Esther Kaplan
estherbrooklyn.bsky.social
Esther Kaplan
@estherbrooklyn.bsky.social
Journo. Oaklandside & Cityside, formerly Business Insider, Reveal, Type Investigations, The Nation.
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Really striking how views of Israel’s war on Gaza that are considered controversial in the US are widely shared in Europe (survey obtained by dropsitenews.com). Genocide, check. War crimes, check. ia601004.us.archive.org/7/items/key-...
September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here's a recent post from the World Food Programme:

"Since the limited resumption of humanitarian assistance into Gaza on 19 May, the World Food Programme has only been able to bring in small amounts of life-saving food and aid."
July 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Here is a post from yesterday from the World Food Kitchen, which when it's up and running, can provide nearly 100,000 meals a day in Gaza.

"We served 80,000 meals yesterday, emptying the last of our replenished stocks while aid trucks remain stuck at the border."
July 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Today the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issued this urgent call:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW."

Aid is simply not being allowed in. 1/
July 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
So @juddlegum.bsky.social has found that Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, falsely certified his $9 billion neurotech co. Neuralink as a "small disadvantaged business" on a federal filing, which qualifies the company for preferential treatment.

This happened in April, not when Musk was a teen.
July 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social story is truly incredible. Highly recommend taking a moment to read every word. Sharing a gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So we now have a boxed warning on an EPA page dedicated to calculating the environmental impact of toxic chemicals — lead, asbestos, mercury, PFAS, etc. — that any information related to "gender ideology" is "extremely inaccurate and disconnected from immutable biological reality."
February 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM