Relay, By We Distribute: Something Brewing
We Distribute recently launched a dedicated weekly newsletter that aims at rounding up a lot of things happening around the Fediverse and wider Social Web, and adds other publications and community voices to amplify them. This is our very first issue!
August 22rd, 2025: Something Brewing
Welcome to Relay, the new weekly newsletter from We Distribute! Here, we attempt to round up the latest news, think pieces, and interesting finds from around the Social Web. This is a new experiment for us, but the goal is to help provide quick links and information about stuff you might've missed, that we might not have had the time to cover.From We Distribute
First, let's focus on some of the things we've been working on with our publication. Think of this as a quick way to catch up, before venturing out into the rest of the network!News Updates
Here's a quick summaries of articles we wrote over the past week that you may have missed. The big sea changes we're noticing involve monetization and payments, Meta scraping the Social Web to train their AI models, and some welcome updates to platforms in the space.
CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse
A new, open source, self-hostable fundraising system for the Fediverse has been released. The project is very young, but there’s a huge amount of promise.We DistributeSean Tilley
The Decentered Podcast
In case you weren't aware, we run our own in-house podcast show called The Decentered Podcast, where we interview people from across different branches of The Social Web to talk about interesting things they're working on. We focus on their background and experience, how they came into the space, what their doing, and their visions for the future.
S2E3 – Rabble from Nos.Social
Today, our podcast features an interview with an Internet OG: Evan Henshaw-Plath, aka Rabble. We talk about Twitter, Secure Scuttlebutt, and the evolution of Nostr!We DistributeSean Tilley
We had the great pleasure to interview Evan Henshaw-Plath from Nos.Social, who has an extensive background involving the intersection of activism and technology. It's a fascinating conversation that delves into the early era of online social media, and the evolution of decentralized communication networks.Around the Network
Every week, we search the Fediverse far and wide to find interesting things written within the community. This space serves as a bird's eye view as to what's going on, what people are thinking about, and cool things people are working on in their spare time.FediCon-Related
With the wrap-up for the first ever FediCon in-person event, a lot of members of the Fediverse community went to work, sharing their thoughts, experiences, and ideas about how to move the network forward. Additionally, almost all of the talks have finished the editing and encoding process, and are now available on PeerTube.
Patches, paths & The Matrix: FediCon thoughts Part I
The after hours Fediverse session at FOSDEM 2025 was held at HSBXL - Hackerspace Brussels. A cool, cyberpunk hangout. Wires everywhere, old computers, a fridge full of beer, Belgian goth-punks, and an old fashioned telephone receiver, hanging by its wire from the ceiling. We were in The Matrix.* In onePaths & PatchesMichael Foster
Trust & Safety
The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess
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New Developments
New Apps and Projects
There's always really cool things in development that most people don't know about. We don't always have time to get into detail about every project or application. However, we still want to take the time to share these treasures with you.
- DiveDB is an ActivityPub-powered platform for sharing data from undersea divers. The fact that this even exists blows my mind.
- Wanderer is a self-hosted privacy-first trail database for hikers to record their trail routes, and share it with friends through ActivityPub. You can import existing data from Strava and Komoot!
- Manyfold is an open source and federated alternative to Thingiverse, an online hub of STL files used for 3D printing.
- Bridge Browser is a fork of Mozilla Firefox that aims to bring Fediverse integration into the browser experience. Currently, it integrates with Mastodon and Lemmy.
- The Social Web Foundation has been developing some ongoing services and projects intended to bolster new capabilities in ActivityPub platforms. These include ap-components, a Web Components collection for showing ActivityPub Objects in the browser, Places.Pub, an effort to bridge OpenStreetMap location data to ActivityPub objects, a GeoSocial Activities client that uses Places.Pub, and an early draft for Messaging Layer Security over the ActivityPub protocol.
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Bridging identity with account links
One of the most common questions we get here is, “can you help me connect all my different accounts?” You’re on Bluesky, and Instagram, and Mastodon, you make a video series on YouTube, you have a blog, sometimes you post on Reddit, and a while back …Ryan Barrett (A New Social)
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Roblox faces scrutiny after banning YouTuber ‘Schlep' amid ongoing controversy
Roblox faces scrutiny after banning YouTuber ‘Schlep' amid ongoing controversy
The developers behind the mega-popular game Roblox are facing a firestorm of controversy after banning a popular YouTuber from the platform.Charlie Wojciechowski, Christian Farr (NBC Chicago)
Roblox faces scrutiny after banning YouTuber ‘Schlep' amid ongoing controversy
Roblox faces scrutiny after banning YouTuber ‘Schlep' amid ongoing controversy
The developers behind the mega-popular game Roblox are facing a firestorm of controversy after banning a popular YouTuber from the platform.Charlie Wojciechowski, Christian Farr (NBC Chicago)
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Gaza City officially in famine, with hunger spreading, says global hunger monitor
- IPC says close to a quarter of Gazans in famine
- Israel calls report false, says it serves Hamas
- First time IPC has determined a famine outside of Africa
- UN aid chief says famine could have been prevented
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system said 514,000 people - close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine, with the number due to rise to 641,000 by the end of September.
Some 280,000 of those people are in a northern region covering Gaza City - known as Gaza governorate - which the IPC said was in famine following nearly two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.
It was the first time the IPC has recorded famine outside of Africa, and the global group predicted that famine conditions would spread to the central and southern areas of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
It added that the situation further north could be even worse than in Gaza City, but limited data prevented any precise classification. Reuters has previously reported on the IPC's struggle to get access to data required to assess the crisis.
"It is a famine that we could have prevented had we been allowed," said U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher. "Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel."
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Download "NoThanks" or "Boycat" Join boycotts of companies that are invested this monstrous regime.
The West is complicit in this genocide and are actively criminalising protests against it so the only thing left is boycot divest and sanction the fuck out of these evil bastards.
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Il Cammino delle Identità in Valtellina : a San Giacomo di Teglio, il Panificio Bresesti
Tutte le volte che i nostri itinerari vagabondi ci hanno portato in Valtellina, non è mai mancata una visita gustosa al Panificio Bresesti di San Giacomo di Teglio.
“Dalla bottega alimentare di nonno Silvio – reduce della campagna di Russia e decorato con la croce al valore – i Bresesti hanno imparato il valore delle tradizioni e l’amore per la cucina tipica della Valtellina. Da oltre quarant’anni il Panificio
Bresesti, aperto da Bruno – figlio di Silvio – lavora con passione, amore e produce, con fatica e dedizione, pane e prodotti tipici del territorio valtellinese, rispettandone le antiche tradizioni.”
Forse sarà per questa storia, che i giornalisti di Borghi d’Europa si sono ricordati del Panificio Bresesti, quando hanno ricominciato il Cammino delle Identità, il
Percorso di informazione che dal 2014 valorizza e fa conoscere le eccellenze della Valtellina nel progetto L’Europa delle scienze e della cultura, Patrocinato dalla
IAI -Iniziativa adriatico ionica,Forum Intergovernativo.
Il 6 e il 7 settembre una delegazione visiterà a Teglio la Mostra a Palazzo BESTA ( Il senso del vino), per poi incontrare alcune aziende della filiera agroalimentare,
I vini di Giorgio Gianatti, i prodotti del Panificio Bresesti; i salumi del Salumificio Testini.
“Un negozio moderno basato su tradizioni antiche. Da noi il pane si produce e si sforna proprio come veniva prodotto e sfornato nelle vecchie contrade telline, mantenendo gusto e croccantezza.
Utilizzando solo materie prime naturali, senza aggiunta di conservanti e additivi chimici, siamo in grado di proporre prodotti genuini e saporiti, che porteranno sulle vostre tavole il vero gusto valtellinese del mangiare bene e in maniera sana.
Pane di segale, dolci, pizzoccheri, prodotti da forno tipici. Panificio Bresesti offre solo prodotti di qualità, nel rispetto della tradizione.”
Da sempre sosteniamo la necessità di una vera e propria ‘carta del pane’, per abbinare in modo corretto i cibi e i vini.
Luca e Simone Bresesti hanno portato idee e hanno saputo valorizzare ulteriormente un prodotto – il pane di segale valtellinese – che già oggi viene consumato per la sua
capacità di regolarizzare l’intestino e migliorare la circolazione.
Il viaggio del gusto di Borghi d’Europa parte dagli inizi di settembre e si svilupperà fino a dicembre 2026, realizzando una intensa campagna d’informazione grazie al Percorso Internazionale I Mulini del gusto e le Vie del Pane.
La rete Borghi d’Europa ha deciso infatti di un creare un percorso dedicato a questi temi, tra le grandi iniziative di informazione del progetto.
Il circuito organizza e promuove dei percorsi per mettere a confronto idee, progetti, capaci di seguire il filo logico della valorizzazione rispettosa degli equilibri sociali culturali e ambientali dei territori di riferimento.
Sono previsti incontri e stages di informazione nei territori,per raccontare a giornalisti e comunicatori le storie dei borghi e delle loro culture.
Ogni ‘tappa’ tocca i luoghi, le storie, i protagonisti della filiera agroalimentare.
Il progetto era stato presentato nell’aprile del 2019 presso la sede del Parlamento Europeo di Milano.
La degustazione di settembre valorizzerà l’abbinamento del Fiocco della Valtellina e della Slinzega con il pane della famiglia Bresesti e i vini di Giorgio Gianatti.
When Genocide Denial Is the Norm
Genocide scholar Martin Shaw argues that ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza and isolating Israel on the international stage must become the cause of every country that claims to represent human values.
While I agree; we've moved past that point unless the US stops Israel; and they will not.
The world needs to unite in arms to invade Israel. We do not have time for even a major BDS movement. Children are starving every night. Without direct action all the world is doing is watching and wagging its fingers.
And at this point I can't tell which "scholar" or politician is only doing that to be able to say they did in the future. They are coming to the correct side just late enough to wag their fingers.
Russia's foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned despite Trump's peace push
Russia’s top diplomat said Friday that no meeting is planned between President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, casting new doubt on President Donald Trump’s push for a summit to end the war.
“Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview.
The White House has been working to secure a summit location and date following Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska and subsequent talks with Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington. But Russia has signaled that it is in no rush for a Putin-Zelenskyy one-on-one, and on Thursday launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the war hitting targets across Ukraine including an American electronics business.
“President Putin said clearly that he is ready to meet provided this meeting is really going to have an agenda, presidential agenda,” Lavrov said. He suggested that Ukraine was the one hindering progress toward a peace deal.
“President Trump suggested, after Anchorage, several points which we share and on some of them, we agreed to be…to show some flexibility,” he said, referring to the Aug. 15 meeting with Putin in Alaska.
“When President Trump brought … those issues to the meeting in Washington,” Lavrov continued, “it was very clear to everybody that there are several principles which Washington believes must be accepted, including no NATO membership, including the discussion of territorial issues, and Zelenskyy said no to everything.”
Lavrov added: “He even said no to, as I said, to canceling legislation prohibiting the Russian language. How can we meet with a person who is pretending to be a leader?”
Ukraine has not outlawed Russian, but Putin has long claimed, without evidence, that Kyiv has committed genocide against Russian speakers in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. He has also sought to cast doubt on the legitimacy of Zelenskyy, who was democratically elected president of Ukraine in 2019.
Zelenskyy said Thursday that Russia was trying to “wriggle out” of holding a meeting, accusing it of continuing “massive attacks” on Ukraine.
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Parts of Europe are suspending postal shipments to the US — and your order may not arrive
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/34824534
- Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium will halt parcel shipments to the US starting August 23.
- The operators lack mechanisms to manage the payment of duties without the de minimis exemption.
- Etsy suspended US-bound shipping labels with operators that cannot support prepaid duties.
If you have been eyeing something from overseas, you may want to click "buy now" today.
Postal services operated by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium — Posten Bring, PostNord, and bpost — said they will suspend parcel shipments to the US ahead of the end of a customs exemption that allows low-value packages to enter the country duty-free.
The conundrum facing postal operators comes as the Trump administration prepares to suspend the "de minimis" exemption starting on August 29. The exemption used to allow international shipments under $800 to cross the border with minimal paperwork and no duties.
Now, these shipments will face tariffs, and not every operator can handle the customs declaration paperwork, have a payment mechanism in place, or be responsible for returns should a receiver refuse to pay tariffs. It's unclear when the temporary freeze on shipments will resume.
