Serco’s hidden role in Ice training
The British outsourcing giant quietly deleted mention of training US immigration agents after killings in Minneapolis intensified scrutiny of its controversial contracts.
We Sinners, Born Again in the Breaking
Last time I seen the sun, it was midnight in the juke joint, horns crying through blue smoke, bodies glowing like stained glass, footsteps melting into heart pine. Read more via Scalawag : We Sinners, Born Again in the Breaking .
The Identity Crisis Coming for News SEO
Google’s attempts to repackage news are encroaching on publishers. As a cofounder of WTF Is SEO? , an industry newsletter, has observed: “A growing sentiment is that Google is not a partner but a competitor.
Amidst regional war, Egypt seeks its way
Ever since Israel and the USA attacked Iran on 28 February 2026, Cairo has been trying to play mediator in order to end the war, while at the same time condemning Iran's bombardment of its Arab “brothers”.
Krisenfest
Der Hormus-Schock legt offen, wie stark viele Länder von Energieimporten abhängig sind. Wer auf Erneuerbare setzt, ist klar im Vorteil.
The SNP remain the party of “free stuff” – and of imminent independence
Scotland is riven with competing forms of radicalism
Dave Chappelle Is Outraged That Trans People Were Right About His Jokes
Dave Chappelle is happy to make tens of millions of dollars on anti-trans comedy routines—”I'm team TERF,” he said in a 2021 special—but now apparently draws the line at Republicans turning those jokes into policy.
A no-win situation for Israel's Supreme Court amid a revolt against judicial limits
Whatever the justices decide on Itamar Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu's revolt against judicial limits guarantees the court will emerge weakened, deepening Israel's constitutional crisis
Wo bleibt die Solidarität mit türkischen Wissenschaftler:innen?
Führungskräfte europäischer Universitäten versammeln sich auf Einladung der European University Association in Istanbul. Türkische Wissenschaftler:innen, wegen ihres Engagements für Frieden entlassen, fühlen sich betrogen. So auch unser Autor.
Vorbereitendes Treffen für eine unmögliche Einigung
Eine tödliche Schizophrenie Verstreute Bilder Ein diplomatisches Treffen zwischen den libanesischen und israelischen Botschaftern zur Erörterung der Möglichkeit von Friedensverhandlungen. Bint Jbeil ist belagert und könnte bald in die Hände der Besatzungsmächte fallen.
Treating enterprise AI as an operating layer
There’s a fault line running through enterprise AI, and it’s not the one getting the most attention. The public conversation still tracks foundation models and benchmarks—GPT versus Gemini, reasoning scores, and marginal capability gains.
Turkey’s Opposition Draws Hope from Hungarian Election
Hungary’s Viktor Orban sat at the centre of a network of illiberal states. With his loss in weekend elections, liberal opposition parties in Turkey are reflecting on political parallels and hope.
‘The World Is Only Going to Get Darker if People Get Away With This’: CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on holding Trump...
War of aggression, UN charter, Nuremberg precedent: These are not foreign things being imposed on the US. These are part of our domestic legal system.
Warum wir von Berlin enttäuscht sind
Deutschland wäre der westliche Staat, der eine Allianz zum Schutz verbleibender Werte und Normen auf internationaler Ebene anführen könnte, schreibt der ehemalige ägyptische Diplomat Ayman Zaineldine. Er vermisst Initiative aus Berlin.
Gesundheitsreform: Doch wer zahlt's?
Gesundheitsministerin Warken bekommt für ihre Reformvorschläge zur Krankenversicherung Kritik aus den eigenen Reihen. Der Vorwurf: eine zu starke Belastung der Patienten.
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“This is virtually an economic blockade” on Kerala: CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby
MA Baby dismisses concerns about the vast ideological deviations of the CPI(M) under Pinarayi Vijayan and says the union government has cornered Kerala.
Israeli Settler Violence Is So Out of Control Even Western Activists Can’t Stop Them
On the ground in the West Bank, foreigners putting their bodies in the way of Israeli settlers told me protective presence activism is no longer enough to stop violent attacks against Palestinians.
