Building Power for Palestine and for a New World Order
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"A coalition of cross-regional states met in Bogotá, Colombia in mid-July to discuss measures to disrupt Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. The subsequent commitments by some of those governments to end all material support to Israel and to uphold international law is an important development not just to end the genocide, but to counter the

Building Power for Palestine and for a New World Order - CounterPunch.org

^{Ray Acheson (CounterPunch.org)}

El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-reelection-f9efd1a08d3c9de2f886f7b911b9417d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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"j’imagine qu’il existe un univers parallèle de l’évolution darwinienne dans lequel les singes et les enfants se souviennent d’avoir été ensemble, puis séparés"

#lire les journaux brésiliens de @cmllrz :

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journaux brésiliens – juin et juillet 2025

sur les rives du lac les arbres sont plus vrais, les oiseaux sont plus vrais, les fleurs sont plus vraies. mais c’est une vérité presque trop claire, à soupçonner. parce que juste en dessous …

^{camille ruiz}

Zelensky and Polish President-elect #Nawrocki held their first phone conversation.

"Russia is a neo-imperial and colonial state, ruled by a war criminal, Putin. Therefore, Ukraine, fighting against the Kremlin regime, can count on Poland's support" he said.

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#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Poland #Zelensky #Putin

Zelensky, Polish President-elect Nawrocki hold first call, discuss support, historical issues

Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki emphasized that cooperation must be based on "mutual respect and genuine partnership," according to his spokesperson Rafal Leskiewicz.

^{Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)}

Cherry-throated tanager (Nemosia rourei)

Quiet moments of peace as this striking little bird perches on a branch in Brazil’s Atlantic forest. Once feared extinct, the cherry-throated tanager wasn’t spotted for half a century – and now, somewhere *between 25 to 50 remain.*

Photograph: Gustavo Magnago

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#EndangeredSpecies
#Brazil
#birds
#tanagers

“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford
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"The Kennedy Assassination in November 1963, the expanding quagmire of Vietnam, Nixon and Agnew’s corruption, Watergate, recession and inflation damaged the American Dream, perhaps irreparably. Good riddance, I thought back then, it was all a charade, a cover for inequality, racism and empire. And today, just when we thought the American Dream was dead and

“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford - CounterPunch.org

^{Stephen F. Eisenman (CounterPunch.org)}

David Hockney’s world vibrates in living color
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2025/0731/david-hockney-25-exhibition-catalog?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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David Hockney’s world vibrates in living color

In “David Hockney,” the artist’s work jumps off the page, pulsing with life. A retrospective and a book capture his vitality and inventiveness.

^{Heller McAlpin (The Christian Science Monitor)}

Alaska beckoned. A young adventurer trades screen time for wilderness savvy.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2025/0731/ben-weissenbach-north-to-the-future?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Alaska beckoned. A young adventurer trades screen time for wilderness savvy.

Ben Weissenbach found himself tamed by the Alaskan wilderness, schooled by skilled outdoorspeople, and rescued from hubris by an eagerness to learn.

^{Tanya Raghu (The Christian Science Monitor)}

Nyala antelope (Tragelaphus angasii)

A male nyala antelope stands alert in golden grasslands. His chalky white markings make for surprisingly effective camouflage, confusing a predator’s ability to clearly distinguish shape or direction. Prey to lions and leopards, they’re known for their exceptional hearing, sense of smell and sight – if they sense danger, they will alert others with a high-pitched bark.

Photograph: Chantelle Melzer

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#antelopes

This is your regular reminder that apps aren’t “vetted by Apple”. They check them for a handful of violations to do with in-app purchases and how the app requests permissions. They’re not lawyers sifting through privacy policies to decide if they look ok, and they’re most definitely not doing any reverse engineering. App Review barely even run apps for more than 2 minutes.

To keep repeating this when there’s years of evidence to the contrary is irresponsible. It tricks users into assuming every app has an Apple seal of approval, where they don’t need to second guess if it’s safe to upload their ID to a social network that just showed up out of nowhere, or talk about sensitive topics with the trust that it stays private.

Most apps are trustworthy, but they didn’t get to that position because of Apple.