U.S. Air Drive Member Units Self on Fireplace Exterior Israel’s Embassy in D.C. to Protest Battle in Gaza Time. Aaron Bushnell:
“I’ll now not be complicit in genocide. I’m about to have interaction in an excessive act of protest,” the airman repeated, in footage reviewed by TIME, as he walked towards the driveway of the Israeli embassy. “However in comparison with what individuals have been experiencing in Palestine by the hands of their colonizers, it’s not excessive in any respect. That is what our ruling class has determined might be regular.”
Oddly, all the early protection suppresses the element:
Why did he do it?
4 main information shops have nearly the very same headline for the self-immolation of 25-year outdated Aaron Bushnell. Not one among them mentions the phrases “Gaza” or “genocide,” the explanation for Aaron’s protest, or the phrase “Palestine,” his final phrases spoken. pic.twitter.com/MdRCFsptzD
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) February 26, 2024
We’ll see how the official response goes:
Prediction—a reporter to Karine Jean-Pierre tmrw: A serviceman set himself on fireplace to keep away from, in his phrases, being complicit in “genocide.” Will the president name his household & in that case, what’ll he say?
KJP: The president will inform them that…Israel has a proper to defend itself. pic.twitter.com/vMQgeAuzJw
— 🍉 Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, CPT (@thrasherxy) February 25, 2024
Bushnell recorded his self-immolation on Twitch (since deleted). Right here’s the YouTube (till it will get taken down):
Here’s a transcript from @taliaotg, who broke the story. Key element:
MORE INFO: The one who self-immolated apparently emailed reporters this morning stating “Right this moment, I’m planning to have interaction in an excessive act of protest in opposition to the genocide of the Palestinian individuals,” and said that it might be live-streamed on Twitch.
— Talia Jane ❤️🔥 (@taliaotg) February 25, 2024
One wonders who the reporters who obtained the e-mail have been….
* * * Houthis demand entry of aid into Gaza in change for salvaging sunken British ship Anadolu Company
Israel to accentuate strikes on Hezbollah even when there’s cease-fire in Gaza: Gallant Anadolu Company
$14b US assist bundle for Israel crafted with eye to ‘multi-front warfare,’ not simply Gaza Occasions of Israel
* * * How Israel’s warfare went incorrect Vox
How One Error Could Hang-out Biden’s Overseas Coverage Legacy David Rothkopf, Alon Pinkas, The New Republic. “You’ll be able to’t fine-tune a large error into being successful.” Within the vulgate, “you possibly can’t buff a turd.” Pinkas is the previous consul basic of Israel in New York; Rothkopf is a Blob pseudopodium.
* * * Settlers Assault Israeli Troopers Serving to Palestinian Shepherds Search for Stolen Goats Haaretz
Police beatings of pro-Palestinian schoolchildren spark outrage in Italy The New Arab
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Avdeevka Denouement: Russian Momentum Turning Level Simplicius the Thinker(s)
Speaking with Lt. Col. Danny Davis about The place The Ukrainian Battle Is Headed (video) John Mearsheimer, John’s Substack
Two Years After Russia Invaded Ukraine: Q&A with RAND Consultants RAND
Ukraine can win warfare if it has sufficient property – Advisor to US President Ukrainska Pravda
* * * Ukraine vows extra self-reliance as warfare enters third 12 months Politico. Oh.
New Footage Exhibits Ukraine’s U.S.-Provided Abrams Tanks in First Fight: Pictures Gas Hypothesis of Battlefield Loss Navy Watch
* * * The Spy Battle: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Battle Putin Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz, NYT. What an odd headline. I might have thought nation-states “combat” different nation-states, not people. Anyhow, it began after the Maidan coup we sponsored in 2014. And John Brennan. I can’t even. One nugget: “The main points of this intelligence partnership, lots of that are being disclosed by The New York Occasions for the primary time, have been a intently guarded secret for a decade.” The Occasions as spook asset is nothing new, however why now? One other: “The Ukrainians gave the brand new [CIA] station chief an affectionate nickname: Santa Claus.” I’ll guess. I positive hope none of these “backpacks filled with [Russian] paperwork” have been Russian chickenfeed (particularly the “election meddling” stuff, of which Brennan was apparently enamored). Anyhow, a lot element right here for readers to choose over. Get pleasure from!
Senate Aide Investigated Over Unofficial Actions in Ukraine NYT. Final line: “‘You by no means go into wartime Ukraine with an empty suitcase,’ he mentioned.” Oh.
The Ukraine Battle Runs on Prevarication The American Conservative
The disaster of Soviet Ukraine: The Maidan Revolution didn’t free my individuals Unherd. Fascinating.
* * * Zelenskiy says 31,000 troopers killed, giving determine for first time Guardian. That’s not very many. So I assume they don’t want that conscription legislation, then?
Ukraine’s counter-offensive plan was within the Kremlin earlier than it even began – Zelenskyy Ukrainska Pravda. And no surprise. It was the essentially the most extensively telegraphed counterpunch within the historical past of the world.
