“Look at yourself in the mirror, man! These are human beings.” "Parts of this debate have got completely out of control." @jameshansonradio.bsky.social responds to a 'disgraceful' text message sent in about asylum seekers.

🚨 A topline analysis of yesterday's historic ICJ ruling on states' obligations to combat climate change, based on a debrief from @ciel.org

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In its historic first, the International Court of Justice has issued a groundbreaking ruling on climate change, declaring that government actions fueling the climate crisis are illegal under internati...

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Al Jazeera Media Network urgently calls upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant legal bodies to take decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes against journalists and media professionals in Gaza.

When US meanings of words are so completely different to English meanings of words. #TodaysConnections @nytimes.com

a man with red curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

ALT: a man with red curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

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Fascinating. Grammar nerds, can you explain why @theguardian.com doesn’t capitalize Maga?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt

Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.

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Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last yr.

Hilarious. First the Pakistani government, now the Israeli government. Every foreign government knows how to manipulate and play our president, the egomaniacal man-child who has made his obsession with a Nobel Prize so clear.

This is great political content. I’d vote for him.

Doug Merrill 🌻@bagatsen.bsky.social · last yr.

This is hilarious! How do people not like this guy?

Can’t believe this is still going on and even bigger than it was at the time.

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · last yr.

'More than 350 people have died waiting for their final compensation, so this is something that needs to be sorted quickly, and it's hoped today will give it a big kick up the backside' Journalist Nick Wallis who wrote The Great Post Office Scandal speaks to #BBCBreakfast

Kindness is often cheaper (thus "fiscally responsible") than the punitive approaches we generally try:

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last yr.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

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What happens when a microscope crashes into a telescope? They kaleidoscope.

They’re literally advertising it.

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”

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Chaos for thousands of passengers stranded at Doha airport, long queues in Dubai

Operations at two of the world's busiest airports in Doha and Dubai slowed to a crawl on Tuesday as thousands of travellers queued for hours, facing long delays and flight cancellations after the temporary closure of airspace a day earlier.

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BREAKING: The FDA has approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection

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During these unprecedented times, it’s important to remember that, although rare, ‘precedented’ is a word.

Well done Proteas! 🇿🇦🙌

They’re probably right.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Legal experts worry Trump's deployment of the guard to Los Angeles is a pretext to assert control over states that resist his deportation agenda. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

From @julianchokkattu.bsky.social: "Good lord, you can watch a movie together in Apple Vision Pro. Two people, wearing headsets, sitting next to each other on a couch. You know there are these things called TVs, right?"

Apple WWDC Live Blog: All the Updates, as They Happen

Follow our WWDC 2025 live blog for all of the updates coming to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more.

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If we don't equip people to verify information themselves, we leave them at the mercy of those who weaponise doubt. This is the new civic skill set. Critical thinking isn’t an academic ideal anymore. It’s the new infrastructure of democracy

An ad from 1977. 🤣 We’ve come a long way, ladies @standardbankza.bsky.social

What a brilliant jury we have for Effie Awards SA this year! An incredible collection of talent in the marketing and advertising business. Look forward to the process with you all. www.bizcommunity.com/article/effi...

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2025 jury panel - Association for Communication and Advertising

Effie South Africa, hosted by the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), has announced the full jury panel for the 2025 Effie Awards programme, with this year’s theme reminding us that “...

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“What did you get for your money, honey? How do you get your kicks?” Great article. Points at too much money, no political savvy & the gross misuse of obscene amounts of money to create more money and power, fleeting as they are. Imagine all of this as a power for good instead of craven ego.

The Verge@theverge.com · last yr.

Elon Musk discovers Trump doesn’t stay bought

It’s a sandpit in a playground of bullies.

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · last yr.

It is a swamp. That's what Trump, Musk, and all the henchmen and henchwomen want. They are playing MAGA voters for suckers.

Sounds like a wonderful woman doing an important job well. May she RIP.

Daily Maverick@dailymaverick.co.za · last yr.

Sharon Haussmann, a trailblazer in the field of conservation and the CEO of the Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation, has died.

Not quite clear what’s going on here.

Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.

LIVE: Police search for Madeleine McCann in Algarve Portuguese and German police continue joint searches of a ‘vast’ area in Portugal's southern Algarve region for new evidence related to the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old British child Madeleine McCann. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPGH...