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The russet sparrow is a passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, distributed in eastern Asia. A chunky little seed-eating bird with a thick bill, it has a body length of 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in). Its plumage is mainly warm rufous above and grey below. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the plumage of both sexes patterned similarly to that of the corresponding sex of the house sparrow. Its vocalisations are sweet and musical chirps, which when strung together form a song. The russet sparrow is known well enough in the Himalayas to have a distinct name in some languages, and is depicted in Japanese art. It feeds mainly on the seeds of herbs and grains, but it also eats berries and insects, particularly during the breeding season. This diet makes it a minor pest in agricultural areas, but also a predator of insect pests. It is a social bird within its own species, but disperses to breed. The typical clutch has five or six whitish eggs. Both sexes incubate and feed the young. (Full article...)
Igor Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor, considered to be one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. He studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov until the latter's death in 1908. Soon after, Stravinsky met the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned the composer to write three ballets for Ballets Russes: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot at its premiere in Paris. His compositional style varied greatly, being influenced at different times by Russian folklore, neoclassicism, and serialism. His ideas influenced Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Béla Bartók, and Pierre Boulez, who were all challenged to innovate beyond traditional tonality, rhythm, and form. This photograph of Stravinsky in the early 1920s is from the collection of the American photojournalist George Grantham Bain.
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不要复制,而要超越。
——陌生女人1号 兔姐
亲爱的媎妹:
见字如面!
前段时间我写了一封信批判部分互联网“激进”女权是假激进真保守、假解放真极权,发布之后引起了不小的争议。不过除了上来就扣帽子辱骂我们的评论以外,其实还是有一些有益的批评的(见《从还有明天出发,谈谈什么是真正的激进》)。
于是我就在想,到底是什么引起了这种分歧,为什么有些人如此激烈地表示反对?后来想到,可能还是由于我们这里的性别平等状况实在太差了。所以我发文说“不要指责和审判女人”、“女人不是只有变强才配获得自由,自由应该是天赋人权”等等,很多人才会警铃大作。或者说,我们国家的女性真的太容易滑落了,甚至只要踏错一步就可能万劫不复,所以大家才对“尊重女人的决定/相信女性能自主选择”这种话十分警惕、很害怕我是在鼓吹“向下的自由”,因为真的有太多男人以「自由」之名引诱女人走进陷阱,然后敲骨吸髓了。
(我之前在豆瓣发过一个讲《芭比》为什么在国内水土不服的帖子也有讨论到这一点)。
而很多本土女权主义者如此急切地催促女性用个体行动反抗结构性压迫(主要是通过“非暴力不合作”的方式进行消极抵抗),大概也是因为现实确实水深火热,而制度性的改变也实在有点无望。也正因如此,她们可能把我的观点——不要把责任归咎于个体、忽视结构压迫——理解成了“鼓励个体彻底躺平”,所以才这么愤怒?......这样看来,我那篇文章激起的情绪/观点其实也是时代和环境的产物。
不过呢,尽管一定程度上理解了反对我观点的人(可能)的立场,且在批判美役和异性恋方面我们的观点有所重合,但我依然无法认同她们解决问题的方式。我认为,「强迫个体对抗结构」的解法最多只能让女性暂时摆脱部分压迫,却终究无法带来系统性的变革。
而且,在“逼迫”其她女人用自己认为正确的方式反抗时,一些本土女权主义者开始分裂女性群体并实施“多数人”的暴政,而某些看似反叛的路其实是不过对父权的镜像复制。这类做法与其说是Radical(彻底的、根治的),倒不如说是Aggressive(有攻击性的)——判断一个人是否激进的标准应该在于她和权力的关系,而不是骂人(包括骂“婚女”、“弱女”)时言辞激烈的程度。
更重要的是,现实不是非黑即白的,我不认可某些自称“激女”的人的行为,并不代表我就要给男人“接三胎男宝”了。。🚬(这是默认“激女”必然最正确,反对者就一定是男权了?另外,女性应该拥有生育自主权,所以不应该用这种话侮辱女人,不过大家明白我要表达的意思就好...)
换言之,在我看来,在「放任女性滑落并成为彻头彻尾的父权受害者」和「鉴定伥鬼和媚男女、审判女人的行为是否女权,以及通过辱骂“弱女”逼迫女人向上」之外,还有第三条路可选——也就是我的女权主义十要、十不要。
1. 要诚实揭露异性恋父权对女性的剥削,但反对用“婚驴”、“虜”、“伥鬼”等词语分化和羞辱女性。
异性婚恋对女性的制度性剥削是一个不争的事实。我们也曾写过很多文章批判异性恋父权,这里就不赘述了(见《婚礼如何体现性别不平等?》、《彩礼是物化女性吗?》、《恋爱脑根治指南》等)。
的确,恋爱脑的女性更容易对男人抱有不切实际的期待,在受害时依旧自我欺骗、下意识美化异性恋浪漫关系,最终结果则很可能是掉进一个又一个男权陷阱。
可是,常常感到“缺爱”并非女性的错,而是系统性失权的结果——女性自出生起就在家庭和社会遭到全方位的打压、极度缺乏自信和安全感,而浪漫爱在此刻趁虚而入,让女人误以为自己能从男人那里获得自己渴望已久的温情。正是因为长期缺乏支持和尊重,女性才会为了异性恋里的一点点“蜜糖”吞下砒霜。
因此,要想破除异性恋父权对女性的剥削,我们必须从根本上重建女人的支持系统,而不是辱骂由于各种原因顺应了社会主流结构的女性,或是简单粗暴地将她们开除女籍,通过「和受害女性割席」完成自保(这和理性探讨已婚和单身女性之间客观存在的矛盾是两码事)。
例如前段时间发生的小谢被家暴事件,很多女性在网上表示“婚女”的事情与自己无关,认为单女没必要“淌混水”、替“叛徒”争权。更有甚者用“婚驴”、“伥鬼”等字眼辱骂受害者。她们好像认为,只要不沾男➕和已婚朋友绝交➕对婚女权益不管不问,女人就不会受害。可是现实真是如此吗?
