Patrick deHahn

@pdehello
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International news editor and reporter (he/him, deaf) in Brooklyn, and probably drinking coffee. Words in Quartz, CNN, The National, The Atlantic, USA Today, and elsewhere.

Remember we share the same moon 🤟

Also: #accessibility #migration #humanitarianism #publichealth #tech #communication #journalism #media #nyc #democracy #accountability #humanrights

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Patrick deHahn1d ago
Axios: What's inside the Iran-US deal https://www.axios.com/2026/05/24/iran-deal-strait-hormuz-sanctions-nuclear
Exclusive: What's inside the Iran deal Trump is close to signing

The draft calls for reopening the strait, but leaves nuclear concessions for a later stage.

Axios
Patrick deHahn1d ago
Secret Service says US officers fatally shot a person who fired at them near White House https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/politics/white-house-area-gunshots?cid=android_app
Secret Service says officers fatally shot a person who fired at them near White House

Secret Service officers shot and killed a person who the agency said approached a security checkpoint Saturday near the White House and fired at them.

CNN
Patrick deHahn1d ago

An agreement on "peace" with Iran and opening the Strait of Hormuz "has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization," US president Donald Trump claims, and it could be "announced shortly"

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116625784011805994

Patrick deHahn2d ago

Wow. Google search discarded what many users (including myself) have used it for: quick lookups of words for their definitions, to instead have an AI response at the top.

See with "disregard." This isn't even on "AI mode." (I use non-Google search engines myself.)

Patrick deHahn2d ago

Wow. Google search discarded what many users (including myself) have used it for: quick lookups of words for their definitions, to instead have an AI response at the top.

See with "disregard." This isn't even on "AI mode." (I use non-Google search engines myself.)

Patrick deHahn4d ago

My latest report at Conflict Journal @read

I wrote about the humanitarian issues brewed by the political and economic crises in Bolivia today https://www.conflictjournal.com/bolivia-vows-to-listen-after-weeks-of-protests/

Bolivia vows 'to listen' after weeks of protests

Protest blockades result in low oxygen reserves at hospitals, fuel and food shortages in Bolivia's capital La Paz.

Conflict Journal
Patrick deHahn4d ago
Conflict Journal4d ago

Bolivia vows 'to listen' after weeks of protests

https://www.conflictjournal.com/bolivia-vows-to-listen-after-weeks-of-protests/

Bolivia vows 'to listen' after weeks of protests

Protest blockades result in low oxygen reserves at hospitals, fuel and food shortages in Bolivia's capital La Paz.

Conflict Journal
Patrick deHahn4d ago
Electronic Frontier Foundation4d ago
When security agencies harm rights in the name of "protection," they become the threat. Civil society, legal community, activists, oversight bodies: we must ramp up the fight against normalized surveillance abuses. EFF’s new guide is here to help. Join us. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/we-must-not-normalize-digital-surveillance-abuses-effs-new-guide-underlines
We Must Not Normalize Digital Surveillance Abuses. EFF’s New Guide Underlines Concrete Steps to Fight Back.

Poor accountability, feeble control mechanisms, and insufficient legal frameworks have led to systematic human rights violations in the Americas, with no consistent remedy or reparation to victims. What's needed is to materialize essential guarantees and measures to combat repeated surveillance...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadPatrick deHahn4d ago
Doses of the "most promising" potential vaccine to tackle the Ebola outbreak will take six to nine months, says the WHO https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/vaccine-bundibugyo-ebola-outbreak-six-to-nine-months-who
Vaccine to tackle Ebola outbreak will take six to nine months, says WHO

The response to the current wave of the disease, which has caused 139 deaths in central Africa to date, has been hampered by security concerns

The Guardian
Show threadPatrick deHahn4d ago
And the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could last for months, the WHO says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html
Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says

Health officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 540 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, but experts say the figures could be much higher.

The New York Times