Mass shooting yesterday at Teotihuacán, the amazing World Heritage pyramid site near Mexico City.
Noteworthy- this seems more like a "US-style" mass shooting, and does not seem to be related to organized crime. Single perpetrator, basic weapons. 1 dead, 10+ injured. (Photos circulating online.)
Wow! "President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on Monday that her cabinet had no prior knowledge of the activities involving the Americans in Chihuahua and would investigate whether their involvement in the operation violated Mexico’s national security laws."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
If this had been organized crime, many more people could have been killed. It highlights the importance of distinguishing between organized vs. other types of crime.
Criminal organizations know that it is (usually) not in their interest to attack tourists, especially in such a public way.
Mass shooting yesterday at Teotihuacán, the amazing World Heritage pyramid site near Mexico City.
Noteworthy- this seems more like a "US-style" mass shooting, and does not seem to be related to organized crime. Single perpetrator, basic weapons. 1 dead, 10+ injured. (Photos circulating online.)
Cervical cancer death rates in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 Reported deaths from cervical cancer per 100,000 women. In 1950, there were 8.6 deaths from cervical cancer per 100,000 women By 2021, this had fallen to 1.7
Your slow news story for the day: Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 from 8.6 deaths per 100,000 women to 1.7
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Iran focus of probe into London arson attacks, counterterror police say
Early reports coming in of another arson attack on a Synagogue in Britain last night - this time Kenton United Synagogue.
This the third attempted firebombing of a Jewish building in London this week.
Reassessing Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks: Slumps or Bumps? doi.org/10.1017/S000... by Hariuchi and Johnson
Interesting, check it out
It’s a telling indicator of media desensitization that the US government’s ongoing program of murder on the high seas—which according to the perpetrators has killed fourteen (14) people this week— is no longer a subject for much serious or sustained news coverage.
Norsk Folkemuseum - the outside part is really cool, I thought, with houses from many hundreds of years ago. On a lovely peninsula.
Now on First View ft. Zack Zimbalist and @elisaomodei.bsky.social!
“This is the first study to use a comprehensive dataset and citation network approach to quantitatively assess the degree of underrepresentation in the leading political science research on Africa."
doi.org/10.1017/S104... #polisky
Tuesday 28 April! "Language Conflict Studies: Linguistic Political Science" at the MCCRA virtual research workshop. Profs Stanley Dubinsky, Michael Gavin, and Harvey Starr (University of South Carolina) will present their interdisciplinary research at 2pm UK time. Join us! See QR code or link below.
When you add it all up, the collapse in immigration looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (even including the people arrested and not released) and a decline of about 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration has come from LEGAL immigration.
“Former Lafarge chief sentenced to six years in jail for financing terrorism”
Paying ISIS, even extortion, sometimes has consequences.
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“Former Lafarge chief sentenced to six years in jail for financing terrorism”
Paying ISIS, even extortion, sometimes has consequences.
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“Civilians feared killed after reports of Nigerian air strike on Nigerian market”
Ah air strikes, solving everything
Civilians feared killed after reports of air strike on Nigerian market www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So JD Vance did accomplish something last week
Bluebell season
The 3mn tourists expected to visit Guadalajara this summer were more likely to be customers than victims of the CJNG, security analysts said. Cocaine and marijuana are routinely sold by the cartel in bars around the city, while illicit alcohol, tobacco and vapes show up in shops. The group also controls prostitution rings and has directly targeted foreigners in fraud schemes involving timeshare resorts. "All these opportunities will expand during the World Cup," said Fernando Jiménez Sánchez, a Guadalajara-based security researcher. "It is going to be a very good few weeks for criminal businesses."
Those visiting Guadalajara for the World Cup needn’t worry about physical crime: the cartels don’t want to undermine the far bigger opportunities of drugs, prostitution and fraud which the tournament presents. Great piece this
www.ft.com/content/08c5...
One arrested person was 87 years old.
PA is proscribed/terrorist designated, so showing support for it is illegal. It's proscribed even though it has mostly used vandalism/sabotage. (UK law includes "serious" vandalism as terrorism.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For decades, other countries adopted/followed US terrorist designations. But after the US designated 4 European leftist groups last year, almost no other countries* did the same. Despite US pressure, as this article explains.
*only Hungary!
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
So after the massive death and destruction, now everyone will pay Iran (and Oman) to use the Strait of Hormuz. Which was open just fine before the war began. War is so dumb. This one, especially so.
Sounds like terrorism to me. And I'm not a genocide scholar, but it sounds like he's threatening that, too.
Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.
Foreign students *subsidize* domestic students. Without them college will be *more* expensive and there will be *fewer* spots.
Donald J. Trump + @realDonaldTrump • 23m Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP 961 1.12k 4.16k
I had to check but yes this is real