"Due to the short timeframe to adapt to the new specific requirements, PostNord will temporarily halt shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico until a compliant solution has been developed and implemented," wrote the operator owned by the Swedish and Danish governments in a statement on Wednesday.
Separately, Posten Bring, Norway's primary postal provider operated by the government, said in a statement that postal services have not been given clear instructions and solutions on how the duties will be paid or who would be responsible for returns. Therefore, Posten Bring sees suspension as the "only option."
All three European postal services will suspend shipments starting August 23, which applies to all packages other than letters. This means that if you have a pending purchase that is not shipped by the deadline, your seller may need to cancel your order or arrange alternatives.
Some European postal services, sellers are suspending US-bound shipments
Ahead of the end of a US customs exemption, some major postal service in Europe are suspending shipments to the US, or charging a large fee for it.Katherine Li (Business Insider)
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Keep it up, Europe. Fuck the US. More of you should do this.
Sincerely, somebody from the US.
Are citizens of any fascist nation really valuable customers to people with morals?
I mean, sure, people in that country used to be great, and they can certainly be again if they defeat the evils at home. But right now? I'm not sure it's wise to support a nation turning to evil any more than is necessary 🙁
American here. While I get what you're saying, do not be so quick to judge. People in North Korea are not without morals just because their leader has none. You ARE NOT immune to the situation. Also, half of us voted against this shit. The other half are people who were tricked to blame their hardships on people other than the rich who caused them.
That being said, many of the people who voted for Trump are realizing that he is a scam. I have never heard a single Amerivan agree with what is taking place in Gaza. Even my parents who are aboard the Trump train are pissed that we are giving money to Israel. I know a Trumper who has turned against Trump because of his support to Israel. The vast majority of Americans are against it.
Also, the rumor here is that Trump might be dead. As of midnight, nobody had seen him for 3 days.
Putting sanctions on a fascist, abusive, oppressive country is a reasonable step for democratic countries.
They shouldn't do anything that makes it easier for the regime to stay in power.
Even if it causes them pain, it's better to not support their enemy.
But that's not sanctions. Europe is the one who is sanctioned, because our goods are going to be subject to 15% import duties while US goods won't be. This will only lower the Europe exports to the US and increase the US imports in Europe. At the end those tarrifs will be paid by the end customers in both places.
I wish it was different but it is not. Ursula and the EU simply folded and accepted the US conditions.
Famine grips Gaza's largest city and is likely to spread, authority on food crises says
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
The IPC determination comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel’s restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing high levels of starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children.
Israel rejected the report, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it an “outright lie.”
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-famine-hunger-israel-ceasefire-a5f88e20db2a5c4f754117de9bdada69
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There's some tankie today making brand new accounts and then scriptomatically comment bombing with them.
e: Sorry, I thought you were talking about right here, it’s happening here, now.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Billionaire Rupert Murdoch had dinner together on Thursday evening. The media mogul was accompanied by the editor of the New York Post
Mitsotakis and Murdoch dined at a fish tavern in Tinos - ProtoThema English
The Australian-American media mogul cruises the Aegean on his boatadmin (Protothema English)
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Digg’s new app is basic, but a great start
Digg’s new app is basic, but a great start
Digg has launched its new mobile apps for iOS and Android. I tried the new iOS app out, and it’s bare-bones but promising.Jay Peters (The Verge)
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely onDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
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Fallout 4, it was Paladin Danse IIRC.
I like the Fallout series, but man, the Institute was such a badly written villain. They make synths, they treat them like robots, okay, that’s understandable. They had the tech to rebuild the country, but nooo, they chose to kidnap people and replace them with synth doppelgängers because fuck know why. They were inexplicably obsessed with duplicating people.
Oh, and you don’t have to kill Danse, you can convince him to defect.
WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch
WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch
With Writing Help, users can get AI-generated suggestions that rewrite their messages in professional, funny, supportive, or rephrased way.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
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Or just values their stubborn contacts more.
