Incredible: U.S. police have arrested more protesters in just two weeks, than the Hong Kong police arrested in four violent months in 2019

Always admired the way ⁦kang⁩ looked at, thought about and distilled a story when I shared a newsroom with him @vice

I read his stuff even when I am not interested in the subject

This is 🔥

A Generation of Distrust | The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…

Wonderful Edie - explaining why Press Freedom matters. #WorldPressFreedomDay

In light of the recent online speculation, Yellow Dot founder Adam McKay and Managing Director Staci Roberts-Steele took to the stage at our variety show Let’s Not Die to set the record straight about our funding partners.

It was an honour to serve on the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 jury awarding Palestinian journalists covering Gaza with the #PressFreedomPrize The almost unfathomable sacrifices made by journalists in Gaza, have served to ensure the world cannot say it did not know.

“I think imperialism… has a powerful hold on the world. Look at what's happening in Russia and Ukraine, that is imperial nostalgia. Look at what China is doing in Africa.” Sathnam Sanghera tells me the psychological influence of the British Empire upon the world remains powerful.

This is big. Scientists have identified the cells in the brainstem that sense immune cues from the body and act as 'master regulators' of the body’s inflammatory response. 'The discovery is akin to a black-swan event. It's a whole layer of biology we haven’t even anticipated”

Documentary out today on the BBC. We spent time in the West Bank, where violence has been escalating…

And found evidence of potential breaches of international law by the Israel military — including the death of an 8 year-old boy.

Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

From UN Humanitarian: 'a child sustains limb amputations following the reported detonation of a booby-trapped can of food in Khan Younis.'

Daniel Levy making it clear that despite the narrative being pushed by the US that its Hamas blocking a deal, its actually Israel that has destroyed any possibility of a deal being reached. And he stresses Israel was only able to do that because of the continued support of the US

How humans can and can’t catch bird flu via Reuters Graphics reut.rs/3QtgqRs

The dichotomy between jack and Elon Musk on Gaza is beautiful

Amazing investigation by Ryan McNeill and team.
reuters.com/investigates/s…

Letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik - Boston Review bostonreview.net/articles/lette…

Major breaking story by ⁦Bellingcat⁩ about domicide by Israeli unit. Wanton destruction of housing. bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Excellent read
“Yet the perception of India’s supposed economic miracle is also a product of a tightly controlled information ecosystem in which data is managed in keeping with the government’s narrative, ably assisted by a regime-friendly media.”

time.com/6969626/india-…

Columbia University Protests: What They Mean for America, Foreign Policy, and Israel-Palestine foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/col…

Sunday 8pm EST onwards, see @Bellingcat + Scripps News special 1 hour documentary on the conflict in Gaza, combining open source and on the ground investigation, available on YouTube and via Scripps and partners youtube.com/watch?v=sGCLir…

Back in 2016, I accompanied US Special Forces & UPDF soldiers in central Africa on a mission to locate, kill or capture the warlord Joseph Kony. Now, sources tell me, the Russian mercenary group Wagner has taken up the hunt.

My latest for Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Heart warming