Why isn't there a coalition of hundreds of local #NGO with a clear simple demand to the #UN Security Council and the international community to impose an emergency government for #lebanon?

#Lebanon ruling class are the basis of a giant pyramid. If they fall, a whole system of profiteers, arms dealers, drug barons, corrupt contractors and money launderers will fall with them. They can't form a salvation government that spells their downfall, they must be forced out

When a country reaches that level of impunity in crime, the whole world should be worried. #lebanon state is hijacked by criminal agents & justice system paralysed. International response is necessary. My reading of situation here Agnes Callamard fffady.medium.com/lebanon-2021-h…

When I started to seriously incorporate data into my thinking and work, I had the chance to get this publication by blprnt Office for creative research. This is how discovered an incredible writer/ editor who made of data a fundamental human story. Can't wait for this next one

Sign ô the times in #Israel even Haaretz הארץ delves into historical revisionism Pre-state Israel = Palestine. It's ok Nir, you can say the word "Never-before-seen Aerial Photos of Pre-state Israel Taken by a Nazi Pilot" haaretz.com/jewish/holocau…

Great thread on German proposal to transform #Beirut port area thx Sunniva Rose

Nothing in this argument doesn't make perfect sense for the #USA and even for #Israel , not to mention for a positive moral stance The benefits of U.S. support no longer outweigh the costs. foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/27/its…

Vous me perdez là Mr. Coderre; nous protéger de nous-même, vraiment? c'est le rôle de l'église ça... Drôle de positionnement en ce début de campagne -1 DenisCoderre Pas d’alcool dans les parcs en soirée, promet Denis Coderre lapresse.ca/actualites/gra… via @lp_lapresse

A Green party leader cannot be pro colonisation, even if she's Jewish and particularly if she's of African descent. theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Enough w that individual liberty crap, I'd bet on science vs facebook anytime. "A separate study demonstrated that unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of the disease than those who were fully jabbed. If the science of vaccination is clear, the politics are not."

Science should frame our conversations, our policies and design of urban experiences. Thanks for this piece Andreea Cutieru ArchDaily Equitable Cities Through the Lens of Environmental Neuroscience archdaily.com/969038/equitab…

2 months after Afghanistan 'surprise' "The sudden move caught U.S. officials totally off guard. “We did not receive any sort of heads-up from the military that they would be undertaking these anti-democratic actions,” State Department spokesperson.. foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/26/sud…

Particular context for new urban governance models #NEOM “NEOM is meant to be a model where this region will be a semi-independent free zone, it will have its own laws, it will have its own regulations and its own authority as a semi-government,” blooloop.com/technology/new…

Worrisome assessment "if it is to survive, the United States will have to recover its revolutionary spirit. The crises the United States now faces in its basic governmental functions are so profound that they require starting over" theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

#lebanon #expats let’s vote in numbers on Sunday Still hesitant? Watch Diana Menhem sarde it will make things much clearer & hopeful. Lucid, perceptive & forward-looking told in impeccable Lebanese - subtitled in English #VoteForChange

In other words 100B$ so far this year and 183B$ last year at the root of the inflation are actually private profits extracted from consumers. Not to mention impacts on environment & development. This is the system we live in #Oil theguardian.com/business/2022/…

First shortage immigation, then passport lineups now this! when do we start a serious conversation about the apparent systemic failure of our federal bureaucracy? who takes responsibility? #Canada theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…

Looking forward to be part of #wrldcty next week and to my conversation with Manish Vera Museum of Ice Cream Moment Factory WRLDCTY