Meloni did not suddenly choose principle. She moved because the political cost of shielding Israel has risen. Italy has stopped the automatic renewal of its defence memorandum with Israel, not because Rome led accountability, but because the old European formula — endless criticism without rupture, concern without consequences, continuity without ownership — is becoming harder to sustain. Gaza was never enough for them. But once Israel’s wars started hitting European troops, energy routes, and the wider regional order, the machinery of automatic complicity began to crack.
What would the response look like if Iran intentionally bombed journalists from the FT, BBC, CNN, NYT, Reuters, etc. and the headlines were “Pro-US journalists killed,” “Pro-NATO journalists killed”, “Pro-Israel journalists killed”?
A Chinese student built an interesting app using vibe coding that visualizes nearly 5,000 artifacts in the British Museum from 99 countries around the world.
The app shows:
• When these artifacts arrived
• Which country they came from
• And how the distribution would look if all artifacts were returned to their countries of origin.
Psychiatry has long struggled to find objective ways to diagnose mental illness. That’s changing, thanks to AI.
What do you think about using AI in mental health care?
https://t.co/Rn1Px8gUbj
AI companies are now trying to infiltritate educational institutions worldwide. Would you trust sociopathic Bond-movie villains like Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk with your child's learning? https://t.co/K5Uf4iQXoC
Reminder that Sky News accidentally did some actual journalism about the 2024 Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligan riot in Amsterdam then realised they're supposed to be a propaganda outfit for Israel and deleted it.
"The Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention calls on public authorities in Germany to immediately halt all active financing, dissemination, and legitimation of genocide denialist propaganda masked as critical expertise." – Deutschland ... ist da wer?
https://t.co/X123VmYDBt
Israeli interrogators used psychological and physical torture to break Faris' spirit, using doctored photos to convince him that they raped and killed his mother and sisters. Then, they suspended him in the air for a full week.
Read our full report: https://t.co/7vPLkDT2xM
during the Afghanistan withdrawal I remember how US forces prioritized evacuating military dogs before Afghan allies. In the colonial hierarchy, the colonized rank below animals