La cultura della paura nell'era digitale
La cultura della paura nell’era digitale
Dai mostri sotto il letto ai mostri dell’algoritmo: viviamo in uno stato di ansia permanenteE la nave va
In Colombia, car bomb and attack on a helicopter kill at least 13
In Colombia, car bomb and attack on a helicopter kill at least 13
President Gustavo Petro attributed both incidents to dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, commonly known as FARC.Le Monde with AP (Le Monde)
Gaza: Denmark refuses to take in Palestinian patients
Gaza: Denmark refuses to take in Palestinian patients
While 11 EU countries have already admitted wounded evacuees from the Gaza Strip, Copenhagen continues to oppose the measure, citing concerns over a potential increase in family reunification requests.Anne-Françoise Hivert (Le Monde)
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Ukraine attacks pipeline that sends Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
Ukraine attacks pipeline that sends Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
Hungary’s foreign minister claims missile strike on energy infrastructure is ‘another attempt to drag us into war’Deborah Cole (The Guardian)
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I would agree if those countries werent already doing everything in their power to block anything that would help Ukraine.
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced Monday that Hungary and Slovakia have jointly blocked the adoption of the European Union’s 18th sanctions package, aimed at further punishing Russia.
That was only two months ago so yeah...
EU Sanctions Stalled as Hungary and Slovakia Defend Energy Interests - Hungarian Conservative
Hungary and Slovakia have blocked the EU’s latest sanctions package, opposing plans to ban Russian oil and gas imports. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó warned the move would devastate Hungary’s energy security and lead to soaring household costs.Ádám Bráder (Hungarian Conservative)
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.
Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.
This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.
The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Human rights groups have stressed that it’s safer to provide aid by land. Israel is killing Palestinians by dropping it from the sky.Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi (The Intercept)
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
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Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.
Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.
This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.
The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
August 22 2025, 6:30 a.m.Help for Gaza is now supposed to fall from the sky. Planes from Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates drop parachuted bundles of food and supplies meant to save lives when all other options are lost. They then crash into streets, rooftops, and tents, turning hope into panic.Every airdrop shows the cost of survival here, where daily life is threatened not by just hunger or lack of medicine, but also the very help meant to reach starving people.
This is the new reality of aid delivery in Gaza. As Israel’s siege approaches the two-year mark, on-the-ground access to food and other crucial supplies is mostly controlled by the Israel-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose aid sites have become shooting grounds where the Israeli army kills hungry civilians. On July 27, Israel announced the start of airdrops for humanitarian aid, promising “safe corridors” and relief from the crushing blockade.
The aid has itself become a weapon in the literal sense: At least 124 people have been struck by falling aid packages since October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, and 23 of them killed. The Intercept spoke to more than 10 people who were injured by or witnessed injuries from falling aid packages for this story.
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Human rights groups have stressed that it’s safer to provide aid by land. Israel is killing Palestinians by dropping it from the sky.Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi (The Intercept)
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Reuters journalists accuse Reuters of pro-Israel bias
When Israel assassinated Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif earlier this month, the Reuters news agency ran a report titled: “Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader”. They chose that headline despite the fact al-Sharif used to work for them – he was part of a Reuters team that won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize.
Instances like this caused a backlash online, but also sparked concern among some staff at the influential global newswire, which was founded in London in 1851 and now has a daily audience of more than a billion. Multiple Reuters employees have spoken to Declassified about what they see as pro-Israel bias among the company’s editors and management. All requested anonymity to avoid reprisals. In the email, they also said,“
I’ve attached a report…and an open letter some colleagues and I sent to management in the hopes that Reuters will uphold basic journalistic principles, but I now recognize that senior leadership is unlikely to change, much less stop actively stifling critiques.”
Reuters journalists accuse newswire of pro-Israel bias
Insiders at the world’s largest news agency reveal their battles with management over covering Palestine.ARCHIT MEHTA (Declassified Media ltd)
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They did, but somehow their leadership decided that everything must change to the exact opposite of what it was.
It reminds me of Orwell's 1984.
Famine grips Gaza's largest city and is likely to spread, authority on food crises says
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
The IPC determination comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel’s restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing high levels of starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-famine-hunger-israel-ceasefire-a5f88e20db2a5c4f754117de9bdada69
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Canada absent in multi-nation call to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media
Canada absent in multi-nation call to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media
OTTAWA — Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press (BarrieToday.com)
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Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war – DW – 08/22/2025
Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war
Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza, a DW investigation has found. They fear that Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestinian territories.Naomi Conrad (Deutsche Welle)
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FBI raids home of former Trump national security advisor John Bolton
FBI raids home, office of John Bolton, former Trump national security advisor
FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission" as agents searched the home of ex-Trump advisor John Bolton in Maryland.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
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And hopefully send all his assets into receivership
Colombia: truck bomb, helicopter downing kill at least 17
Due to the new customs regulations under the Executive Order "Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for all Countries," which will take effect on August 29, 2025, there will be temporary restrictions on postal goods shipping to the U.S.
