Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of the great seventeenth-century ethnic cleansing of the remaining crypto-Muslims of Spain. As Mar Jonsson writes in his 2007 “The expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain in 1609–1614: the destruction of an […]
Archives for May 2025
WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed
( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN reported on Friday that at least 94% of hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, with half no longer operational, Anadolu reports. Citing the World Health Organization (WHO), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a news conference that “the intensification of hostilities has brought Gaza’s already […]
For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last
By Simon Valle, Bangor University and David Jorge Pereira, University of Birmingham (The Conversation) – When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring livelihoods. However, these storms have permanent consequences for other species that are often forgotten. As the world continues to heat, cyclones […]
EVs will Make Up 25% of New Car Sales Globally in 2025, up from 20% last Year
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Electric vehicles are expected to make up some 25% of cars sold globally in 2025, according to the International Energy Agency. Given where we were only a decade ago, this is a world-historical statistic. In 2016, EVs made up a little less than one percent of light vehicle sales. The […]
Kneecap Band Member’s Arrest is not the Issue, Criminalizing Opposition to Genocide of Palestinians Is
by Brendan Ciarán Browne and Elian Weizman ( Middle East Monitor ) – Anyone with the most modest modicum of common sense and critical insight will be well aware – Kneecap, more specifically the mass hysteria that has erupted over a band member holding a Hezbollah flag on stage at a gig […]
Why ‘The Coin’ by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher has won the Dylan Thomas Prize
(The Conversation) – Daniel G. Williams, Swansea University (The Conversation) – Yasmin Zaher’s remarkable novel The Coin has won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under the age of 40. This is not a story that begins at the beginning. Instead, its narrator starts with dirt and an obsession with cleanliness, but suggests […]
Green Enterprise: 1 Gigawatt He Dreiht North Sea Wind Farm receives no Gov’t Subsidies
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first giant Vestas offshore wind turbine of the German He Dreiht (“It Spins”) project in the North Sea has been installed, some 190 miles northwest of Bremerhaven. It is capable of generating 15 megawatts just on its own. When the other 64 turbines are erected on the already-sunk pilons […]
‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting
“We are grounded first and foremost in the belief that all human life is precious, which is precisely why we are struggling for a world in which all people can live in safety and dignity,” said Jewish Voice for Peace. ( Commondreams.org) – Jewish Voice for Peace on Thursday was among those condemning the fatal […]
Israelis’ Blinkered Media Drive Public Doubts on Gaza’s Hunger Plight
By Jori Breslawski, Tel Aviv University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen (The Conversation) – Under mounting international pressure, Israel announced on May 19, 2025, that it would lift its monthslong humanitarian blockade on Gaza. The aid, which the Israeli government said would include a “basic amount” of food to stave off starvation, comes as […]
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