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Western volunteers join the battle against Myanmar’s military regime
Al Jazeera· 9 hours agoAn ex-British soldier and an American fighter are among a small but growing number of foreigners training and fighting alongside anti-coup forces in the war against Myanmar
Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor
KTLA-TV Los Angeles· 4 days agoBANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a...
32 interesting facts about birman cats
PetsRadar via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBeing fairly peaceful cats who love to curl up in their human’s lap rather than expend excess energy, they can be prone to weight gain. Therefore, as...
Why do people hate people?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt can be easy to mistake feelings like fear and anger as hate. When biases are acted out in harmful ways, however, speaking up can help stop hate from...
What Did The First Spiders On Earth Look Like?
IFLScience· 21 hours agoWhile some people might be less-than-pleased to share the planet with the eight-legged arachnids, spiders actually evolved way before Homo sapiens were...
31 Things to Know About the Oldenburg Film Festival
The Hollywood Reporter· 3 days agoThe Oldenburg Film Festival, which turns 31 this year, is still waiting for that respectability label. Ahead of this year’s event, THR presents a list of...
Ancient Wisdom for Big Tech Skeptics
Newsweek· 4 days agoIn 2011, Wael Ghonim, a former Google executive and a prominent activist during the Arab Spring, famously said, "If you want to liberate a society, all...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
US News & World Report· 2 days agoIt is an offense against the people of Florida for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointments to have turned the state Supreme Court into a predictable fountain of right-wing opinions. Israeli citizens ...
Hunger striking democracy and royal reform activist dies in Thai prison
Al Jazeera· 2 days ago“Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At...
Is Israel Committing Genocide? | Aryeh Neier
New York Review of Books· 3 days agoDuring my fifteen-year tenure at Human Rights Watch (HRW), which I cofounded in 1978, I applied the term to only one of the many great crimes that we...