在我看来,与「在父权结构中陷得更深的的女性」割席并非女权主义,而是“独善其身主义”。更可悲的是,这还是一条注定失败的“独善其身”之路。
“单女”无法通过和婚女割席保全自己。这是因为女性利益是一个“一荣俱荣、一损俱损”的整体。除非离群索居,否则没有任何一个女人能够逃脱父权社会的伤害。
女人当然有独善其身的权利,但我反对将“独善其身”等同于“女性主义”。女权主义者不应该将任何一个女人开除女籍,剥夺她受到共情和帮助的机会。
对同伴变得宽容,就是从意识到我们命运相连的那一刻开始。无尽的远方,无数的女人,都与我有关。我们是你中有我、我中有你的共同体。
当我看到被家暴的妻子,我看到的不是投敌的“叛徒”,而是和我一样曾遭受过性别暴力的女人。
当我看到被家人“吸血”却不愿断亲的女大学生,我看到的不是活该被欺负的“软柿子”,而是系统性厌女下渴望温情的孩子。
当我看到带年幼的男孩进卫生间的女人,我看到的不是“挤压单女生存空间”的“伥鬼”,而是因丈夫缺位、丧偶式育儿无比疲惫却依然在努力生活的母亲。
还有,我不会和男人结婚,但我和姐姐都是辛苦工作才能赚一点工资的女性劳工;我不想生育,可我和妈妈都是在父系家庭中受过轻视的个体;我不会做家庭主妇应聘“妈妈岗”,但我也一样要面对职业零工化、职场女性边缘化的严峻现实。我们都是在父权的围追堵截中依旧活出了自己人生的战士。我生活里的任何一点不如意,都不是另一个女人的错。
女权从来都是集体的运动,她不应成为个人主义的极致发挥。在为全体女性争取权利的过程中,我们要弥合而非撕裂,尽量求同而非排异。毕竟,女人间的不同不应成为加剧对立的借口,而应该是无尽创造力的来源、是伟大变革的起点。
P.s. 最后想说一点,我理解强调“单女”是为了反抗“单身女性的污名化”,有一定进步意义,但我依然不喜欢这个词。因为无论我们是否已婚/在恋爱,我们怎么可能是“单”的呢?人永远处于各种各样的关系中。脱离了和世界的关系,“我”将不复存在。所以我认为“单女/婚女”的划分依然是在加固异性恋父权以婚姻为中心的社会结构,且再一次贯彻了「分类/分化女性、挑起内部争端,从而让真正的压迫者美美隐身」的父权逻辑。私以为,真正具有颠覆性的行动不是在结构内和压迫者“对打”,而是彻底打碎这个以「婚否」为基础的分类系统。
由于篇幅限制,我在这封信中只阐述了《十要十不要》的第一条,余下内容及结语会在下封信里和大家分享。感谢姐妹们的关注!☺️
陌生女人1号 兔姐
二〇二五年六月十六日
天才从来都不按剧本出牌,在硅谷尤其如此。
比尔盖茨辍学创业的传奇故事早已家喻户晓,而伴随着 Meta 砸下 143 亿美元(折合人民币 1026.97 亿元)收购 Alexandr Wang 所创办的 Scale AI,这位 28 岁的华裔天才也再次用亲身经历验证了这条铁律。
▲Alexandr Wang
按照官方公告,Alexandr 一方面将继续担任 Scale AI 的董事会成员,一方面将打包嫡系团队加入由 Meta CEO 扎克伯格亲自组建的超级智能团队。
在 Llama 4 遭遇滑铁卢之后,Meta 及扎克伯格急需打一场翻身仗,这份迫切是真实的,但问题是,把如此大的赌注压在一个非技术背景出身的 Alexandr 身上,真的划算吗?
