This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man.

www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Folks: do not sleep on this amazing new tool launched by Al Gore called "Climate Trace". I have never seen an emissions map quite like this. Uses satellites and *assigns emissions to company sources* (!!)

Look at what we've done to the North Sea:

climatetrace.org/explore/co2e...

Everyone show me your menorahs.

Devastatingly detailed reporting from Yuval Avraham. Please read
www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...

As always, from Eric Ward, on how antisemitism forms the "theoretical core" of white nationalism. Why Soros is always said to be backing BLM, the "trans lobby," etc--the globalist conspiracy theory began to serve a *new role* after the fall of Jim Crow.

If you feel something like grief when you see people you love become monstrous, it's because you are who you are through them--that's what love is!--and it tears part of your heart when the person you loved loses themselves.

Multiple things can be true at once:

1. Oct 7th was the worst collective trauma Jews have experienced in our lifetimes

2. The war on Gaza is a horror

3. Antisemitism is rising

4. Islamophobia is rising

Those trying to use one of these to cancel others are making things worse

pretty remarkable resignation letter from Joshua R. Paul, director of the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, posted to his LinkedIn page two hours ago. archive.ph/k9PpM

This is the longer version of the thing I was trying to say, which still is by no means everything I have to say in any direction. Do not try to infer or assume based on what I haven't said.You can ask me questions if you'd like to know. I will answer if I have the energy and am in the mood.

New- Reported on viral falsehoods on X. I and my colleagues found the attack in Israel saw posts that led to confusion, misinformation and conflict on X, exposing how Musk's policy changes transformed the platform into an unreliable resource during a crisis.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It is possible to think that the Israeli apartheid must end now, and that the bombing of Gaza is a war crime, and also think that Hamas indiscriminately murdering civilians is a war crime. It's not even a paradox or a logic puzzle, it's a basic consistent moral position.

Urban Planning Opinion Progression xkcd.com/2832

A handful! Postcard from my collection, no date.

One thing this piece by @yoyoel.com captures is that the far right has gone from working the refs to intimidating them. And its working. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/o...