optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 01/07/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...?nature.comFirst independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalitiesResults align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict. 010
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/c...?nytimes.comEarth’s 10 Hottest Years on Record Are the Last 10A report from the World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year to be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial era. 010
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 19/03/2025www.un-diplomatic.com/p/mahmoud-kh...un-diplomatic.comMahmoud Khalil’s Letter from ICE DetentionMahmoud Khalil—a peace protestor who has committed no crime—has written a thoughtful, analytically sound, morally wrenching letter from ICE detention. 010
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Day 4 of the January tournament #正月場所: Maegashira 4 Ura #宇良 defeats Maegashira 6 Takayasu #髙安 with the rare technique tsutaezori 伝え反り. #大相撲 youtu.be/LjIJnrxfInI?...youtu.be大相撲 髙安ー宇良 <令和7年一月場所・四日目>SUMOYouTube video by 日本相撲協会公式チャンネル 020
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Greensboro sit-ins began 65 years ago today. 110
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 28/01/2025One of my New Year's resolutions for 2024 was to read _less_ (and get together with friends face-to-face _more_). In that I succeeded. 131
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025www.npr.org/2024/11/11/n... #USA #FinalVoyage #Inaugurationnpr.orgClimb aboard the SS United States before it takes its final voyageThe SS United States, a record-breaking American ocean liner from the 1950s, will take its final voyage from Philadelphia to the Gulf of Mexico this week. 010
optimismofthewill.bsky.social @optimismofthewill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025It is difficult to be optimistic about the future of the Palestinian people. It is even more difficult to figure out what one can do to make a difference, particularly given the sorts of policies that the incoming U.S. administration is almost certain to adopt. 110