1997 年,Alexandr 出生于美国新墨西哥州洛斯阿拉莫斯。
这个听起来有些陌生的地方,是二战时期美国「曼哈顿计划」的主阵地,原子弹就诞生于此。在 Alexandr 的回忆中,这个小镇被国家实验室包围,日常节目也都是古典音乐会、讲解低温物理学的万圣节科普课,以及随处可见的科学遗产。
他的父母也都是中国移民,曾在洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室担任核物理学家。
从小,Alexandr 就展现出对数学的浓厚兴趣。童年时期,凭借赢得 MATHCOUNTS 数学竞赛,他得到了一次前往迪士尼的机会,那是他人生第一次出远门,也是在那一刻,爱上了解题的乐趣。
兴趣带来驱动力,他陆续参与更多竞赛,2013 年入选美国数学奥林匹克项目,2014 年入选美国物理奥林匹克国家队。这些经历或许也为其后来的成功打下了基础。
17 岁那年,他考入麻省理工学院(MIT),第一学期就选修了研究生级别的机器学习课程。
与此同时,他也没闲着,先是在 Addepar 担任软件工程师,几个月后加入 Quora。在 Quora,他很快升任技术负责人,带队推进基础设施团队各项指标落地。
2016 年,他从 Quora 离职,转到 Hudson River Trading 担任算法开发员。
但他心中真正的渴望的是创业,于是 Alexandr 作出了一个影响深远的决定,从 MIT 辍学,并加入知名创业孵化器 Y Combinator。冷知识,Y Combinator 那时的 CEO 正是如今 OpenAI 的 CEO Sam Altman。
▲ 左为Sam Altman,右为 Alexandr Wang
有传闻称,Alexandr 还曾与 Altman 做过几个月的室友。
他后来在一次采访中提到,当时对父母说:「我告诉爸妈这只是我暑假的一个项目,结果我就再也没回学校了。」
在 Quora 的经历,让他深刻理解了机器学习系统中基础设施与数据管理的难题,也正是这些难题成了 Scale AI 的突破口。2016 年,他拉上同为 Quora 前员工的 Lucy Guo 合作创办了 Scale AI,专注于 AI 发展背后最基础,但鲜为人知的关键工作:提供大规模、高质量的人类标注数据。
关于 Scale AI 的创立契机,还有一个流传已久的故事。
据说,Alexandr 很早就意识到 AI 和机器学习将会改变世界。用他的话来说,「最初我们造出了能做算术的机器,但让它们去执行那些更复杂、需要类人理解的任务,是一个令人兴奋的技术突破。」
有一天,他试图在家里冰箱里安装摄像头,用以判断牛奶是否即将喝完,几周后却发现,根本无法获得足够的数据来训练系统,准确识别冰箱里的内容,这让他意识到:未来 20 年的 AI 要想取得突破,数据 将是关键障碍之一。
由此,他创立了 Scale,目标是成为「推动 AI 变革的数据基础设施」。
2016 年,距离 ChatGPT 的爆火出圈,还有一大截时间,相比之下,自动驾驶的热度反而才是当时硅谷的香饽饽,Scale AI 初期便聚焦服务自动驾驶赛道,为车载系统提供图像识别数据,解决 AI 视觉训练的「数据荒」。
凭借精细化标注服务,Scale AI 逐步建立口碑,赢得早期客户信任。
作为一个年仅 19 岁的创业者,想要在这个赛道站稳并非易事。但 Alexandr 采取了相当务实的策略,带着笔记本和产品 demo,前往计算机视觉顶会 CVPR, 一个展台一个展台地推销产品。
2019 年,Scale AI 获得 PayPal 联合创始人 Peter Thiel 的 Founders Fund 投资 1 亿美元,正式跻身「独角兽」。几年后,Scale 再获 5.8 亿美元融资,估值达到 73 亿美元。
▲硅谷著名投资者 Peter Thiel
这期间,Alexandr 和 Guo 双双登上了《福布斯》「30 位 30 岁以下精英榜」中的企业科技类榜单。不久之后,Guo 因为在产品愿景和发展路线上的分歧离开了公司,不过,外界也有传闻是被驱逐。
冷知识,在 Meta 宣布收购 Scale AI 后,Lucy Guo 也因持有 Scale AI 的股份,超越现年35岁的流行歌手泰勒·斯威夫特,成为最年轻的白手起家女性亿万富翁。
Guo 走后,Alexandr 继续独挑大梁。
AI 发展三要素离不开算法、数据和算力,大型语言模型(LLM)需要庞大的数据集进行训练。大语言模型越卷,数据就越值钱。Scale AI 的数据外包工厂开始变得越发重要起来。
通过雇佣数以千计的合同工,负责筛选、标注和清洗数据,再将这些整理好的数据集提供给科技巨头进行模型训练,Scale AI 的客户名单也因此横跨技术公司和传统企业,包括 Waymo、丰田、本田、Alphabet、埃森哲、OpenAI 等。
当然,一路走来,Scale AI 并不全是高光。ChatGPT 爆火后,Scale AI 就频繁出现在国际头版头条上,除了天才少年的造富神话,更多曝光的却是他出格的言论以及压榨劳工等负面信息。
根据《华盛顿邮报》的报道,在全球最大的数字外包中心之一的菲律宾,至少有一万名工人通过 Remotasks 平台为 Scale AI 提供数据标注服务。
然而,通过数十位现任与前员工的证词,以及平台截图、支付记录、内部通知等材料调查发现,这些劳工的报酬极低、付款延迟甚至无故取消,已成常态。并且申诉渠道几乎形同虚设。
与之形成鲜明对比的是,2024 年,Scale AI 营收约为 8.7 亿美元,且在被收购前就预期 2025 年收入将翻倍至 20 亿美元,估值有望冲击 250 亿美元。
