Fantastic, unique story by Shira Stein. I've been hoping she'd write this for a long time.

I made this photo in Mariupol 10 years ago today, as Ukrainian volunteer troops fought back Russian special forces and local proxies who were trying to take over the city. As the chaos unfolded, this guy with a briefcase strolled right through. Wish I knew who he was, what he was

When people talk about the “existential risk” of AI, they imagine robot wars. They should instead be imagining a world in which people are incapable of being people without layer upon layer of algorithmic mediation between them. And this will not be an accident, but by design.

Important 🧵 : Human Rights Watch spent months documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan. Global inaction in the face of atrocities of this magnitude is inexcusable. Detailed thread 👇🏼

.Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough was not informed of the bonuses— and immediately canceled them though eight months later not all have been repaid

This tragic situation of a Black airman being gunned down by a cop, after the cop possibly stormed the wrong apartment -- is your must read today. Thomas Novelly has been with this story from the beginning 👇

Whistleblowers say Veterans Affairs police aren't completing the suicide prevention training mandated by Congress militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/…

Senators, advocates fear private community health care is eroding VA medical services
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“I’ve heard Columbia students claim that these incidents are so petty that they are not worth discussing at all. I find myself debating intelligent people who treat reported facts like myths if they don’t align with their narrative.”

A lot of nuance here:
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PEN America deplores Israel’s decision to shutter Al Jazeera’s operations. Amid already grossly inadequate media access, this decision denies citizens access to information and perspectives that should not be suppressed.

Our April 2 statement: pen.org/press-release/…

Thread from January 2023... apropos of nothing

This is of course factual bull#$^ and it comes from a man who fetishizes Russia--a country without a free press currently holding a The Wall Street Journal reporter hostage without trial. Please repudiate this nonsense by subscribing to a local source of #journalism and supporting public media. 🙏

Tricare fails pregnant service members. Here’s how to fix it. buff.ly/3yby7i7

'What 18-year-old gets sued?' Alexis Ratcliff asks from her hospital bed. My latest on the young woman fighting a hospital's pressure to leave for a nursing home in another state.
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A New York charity official who falsely claimed that homeless vets were being evicted in favor of immigrants was charged with fraud and stolen valor. militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/…

Soldiers say firing mortars in training is injuring their brains. They have all the symptoms of a brain injury, but no diagnoses. Here's why.
nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/…

Breaking!🚨🎉 Senator Elizabeth Dole will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian award of the US. This prestigious award honors her long career of public service. Watch the ceremony live today at 4:30pm ET here: whitehouse.gov/live/

Pentagon says medical readiness has suffered from years of downsizing healthcare : via ⁦NPR⁩ ⁦Quil Lawrence⁩ npr.org/2024/05/02/124…

A story I’ve been working on since Sept. 2023. Military documents contradict Republican Rep. Troy Nehls' military record claims
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Russian troops have now entered a base in Niger that is housing U.S. troops as well, a senior U.S. official tells Reuters. While the Russian troops are in a hanger further down the airfield at Airbase 101, the official said the situation 'is not great.' W/Phil Stewart