This is our farm in northern #Gaza before and after an Israeli warplane hit it. Here I quarantined to escape the virus, but it’s not the best place to take shelter from bombings. The current raids are a reminiscent of the 2008 war when an airstrike killed my father in this farm.

Still processing my first run in with the police... I've been doing a lot of cicada interviews & with national news outlets contacting me, I thought I should have some live ones onhand. So I was delighted when my cousin called panicking about the "swarm" on the side of her home.

THREAD On Nov 18, 2020, a Ugandan police truck sped down Kampala Road. In the space of a minute or so, 7 people were shot. At least 4 of them died. Who were they? Who shot them? And why has no one been charged with their deaths? #BBCAfricaEye investigates.

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My favorite couple got married! Congrats Eric and Marissa ♥️

Thank you #Banff2021 for recognizing our @FXdocs and @Hulu series #TheNewYorkTimesPresents with this award. Thrilled too to see #IMayDestroyYou and Official Bluey TV pick up deserved awards! Hooray!

New York Times Segues From Oscars To Emmy Race With FX Network Investigations On Britney Spears Coverage, Breonna Taylor Killing deadline.com/2021/06/the-ne… via @Deadline #emmys #documentary #BreonnaTaylor #BritneySpears #FreeBritney The New York Times Lora Moftah FX Networks

Curtis Sliwa, now officially the Republican nominee for the mayor of the City of New York, notes in his victory speech that each of his 15 rescue cats have their own distinct personalities

NEW: Bessemer Trust asks to resign as co-conservator of Britney Spears’s $60M estate, citing in court filing that the firm was told the conservatorship was voluntary. Filing says company wasn’t aware Britney wanted out until her speech last week in court nytimes.com/2021/07/01/art…

god damn I wish I saw this lmao

Egypt accused of widespread state-sanctioned killings of dissidents theguardian.com/global-develop…

it has taken me three hours to realize that the Bad Art Friend Discourse, the Kidney Discourse, and the Group Chat Discourse are in fact the same Discourse

The various ways this author lovingly describes a truly nightmarish scenario... nytimes.com/2021/10/08/sci…

Tonight, on FX Networks and then streaming on @Hulu: "To Live and Die in Alabama." The work of many, including Matt Kay, Cydney Tucker, Abby Ellin, Lora Moftah, @zaxi_pigeon, and me. nytimes.com/article/to-liv…

“we are missing something in the way we explore a city. When you don’t know where you are and you have to wing it, it opens up chance encounters and randomness, which can be a good thing.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Quoting a proverb (When the ox goes to the palace, he does not become a king - but the palace becomes a barn) in reference to Turkey's president has landed a journalist in jail. The madness deftly explained by Kareem Fahim. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/…

In 1807, Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar, was stolen from Senegal & sold into slavery in America. He left behind an autobiography written in Arabic. To mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition, a thread on the remarkable story of Omar…

Reports of up to 50k people stuck at the Egypt-Sudan border with it shut for two days and the buildup of people waiting just carrying on mounting.

Ten years ago today Egypt’s security forces killed over 800 people in Cairo in a matter of hours. A decade on, there has been no acknowledgment or accountability for the Rabaa massacre. Some of what we saw that day: madamasr.com/en/2017/08/14/…

Impressive reporting from ⁦Tong-hyung Kim⁩ and ⁦Claire Galofaro⁩ on an issue that has impacted so many people so profoundly. Rampant adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/e4e7d4…