在 2025 年之前,Meta 一直是开源模型领域明面上的领头羊,直到年初天降紫微星 deepseek 的出现,打乱了 Meta 的节奏,甚至传出 Meta 员工爆料公司高管薪资比 DeepSeek 训练成本还高的地狱笑话。
仓促迎战的 Llama 4 模型,因为涉嫌作弊,遭到了舆论风暴上的抨击,推理班和最大参数版模型也迟迟不见踪影。技术迟滞,人才流失,产品难产,图灵奖得主 Yann LeCun 依旧挂帅 AI 科研路线,也难以挽回颓势。
很难不说,4 月份的 Meta 陷入了至暗时刻。
选择 AIl In AI 的扎克伯格自然不会收敛自己的野心,其目标是是将 AI 融入公司的所有产品中,包括 Ray-Ban 智能眼镜以及 Facebook、Instagram 和 WhatsApp 等社交矩阵。
而 AI 是这当中最重要,也是不容扯后腿的一环。
基于此,我们看到,Meta 最近在挖人方面动作频频,扎克伯格亲自打电话、发短信、发邮件联系 OpenAI、Google 等公司的研究人员,甚至不惜开出九位数的价格试图挖墙脚。
据 The information 报道,在遥遥落后于竞争对手之际,扎克伯格越来越频繁地向一个非典型的技术人物请教,没错,正是本文的主人公:Alexandr Wang。
这位 28 岁的年轻人给扎克伯格提出了很多实用的建议。
就连扎克伯格也开始在内部会议中引用 Alexandr 对 AI 问题的反馈意见,他认为,Alexandr 拥有与多个 AI 研究实验室合作的第一手经验,能准确掌握这些实验室在追求什么样的数据、在如何优化模型。
更重要的是,聘请 Alexandr 领导 Meta 的超级智能团队,也正是扎克伯格本人的提议。
过去一年,扎克伯格也曾接触过其他人选,诸如 Google 的首席 AI 科学家 Koray Kavukcuoglu,以及前 OpenAI 首席技术官 Mira Murati,但最终,他还是回到了 Alexandr 身上。
原因之一在于 Alexandr 与 Meta 的首席产品官 Chris Cox 以及其他高管关系融洽。尽管 Scale AI 并不直接参与最前沿的AI模型研发,但 Alexandr 对行业发展路径的理解、对基础能力的掌控,赢得了扎克伯格的信任。
更何况,Scale AI 去年 8.7 亿美元的营收,也充分证明了他出色的业务能力。
太阳底下无新鲜事,这次收购本质上就是一次标准的硅谷式的人才收购。大公司以收购为名,实际上是为了雇用一家初创公司的创始人和核心员工,而被收购的公司在交易后往往会停止原有业务。
硅谷对这种收购模式并不陌生,只是 AI 浪潮推动了这种模式的蓬勃发展。
▲ Mustafa Suleyman
微软曾以 6.5亿美元 的「授权费」收购了 AI 初创公司 Inflection,实质上是为了聘请创始人 Mustafa Suleyman 和其团队;Google 以 27 亿美元收购了 Character.AI 的「合作授权」,重点也是其创始人 Noam Shazeer 和关键技术人员。
Meta 这次对 Scale 的收购,本质上也是同一套剧本。
这笔收购是 Meta 有史以来第二大收购,仅次于当年 WhatsApp 的 220 亿美元,对于账上现金储备突破 700 亿美元的 Meta 来说,用钱换人才,实现千金买马骨的效应,似乎也不是一笔亏本的买卖。
毫无疑问,Meta 收购 Scale AI 的消息震动了整个行业。
一方面,此举为 Scale AI 股东带来丰厚回报——包括 Accel、Index Ventures、Founders Fund等在内的早期投资者都将在部分变现的同时保留剩余股份 。
另一方面,这种大公司的介入也引发了 Scale AI 其他客户的担忧,尤其是 Scale AI 被 Meta 收入麾下后,是否将失去平台的中立性,存在客户数据泄露给 Meta 的风险 。
根据最新的消息,Google 正在考虑全面中止与 Scale AI 的合作, 原计划用于其下一代Gemini 模型的训练,价值约 1.5-2 亿美元的数据服务,将转向其他供应商。OpenAI 的高管也公开表示,不希望巨头的此类收购破坏 AI 生态,如果各方相互排挤将减缓行业创新步伐 。
与此同时,竞争对手则趁势出击。
数据标注公司 Labelbox 的 CEO 公开表示,预计将在今年从 Scale 手中夺走大量客户合同;Handshake 的 CEO 更直言,在 Meta 收购消息公开后,客户需求一夜之间暴涨两倍
尽管有了 Meta 的加持,Scale 的估值创下新高,但如何安抚客户、维持数据服务平台的中立性,都将是这家公司接下来需要面临的重大挑战。
而作为收购方,Meta 是否真能靠这次收购翻盘,也同样尚未可知。
Llama 系列还未完全翻身,OpenAI、Google、Anthropic 等对手依然强势,Meta 要在社交矩阵中跑通 AI,在智能眼镜等新硬件上跑通推理能力,还得同时兼顾产品体验、人才招募与生态话语权。
Alexandr 的加入,可能是拐点,也可能只是又一次代价高昂却又失望的豪赌。
现在,一切都还只是下注。
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The head of the global nuclear watchdog says there has been no further damage to Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment plant since Israel struck the country's nuclear sites on Friday.
