Eoin Dubsky

Iran’s latest AI Lego video marks a significant pivot. Instead of taunting the US military, it reflects a new chapter in which Tehran will seek peace by reaching out directly to the American people, bypassing the US government. It's a mirror image of the US strategy of the past decades. Some of the lines are quite noteworthy and will likely resonate with the anti-establishment sentiments prevailing among American youth in particular: "I love the constitution, the way it was meant. But not the way your leaders bypass consent..."

Tonight, the world is witnessing the export of the Israeli military’s doctrine of engineered abandonment. In a violent raid in international waters, Israeli naval forces have intercepted, boarded, and systematically disabled various boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla. After smashing engines and destroying navigation arrays, the military retreated—intentionally leaving hundreds of civilians stranded on powerless, broken vessels directly in the path of a massive approaching storm. Furthermore, communications with multiple vessels have been jammed, severing their ability to coordinate or signal for help. While flotilla participants face a calculated death trap at sea, the people of Gaza remain the primary targets of a relentless, years-long campaign of starvation and slaughter. The logic being deployed tonight is identical: the Israeli state creates the conditions for death, sabotages the means of survival, and then waits for "nature" or "circumstance" to finish the job.

@zeitonline I don't get why they don't just propose a bill criminalising Palestine solidarity directly. Why the subterfuge about "Israel's right to exist"?

Hessen will im Mai einen Gesetzentwurf in den Bundesrat einbringen. Wer in Deutschland das Existenzrecht Israels verneint, könnte demnach künftig bestraft werden. trib.al/aGElGf4

@mepassistants A huge "Deeply concerned" banner would have been better

Putting a giant word on a building means nothing by itself and won't magically make people fall on their knees in awe. We put "Democracy" on the Berlaymont, great, but what's the message exactly ? That the Commission IS democracy ? That the EU has done something for democracy ? Commit to the bit and actually put a message with a real and understandable political meaning up there (and there's tons that could be made around the concept of democracy).

Have you ever thought about how investigative journalists find out who owns a company? One way is looking up its "ultimate beneficial owner" — not the next highest corporate layer, but the person at the top of the chain — in an official registry. But in many countries, access to these registries has been severely restricted. Here's my story on why, and what the prospects are for better transparency in the future. It's not the sexiest topic, but this stuff is really fundamental in enabling journalism that can hold powerful bad actors to account. occrp.org/en/feature/how…

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@derJamesJackson @hahauenstein Sounds like improv theatre.

A pro-Israel German skinhead attacked a young Arab man wearing a keffiyeh. Because he had an Israeli flag tattooed on his head, self-defense against the attack was treated as an antisemitic incident by NGOs Insane story by @hahauenstein

Germany's @DWnews reporting on Israel's Großisrael "expansionist ambitions" dw.com/en/from-the-ni…

Commissioner Von Der Leyen wants to remove Irelands veto on foreign affairs at the same time as the Irish Government wants to remove the triple lock on where we send Irish Defence Forces. Join the #Neutrality Rally this Saturday brusselstimes.com/2076015/von-de…

Stop the Game #StopTheGame

Ekō, with 126 civil society and union organisations, is urging the @EU_Commission to halt its #DigitalOmnnibus plans. edri.org/our-work/forth…

@Alonso_GD Yeh, grandson of the fascist leader. The apple something-something-something the tree.

Wait… Mosley? As in those Mosleys?

@kajakallas 10/10 Didn't even mention the United States or Israel once. Did mention Trump's Gaza Peace Plan though. Nice touch! Bravo! Bravo!

The breakdown of international law is evident in today’s two preeminent global crises — Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war in the Middle East. A new world is now in the making, characterised by competition and coercive power politics; a world order dominated by a handful of military powers who aim to establish spheres of influence. This is why the EU’s support for the UN now is more vital than ever. My statement at the @UN Security Council ↓

NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s close ally Cardinal Robert McElroy received a standing ovation at the end of his homily, where he called on Catholics to take up civic action to help end the “immoral” war against Iran. “When we leave this church tonight, we must move beyond prayer. As citizens and believers in this democracy that we cherish so deeply, we must advocate for peace with our representatives and leaders. “It is not enough to say we have prayed. We must also act. For it is very possible that the negotiations will fail because of recalcitrance on both sides, and the president will move to re-enter this immoral war. “At that critical juncture, as disciples of Jesus Christ called to be peacemakers in the world, we must answer vocally and in unison: “No. Not in our name. Not at this moment. Not with our country.”

