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NEW: Huge layoffs across McClatchy newspapers today, with some newsrooms gutted by a third. An internal email from management says consumer revenue has dipped 41% and "we cannot continue investing where subscriber interest does not support the investment"
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I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
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One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend.
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
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It has been my honor and pleasure to serve as a journalist with Stars and Stripes for 21 years, including nearly a year as editor‑in‑chief, providing independent reporting to America’s service members and families.
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US temporarily restricts travel by all US government personnel into the West Bank
Due to heightened security concerns and increased volatility in the West Bank, the U.S. Embassy is temporarily restricting personal travel by all U.S. Government personnel and family members into the West Bank.
This restriction has been extended and will remain through Wednesday July 29, 2026, unless extended or rescinded.
Read the full message here: il.usembassy.gov/security-al…
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Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was arbitrarily detained on 27 December 2024 by the Israeli military when they raided Kamal Adwan hospital in Mashrou’ Beit Lahiya. Since then, he has been held without charges or trial, under orders that have been indefinitely renewed based on the Unlawful Combatants Law.
On 28 April 2026 an Israeli District Court approved the extension of Abu Safiya’s arbitrary detention under the Unlawful Combatant Law without filing any charges against him.
On 16 June 2026 Israel’s Supreme Court rejected Dr. Abu Safiya’s appeal for his immediate release, upholding the continuation of his arbitrary detention until at least October 2026.
Since 3 June 2026 Abu Safiya is held in solitary confinement exceeding the 15 consecutive days permitted under the Nelson Mandela Rules, which violates the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. Authorities are also denying him appropriate care for his health conditions.
@Amnesty is calling for his immediate release. The international community must apply maximum pressure on the Israeli authorities.
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Christiane Amanpour’s interview with me about my new book ‘This is Also a Love Story’ will air today on CNN International and PBS. (I was extremely nervous but hopefully it all makes sense!) Thanks so much to her and her team for having me on.
sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t…
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Feminist investigative journalism scholarship covering full tuition fees for SOAS MA Global Data Journalism (Online) (value: £12,000). "These scholarships are specifically for students who will study remotely, from wherever they are based". #journojobs theijsc.org/course/feminist-…
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My story for @noosphereapp.
Since May 1, police have encircled 1,000 rural workers on lands designated for the Maria da Glória agrarian reform settlement project by Brazil’s federal land reform agency. The situation is tense, with a risk of violence and “serious human rights violations,” according to federal prosecutors.
This video shows the moments before the arrest of three members of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) on Tuesday, May 5, as they traveled in a convoy to deliver supplies to the area where rural workers are encamped.
For more, download the Noosphere app, subscribe, and follow @tiff_higgins
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WILD: After Pegasus scandal @nayibbukele's 🇸🇻El Salvador went hunting for...more spyware.
Destination: 🇷🇴#Romania
And "better than Pegasus" spyware delivered by clicks or ads for $10.9 million.
Cut-out: A vendor to El Salvador's election system that also took $1.3m in US Embassy contracts.
Shell Companies: Dubai shell company & Israeli broker tied to sanctioned #Intellexa (they make Predator)
Price was too steep, but sources said officials were still pursuing the spyware into 2025.
Big Picture: seems to me like #ElSalvador's conclusion after getting caught abusing Pegasus was: time to upgrade.
I wonder who actually makes this unnamed spyware?
🇪🇺EU & Romanian authorities should absolutely dig into what is going on here.
Report by @the_newsground's @MattBernardini7 thenewsground.com/bukele-sec…
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An interview with Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist who was killed yesterday - first targeted by airstrikes, then rescuers prevented from reaching her by the Israeli military. teapawt.net/mamoun_linda/status/20…
Amal Khalil was born in 1984 in a village under Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon. She spent twenty years reporting for Al Akhbar newspaper. She said journalism was resistance by other means. This interview with her was published three months ago.
thepublicsource.org/amal-kha…
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So much admiration for journalists in Lebanon, trying to cover the news and sometimes dying for it. Journalists should never be targets.
Our colleague Amal Khalil, a brave reporter who has been covering Israeli attacks on Lebanon for the past years was targeted along another colleague Zeinab Faraj while doing their job in south Lebanon. Emergency services succeeded in rescuing Zeinab with injuries along with two casualties. Amal is still under rubble, the Red Cross tried to get closer, yet another Israeli attack pushed them back.
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Looks like @IDF deliberately killed yet another journalist in #Lebanon. Yet another deliberate Israeli violation of international humanitarian law...
Israeli Strikes Kill a Journalist and Injure Another in Lebanon nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world…
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The US military reportedly committed a "double tap" strike in Iran. The "two strikes had hit the bridge around an hour apart, the second arriving while emergency responders were assisting the wounded," even though rescue workers are protected civilians. trib.al/KRzSayT
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>> CPJ, partners condemn Russia’s labeling of @IWMF as ‘undesirable organization’ cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-partners… via @CPJAmericas @pressfreedom | @FreedomofPress @PENamerica @rcfp | #CPJAméricas
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Solid frontline reporting by @JDiamond1 @CNN crew acknowledging as well that their story about IDF abuses got legs because they’re an American crew. No matter their origin, good journalists bring accountability to abusers. #pressfreedom
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Very loud sonic booms across Beirut now. Four in total that I counted. Terrorising a civilian population right as people are going to sleep. #lebanon
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A true loss to journalism and a brilliant career. He was one of the frontline journo-warriors in Sarajevo. RIP.
Breaking News: John F. Burns, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times best known for his work in Iraq, died at 81. nyti.ms/4lp2qq6
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Save the Children will hold a press conference at @FCCThai on 20 Jan at 10 am about the spiraling problem of 'education on the edge' for students in #Thailand/#Myanmar border refugee camps after the loss of global aid budgets. @jica_direct_en fccthai.com/event/education-…