Rafael Grossi told the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors that an above-ground enrichment facility at Natanz was destroyed, but that there were no signs of a physical attack at the underground facility there.
Four buildings were also damaged at the Isfahan site, he said, including a uranium conversion plant, and no damage was visible at the underground Fordo enrichment plant.
Israel said it attacked the sites and killed nine nuclear scientists to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons.
It alleged that Iran had in recent months "taken steps to weaponize" its stockpile of enriched uranium, which can be used to make fuel for power plants but also nuclear bombs.
On Sunday, Iran reiterated that its nuclear programme was peaceful and urged IAEA's 35-nation board to strongly condemn the Israeli strikes.
Grossi briefed the board on Monday that the IAEA had been monitoring the situation in Iran very carefully, ascertaining the status of the country's nuclear facilities and assessing radiation levels through communication with local authorities.
He said Friday's attack on Natanz destroyed the above-ground part of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP), where cascades of centrifuge were producing uranium enriched up to 60% purity - close to the 90% required for weapons-grade uranium
Electricity infrastructure at Natanz, which included an electrical sub-station, a power supply building, and emergency generators, were also destroyed.
"There has been no indication of a physical attack on the underground cascade hall containing part of the PFEP and the main Fuel Enrichment Plant. However, the loss of power to the cascade hall may have damaged the centrifuges there," Grossi added.
He also said there was radiological and chemical contamination at the site, but that the level of radioactivity outside had remained unchanged and at normal levels.
The Israeli military said on Friday that the underground centrifuge hall was also damaged as part of the attack on Natanz, but it provided no evidence.
The IAEA chief said four buildings were damaged in a separate attack on Friday on the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre - the central chemical laboratory, a uranium conversion plant, the Tehran reactor fuel manufacturing plant, and a facility to convert uranium hexafluoride to uranium metal, which was under construction.
As at Natanz, off-site radiation levels remain unchanged, he added.
The Israeli military said on Friday that the Isfahan strike "dismantled a facility for producing metallic uranium, infrastructure for reconverting enriched uranium, laboratories, and additional infrastructure".
On Saturday, Iran's semi-official Isna news agency quoted spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) as saying there was "limited damage to some areas at the Fordo enrichment site" following an Israeli attack.
However, the Israeli military has not confirmed carrying out any strikes there.
Grossi said no damage had been seen at Fordo, or at the Khondab heavy water reactor, which is under construction.
He urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint, warning that military escalation threatened lives and increased the chance of a radiological release with serious consequences for people and the environment.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told foreign diplomats in Tehran on Saturday that Israel's attacks on his country's nuclear facilities were a "blatant violation of international law", and that he hoped the IAEA's board would issue a strong condemnation.
He also said that Iran's missile strikes on Israel since Friday were a "response to aggression".
The Israeli military's spokesperson, Brig Gen Effie Defrin said on Monday that its large-scale air campaign would "continue to act in pursuit of the operation's objective, to neutralize the existential threat from Iran, from its nuclear project to the regime's missile array".
Iran's health ministry says Israeli strikes have killed more than 220 people since Friday. Twenty-four Israelis have been killed by Iranian missiles, according to Israeli authorities.
Last Thursday, the IAEA's board formally declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years. A resolution said Iran's "many failures" to provide the agency with full answers about its undeclared nuclear material and nuclear activities constituted non-compliance.
Under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iran was not permitted to enrich uranium above 3.67% purity - the level required for fuel for commercial nuclear power plants - and was not allowed to carry out any enrichment at Fordo for 15 years.
However, US President Donald Trump abandoned the agreement during his first term in 2018, saying it did too little to stop a pathway to a bomb, and reinstated US sanctions.
Iran retaliated by increasingly breaching the restrictions - particularly those relating to enrichment. It resumed enrichment at Fordo in 2021 and has amassed enough 60%-enriched uranium to potentially make nine nuclear bombs, according to the IAEA.
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State police have advised local lawmakers across the country to be increasingly vigilant about their personal security as those members reel from a politically-motivated shooting in Minnesota that killed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
As they mourn one colleague and worry over another, state lawmakers from Pennsylvania to Arizona are receiving security briefings on how to ensure their own safety — and grappling with what it means to be a local public official in a political environment increasingly gripped by violence, according to interviews with nearly a dozen state lawmakers.
“It has all of us on edge,” said Arizona Rep. Alma Hernandez, who experienced a shooting outside her home two days before the Minnesota tragedy. An investigation into that incident is ongoing, but Hernandez said she has been targeted by threats like publication of her address over the last year over her pro-Israel stance and consequently spent thousands of dollars on home security measures like cameras and iron bars on windows.
