"In overcrowded displacement camps, in shelters exposed to the elements, and in makeshift homes that barely offer protection, they persist—not out of choice, but because there is no alternative."
I like how wikipedia could only get a freely licensed photo of the political editor of BBC News by cropping this UK government photo
Counterpoint: white people should never stop because this shit is hilarious
FT exclusive | Trump’s Board of Peace fund is empty #FTEdit ft.trib.al/aLZBcR7
s. e. smith
depths of wikipedia
Despite $17bn in pledges, organisation is stuck in limbo with no money flowing to projects in Gaza
ft.trib.al
“to cancel vast swathes of the operatic repertory in order to placate activists or mischief-makers would be utterly unacceptable”
maybe white people should stop
If you think you might object to the opera with the rollerskating naked nuns that also includes live sex, cannibalism and people hanging from hooks by their skin, maybe don't see a production directed by a director who is famous for shows with a lot of nudity, sex, violence and also cannibalism
"Since Saladin, however, there has been scant sign of comparable Arab achievement — consider Nobel prizes, or an absence of them. Colonialism cannot take all the blame."
I mean, WOW. Such uniquely pungent British racism. This piece just made my eyes pop.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species, pollute waterways and endanger human health..."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
“to cancel vast swathes of the operatic repertory in order to placate activists or mischief-makers would be utterly unacceptable”
maybe white people should stop
$9-billion taxpayer transfer to a $5 trillion company for US spy agencies to go all in on AI.
NYT doesn't include a single critical word from a privacy or civil liberties expert. Just a don't-worry-about-it assurance at the end.
Also: Anthropic is not our friend. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
🔥 @katewagner.wehwalt.net's new work at @flaminghydra.com left me speechless which is uh
rare for me
you must read it
flaminghydra.com/issue-563/
Andrew Kurjata
Aksel Tollåli
Naomi Klein
Aparna Nair
This is free to read, so I think we can take it that the gleeful, joyous murder and destruction has now got so mortally embarrassing that it is fine for the right type of respected one-of-the-lads to recognise what was right in front of us all along www.thetimes.com/article/1879...
Antisemitism is real. But we cannot be blackmailed into silence about Binyamin Netanyahu’s excesses
Discarding canonical operas because they might discomfort modern audiences does a disservice to the complexities of art.
The politics of provocative opera | @amwilson.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
Discarding canonical operas because they might discomfort modern audiences does a disservice to the complexities of art.
The politics of provocative opera | @amwilson.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
Maria Bustillos
Discarding canonical operas because they might discomfort modern audiences does a disservice to the complexities of art.
Discarding canonical operas because they might discomfort modern audiences does a disservice to the complexities of art.
The prime minister plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species and pollute waterways in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects, Althia Raj writes.
