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This week in Palestine, - Israeli settlers attacked an American journalist in the West Bank - Israel continued to kill Palestinians across Gaza - the death toll topped 1,500 Palestinians since the so-called ceasefire one year ago Read Zeteo’s weekly roundup: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

Israeli settlers attacked a Jewish American journalist in broad daylight, and Israeli soldiers did nothing. She said from her hospital bed, "Sadly, none of them will be prosecuted. I am sure of it.” @premthakker.bsky.social asks, "Are we going to let her be right?"

“Where AI is used, it is used for good” Is so fluffy and general of a statement that it could be used to justify pretty much anything.

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

It’s been three years since Israel started a genocide that’s killed more than 74,000 Palestinians. And while more celebrities are finally using their platforms to call out the genocide, many still remain quiet – or worse, actively voice their support for Israel. Read now: zeteo.com/p/the-good-t...

These words sound so angelic. They were spoken by a young Jewish writer who died in November 1943 in Auschwitz. "We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds." ~ Etty Hillesum, 1914-1943.

AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

ah yes Europe, they’re calling it “the least warfare prone continent”

The presence of a large group of Indian-American students at the UT game shows just how poorly Indian-Americans are assimilating.

DMV folks: The AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend returns this year! Participants include biographer Scott Eyman, historian David Stenn, @sheilakathleen.bsky.social, and me. Tomorrow, from noon to midnight, the AFI holds a flash sale for the weekend! Link: silver.afi.com/events/detai...

It is natural that people would prefer to be around other people of the same race. That is why I avoid my wife as much as possible. by Christopher Rufo and JD Vance

scoreboard www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Damning. www.equator.org/articles/bid...

@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”

The idea of a "tech industry" has always relied on "computer" being a special kind of medium, akin to alchemy. And if tech demands to be king, AI hype has now elevated LLMs to a king of kings. But the solipsism has hit a dead end. The only way forward is to recognize that computers are not special.

I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

"There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing." ~ Lorraine Hansberry

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Director: Jonathan Demme

Time to cancel your Paramount+.

never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this

when you look at these accusations and compare them to my actual professional output, you have to conclude that either they can't read or that they're incapable of doing anything but looking at my author photo bsky.app/profile/shwi...

25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

I hear from festivals sometimes about how they're remaining agnostic about AI, wanting to explore both sides and potential uses for a world-destroying, thieving LLM and fuck you. Fuck. You.

Ed is just like an Objective Journalist. openly and blatantly political in ways that are perceived to be uncontroversial, “I don’t take sides” on things that are

Fuck P!nk

I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

"Pfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned...a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I thought I was anti AI before, but I'm reading a preview copy of the upcoming book Hyperscale by @parismarx.com and "anti" isn't a strong enough word. The social, political and environmental cost of generative AI is staggering.

This is downstream of the fundamental issue that white Americans, the elites in particular, identify more with Europe than their fellow New World states despite having more in common with the latter in terms of demographic diversity and birthright citizenship.

I wrote about Rula Jebreal & the Democratic Party double standards & cowardice when it comes to calling out bigotry & racism from the right versus the left; they’re always happy to punch left not right, up not down. Is this really an opposition party? zeteo.com/p/racism-rul...

AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...

The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”

The response to 9/11 intensified an “imperial arrogance,” as Edward Said called it, “unschooled in worldliness, unfettered either by competence or experience, undeterred by history or human complexity, unrepentant in its violence and the cruelty of its technology.” Adom Getachew on its aftermath:

#EdMiliband accused settler terrorists of "ethnic cleansing" in areas of the #West Bank and said the UK was bringing in an "import ban on goods from illegal settlements." 12 countries announced new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements www.euronews.com/2026/09/08/1... #BenjaminNetanyahu #Terrorists

Lion King screening in Gaza City. 📸: Omar Ashtawy for Getty Images.

The rise of Nazism was heralded by a thousand think pieces about the “legitimate concerns” of antisemites.

Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use union-busting laws to further exploit workers 5) Rinse and repeat How we break this cycle? Build back a powerful labor movement.

"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." ~ George Burns

There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

John Fetterman is a horrible, lazy, self-centered, pathetic excuse for a human being. What a truly terrible person.

JAMES JOYCE: Yes I said yes I will yes COPY EDITOR: Hi, Mr. Joyce. My name is Amy and I work on the production team. I was wondering if we could schedule a Zoom call for next week to discuss a few things that have popped up during the editing process. (Absolutely LOVING the book, btw!)

No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science.