Hernandez is not alone in her rising concern over the risks associated with serving in state legislatures, positions once viewed as an extension of local community service that have taken on a chilling dimension.
“It is incredibly depressing to see what’s going on in our country, and that political violence is on the rise, and that political violence is being normalized,” said the Tucson Democrat. It’s a scary time that we’re living in.”
Elected officials in multiple states have been advised to assess their home security systems, turn on location services on their devices and refrain from posting on social media in real time. In Wisconsin, House Speaker Robin Vos on Monday called for increased security ahead of an upcoming floor session, after learning that 11 lawmakers were named in a manifesto by the Minnesota shooter, who was arrested on Sunday and is facing federal and state murder charges. North Carolina General Assembly Police Chief Martin Brock told lawmakers on Monday afternoon they were “working on enhanced security plans” to keep members safe.
In Texas, state police arrested one personon Saturday linked to “credible threats” that person made to state lawmakers headed to an anti-Trump rally at the Capitol in Austin. Many Democrats got word of the shooting as they headed to similar demonstrations across the country, adding a layer of deep unease to the events.
“Nobody who has dedicated themselves to public service should ever be worried about that public service being used as a reason to murder or shoot or otherwise intimidate them,” said Michigan Rep. Bryan Posthumus, a Republican. “My hope is that it’s not an issue we’ll have to worry about in Michigan. But you know, that’s also why we have the Second Amendment.”
State police have provided daily briefings to Michigan lawmakers since the shooting, outreach that Rep. Carol Glanville said “is really helpful, because what you see on the news comes out sort of piecemeal.”
Glanville, a Democrat who experienced gun violence several decades ago, said she’s concerned the incident will keep people from running for office or volunteering in politics.
“People could be emboldened and even more motivated to participate and come out, or they might decide that this isn’t something worth risking my life for, and take a step back from their participation,” she said.
For North Carolina Minority Leader Sydney Batch, the shooting was a reminder of how she’s already had to learn how to be cautious in order to protect herself and her family. Over the years, Batch hired private security when threats were made against her, like for a 2020 election night watch party. And she was the target of a longtime stalker, who was recently released on parole after serving nine years in prison.
“You definitely have those days, like this weekend, where you consider whether or not the risk that you take on is worth the benefit and whether you should step back,” Batch said. The Democrat said she has considered leaving public office over those threats, yet “quickly jettisoned it” because she believes the work as a lawmaker is too important.
Other lawmakers expressed that same resolve to stay in the job despite the risks.
“The bad guys want folks to turn away from public service,” said Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent Hughes, a Democrat. “We may take extra precautions to make sure there’s extra security available to us. But … looking around my colleagues, this is not going to drive them away.”
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A man who is accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband, and injuring another state lawmaker and his wife, allegedly attempted to kill two other state lawmakers, Minnesota officials said on Monday.
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, who is charged with fatally shooting Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota Democrat, and her husband, Mark, visited the homes of three other state lawmakers in "truly chilling" attacks, US Attorney Joseph H Thompson said.
Mr Boelter, who police said researched the victims and their families beforehand, allegedly had planned for a larger scale attack, which police thwarted.
He appeared in court on Monday afternoon to face six federal charges, and possibly the death penalty, if he is found guilty.
Mr Boelter was wearing an orange jumpsuit when he arrived in court in St. Paul on Monday afternoon. He said he cannot afford a lawyer and will have a federal defence lawyer.
At the brief hearing, Mr Boelter said he has seven cars, $20,000-30,000 in savings and makes about $540 per week.
At a press conference on Monday officials walked through the early hours of Saturday morning in the suburbs of Minneapolis when the Hortmans were killed, and John Hoffman, a Minnesota state senator, and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, were shot multiple times.
They also announced that Mr Boelter faces six federal charges, some of which make him eligible for the death penalty. At the federal level, he faces two counts of stalking, two counts of murder, and two firearms-related charges.
Separately, at the state level Mr Boelter is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder at the state level.
Thompson said that Mr Boelter arrived at the Hoffman home disguised as a police officer in a large black car with emergency lights on the vehicle. Mr Boelter was wearing a "hyper realistic silicon mask" when he rang the doorbell and shouted "this is the police, open the door".
Thompson said authorities have a clear picture of what happened because the Hoffmans have a security camera outside their front door.
When the Hoffmans opened the door, Mr Boelter shined a flashlight at the couple. Mr Boelter told the couple there was a shooting reported in the house and lowered his flashlight, Thompson said. The couple then realized he was not a police officer.
After they attempted to push him out, he allegedly fired at the couple multiple times, Thompson said, then fled the scene and the couple's daughter Hope called 911.
Yvette Hoffman was shot eight times and John Hoffman was shot nine times. Both remain in hospital, though Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has said they are expected to make a full recovery.
After allegedly shooting the Hoffmans, Mr Boelter drove to another state representative's home and rang the doorbell there, Thompson said.
That state representative was not home, Thompson said, noting that she and her family were on vacation. Authorities did not reveal her name.
He then drove to a third lawmaker's home, allegedly targeting them, Thompson said. Officials did not reveal the name of that state lawmaker, either.
