Imad

Former Google/AI reporter @CNET. Past bylines: @nytimes, @washingtonpost & @tomsguide. @newmarkjschool alum. @aaja @sajahq & @NYVGCC member

[Imad @Imad]

#DeepSeek, justifiably, freaked the tech world out over the weekend. Experts say that while it's a major democratization of "reasoning" AI without the high price, America isn't suddenly in 2nd place. America is still leading in frontier models.

https://t.co/plw9D3b1tL @cnet

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

These are the four college girls, including one American citizen, the IDF kidnapped in the middle of the night from their homes and threw into their torture dungeons.

Jolan Abu Awwad, Natali Abu Dayya, Laila Nael Khalil, Sama Safi

Israel has a policy called “administrative detention” that allows them to kidnap Palestinians and imprison them for 6 month increments without any charges whatsoever. These holdings can drag out for years.

Over 3,000 Palestinians were being held on administrative detention in Israeli prisons on October 7. That’s why Hamas took all those Israelis back to Gaza. To exchange for their release.

But do you see how that works? When Israel kidnaps people and holds them for months and years on end, they are simply “prisoners on administrative detention.” But when Hamas does it, they are “hostages.”

[Cindy Begel @CindyBegel]

#newbies NBC has opened submissions on its TV writing program. No application fee. You need 2 original pilots of the same basic type, a resume, & 2 personal essays of 400 words apiece. They accept submissions until June 21. Check out NBCU's many programs!
https://t.co/bf7O96ybjr

[Imad @Imad]

Another in a long list of families that have been wiped out by the IDF

https://t.co/iFZkSj0CgR

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨🇪🇨 Reports of sexual torture, mass starvation, physical abuse, and tuberculosis are emerging from Ecuador’s military-controlled prisons while the government expands security cooperation with U.S. Southern Command.

Drop Site contributor Camila Galarza-Zavala reports from Quito that one inmate died every seven hours over the past year, pushing prison deaths to their highest level in recent history and surpassing the era when drug cartels controlled the prison system. Among the detainees are former left-wing Vice President Jorge Glas, who lost 30 pounds and was found unconscious after allegedly being denied food and medical care; Omar Campoverde, a member of the Marxist Movimiento Guevarista, who says he was sexually assaulted by prison guards; and Aquiles Alvarez, the elected mayor of Ecuador’s largest city, who has been held by the state for the past three months.

The crackdown on political prisoners comes as Washington deepens its support for the Ecuadorian government, supplying Pentagon bombs and deploying military personnel.

The photographs accompanying this report were taken inside Ecuadorian prisons by inmates between 2024 and 2025 and shared with their families to expose conditions behind bars. They were first published by journalist Karol Noroña for CONNECTAS.

@sovietwithsazon for Drop Site News

[Imad @Imad]

Just saw the footage of God of War Laufey... the thing that's kinda ruining it for me is the giant gelatinous talking cube.

[Imad @Imad]

@Kramaramb I can smell the mods from here

[Imad @Imad]

I'm currently working on a story for @MensHealthMag and was immediately banned from the r/fitness subreddit.

That's @reddit for ya

[Imad @Imad]

The most accurate thing about Forza Horizon 6's Japan is that it's filled with English-speaking tourists. #ForzaHorizon６

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

An Israeli military reservist blows the whistle on Sde Teiman, saying an investigative Israeli tv news program failed to cover the systematic torture there. Captives from Gaza were starved, operated on without anesthesia, many left in body bags.
https://t.co/NiKJmVLZe0

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Israel killed this Lebanese father and his 7-year-old son, who were known for caring for birds.

Israel has killed at least 575 people in Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah on April 16.

[Imad @Imad]

“There was a general feeling that human lives are not valuable,” he said.

https://t.co/VhLlHtP2OB

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

On average, 11 children are killed or wounded every day in Lebanon, UN says https://t.co/unkUjfdvgH

[Imad @Imad]

@Housemarque my biggest issue with Returnal is how effing wonky it is to pick up an item, especially in the heat of conflict.

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

“My wife is gone, my daughter is gone, my other daughter is gone… my whole family is gone. I have no one left.”

A grieving father mourns the loss of his wife and children after an Israeli strike targeted the place where they were sheltering in Gaza.

[Gene Park @GenePark]

Ludovic Mbock, a famed competitive fighting game player, was detained by ICE after a routine check in. His story is of how someone initially shy in a new world connected with a community who would refuse to let him disappear.

https://t.co/Zmw6o1qmT1

[mia sato 佐藤みあ @MiaRSato]

Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times filed grievances over management’s use of AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff.

The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools.

https://t.co/xOmfCp9vPE

[Imad @Imad]

This story by @WIRED is MOST CERTAINLY going to win design awards

https://t.co/ploiTK9NzC

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

💢 Six-year-old girl and a woman killed in Israeli attack on tent in Khan Younis

The United States continues to facilitate Israel’s daily killing of Palestinian civilians, through full military and political support as Israel ignores the Trump-brokered ceasefire.

Minattallah Nabil Abu Libdah, 6, was killed Monday in an Israeli attack on a tent in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. She had reportedly been recovering from a broken arm at the time of her death. Footage shows her father crying uncontrollably at the hospital next to her lifeless body.

A second person, 31-year-old woman Hanan Mahmoud, was also killed in the Israeli attack, according to reporting by Mosab Abu Toha.

[Imad @Imad]

I want this

[Retro Dodo @retro_dodo]

Okay, @ZARA, we'll take one. Zara just dropped a PSP Crossover bag. 😮

https://t.co/QQQy1mdDTG

[Imad @Imad]

I have friends that believe all the hate Israel gets is because of antisemitism. They're living in entirely separate information bubbles. Video of the double-tap strike on medics in Lebanon never hit their feeds. Abhorrent and violation Geneva Convention

https://t.co/dPsTxLmigl