Israel has arrested two Palestinian womenās national team players, Natalie Abu Dayyeh & Rand Al Halawini. The Palestine FA described it as part of the systematic targeting of their athletes.
Will the same media who were concerned about Iranās women footballers say anything now?
Scott Pelley on being fired: āI have been in combat in Afghanistan. I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.ā
https://t.co/LYNUy96E8l
A distressingly high % of the prose I see online is now AI-generated. It feels like I'm playing a coordination game in which a rising fraction of the world is defecting? And I guess it feels worse because there's this sense of insultālike, "did you think I wouldn't notice?" And then: "wait, do others not notice??" It's not subtle!
Iran fires missiles at Gulf Statesāwe all condemnāand the whole world stands up condemning Iran.
Israel wipes out entire villages and bombing cities thousands of years old in Lebanon, the World is silent.
Zero deaths in Gulf States.
3,324+ killed in Lebanon.
Double standards.
The US has refused to host Iran's national team for the World Cup even though they have to play all their games there
Which means they're based in Tijuana and will have to fly on the day of their games
I've never heard of this kind of discrimination in World Cup history
One of the many things I dislike about the style of "make AI go well" discourse from frontier AI companies is how nationalist the whole thing has gotten.
In the 2010s, it was: "we're here to benefit all of humanity"
In the 2020s, "we're here to benefit all of 4% of humanity"
And even the Good People are buying into this frame completelyš¢
And they expect humanity to go along, because "come on, be a realistic adult, it's either us or Chiiina" or something like that
(And on the EU side, you get "[X] with European values", which too often seems to mean "the same stuff they're doing, but with Us instead of Them in charge")
Very big-dog-small-dog energy, morally speaking.
AI is built on humanityās collective knowledge.
The wealth it generates must benefit humanity ā not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other AI oligarchs.
Thatās why Iāll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act ā to give the public a direct ownership stake.
Can you imagine the reaction if Mamdani marched in a Syria Day parade with Bashar al Assad? Or in a Russia Day parade with Vladimir Putin? But heās getting flak for avoiding marching in an Israel Day parade with Bezalel fricking Smotrich. Oh the double standards and hypocrisy!
Unbelievable that Mamdani has gotten flak for skipping a parade that Smotrichāwho is proudly overseeing the West Bankās ethnic cleansing and annexationāand Eliyahuāwho suggested nuking Gaza and bombing humanitarian aidāare marching in.
Hereās the moment Yoshida came off the pitch for Japan.
A standing ovation at the National Stadium for one of Japanās most important players of the last decade.
#LAGalaxy
Hereās the moment Yoshida came off the pitch for Japan.
A standing ovation at the National Stadium for one of Japanās most important players of the last decade.
#LAGalaxy
The FBI investigated me for 12 days and found nothing. Their probe closed 10 days AFTER my arrest. The Trump administration knew there was no case and went on calling me a national security threat. They lied. They're still lying, trying to deport me.
https://t.co/7E6W6kSNzp
I know we all treat him like a creative god on here because he made the cool space franchise, but it is genuinely so cool and inspiring that in his retirement he made a museum love letter to storytelling. Like thank you, George. That's genuinely so important right now.