War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine

War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine
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Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita

Yes, joy.  You felt it, too.  It does no good to deny it.  You don’t have to say so.  I say it for you.  It might not have been a sustained joy once you had time to reflect on things.  Or maybe it was.  You may have denied it in the moment or disavowed it later on.  But I’m talking about that flash of joy you felt, seemingly visceral but unmistakable, the one that immediately disrupted years of social conditioning.  The thing is, it wasn’t visceral.  It wasn’t random.  It wasn’t out of character. 
— Read on stevesalaita.com/existence-and-belonging-six-reflections-on-palestine/

Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers | Reuters

Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over ‌the environmental impact of their projects.
— Read on www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/investors-press-amazon-microsoft-google-water-power-use-us-data-centers-2026-04-06/

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying | Iran | The Guardian

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
— Read on www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

Oregon DOC is actively disappearing Malik Muhammad | Anarchist Black Cross Federation

Family and friends have been frantically calling Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) and various contact numbers for Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). State representatives were very reluctant to provide any information, though one in the Office of Population Management stated that Malik was moved to a “confidential location” but refused to specify where or for what reason.
— Read on www.abcf.net/blog/oregon-doc-is-actively-disappearing-malik-muhammad/

Chinook salmon hatch in Upper Klamath for first time in a century

Naturally-produced Chinook salmon have hatched in the Upper Klamath Basin for the first time in a century, according to the Klamath Tribes.
— Read on www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2026/03/31/chinook-salmon-hatch-in-upper-klamath-for-first-time-in-a-century/89409129007/