thought isaac chotiner did a great interview a couple months ago with raja shehadeh expressing fears of this kind of attack from desperate palestinians
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-israels-democratic-crisis-affects-palestinians
How Israel’s Democratic Crisis Affects Palestinians
Isaac Chotiner speaks with the lawyer Raja Shehadeh about how the protests in Israel and hard-right turn of Netanyahu’s government will affect Palestinians.
maybe human progress comes through some effort at trying to achieve a pie in the sky idea, but, i don't know, maybe we can focus on things that are public goods? build extra rail capacity? more efficient city planning?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-11/air-taxi-startup-vertical-to-pause-flight-tests-after-crash
Vertical Aerospace to Pause Flight Tests After Air-Taxi Prototype Crash
The crash of Vertical Aerospace Ltd.’s only electric air-taxi prototype this week will force the startup to pause flight tests until regulators complete an investigation.
Patricia Lockwood · Where be your jibes now? David Foster Wallace
We knew he was not benevolent exactly (well, some of us knew) but there was the sense that he was suffering on the same...
there is so much of canada that seems to just ... be on fire
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
the list of his public statements on classified info is hilarious
lol the dude was a 70+ year old child who wanted to show off his shiny toys.
like why are these people so infatuated with this ghoul? honestly, what is ted koppel going on about?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/ted-koppel-on-covering-and-befriending-henry-kissinger
missed this from last week, but hsbc calling something "project colony" feels a bit ... historically oblivious?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/first-citizens-sues-hsbc-for-poaching-dozens-of-svb-staff
First Citizens Sues HSBC for Stealing SVB Staff, Secrets
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. sued HSBC Holdings Plc for allegedly raiding dozens of employees from Silicon Valley Bank in a scheme dubbed “Project Colony” as First Citizens was taking over the failed California lender.