Judge says Alina Habba, Trump's top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, not lawfully appointed
Judge says Alina Habba, Trump's top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, not lawfully appointed
Alina Habba, who has served as the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, is a former lawyer for President Donald Trump.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
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French streamer's death not due to trauma, autopsy finds
French streamer's death 'not due to trauma', autopsy finds
The online personality known as Jean Pormanove was found dead in his home in Nice on Monday.Liv McMahon (BBC News)
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Yeah they didn't beat him to death, great. KICK can revert back to it's usual self.
His last video was a marathon one where the others induced him into a severe lack of sleep while making him absorb all manners of substances.
His last message to his mother (because the two torturers randomly opened his message app to read out his private conversations to the public) told her he was sick of this video, wanted to stop it, but the two others held him captive.
Fuck the media for bowing to the pressure of big tech who want this story out of people's mind before it sets a precedence. I'm not saying kick puts pressure, I'm saying the FANGS are doing it.
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka's former president arrested
Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, officials said.Flora Drury (BBC News)
India top court shelves plan to lock up Delhi's street dogs
India's Supreme Court says Delhi stray dogs will not be sent to shelters
The Supreme Court says only dogs with rabies or aggressive behaviour should be kept in shelters.Cherylann Mollan (BBC News)
Crypto scam fugitive arrested after littering in Seoul
South Korea: Littering leads to arrest of cryptocurrency scam fugitive
The man behaved suspiciously after being apprehended for throwing a cigarette butt, police say.Koh Ewe (BBC News)
Police said they only intended to arrest the man for throwing a cigarette butt, but they got suspicious when he begged them to let him go "just this once" and tried to escape.
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Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence reveals Israel killed 8,900 militants by May, indicating an almost unparalleled proportion of civilian slaughter.Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)
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paraphrand
in reply to wikipediasuckscoop • • •dinckel
in reply to wikipediasuckscoop • • •helpImTrappedOnline
in reply to dinckel • • •They wanted to silence him because he was slowly brining attention to the problems. Luckily, that backfired on them, and the message got to everyone.
I hope whatever executive in charge of the "moderation department" and everyone else up the chain is arrested for this shit either. Nothing will ever change if people can hide behind a business name and face zero consequences.
paraphrand
in reply to helpImTrappedOnline • • •Just for discussions sake, where does vigilantism end, though?
If this guy wasn’t recording everything and making a youtube channel out of it, I’d be much less interested in asking that question.
I’m also of the opinion that the tv show COPs was misguided and shouldn’t have existed. None of my opinions here are excuses for predators. I just find packaging up and “selling” the effort to be an indication of conflicting motives. And that makes me inclined to see the companies point about vigilantes, laws about entrapment, or whatever. Etc.
helpImTrappedOnline
in reply to paraphrand • • •I agree, in principle vigilantism isn't good for society.
It opens the door for, let's say heavily misguided, people to carry out whatever justice they want.
Yes, it is also angerous for the individuals with good intentions.
However, if the "proper" system does nothing, who will?
In the case of Roblox, I'm going to compare this to a public park;
In this park some adults set up a free candy van for kids. The park rangers/owners (moderators) see this, and choose to ignore it. Some other people at the park report their concerns to the rangers, yet a week later they find 3 more vans have shown up.
Finally, one person steps up and calls the police directly. The police can do nothing with the information, as there's concrete "no evidence". Desperate the person disguises them self as a child (don't ask) to get the evidence. Police show up a apprehend the perpetrators.
The rangers are now angry that the person called the cops to their park, and bans that person from the park for "pretending to be a kid".
If Roblox is unwilling to participate in the justice system set by society, they have no place in it.
As for schelps making YT videos, I say keep doing it. Not only does is help spread awareness to issues like this, it documents the "vigilante" actions. Society can decide from there what to do with that information.