Policy Changes, Neo-Nazis Monetize Hate on Instagram Over the past month, Meta has been undergoing a MAGA metamorphosis. In this new more permissive online environment, an investigation by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has discov...

Meta’s policy changes have allowed neo-Nazi content to flourish on Instagram, with accounts openly spreading hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols while profiting from it. This unchecked extremism is spreading faster than ever.

Read more:
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INDEPENDENT: Five years on, the true cost of Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Assad has fallen.

Overnight, a lot happened. Homs was captured by rebel forces, but most important: the capital Damascus has been captured and Bashar Al-Assad has fled. Everywhere, Syrians took out on the streets.

DAMASCUS:

1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.

For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.

Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.

Momentous events in Syria this morning. The 54 year rule of the Assad family appears to be over, with rebel forces taking to state TV claiming President Assad has fled Damascus.

The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.

To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you.

Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.

Homs, the capital of the revolution! Every city or town liberated brings back so many memories of what their people achieved and how they were punished.

New thread: Assad forces completely pulling out of Homs.

BREAKING: Homs has fallen to the rebels as Assad's forces and regime sponsored militias completely withdraw from the city.

Bluesky already delivering more referral traffic than X for some publishers A Guardian audience editor says Bluesky sent more referral traffic to the news outlet in its first week there than X has any week in 2024.

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Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.

NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.

www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...

Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.

The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.

This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.

Keir Starmer Dismisses Petition Demanding General Election As More Than 2 Million Sign It The prime minister said he was "not surprised" that lots of people are unhappy with his government.

I for one am amazed that Keir Starmer, five months after winning a 170 seat majority, has not called a fresh election after acceding to a random petition. Shameful stuff. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...

Seems like the last week has seen a lot of best best people from the other place all move here in a flurry. Find your favourite starter pack to get going.

This platform is genuinely becoming useful. It reminds me of the heyday of twitter when you could actually find the latest news, rather than the latest hatred.

The Podcasts That Are Really Screwed Right Now The medium is fine. But big chunks of the business are in trouble.

Podcasts have never been more popular, but the industry feels like it's on fire. Layoffs and cancelations abound after years of deep-pocketed investment. I tried to decipher what's actually going on and what's at stake for Slate:

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For this investigation, the team used our Open Street Map Search tool to help ease the geolocation process. Check it out for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...

This is how you quit.

Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones -... In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.

It would be great if absolutely everybody can help this story go viral, and get higher-level media attention, to contribute to the social and legal utter annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved.

Good to be invited. What journalist feeds or breaking news feeds should we be following?

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