Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Reading archive 2024-01-09

Eric Clapton's Covid vaccine conspiracies mark a sad final act: Bigotry and ignorance, in the age of the internet, have a way of catching up with you. And Clapton’s racism and conspiracy theories can no longer be ignored. [ed. note: from 2021]

Opinion  How the best chance to win the Ukraine war was lost

Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn’t stop it.: A review of the deadliest settler attack in the West Bank since the war began shows how increasingly violent tactics have gone unpunished - "A Washington Post review of exclusive visuals of the attack, medical records and interviews with witnesses and first responders reveals that one of the Palestinians killed, 17-year-old Obada Saed Abu Srour, was shot in the back by settlers, probably as he was running from gunfire. 

"Israeli troops, meanwhile, did not forcefully intervene, despite their obligation under international and Israeli law to protect all residents of the West Bank, including Palestinians. Soldiers and police were photographed at the scene of the deaths only after the attack ended, even though troops stationed at nearby military outposts were within earshot of the gunfire and had views of an earlier attack by settlers, the visual evidence shows."

Bowser launches effort to reimagine Chinatown as loss of Caps, Wizards looms

How plastic hides in supposedly eco-friendly laundry products

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