Mastodawn

🔫 MIT professor learns the hard way that #Massachusetts is not Portugal, and unfortunately can't make it to the next faculty meeting. Meanwhile, the #BBC continues their scattergun approach to categorizing #content, because who doesn't love a bit of Israeli-Palestinian conflict with their innovation news? 🌍🎭
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly08y25688o #MITprofessor #IsraeliPalestinianConflict #innovationnews #HackerNews #ngated

Nuno Loureiro: MIT professor from Portugal shot at home dies, police say

Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear science and engineering professor was shot "multiple times" on Monday.

The USA Potato Dec 1

Democracy In Peril on University Campuses

Some aspects of life are so well known that they are accepted as a given. One of those commonly accepted facts of life is corporate leadership. Corporate leaders instruct their teams of managers to create a specific atmosphere at ...

https://murica.website/2025/12/democracy-in-peril-on-university-campuses/

Democracy In Peril on University Campuses – The USA Potato

The Hollywood Reporter Nov 29

Guy Pearce Apologizes After Reportedly Sharing Antisemitic Posts on Social Media
#GeneralNews #News #GuyPearce #Israel #IsraeliPalestinianconflict #Palestine

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/guy-pearce-apology-antisemitic-posts-israel-palestine-1236437580/

Guy Pearce Apologizes After Reportedly Sharing Antisemitic Posts on Social Media

"I am aware how sharing inaccurate content can cause confusion and distress; for this I am deeply sorry," the actor told Jewish News.

The Hollywood Reporter

The USA Potato Nov 3

The Trump-Netanyahu “Peace” Plan is Incompatible With UN Charter and International Law

The Trump-Netanyahu “Peace” for Gaza does not conform to international law and does not augur well for sustainable regional and international peace and reconciliation. The Trump-Netanyahu construct is incompatible with the UN Charter and with the erga ...

https://murica.website/2025/11/the-trump-netanyahu-peace-plan-is-incompatible-with-un-charter-and-international-law/

The Trump-Netanyahu “Peace” Plan is Incompatible With UN Charter and International Law – The USA Potato

The New Yorker Oct 25

What Israel and Hamas Actually Want from the Gaza Ceasefire

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-israel-and-hamas-actually-want-from-the-gaza-ceasefire

The USA Potato Oct 24

The Blind Spot of Power: How Suppression of Palestinian Voices Fuels Israel’s Strategic Missteps

The history of modern Israel and Palestine is not just a story of land, security and diplomacy. It is also a story of narratives: Who gets to define reality, whose pain counts, and whose voice carries weight in the global conversation? For decades, the...

https://murica.website/2025/10/the-blind-spot-of-power-how-suppression-of-palestinian-voices-fuels-israels-strategic-missteps/

The Blind Spot of Power: How Suppression of Palestinian Voices Fuels Israel’s Strategic Missteps – The USA Potato

The Hollywood Reporter Oct 17

BBC Gaza Doc Broke Broadcasting Rules by Misleading Audiences, Says U.K. Regulator Ofcom
#TV #TVNews #BBC #International #IsraelGazaConflict #IsraeliPalestinianconflict #Unitedkingdom

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-gaza-doc-broke-broadcasting-rules-ofcom-report-findings-1236403775/

BBC Gaza Doc Broke Broadcasting Rules by Misleading Audiences, Says U.K. Regulator Ofcom

'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' breached Ofcom rules by failing to disclose that one of the 13-year-old subjects in the film was the son of a Hamas official.

The Hollywood Reporter

The New Yorker Oct 16

What Palestinians and Israelis Have Learned Since October 7th

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-hamas-and-israel-have-learned-since-october-7th

The Hollywood Reporter Oct 14

Will Trump’s Peace Plan End Calls to Boycott Israeli Artists?
#News #PoliticsNews #Eurovision #Film #International #Israel #IsraelGazaConflict #IsraeliPalestinianconflict #Palestine

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/will-gaza-peace-plan-end-calls-to-boycott-israel-1236400247/

Will Trump’s Peace Plan End Calls to Boycott Israeli Artists?

As ceasefire talks progress, filmmakers hope the world will start listening — not boycotting: “If you oppose Netanyahu’s Israeli government, targeting us is like shooting yourself in the leg."

The Hollywood Reporter

Houston Public Media Oct 13

Eitan Avraham Mor, a 25-year-old Israeli security guard who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, was among 20 surviving hostages who were freed Monday. A Houston-based relative of Mor's was in Israel for his release.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/10/13/533234/eitan-mor-israeli-security-guard-and-cousin-of-houstonian-released-from-hamas-captivity/

#Houston #International #Local #News #Politics #EitanAvrahamMor #Hostages #IsraelHamasWar #IsraeliPalestinianConflict #October7HamasAttacks #WarInGaza

Israeli security guard with family in Houston released from Hamas captivity

Eitan Avraham Mor, who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, was among 20 surviving hostages who were freed Monday. A Houston-based relative of Mor's was in Israel for his release.

Houston Public Media