What happened in the failed execution of Christa Pike - and what next? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckge4eql4q7eo
Bbc
What happened in Christa Pike's failed US execution, and how did she survive?
The murderer of Colleen Slemmer is said to be walking and talking in limited ways after two doses of lethal injection.
Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/trump-cornell.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/trump-cornell.html
Nytimes
Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump
The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.
Former American Idol contestant and pastor sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/ohio-pastor-caleb-flynn-sentenced-wife-murder
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/ohio-pastor-caleb-flynn-sentenced-wife-murder
the Guardian
Former American Idol contestant and pastor sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife
Prosecutors had said Caleb Flynn staged a home invasion after shooting his wife while he was having an affair
A Paranoid Tech Bro, a Homemade Nuclear Bunker, and a Shocking Death - Washingtonian
https://washingtonian.com/2019/09/08/paranoid-tech-bro-homemade-nuclear-bunker-shocking-death-askia-khafra-daniel-beckwitt/
https://washingtonian.com/2019/09/08/paranoid-tech-bro-homemade-nuclear-bunker-shocking-death-askia-khafra-daniel-beckwitt/
Washingtonian
A Paranoid Tech Bro, a Homemade Nuclear Bunker, and a Shocking Death
It was late afternoon on September 10, 2017, and Bruce Leshan was at home repairing a crack in his car’s windshield, in the placid Maplewood section of Bethesda, when he heard a scream. “Get out!” the voice cried. “Get out!” Related Join William Brennan at…
World's fastest-growing HIV epidemic is linked to crystal meth : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/g-s1-144667/hiv-crystal-meth-epidemic-fiji
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/g-s1-144667/hiv-crystal-meth-epidemic-fiji
NPR
Why this island paradise has the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic
In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair
https://www.972mag.com/jewish-anti-zionism-benjamin-moser-review/
https://www.972mag.com/jewish-anti-zionism-benjamin-moser-review/
+972 Magazine
A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair
Benjamin Moser's new book recovers a tradition of dissenters who paid a price for opposing Palestinian dispossession, even as they could not prevent it.
Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions | Death Penalty News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/christa-pike-seeks-firing-squad-not-lethal-injection-inside-us-executions
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/christa-pike-seeks-firing-squad-not-lethal-injection-inside-us-executions
Al Jazeera
Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions
Women make up about 1 percent of US executions. How do states put people to death, and why is it contested?
Opinion | This Is How AIPAC Lost Its Way - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/aipac-israel-lobby-netanyahu-gaza.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/aipac-israel-lobby-netanyahu-gaza.html
Nytimes
Opinion | AIPAC Has Failed
There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics.
Christa Pike, Child Rape Victim, Faces Execution for Crime She Committed as a Teenager — Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
https://dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/advocacy/christa-pike/
https://dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/advocacy/christa-pike/
Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
Christa Pike, Child Rape Victim, Faces Execution for Crime She Committed as a Teenager — Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
The Botched Execution Read CCDPW's Statement Take Action for Christa Call the Governor's office at to call 615-741-2001 and press 1 to leave a message Email Joseph.Williams@tn.gov (governor's Chief of Staff) and Michael.Hendrix@tn.gov (Policy Director) and…
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event | Los Angeles | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/library-palestine-event-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/library-palestine-event-lawsuit
the Guardian
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
We need a better way to describe what is often called ‘cancer’ | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/we-need-a-better-way-to-describe-what-is-often-called-cancer
https://aeon.co/essays/we-need-a-better-way-to-describe-what-is-often-called-cancer
aeon.co
We need a better way to describe what is often called ‘cancer’ | Aeon Essays
A cancer diagnosis carries with it fear and upheaval. For many patients the cellular changes do not warrant the label
California scientist Karl Deisseroth wins a Nobel Prize, then makes his kids’ school lunches | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-medicine-california-stanford-karl-deisseroth-72ce047423411f1ccffd659e841a8a64
https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-medicine-california-stanford-karl-deisseroth-72ce047423411f1ccffd659e841a8a64
AP News
California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-cornell-seven-rape-case-became-a-national-scandal
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-cornell-seven-rape-case-became-a-national-scandal
The New Yorker
How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal
The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.
