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Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday.

Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new

What I Learned About Vitamin K Deficiency From Babies’ Autopsy Reports — ProPublica
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

Federal Immigration Agent Shootings
An aggregated dataset of shootings by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

Private School Demographics — ProPublica
Look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.

The 50 Percent Problem
Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI


How to parent more predictably
(As with anything else I write about parenting, this is mostly just my observations with my own two kids and may not generalize as well as I think it does.) A few weeks ago I wrote about why I think it's valuable for parents to be predictable. I was mostly describing an end state, though, and reasons why it's a good place to be, but what should you do if you're interested in being more consistent

Editor's Notes: Entering the Circular Firing Squad
Today, we published the second Alan Elrod article in a week on the toxic politics surrounding the Democratic candidate for Maine's Senate seat, Graham Platner. What's more, yesterday we published Katherine Alejandra Cross in a similar vein. Why the focus on Platner, when so much is at stake

ICE Death Dashboard | Detainee Deaths in ICE Custody
Explore official ICE detainee death reports in a searchable public dashboard.

What happened to the fight for the Internet? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
At the moment I am writing this, bad internet bills are being proposed across the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. They're using the usual tactics: they claim they're fighting for kids or fighting security risks, but in general, that's what surveillance and censorship bills have always claimed.
We could be building a better world with our students. Why are we disempowering them instead?
And why did our constructionism impulse die when it was most needed?

As Epic goes all in on AI game development, maybe it’ll be the kids who ultimately decide the fate of the games industry | Respec
How the young audience reacts to the upcoming Star Wars x Marvel shooter and Fortnite may well dictate AI’s future in game dev.

How to grow tomorrows
What if schools were not just sites for delivering education, but societies in miniature? Thousands of chances to cultivate a better future
