Mike S Wang

[Oxford Union @OxfordUnion]

A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess:

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

"The UN was able to verify 31 cases of rape and sexual violence primarily in detention settings, but also at checkpoints and during military operations against 14 men, seven women, nine boys, and one girl from the Gaza Strip and the WestBank.

This is part of a pattern of sexual violence against Palestinians, including as a form of torture.

Violations consisted of rape, including rape with objects, gang rape, attempted rape, physical violence to the genitals, instances of targeted shooting of the genitals, touching of breast and genitals, strip and cavity searches conducted without apparent security justification, forced nudity, and threats of rape. Rape and gang rape were perpetrated against nine of these victims, with four suffering repeated rape on multiple occasions.

Explicit threats were made by Israeli armed and security forced warning detainees not to report abuse to media or human rights organizations."

[Timothy Gowers @wtgowers @wtgowers]

If you are a mathematician, then you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Today, we share a breakthrough on the planar unit distance problem, a famous open question first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946.

For nearly 80 years, mathematicians believed the best possible solutions looked roughly like square grids.

An OpenAI model has now disproved that belief, discovering an entirely new family of constructions that performs better.

This marks the first time AI has autonomously solved a prominent open problem central to a field of mathematics.

[Marc Botenga MEP @BotengaM]

Not for genocide.
Not for war crimes.
Not for occupation.
Not for colonisation.
Not for invasion.
Not for torture.

But for trading stolen grain, maybe.

[Timothy Gowers @wtgowers @wtgowers]

@AlecStapp I was once told that the mean value theorem is not admissible in a court of law in the UK. More precisely, if you are driving from A to B and your average speed breaks the speed limit, then you can't be convicted unless a specific time you were speeding can be established.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Entirely misses the point that it's a death penalty that only applies to one ethnicity, the Palestinians, a people who are illegally occupied, living under military rule and subject to dispossession, constant violence and ethnic cleansing

[TeX and Typography @TeXtip]

Use an en-dash rather than a hyphen for numerical ranges. e.g. pages 3--10.

[Leah Pierson @leah_pierson]

omg this title, this paper

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

In 60 hours the justification for the US attack has revolved between stopping an imminent nuclear threat, stopping a conventional threat cocooning a nuclear programme, protecting Iranian civilians & now launching a pre-emptive attack because Israel was going to attack Iran anyway

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

It’s always the case that when funding is fiddled around with (for no good reason I can discern in this case) it’s young scientists who get hammered. Destroy the future on a whim, basically. I’m increasingly angry about this.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Alternative headline: Israel accelerates its illegal annexation of the West Bank and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine.

I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September.

The urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and to bring relief to the civilian population.

Peace is possible.

We need an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and massive humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. We must also ensure the demilitarization of Hamas, secure and rebuild Gaza. And finally, we must build the State of Palestine, guarantee its viability, and ensure that by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, it contributes to the security of all in the region.

There is no alternative.

The French people want peace in the Middle East. It is our responsibility — as French citizens, alongside Israelis, Palestinians, and our European and international partners — to prove that peace is possible.

In light of the commitments made to me by the President of the Palestinian Authority, I have written to him to express my determination to move forward.

Trust, clarity, and resolve.

We will achieve peace.

[Financial Times @FT]

Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish https://t.co/h45LntUoby

[The Olympic Games @Olympics]

🚨 SQUASH SKILLS! 💪

Squash will be one of five new and returning sports set to feature at the Olympic Games #LA28. 👀 Are you ready for new Olympic stars?

📹: mknudsenm (IG)

#Olympics | #Squash | @LA28 | @WorldSquash

[Financial Times @FT]

The west’s shameful silence on Gaza https://t.co/u0FcxQ881W | opinion

[FT UK Politics @ftukpolitics]

UK warns British lawyers about possible US sanctions over advice to ICC https://t.co/8zk2FqwGUM

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Arif Ahmed, the new director for free speech at the Office for Students, is forcing British universities to behave better https://t.co/joeoIqSxb7

[DESI Survey @desisurvey]

JUST RELEASED: DESI DR1 & BAO RESULTS FROM DR2🌌

[Sam Husseini @samhusseini]

I was seriously manhandled but I'm back home... thanks for all support folks.

My intention was to ask tough questions at every opportunity during the news conference which State personnel obviously cut short:

* Was the point of the May 31 announcement to block implementation of the May 24 ICJ order?

* Why do you refuse to recognize the Geneva conventions as applying to Gaza?

* Everyone from Amnesty International to the ICC accuses Israel of extermination and genocide. Why are you not in the Hague?

* Why was your step father Pisar connected to both Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein?

* Miller here pretends not to know about the Hannibal directive - do you know about the Hannibal directive?

* Why do you not even acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons?

I have written about each of these subjects and will continue to do so via https://t.co/GnMYgVTIP2