To celebrate William Shakespeare's 460th birthday, here are his 46 best (and strangest) insults:

Analysts close to Israel are saying that Israel managed to restore deterrence.

Analysts close to Iran/Axis of Resistance are saying that Israel failed to restore deterrence.

That’s a good place to be at and close this chapter.

Wish they’d do this these days.

In the 1980s, it was common for musicians to get together to create a charity single in an effort to change the world

one of the world’s most commonly celebrated holidays: independence from britain

h/t Map Mazing

Reuters' Mohammed Salem has won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image of a Palestinian woman, Inas Abu Maamar, cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in Gaza.

🇺🇸 Ships Strike Bridges, Lose Power every Year

▫Disasters rare, but conditions for them frightfully common
▫Emily Le Coz Austin Fast🎙
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In Tuesday’s paper:
- Ships strike bridges, lose power every year
- Welcome to the unknown – again
- Each side has a sizable stake in sitting a jury
- In free and easy Finland, happiness is a warm sweat

Good reminder in this solid Chris Kenning story about the 'forgotten war' in Sudan that for the past year has been even more overshadowed by other conflicts usatoday.com/story/news/inv…

🇺🇸 US Seeks De-Escalation After Iran Strikes Israel

▫Biden says America will defend ally but shies from retaliation
▫Kim Hjelmgaard Susan Miller Francesca Chambers
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As always on a night like tonight:

Scrutinize who is posting.

Be careful when sharing.

Question if visuals are what they appear to be, and if they were captured when people suggest.

Watch out for bad actors in the information space.

“We are not fine” has become the official Eid al-Fitr greeting for the residents of Gaza. Usually, the markets are filled with the sound of Eid takbirs echoing in the city streets. This year there is no sweets or joy, only pain, sadness, and mourning.

✍️Some foreign policy myths that need squashing:

Myth 1: We have a rules-based international order.

REALITY: Superficially, ok. But great powers call the shots, states have their own interests (and are ruthless about protecting them), and the “rules” are frequently broken when…

When I lived in Scotland, I felt that British newspapers barely reflected my living reality, because they were so London-focused. Now, living in the US South, I have the same feeling with US newspapers, which are so (East) Coast-focused.

Very significant attack overnight by Jaish al-Adl in #Iran 's Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The group appears to have targeted multiple bases in Chabahar and Rask, including an IRGC base, an army base, a naval headquarters and a police station, while also taking hostages.…

Many liberals are reducing far-right politics in Israel to Netanyahu, as if he alone created and mainstreamed it. You see similar reductionist thinking about Trump in US or Bolsonaro in Brazil. But they were as much consequences as causes of far-right politics in their country.

Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.

Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.

Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.

We look at the world once,
in childhood. The rest
is memory.

—Louise Gluck

An apparent terrorist attack at a club/shopping center in Moscow before a performance started. Dozens wounded and dead. There was also an explosion and the building is on fire.
Early videos show multiple men (3, per state media) in camo shooting rifles.

Muscovites today are placing flowers on the grave of Alexei Navalny. Messages, too. Written on one piece of paper: “This is the candidate we wanted.”