Ten journalists who have covered the war on Gaza for two of the world’s leading news networks, CNN and the BBC, have revealed the inner workings of those outlets’ newsrooms from October 7 onward. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10...

‘CNN has given cover to the Israeli operation’

Journalists at CNN and the BBC expose the inner workings of their newsrooms, a year into Israel’s war on Gaza.

We have confirmed at least one report of Buncombe County government trying to shut down a free hot meal site, claiming it shouldn't operate due to water system being down. Asheville water system remains down in vast majority of city and meal sites are feeding thousands of people. #avlnews

well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...

We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20

When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...

Four text-only websites have been deployed for newsrooms in NC to help people with low bandwidth. Please share. More to come soon. Blue Ridge Public Radio: text.bpr.orgtext.enlacelatinonc.orgtext.wfdd.orgtext.avlwatchdog.org

"Friends of Dorothy" US government in the 50s: Who is this "Dorothy"? We must find this woman and interrogate her until she tells who all the homosexuals are! www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...

The U.S. Navy and Their Hilariously Inept Search for Dorothy and Her Friends

While the Ancient Greeks had their celebrated Sacred Band of Thebes, a legendarily successful fighting force made up of all male lovers, in more modern times the various branches of the United States ...

People who can route 600 messages a day to the right teams are the unsung heroes of disaster response

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The morning #HurricaneHelene hit Asheville members of our co-op sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and crack of trees falling. When we emerged to take stock a cardboard sign on our door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other.” 1/?

Nobody honestly still believes Israel kills all these women, children, journalists, medical staff and humanitarian aid workers by accident. You either know they do it on purpose and you say so, or you know they do it on purpose but never admit it, to protect a political agenda.

Driving is unambiguously the absolute worst way to travel, especially with little children, and I hate the boomers and silent generation for making our lives like this

Literally everyone should watch this and share it- it’s so well done

Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera Investigations

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English