New Costs of War Project research: 114,000+ dead in Gaza, subsidized by $17.9 billion US tax dollars this past year www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Report: In one year, more than 100,000 deaths in Gaza—aided by over $17.9 billion from the US

Brown University’s Costs of War Project calculated “the money that’s spent on war, and the toll on human lives” after a year of war in Gaza. The numbers are staggering.

It's gotten very little attention but a central campaign promise of Trump this year is the idea to "PREVENT WORLD WAR III" by building an "American Iron Dome." We report on what that means. Everyone says it is, basically, completely ridiculous www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump wants an "American Iron Dome." Experts say that's ridiculous.

A central campaign promise, the building of an over two trillion dollar missile shield would be costly, ineffective, and unnecessary.

New Costs of War Project research: 114,000+ dead in Gaza, subsidized by $17.9 billion US tax dollars this past year www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Report: In one year, more than 100,000 deaths in Gaza—aided by over $17.9 billion from the US

Brown University’s Costs of War Project calculated “the money that’s spent on war, and the toll on human lives” after a year of war in Gaza. The numbers are staggering.

To be clear I am also unsure this website is better

Really gotta get off the other site, since I don’t feel like I’m learning much of anything there anymore, but also how does one build a ~platform~ here, I don’t know

Ruwa Romman, a Palestinian-American Georgia State Representative, one of the DNC speaker candidates Uncommitted gave to the Harris campaign: “I do not understand how there’s room for an anti-choice Republican but not me in our party. I need someone to explain to me what to do now.”

Democrats rejected requests for a Palestinian speaker. Now, activists are staging a sit-in.

The Harris campaign said no to requests for a Palestinian speaker at the convention. Delegates pushing for a ceasefire are “crushed.”

the new york times appears to be forgetting about all of the palestinian journalists who have been in gaza reporting while getting bombed for the last few weeks, dozens of whom have died. unbelievable. www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11...

i straight up would not be able to do my job the way i do my job if not for the internet archive

IAarchive.orgSep 18, 2023 2:01pm

"If I’m working on something late at night, [Internet Archive] is convenient." - UCLA senior Rachel Simmons, who has used Internet Archive since high school. For students like Rachel, having 24/7 online access to a research library makes a difference: blog.archive.org/2023/09/18/s...

🛑I wrote about what “fatigue” really means for people with long COVID and ME/CFS, and why this profoundly debilitating symptom is so often misunderstood and trivialized. (This piece also covers PEM.)   1/

Fatigue Can Shatter a Person

Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience.

"I just want to make sure that there will be no migrants, pedophiles, or criminals moving in."Faced with a severe housing shortage, Huntington looked set to legalize basement apartments. Locals weren't having it. https://nysfocus.com/2023/07/27/huntington-long-island-housing-new-york