Vibration of life
Al Jazeera English | Aug 16, 2026
This week: 319 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,260 Palestinians in Gaza. βIsraeli settlers continued their siege of a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank. The ceasefire process in Gaza remains stalled. Israeli attacks killed 11 in Lebanon on Saturday. Israel has killed at least 73,391 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
Animals,
behind.
Native.
loneliness.
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Al Jazeera English | Aug 15, 2026
The destruction of Gazaβs only specialised elderly care centre has left around 100 older people without shelter or support, deepening the isolation and suffering of one of the Stripβs most vulnerable groups.
Camphor, death,
kinetic color
Al Jazeera English | Aug 16, 2026
βWe were praying for her to faintβ.
Orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter recounts amputating the leg of a five-year-old girl in Gaza without anaesthesia after supplies ran out during Israelβs genocidal war. He says doctors sang to her as she remained awake through the procedure.
AI kill chain
AI Now Institute | Jul 29, 2026
AI warfare is much discussed, but often little understood. A partnership between AI experts, conflict specialists, and storytellers, Anatomy of a Kill Chain is a new visual project illustrating how AI is transforming every aspect of war - and how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies.
The project's authors talk through the schema they created to allow people to better understand the myriad ways in which AI is being integrated into military practice. The piece uses a fictional narrative to outline real AI systems being used in warfare - including in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran. Brief guides explain the technologies powering them - and how they are liable to fail.
Kill.
and.
kill.
Brief But Spectacular and Yuval Noah Harari | Aug 5, 2026
"One of the most powerful forces in history is human stupidity."
Historian and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari argues that artificial intelligence isn't just another technological breakthrough. Unlike the printing press or the atom bomb, AI can make decisions, generate ideas, and act with increasing autonomy.
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KILL.
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KILL.
Yuval Noah Harari | Jul 30, 2026
AI can already remember more, compute faster and recall better than any human being. And it will only get better in the coming years. What happens when it outperforms us at managing our bureaucracies β such as our economic and legal systems β and what does that mean for democracy? And while disruption is inevitable, how can we safely develop and regulate AI to make sure that humanity benefits?
World war safe
As the court battle over President Donald Trumpβs White House ballroom drags on, his planned reconstruction of an underground military complex is being pulled into the spotlight.
In the fall, the Trump Administration began demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Presidentβs $400 million ballroom. The move prompted the National Trust for Historic Preservation to file a lawsuit against Trump and members of his Administration, in which the group argued that the construction was unlawful. Months of litigation ensued. Then, on March 31, a judge sided with the preservation group, ordering that βthe ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its completion.β He left open, though, the possibility that some construction could continue if it was βnecessary to ensure the safety and security of the White House.βIn response, the Trump Administration is arguing that the project is an important national security upgrade, pointing to a βmassiveβ military complex it wants to build underneath the ballroom.
On Thursday, the judge ruled that the Administration has to stop all aboveground work on the construction project until it receives Congressional approval. But his order permits the White House to continue construction underground, including on the military complex.
Trumpβs planned military complex would replace the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC)βa secure underground bunker dating back to World War II that has long been an open secret in Washington, though details about it have largely remained a mystery to the public.
AwakenWithJP | Aug 15, 2026
Pave, crave, grave
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