"Israeli president Isaac Herzog insisted that “an entire nation” was to blame for Hamas’s actions, and that the idea of “civilians not being aware, not involved” was “absolutely not true”. While Rageh Omar reported on this for ITV News, it did not make the BBC or the New York Times or Sky News. Nor did it make most anglophone outlets. Ariel Kallner, in a now-deleted tweet, called for another Nakba on the Palestinians, repeating the crime of 1948 in which 700,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed. “Right now, one goal: Nakba!” He exhorted. “A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48.” This was picked up by Associated Press but missed by most anglophone broadcasters and press. When Tally Gotliv, a Knesset member for Likud, called for a nuclear strike on Gaza – “Jericho Missile! … Doomsday weapon!” ­– and for “crushing and flattening Gaza … Without mercy! Without mercy!”, this also went curiously unnoticed.

Again, when an anonymous Israeli defence official briefed Israeli broadcasters that Gaza would become “a city of tents” where “there will be no buildings”, it was largely ignored. When Sara Netanyahu’s advisor, Tzipi Navon, said that it would not be enough to “flatten Gaza”, and that Palestinians suspected of involvement in the Hamas attack should have their nails pulled out, their genitals removed and their tongues and eyes saved for last “so we can enjoy his screams”, “so he can see us smiling”, that too was curiously overlooked."

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-equanimity-of-lunatics

EU: decides to ban egress fees
Google:

The EU Commission breaks against EU law to send targeted advertisements about chat control

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaint-against-eu-commission-over-targeted-chat-control-ads

I'm fucking wheezing right now

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/12/blowing-wind-cities-poor-east-ends

tldr: winds tend to blow the pollution eastward

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Taliban official visits Cologne: Propaganda speech in mosque

A senior representative of the Taliban militant Islamist administration in Afghanistan gave a speech on Thursday in a Ditib mosque in Cologne. Pictures of it are circulating on social media. The mosque association distances itself.

Exploiting 👏 someone 👏 this way 👏 is 👏 rape👏

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has been 🚀 fired 🚀

https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition