Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

"To limit the chance of coming into contact with Israelis who might assault or harass them, girls had quit school and women had stopped working."

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine. What can organizers do? Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser and at a film screening on the same night in April. Organizers describe how this fits into a broader pattern and what can be done to protect community…

Toronto: What we’re seeing now is that (police) are not even distinguishing between protests, academic events or cultural events. Any time there are Palestinians speaking about Palestine, they are viewed as potentially anti-semitic or promoting violence.” www.thegrindmag.ca/cops-keep-sh...

Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

The boycott of the Giller Prize is over, as all three demands have successfully been met

Reporting from @rdassaly.bsky.social for @thegrindto.bsky.social here:

www.thegrindmag.ca/organizers-e...

Campaign statement here:

www.canlitresponds.ca/boycott-succ...

The deadliest 10 minutes in decades: Lebanese reel from Israeli strikes that killed hundreds Beirut residents and officials say civilians were main casualties in operation that bombed 100-plus targets in 10 minutes

Necessary reporting by @willchristou.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Trend Simulation Era Your favourite band made it big with the help of hundreds of fake accounts. Does it matter?

I wrote about digital music marketing agency Chaotic Good Projects. Musician Eliza McLamb uncovered that they used hundreds of fake accounts to artificially generate buzz for bands like Geese, Mk.gee and Dijon. The co-founders call it "trend simulation."

Waterkeeper: how water can be a blueprint for peace For Bashar Alshawwa, water is not just a basic need — it is both the heart of global inequality and the key to peace. After decades of occupation, exile and war, he is working to turn a weaponized res...

“Water no get enemy,” the Fela Kuti song goes. I’m reminded of it as I read @pacinthe.bsky.social's moving piece in @cangeo.bsky.social about Bashar Alshawwa and his work to protect what belongs to all.

canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wat...

image of a white brick wall overlaid with text reading: for a story at The Guardian, I'm looking to speak to 1-2 people who have had their community/ political organizing work impacted by being expected or forced to organize with someone who assaulted or harassed them, and that staying silent was "for the good of the movement" I know this is an extremely common story, but also one people can't always share with their name or face: anonymity or pseudonyms will be provided. I am trained in trauma-informed strategies in working with survivors, am a survivor myself, and take digital hygiene and sources' security extremely seriously. Please reach out over signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68 . I'll take this down when I have enough folks. Thank you.

Source Callout:

for a story at the Guardian, I'm interviewing folks who were asked to keep working with someone after sexual assault or harassment or relationship abuse, and told to stay silent "for the good of the movement" (more info in pic with alt text).

reach out on Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68

Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured

"Human rights organisations say such attacks often occur with little accountability. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has accused the government of enabling settler violence 'as part of a strategy to cement the takeover of Palestinian land'."

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Here's a full write-up on the judge tossing out Columbia's unprecedentedly harsh disciplinary actions against students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall in 2024:

hellgatenyc.com/columbia-exp...

New: the Art Gallery of Ontario's deputy director + chief curator, Julian Cox, is leaving in April. No reasoning given, but worth noting AGO is under deep scrutiny over its governance re the Nan Goldin saga, and it hasn't begun searching for a replacement
ago.ca/press-releas...

Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by Israel

“It took months for the Bush administration’s falsehoods about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to come to light… For the Trump administration’s warnings of an imminent threat from Iran, it took an afternoon.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

civilian deaths are up for bets and if you’re wondering how america got here, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks it down. (personal note: so happy to be working with the team @404media.co that says shit like it is)

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis

"Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis."

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Meanwhile, as it succeeded in dragging the US into a war on Iran, "Israel seeks to erase Palestinians as a society. First they are destroyed in the present. Then they are deleted from the past." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Evil in the West Bank | David Shulman As long as the daily horrors in the occupied territories continue and the extreme right remains in power, democracy in Israel will be sick at the core.

“If you’d like to witness human evil at its worst, come with me any day to the West Bank,” Israeli scholar and Hebrew U professor writes in @nybooks.com

The night before the United States started bombing Iran (again), Sam Altman made an agreement with the Department of War.

He cannot be trusted. His company cannot be trusted. It just adds to what I wrote earlier this week.

“For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings.”

Full CPJ report here: cpj.org/special-repo...

hahahahaha

also, the video for this song is sending me. it's like she woke up that morning and was like "i've 50 quid in my pocket and a free afternoon. let's do this."

"what's your pleasure?" is SUCH a great album. don't think it can be topped, but maybe she's not trying to?

The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team Giggled With Trump After Its Win Between slamming beers in the locker room, Kash Patel and Team USA found time for a very chummy phone call with the president.

Disappointing? Yes. Surprising? No.

Kudos to the US ladies team on their polite “sod off” to the president’s invite.

www.thecut.com/article/us-m...

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I feel sick.

we're going to the cottage (gold medal game) baybeeee

Truer words have never been spoken

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