Thompson said an officer pulled up next to Mr Boelter in his vehicle and assumed he was a police officer, dispatched to the scene to perform a wellness check on that lawmaker.
When the officer asked Mr Boelter what he was doing, he simply stared straight ahead, Thompson said, and Mr Boelter went on to the Hortman residence.
He is accused of arriving at the Hortman home, and allegedly shooting and killing Melissa and Mark Hortman. Police said they found him at that residence and engaged fire before Mr Boelter fled.
After he fled, police embarked on a two-day search for Mr Boelter before finding him late Sunday night in a wooded rural area west of Minneapolis, where he surrendered peacefully, eventually crawling towards officers, police said.
Thompson said Mr Boelter had "planned his attack carefully".
"He conducted surveillance of their homes and took notes about the location of their homes," he said of Boelter.
Upon finding his car, officials discovered five more firearms including assault-style rifles, large quantities of ammunition and a list of more than 45 Minnesota state and federal elected officials, including Melissa Hortman.
Mark Bruley, police chief from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, said the officers who arrived at the Hortman home "foiled" a larger plan. They "essentially took (Mr Boelter's) vehicle away from him, which involved all his maps, all his names, all his weaponry", Mr Bruley said.
"I would be very scared what it would look like over the next few hours ahead had we not done that," he said.
"It's a chilling attack on our democracy, on our way of life," Thompson said at the Monday press conference. "It's only the most recent example of violent political extremism in this country, and that's a trend that's been increasing over in recent years, and that's unfortunate.
I hope it is a wake up call to everyone that people can disagree with you without being evil or needing to be killed or hurt."
Mr Boelter is scheduled to return to court for his next hearing 27 June.
At least 22 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that it was examining the reports.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to get food from the GHF sites, opened by Israel after it partially lifted a three-month blockade which the UN said had pushed the Gazan population to the brink of starvation.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said: "Israel's means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza."
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, he accused Israel of weaponising food and repeated his call for a full investigation into the attacks near the sites. UN agencies have refused to work with the GHF.
On several previous occasions the IDF has acknowledged that its troops opened fire near aid sites.
The health ministry said 20 were killed on Monday at the GHF centre at al-Alam in the southern city of Rafah, while rescuers reported two killed at a GHF site in the central Netzarim corridor.
Many of those killed and injured at al-Alam were taken to Nasser hospital in nearby Khan Younis, where relatives gathered. Many were buried in the hours after their arrival, in line with Islamic tradition.
Ahmed Alfara, a doctor at the hospital, told the Reuters news agency that the distribution system had failed "100%".
"No one can get that distribution, that aid, no one can get it," he said.
"We have to recognise that [UN humanitarian agency] Unrwa and NGOs must again get that distribution and try to redistribute it for the Palestinian people."
He reported that many of the casualties on Monday had suffered gunshot wounds, including to the head.
Ahmed Fayad, who attempted to get food from the GHF site on Monday, described the GHF operation as a "trap".
"We went there thinking we would get aid to feed our children, but it turned out to be a trap, a killing. I advise everyone: don't go there," he told Reuters.
Al-Alam has been the scene of several similar deadly incidents since the new Israeli-backed food distribution system began operating.
Before Monday's incident, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said that at least 300 people had been killed and more than 2,600 wounded near aid distribution sites since the GHF began operations in Gaza on 26 May.
The IDF has contested the death toll and said Hamas had caused much of the violence.
Israel does not allow international news organisations including the BBC into Gaza, making verifying what is happening in the territory difficult.
It has been 20 months since Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led cross-border attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
At least 55,297 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's health ministry.
Long queues at petrol stations and bakeries. Long lines of cars trying to escape the capital. And long, frightening nights.
Residents of Tehran - still shocked by Israel's sudden attack on Iran in the early hours of Friday morning - speak of fear and confusion, a feeling of helplessness and conflicting emotions.
"We haven't slept for nights," a 21-year-old music student told me over an encrypted social media app.
"Everyone is leaving but I'm not. My dad says it's more honourable to die in your own house than to run away."
'Donya' - she doesn't want to reveal her real name - is one of many Iranians now caught in a war between a regime she loathes and Israel, whose destructive power in Gaza she has witnessed on screen from afar.
"I really don't want my beautiful Tehran to turn into Gaza," she said.
As for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call on Iranians to rise up against their clerical leadership, she has a firm response.
"We don't want Israel to save us. No foreign country ever cared for Iran," she said. "We also don't want the Islamic Republic."
Another woman said that at first she had felt a "strange excitement" to see Israel kill Iranian military officials so powerful that she thought they would live for ever.
"Suddenly that image of power was shattered," she told BBC Persian.
"But from the second day, when I heard that regular people - people I didn't know, people like me - had also been killed, I started to feel sorrow, fear and sadness."
And she said her sadness turned to anger when she heard that the South Pars gas field had been hit, fearing that Israel was trying to turn Iran "into ruins".
For the first time in her life, she said, she has started to prepare for the idea of dying.
More than 220 people - many of them women and children - have been killed since Friday, according to the Iranian authorities.
Israeli authorities say Iranian missiles have killed at least 24 people in Israel over the same period.
