Eliott Behar

@JeffPassan Too bad he didn’t bat seventh tonight, we’d have won the World Series.

If you want to understand the depth of the Blue Jays' lineup and why they've scored the most runs of any team in playoff history, this is as telling a fact as you'll find: Ernie Clement, who just set an MLB record for hits in a single postseason with 30, bats eighth for Toronto.

“Rather than leave a forest intact, we clear-cut it, then plant a new one. My troupe of planters thought we were making things better. I spent this summer watching that youthful idealism literally going up in smoke.” nytimes.com/2023/09/15/opi…

Judge Kevin Parker, the distinguished lead judge in the Dordevic case, passed away today. He was a fantastic judge who had a truly remarkable legal career. A very sad day for the legal community and the world at large. irmct.org/en/news/former…

@OriginalRoddick @shutter_j One day later

Finally finished my fireplace. #proud

Well earned @RonDeibert! Love to see it. thestar.com/politics/feder…

A #Paris court has made history in convicting former #Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara for complicity in #CrimesAgainstHumanity under the principle of #universaljurisdiction @Civitas_Maxima was a civil party in the trial & is doing incredible work 👏 theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…

The Cambodian government needs to shut down these cyber scam mills and should face strong international sanctions if it doesn’t. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

@Independent @RemainResistant Where people craving attention eat mediocre food then have their personal data pipelined to China.

Viral chef raises over 3k to start London's first TikTok restaurant #Echobox=1667048250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">indy100.com/viral/simon-sq…

“Simply put, instead of honestly reckoning with the true causes of his pain, Ye offloaded it onto the Jews. Which meant that, in the end, the rapper was left with his pain and not much else.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"What we need, in other words, is technology that breathes new life back into our data." Read @eliottbehar on how Inrupt's Solid technology creates a better data consent model for organizations and individuals. inrupt.com/blog/the-grave…

“In 2014 when the International Windship Association was formed, shipowners would laugh or walk out of the room when the group’s secretary brought up wind energy for commercial vessels. Now shipowners line up to get the latest on wind news…” apple.news/A8upae5vJQOijK…

30 years ago today - The destruction of the National Library of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War was a symbol for one of the conflict's central objectives: crushing the cultural identity of an entire society. 22 years after, with the effort of many, the library was reborn.

@profgalloway thought you’d find this TikTok surveillance functionality interesting…and troubling. The code has been confirmed by TikTok itself, though they state they’re not using it — see forbes.com/sites/richardn…

German troops back to Bosnia as fear of instability grows – @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/global…

“We have conceded moral authority to howling mobs, and the louder the howls, the more we have agreed that the howls were worth heeding.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@AB84 Translation: a man chooses to behave despicably, flaunts it, and is consistently rewarded by a society that values a spectacle over everything else. He knows it, you know it.

Sincerely AB

@AP @LaurieTMiller

People in the Japanese city of Yamaguchi have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools. A special unit has been hired to hunt the animals with tranquilizer guns. apnews.com/article/japan-…

How have I never read this before? If you look, the evidence is everywhere. samharris.org/blog/the-firep…

A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened