“They knew exactly who Mona Khalil was.
They knew the bright orange house in Mansouri, south Lebanon. They knew it was not a military site, not a command center, not a battlefield position. It was one of the most recognizable symbols of environmental conservation on Lebanon's southern coast; a sanctuary dedicated to protecting endangered sea turtles and preserving life.”
Marwa Osman writes about Israel’s deliberate targeting of a prominent environmental activist in Lebanon. ⬇️
the reason why Palestine isn’t being seen anymore is because there’s barely any journalists left. Lebanon is going through a severe escalation. Palestine is still going through a genocide. 150k people were killed in Sudan. People in congo are being killed. Don’t stop talking.
🇱🇧: Mona Khalil spent decades working to protect nesting sites of endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles on Lebanon’s southern coast.
Israel bombed her home in early June. She died from her injuries on June 19.
"There are no fields left. And if you find one, it's surrounded by rubble." Bisan Owda meets the young footballers still playing in Gaza during the World Cup.
The funniest part about the world rallying behind Zoran Mamdani is that he’s literally just doing his job, but by doing so shows us that every other politician is just lining their pockets & leaving us to rot 😭
I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.
A doctor kidnapped from a besieged hospital, tortured and held without charge for over 500 days, would surely be called a HOSTAGE.
Unless he’s Palestinian.
“The occupiers want the land without its people.”
The Palestinian village of Taybeh is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. Israeli settlers set it on fire.
This isn’t some post-apocalyptic movie scene.
This is what Israel is doing to Tyre in South Lebanon.
One of humanity’s oldest cities is being wiped off the map.
And US tax dollars are paying for it.
A new investigation by U.N. scientists warns that AI's water use in 2030 will match the needs of 1.3 billion people. “If we want to understand our impact, we have to think about that very long supply chain that starts with the extraction of critical minerals in the poor areas of the world,” says @KavehMadani, one of the report’s authors.