Tom Kim wins the Asian Games Gold Medal in golf 🥇 MILITARY EXEMPTION 🇰🇷

CHOOSE IRELAND. CHOOSE THE SHIRT. CHOOSE THE FLAG. CHOOSE YOUR CONSCIENCE. CHOOSE HUMANITY. CHOOSE SOLIDARITY. CHOOSE INTERNATIONAL LAW. CHOOSE HUMAN RIGHTS. CHOOSE THE CHILDREN. CHOOSE THE CIVILIANS. CHOOSE TO REMEMBER GAZA. CHOOSE TO REMEMBER WHAT SPORT CAN STAND FOR. CHOOSE PRINCIPLES OVER POINTS. CHOOSE PEOPLE OVER RANKINGS. CHOOSE MORALITY OVER MONEY. CHOOSE CONSEQUENCES OVER COMPLICITY. CHOOSE TO MAKE UEFA UNCOMFORTABLE. CHOOSE TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT. CHOOSE TO REFUSE THE FIXTURE. CHOOSE LIFE. SOME THINGS MATTER MORE THAN FOOTBALL.

Gaza Ministry of Health has now released mortality numbers for 2025. For the first time since the war, they give numbers for all deaths, including natural deaths. In 2025 there were a total of 24,650 deaths in Gaza. 18,870 (76.6%) of these were violent, of which 17,286 (70.1%) were due to "war operations" and 1,584 (6.4%) were classified as accidents. There were a total of 5,780 (23.4%) non-violent deaths, including disease, old age, and all other causes. 5,780 deaths is about the same as the annual non-violent mortality in Gaza before the war, and the age distribution is similar to 2022. There is no significant excess of non-violent deaths. In other words, despite frequent and loud claims to the contrary, there seems to be very few indirect deaths due to the war in Gaza in 2025. As there were 50,227 births in 2025, this gives a natural population growth of 25,577 or 1.2% in Gaza in 2025, which is higher population growth than most countries in the world and more than the world average. There are currently ~6,000 births/month in Gaza, per GMH. Assuming a similar number of non-violent deaths in Gaza in 2026 as in 2025, that means there are currently 12x more births than deaths in Gaza, and that Gaza is now experiencing one of the highest population growths in the world.

And so they prove their incompetence -- or, if they rather admit, that they are corrupt -- because it doesn't take a genius to understand, by the 8th of Oct 2023, that was Israel began to do was beyond unacceptable, and the the Genocide was obvious even in Oct of that same year.

It's fair to point to hypocracy of Irish anger towards other things like genocide in Sudan. There's a point there given Ireland is very outspoken about Palestine in particular. I just don't think it's fair to say taking action of behalf of 21700 dead Gazan kids is antisemitism

This is the new controversy now. Ref didn't hear it. Team didn't allege it. Israeli players say one of theirs was called a monkey by an Irish player with similar lack of hard evidence. Anything to keep the obsession going.

Justin Verlander says goodbye to his teammates And then holds his daughter’s hand as he leaves the mound 🥹

Mamdani again calls for Israel's Netanyahu to be arrested when he comes to NY this week: 'A war criminal' trib.al/cyuM3N6

I notice none of Nikole Hannah-Jones' critics try to answer to the basic question she wrestled with, which is: Why should my daughter get to go to a better school than other people's kids just because I work for the New York Times?

A special message from Howie Rose.

Palestinian children’s relief fund Doctors w/out borders UNRWA May not be as direct as you’d like, but these are orgs are trying to good there

In the United States of America, billionaire stadium owners should not be able to silence artists because they speak out on political issues. Today it is the genocide in Gaza. What's next? If they can silence one artist, they can silence anyone.

TikTok Doesn’t Want You To Talk About Class

I was in Texas meeting with Asian Americans this weekend when Bo French, a Republican running for office, made a racist statement about a group of Asian American students, calling them a “problem.” This is disgusting and Asian American students I talked to are furious. French should delete the post and apologize immediately. And @KenPaxtonTX must condemn French’s statement by name instead of dodging it to attack his opponent.