Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains – and souls – need but that it’s easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and recommend just three links every week that you absolutely must see.
No fluff, no fuss, just three exceptional reads.
Here are this week’s recommendations:
Targeting infrastructure is an assault on Palestinian futures (Dominic Davies / Red Pepper)
In the past several months, the destruction of infrastructure has been central to the Israeli offensive on Gaza. More than half of all residential homes have been destroyed. Three quarters of Gaza’s schools, colleges, and universities have been reduced to rubble. Attacks on medical infrastructures have been systematic and targeted, leaving just 15 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals partially functioning. Potable water no longer circulates through treatment and desalination plants because fuel shortages have shut them down. Pipes filled with sewage are blasted apart and spill their contents into the surrounding soil, leading international aid agencies to warn of looming cholera outbreaks.
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men (Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Michael H. Keller / NY Times)
The ominous messages began arriving in Elissa’s inbox early last year.
“You sell pics of your underage daughter to pedophiles,” read one. “You’re such a naughty sick mom, you’re just as sick as us pedophiles,” read another. “I will make your life hell for you and your daughter.”
Aaron Bushnell (Caity Johnstone)
If you have any suggestions for future words to feature, contact us on our socials or at editor@globalcomment.com
Image: Tom Fisk