“The business community is demanding long-term and clear rules of the game in order to dare to invest in the climate transition. With its lobbying, Volvo is undermining precisely this. The consequences of Volvo's actions are major. For the climate and human health – and for the group's own competitiveness.” #VolvoSplitWithDiesel

The New Yorker just dropped a massive investigation into Sam Altman, based on over 100 interviews, the previously undisclosed "Ilya Memos," and Dario Amodei's 200+ pages of private notes. It's the most detailed account yet of the pattern of behavior that led to Sam's firing and rapid reinstatement at OpenAI. Here's the breakdown: > Ilya compiled ~70 pages of Slack messages, HR documents, and photos taken on personal phones to avoid detection on company devices. He sent them to board members as disappearing messages. The first memo begins with a list headed "Sam exhibits a consistent pattern of . . ." The first item is "Lying." > Dario kept detailed private notes for years under the heading "My Experience with OpenAI" (subheading: "Private: Do Not Share"), totaling 200+ pages. His conclusion: "The problem with OpenAI is Sam himself." > Sam reportedly told Mira his allies were "going all out" and "finding bad things" to damage her reputation after the firing. Thrive put its planned $86B investment on hold and implied it would only close if Sam returned, giving employees financial incentive to back him. > Sam texted Satya Nadella directly to propose the new board composition: "bret, larry summers, adam as the board and me as ceo and then bret handles the investigation." The two new members selected to oversee an independent inquiry into Sam were chosen after close conversations with Sam himself. > Before OpenAI, senior employees at Loopt asked the board to fire Sam as CEO on two separate occasions over concerns about leadership and transparency. At Y Combinator, partners complained to Paul Graham about Sam's behavior, and Graham privately told colleagues "Sam had been lying to us all the time." > OpenAI's superalignment team was promised 20% of the company's compute. Four people who worked on or with the team said actual resources were 1-2%, mostly on the oldest cluster with the worst chips. The team was dissolved without completing its mission. > Sam told the board that safety features in GPT-4 had been approved by a safety panel. Helen Toner requested documentation and found the most controversial features had not been approved. Sam also never mentioned to the board that Microsoft released an early ChatGPT version in India without completing a required safety review. > Sam made a secret pact with Greg and Ilya where he agreed to resign if they both deemed it necessary, essentially appointing his own shadow board. The actual board was alarmed when they learned about it. > Sam struck a deal with Greg to become CEO while simultaneously telling researchers that Greg's authority would be diminished, and telling Greg something different. > A board member described Sam as having "two traits almost never seen in the same person: a strong desire to please people in any given interaction, and almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences of deceiving someone." Multiple sources independently used the word "sociopathic." > OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an IPO at a potential $1 trillion valuation while securing government contracts spanning immigration enforcement, domestic surveillance, and autonomous weaponry in war zones.

If this is an honest question, I’d say: Americans are rooting against America because we facilitated a genocide and followed it with a surprise attack on a girls elementary school followed by attacks on universities, medical centers, more schools, a world famous pharmaceutical research center, a volley ball team, an unfinished bridge we claimed was transporting weapons and then a nuclear power plant. We are now promising endless attacks on civilian infrastructure. We are hunting and targeting anyone who might be involved in ceasefire negotiations. Most people do not pay enough attention to have absorbed all the propaganda about the U.S. and Iran. So people coming to this fresh see us for what we are: absolute monsters. And monsters must be stopped. That’s why people are rooting against us and for civilization to prevail.

We are horrified. Over Easter weekend, about 71 people likely drowned in the Mediterranean. Yesterday, our aircraft Seabird 2 spotted an overturned wooden boat: ~15 people clinging desperately to the hull, others in the water, and some lifeless bodies. 📽️ Fabian Melber

amen

@hussedogru Delighted to hear that!

This is a huge victory for us — made possible only by YOU and every single person who stood in solidarity with us and protested against these measures imposed by the state authorities. Thank you all. This is only one of many victories to come.

UPDATE: A German court has suspended the freezing of my wife’s accounts. It said it has “serious doubts” about the legality of the measure and a “massive interference” with her rights, dismissing claims I “control” her finances as normal family behaviour. A rare sigh of relief for us.