A Story Of Two Wars Madras Courier. I’m all for diplomacy, however there are some stipulations for making it work, none of which have been fulfilled in Ukraine or Israel.
South of the Border
Hundreds of Brazilians rally in help of Bolsonaro amid coup probe Al Jazeera
The Caribbean
Jovenel Moïse’s widow is accused of being social gathering to his homicide The Economist
U.S. seems to provoke help for Kenya-led armed mission to Haiti amongst G20 ministers Miami Herald
Why are you spending a lot time on a useless white man? Peste. Paul Farmer.
2024
US millennial ladies are actually extra prone to die of their late 20s and early 30s than any era because the World Battle II period: report Enterprise Insider
The Bezzle
Why Are There Abruptly So Many Automobile Washes? Bloomberg. A non-public fairness infestation.
Digital Watch
Google explains Gemini’s ‘embarrassing’ AI footage of various Nazis The Verge. Like this:
Very 1619 Undertaking. Commentary: “I’m accomplished with @Google” Mario Juric. A protracted Tweet. Key paragraph:
I’ve been studying Google’s Gemini injury management posts. I believe they’re merely not telling the reality. For one, their text-only product has the identical (if not worse) points. And second, if you already know a bit about how these fashions are constructed, you already know you don’t get these “incorrect” solutions by one-off harmless errors. . With that prior, the steadiness of chances is strongly in opposition to the outputs being an harmless bug — as @googlepubpolicy is now attempting to spin it: .
These values seem to incorporate a need to reshape the world in a particular manner that’s so sturdy that it allowed the individuals concerned to rationalize to themselves that it’s not simply acceptable however fascinating to coach their AI to prioritize ideology forward of giving consumer the details.
Microsoft attempting to cease Copilot producing pretend Putin feedback on Navalny’s dying The Register
Journey
Beautiful choreography:
Cruise ships leaving port Miami on an everyday Sunday.pic.twitter.com/GNt5E7G6d0
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 24, 2024
Norwegian cruise quarantined attributable to abdomen sickness instances on board USA Right this moment. “Abdomen sickness” “suspected to be cholera.”
* * * Sky Excessive Sabotage: Main Airways Are Utilizing TSA To Secretly Shut Down A Competitor View from the Wing
Boeing
Ryanair calls for compensation from Boeing for plane supply delays FT
Provide Chain
Asia’s love for non-OPEC+ crudes set to deepen as output expands Hellenic Transport Information
Groves of Academe
Koch Injected Almost $500 Million into A whole bunch of Faculties and Universities Between 2018 and 2022 Uncovered by CMD. Greatest winner: George Mason.
Healthcare
Greatest well being care system on this planet!
Let this sink in—if the previous U.S. Surgeon Common @JeromeAdamsMD can’t afford a hospital go to, after understanding full effectively about docs and insurance coverage, and having a “premier” medical insurance plan—what hope is there for the remainder of us? #Medicareforall #healthcareforall now! https://t.co/QBvqk0tff4
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) February 25, 2024
A loophole obtained him a free New York lodge keep for 5 years. Then he claimed to personal the constructing AP
Class Warfare
It’s Not Simply Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Employees in a Extra Insidious Method. NYT
A New Drive Set Unfastened New York Overview of Books. Pre-1789 France.
The Origins of Enduring Financial Inequality (forthcoming) (PDF) Journal of Financial Literature. From the Summary:
We survey archaeological proof suggesting that amongst hunter-gatherers and farmers in Neolithic western Eurasia (11,700 to five,300 years in the past) elevated ranges of wealth inequality occurred however have been ephemeral and uncommon in comparison with the substantial enduring inequalities of the previous 5 millennia. In response, we search to know not the de novo “creation of inequality” however as a substitute the processes by which substantial wealth variations might persist over lengthy durations and why this occurred solely on the finish of the Neolithic, at the very least 4 millennia after the agricultural revolution. Archaeological and anthropological proof means that till the Late Neolithic when new farming applied sciences raised the worth of fabric wealth relative to labor and a focus of elite energy in early proto-states (and ultimately the exploitation of enslaved labor) offered the political and financial circumstances for heightened wealth inequalities to endure.
Constitutional Conflict: Labor, Capital, and Democracy (PDF) Northwestern College Legislation Overview. From the Summary:
In the previous few years, employees have engaged in organizing and strike exercise at ranges not seen in a long time… Considered collectively, these efforts—”labor’s” efforts for brief—search not solely to redefine the contours of labor legislation. Additionally they current an incipient problem to our constitutional order. If realized, labor’s imaginative and prescient would prolong democratic values, together with freedom of speech and affiliation, into the putatively personal area of the office. It could additionally help the Structure’s promise of free labor… this Article reveals that up to date fights about labor are additionally inherently fights about constitutional legislation
“[T]he Structure’s promise of free labor.” Oh?
Dying of the Innovator? New Left Overview
Intercalary year saved our societies from chaos—for now, at the very least Nationwide Geographic
Deep Time Diligence (interview) Tyson Yunkaporta, Emergence Journal
Antidote du jour (by way of):
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