- Following a vicious stabbing attack on schoolchildren in Dublin, a mob of hooligans rioted in the city centre, looting and burning, following rightwing agitation via social media suggesting that the attacker was a foreign national. I don't think I'm the first to wonder how trashing your national capital is supposed to be an expression of love for your country, but then I don't understand the far-right mind in general I guess. An imam is warning his community to avoid the city this weekend.
- The prisoner exchange between Israel and Gaza is in progress. Hamas has handed over 13 Israeli captives and four Thai citizens who got caught up in the mess; Israel is now expected to release 39 Palestinian prisoners. Apparently the ceasefire doesn't apply to Lebanon, though; a UN peacekeeping force has apparently come under fire from the IDF.
- Details in the saga of the U of M nursing student who was suspended for her social media activity regarding the conflict are still a bit unclear. The only example I've been able to find of a specific post attributed to her is this cartoon, which while certainly touching on a soft spot (it's always risky to compare the IDF to the SS no matter their actual actions) does not seem to warrant suspension. Some people in this Reddit thread are alleging that there are other posts, possibly more inflammatory, but no concrete details so far. The actual post(s) appear to have been deleted. There also doesn't seem to be a word about the case in the actual media yet, which may be a sign that the matter is sufficiently grey that it can't be conveniently pigeonholed into either side's narrative.
- The Louis Riel School Division is going to court to find a way of expelling thrice-suspended trustee Francine Champagne.
- Some information is seeping out about the firing of Open AI CEO Sam Altman. Apparently the day before he was sacked, Altman had reported a new breakthrough with the technology, and some employees had raised concerns with the board that the technology was approaching a point where it could threaten humanity. Altman was reinstated after the majority of the company's workforce threatened to resign in protest.
- Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, has been stabbed and seriously injured in prison.
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