“Those who go to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's food distributions know that they have the same chance of receiving a sack of flour as they do of leaving with a bullet in their head.” The latest update from our colleagues in Gaza: msf.org/msf-finds-1-4-…

#GazaGenocide

The term “humanitarian crisis” obfuscates more than it reveals. It’s forced starvation. It’s blockade. It’s genocide. It’s manmade & it’s only solution is divestment, freedom, & justice. Anyone calling for “aid” without these is calling for death, just slower.

As starvation worsens by the day in Gaza, the Netanyahu govt has been using food as a weapon of war — with complicity from Trump & U.S. taxpayer dollars. This is painful to listen to but here’s what a U.S. Army veteran & Green Beret who witnessed it first-hand recounted to me:

Anyone in DUBLIN that can go to the department of foreign affairs office, URGE & APPEAL to them to evacuate me & other students who are waiting for a chance to live while experiencing death constantly in Gaza. Call them and keep asking them to evacuate us, u’re our only hope!🇵🇸🇮🇪

Something tells me that $20-25M isn't going toward journalists' salaries or protecting their job security.

Massive international celebration over today’s largest airdrop under Israeli army supervision, involving 8 planes from Jordan, the UAE, Germany, France, and Spain. Their total cargo equals just 5 trucks—around 1% of Gaza’s daily pre-genocide needs. Ridiculous

#AskTheExperts: How can parents know when their children are lured from online #gaming spaces into more toxic online cultures? Sara Grimes, PhD, stressed the need for open parent-child communication at our webinar on youth gaming. Learn more: bit.ly/4m9w9T9

Getting suspended by X is a recurring nightmare for Palestinians and pro-Palestinian accounts. Abdel Karim has been suspended twice. He's lost all his followers and have only regained 15 of them. Fifteen. How is he going to survive with 15 followers? Please, if you have a big

🕊️ “Incredible destruction of an entire people” — Pres. Michael D. Higgins condemns global inaction in Gaza. He urges the UN to activate Chapter VII to guarantee aid access, calling starvation and hostage videos “the nadir of human behaviour.” #Gaza #Higgins

Many of us can’t contribute funds but quoting or retweeting can spread the message till it reaches someone who CAN donate. It’s the very least we can do for Palestinians in Gaza. Donate and share please

Famine expert Alex de Waal says thousands of Gaza’s starving children can no longer digest food and need hospitalization, so alongside "flooding the zone" with food, “there needs to be a massive emergency infusion of intensive-care capability.”

1/ A Dire and Urgent Heads-up: the Approval of E-1 will likely be Greenlighted TODAY Today, August 6, the West Bank Statutory Planning Committee is likely to approve E-1, long dubbed “the doomsday settlement”. This requires immediate attention & focused, credible engagement.

Jimmy Wales Also heard from Jimmy on the AI graduate jobs shock he says is here:

1. Norway's position on Palestine epitomises the contradiction of our times. Norway has one of the most active and mature civil society in Europe when it comes to Palestine, critical media, engaged intellectuals and the government has taken very important steps on Palestine.

Isn’t this fantastic. Huge thanks to illustraror Rosalind Beardshaw & Charlesbridge

Breaking gimmick as I urge everyone to please sign this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!

I hope everyone here will help amplify this: I’ve been in contact with the wife of the late Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al Obaid, killed by Israel while trying to bring food to his 5 children, who are now left in a dire situation. UEFA have a responsibility to them.

Awww! Blog incoming!! Watch this space

First Day... at pre-school, nursery, kindergarten or big school is fast approaching. Little ones will feel more confident if they are involved in the preparation, see here for tips for parents, teachers and EY professionals: annamcquinn.com/tips---startin…