Joe Kottke

6 days ago | 7news.com.au | Phil Helsel |Joe Kottke

A little boy in the US was found dead in his home on Friday, two weeks after he was last seen in school on May 14. The six-year-old’s mother, who has been criminally charged in the death, believed she was being told to “exorcise demons out of the child’s body”, local authorities said. Ra’myl Pierre’s body was found in his bed at the family’s Fort Pierce home in Florida shortly after 10am on Friday, after school resource deputies requested a welfare check, Sheriff Richard R. Del Toro Jr. said.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Mirna Alsharif |Joe Kottke

Megha Vemuri called out MIT for having research ties with the Israeli army and "aiding and abetting" the country with its "assault on the Palestinian people." The Massachusetts Institute of Technology banned the 2025 class president from Friday's graduation commencement ceremony after she delivered …

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Minyvonne Burke |Joe Kottke

Trump Gushes with Envy Toward the House of SaudAmerican-style kleptocracy is fine and all. But what Trump really wants is the kind with aggressive repression, no dissent, and a bonesaw on hand …

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Minyvonne Burke |Joe Kottke

Google faces off against U.S. government attempt to break up company in search monopoly caseGoogle confronts an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search …