'Non-lethal': How India and Israel's brutal use of pellet guns spread worldwide | Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/empires-pain-how-india-and-israel-shameful-security-doctrines-hurt-vulnerable
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/empires-pain-how-india-and-israel-shameful-security-doctrines-hurt-vulnerable
Middle East Eye
'Non-lethal': How India and Israel's brutal use of pellet guns spread worldwide
The real danger isn't in how these lethal technologies, including pellet guns, are exported and shared; the greater peril is in the precedent their use against civilian protesters sets
"ישראל היום" העיתון היומי בחינם של הציונים ימח שמם וזיכרם ונימח מלהזכירם כדכ' זכר צדיק לברכה אבל שם רשעים ירקב של הישראלית העשירה מגעמבעלינג משחקי בקובי' 'מירי עידלסאהן' - מציג תעמולה אוונגליסטית נוצרי כמדע ארכיאולוגי של אמת אבל זה שקר וכזב | העין השביעית https://www.the7eye.org.il/595563
העין השביעית
"ישראל היום" מציג תעמולה אוונגליסטית כמדע ארכיאולוגי
כתבות שפורסמו לאחרונה ב"ישראל היום" הציגו ממצאים דרמטיים לכאורה, ש"מוכיחים את התנ"ך" ומפריכים את המחקר הביקורתי • אלא שמאחורי היומרה המדעית עומדים ארגון אוונגליסטי פונדמנטליסטי, חוקר פסאודו-מדעי בעל רקורד בעייתי ועבודה עיתונאית עצלה במיוחד
Your God Does Not Forgive You and Neither Do We
https://avigail.substack.com/p/your-god-does-not-forgive-you-and
https://avigail.substack.com/p/your-god-does-not-forgive-you-and
Substack
Your God Does Not Forgive You and Neither Do We
(More dirty laundry)
הרה''ח ר׳ דוקי גרינוולד זכרונו לברכה דער ברסלבער נפטר וואס איז געווען קראנק רוב פון זיין לעבן אבער געווען זייער פרייליך ביז גאר אוועק די וואך שמועסט מיט שלומי זייאנץ לכבוד פורים איבער שמחה אז אין שום יאוש בעולם כלל...!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1q1d7B7Bc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1q1d7B7Bc
YouTube
#29: Reb Duki Greenwald - אידיש: ר׳ דוקי גרינוולד
For the twenty ninth episode, Shloime sits down with R' Duki Greenwald to talk about living with challenges and how to keep a healthy perspective and a positive outlook through it all.
For those without Internet access, you can listen to my new Teef Teef…
For those without Internet access, you can listen to my new Teef Teef…
נייע אידישע שטודיע בוך איבער היסטאריע פון ר' נחמן מברסלב'ס סיפורי מעשיות אלץ פרא פוילישע אלטע פריצים סיטעם קעגן די נייע מאדערענע מערב וועלט פרא יוסטיץ און סדר סיסטעם פון רוסלאנד און עסטרייך צאר און מאנארך וואס גראדע האט ליובאוויטש אויך געהאלטן פון צוליב קאנסערוואטיזם
https://forward.com/yiddish/851837/how-russian-and-austrian-politics-gave-rise-to-modern-yiddish-literature/
https://forward.com/yiddish/851837/how-russian-and-austrian-politics-gave-rise-to-modern-yiddish-literature/
The Forward
װי די רוסישע און עסטרײַכישע פּאָליטיק האָט געשאַפֿן די מאָדערנע ייִדישע ליטעראַטור
רבי נחמנס מעשׂיות זײַנען ניט נאָר מיסטישע אַלעגאָריעס, נאָר זענען אױך געווען פּאָליטישע פּאַמפֿלעטן קעגן דעם רוסישן מלכות.