Explosions heard in Iran, US media reports Israeli strikes smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

Featuring award-winning actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo, this new Stan Original Documentary exposes the contamination that sparked an international environmental catastrophe. A joint investigation with The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Carrie Fellner, Revealed: #HowToPoisonAPlanet .

This Uri Berliner yhing totting up NPR reporters' party ID and scourigng them for lack of Republicans: why should a news org be obliged to hire those IDing with a party unified behind the prophet of 'fake news'? That's on the GOP, not NPR.

🚨 JOHNSON passes on changing the motion to vacate, bucking leadership aides and members who were pleading with him to alter the rule.

He will remain at the whim of a single member.

Dems may save him this time. It’ll get more challenging as time goes on.

‘I’m doing fine’: Stabbed Bishop Mar Mari breaks silence -- He implored his supporters to not return evil with evil, and instead to co-operate with both local and federal police during the investigation.
He also said he forgave the person who carried out the attack, saying the…

Just a little about historical cannibalism in Papua New Guinea npr.org/sections/thesa… #BidenHarris2024

The Chinese Embassy reportedly lobbying congressional staff against legislation to force ByeDance to sell TikTok is especially interesting since China's embassy currently has no foreign agents registered under FARA... and the diplomatic exemption is limited to official functions.

A Dan-ban....Russia sanctions ex-Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, 234 Australian state MPs smh.com.au/world/europe/s…

Why isn’t zoom part of the TikTok China convo?

Russia’s efforts to influence the US didn’t end in 2016. In fact, they likely accelerated afterward. And what about the Trump-collusion story? What if it was just another story to divide a rattled public? The final episode of Dark Shining Moment is out... podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dar……

Man misidentified as Sydney shopping center killer hires lawyers to sue broadcaster (The false claim was also rapidly amplified on social media.) smh.com.au/business/compa…

Criminalizing homelessness in the US - a bit like the 3 strikes anti-drug laws in the 1980s. It just creates a whole new class of criminals without solving the problem. But if political leadership can't even conceive of the issue, they're condemned to hardline measures that miss…

A serious point. 'WWIII' doesn't command the same attention that it once did in the era of one-to-many communication.

A US Senator urges citizens to forcibly confront Pro-Palestinian protesters nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/…

What is 9ExPress? -- AI-driven conversion of TV script to news story 9news.com.au/technology/9ex…

Christian leader stabbed during mass in Sydney smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…

The Intercept is running out of cash -- just in time for the presidential election semafor.com/article/04/14/…

LBJ looking either decidedly strangelovian, or like he's dropping some heavy beats. (Pic from 1967 in Punta del Este, Uruguay at the summit between nations involved in the Alliance for Progress)

Things we accept variously from Russia, China, NK and Iran:
Constant cyber attacks.
Intellectual property theft.
Intimidation of refugees and regime critics inside our borders.
Drone/rocket strikes on our troops.
Rocket attacks on civilian ships.
Foreign interference.
Social…