Unlike in Israel, there are no warnings of imminent attacks in Iran, and no shelters to run to.
Even some supporters of the regime are reported to be upset that its much-vaunted defences have been so thoroughly exposed.
And, among many Iranians, distrust in the authorities runs deep.
Donya used to defy the regime and its strict dress code by going out with her hair uncovered.
Now, with her university exams postponed until next week, she's staying at home.
"I get so terrified at night," she said. "I take some pills to help me relax and try to sleep."
The Iranian government has suggested that people shelter in mosques and metro stations.
But that is hard, when the explosions seem to come out of nowhere.
"Tehran is a big city and yet every neighbourhood has been somehow affected by the damage," another young woman told BBC Persian.
"For now, all we do is check the news every hour and call the friends and relatives whose neighbourhood has been hit to make sure they are still alive."
She and her family have now left their home to stay in an area where there are no known government buildings.
But you never know, in a country like Iran, who may be living next to you.
The Israeli assault has divided Iranians, she said, with some celebrating the regime's losses, while others are angry at those cheering Israel on.
Many Iranians keep changing their minds about what they think. Divisions are bitter, even among some families.
"The situation feels like the first hours after the Titanic hit the iceberg," the woman said.
"Some people were trying to escape, some were saying it wasn't a big deal, and others kept dancing."
She has always protested against Iran's clerical rulers, she told the BBC, but sees what Netanyahu is doing to her country as "inexcusable".
"Everyone's life, whether they supported the attacks or not, has been changed forever.
"Most Iranians, even those who oppose the government, have now realised that freedom and human rights don't come from Israeli bombs falling on cities where defenceless civilians live."
She added: "Most of us are scared and worried about what's coming next. We've packed bags with first aid supplies, food, and water, just in case things get worse."
Israel says the Iranian armed forces have deliberately placed their command centres and weapons inside civilian buildings and areas.
Members of Iran's large diaspora are also worried.
"It's hard to convey what it's like to be an Iranian right now," says Dorreh Khatibi-Hill, a Leeds-based women's rights activist and researcher who is in touch with family, friends and other anti-regime activists.
"You're happy that members of the regime - who have been torturing and murdering people - are being taken out.
"But we know that civilians are dying. This is a devastating humanitarian disaster."
And Iranians are not being given accurate information on what is happening, she says.
"The main person in Iran - the supreme leader - is still alive while Iranians are fleeing for their lives," she adds.
"No one wants Iran to turn into another Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan. None of us wants this war. We don't want the regime either."
因运力增加和中东冲突的影响,上海出口集装箱运价上周回跌7%,结束连续五周涨势。
汇丰全球研究(HSBC Global Research)星期一(6月16日)发布报告指出,在运力上升之时需求放缓,上海出口集装箱运价指数(SCFI)上周因此下跌7%,主要是上海到美西航线运价指数下跌27%的结果。
报告指出,上海出口集装箱运价指数上周下跌152.11点,报2088.24点,周跌幅为6.79%,在这之前它已连涨五周。上海到美西航线运价周跌幅26.5%(从每标准箱5606美元跌至4120美元),上海到美东航线运价周跌幅2.8%(从6939美元跌至6745美元),上海到地中海航线运价周跌幅3.4%(从3302美元跌至3190美元)。不过,上海到欧洲航线运价周涨幅10.6%(从1667美元涨至1844美元),上海到南美航线运价周涨幅19.3%(从3959美元涨至4724美元),因为运力继续紧张。
它表示,由于运力将超过需求,运费可能面对进一步压力。“6月13日,以色列和伊朗之间的冲突加剧。我们认为,中东紧张局势升级意味着短期内(船只)重返红海的可能性较小。然而,这可能无法缓解人们对太平洋地区运力大幅扩张的担忧。”
报告指出,根据航运咨询公司Linerlytica,通往美国西海岸的西南航线运力增长22%,承运商本周纷纷下调运价,尤其是美西航线。另一方面,美国货运代理公司飞协博(FlexPort)则指出,自6月初以来,新订单量有所放缓。美国零售业联合会(National Retail Federation)仍预期5月至8月美国箱运进口同比下跌,而且之后的今年其余时间进口量将大跌。
中国国家主席习近平与哈萨克斯坦总统托卡耶夫会面时说,面对变乱交织的国际形势,中哈要践行真正的多边主义,旗帜鲜明维护广大发展中国家共同利益。
据新华社报道,习近平星期一(6月16日)与托卡耶夫在阿斯塔纳总统府举行会谈时说,中哈都处在各自发展振兴的关键阶段,两国要齐心协力推进全方位合作。一要以高水平战略互信引领双边关系发展,在涉及彼此核心利益和重大关切问题上继续坚定相互支持,推进发展战略对接,在乱云飞渡中做彼此坚强的后盾,在发展振兴中做彼此有益的助力。
他续指,二要以高质量共建“一带一路”促进两国合作提质升级,巩固贸易、投资、能源等传统合作优势,推进跨境铁路项目建设和口岸基础设施改造,提升互联互通水平,拓展高新技术合作,推动绿色可持续发展。
习近平说,三要以全方位安全合作维护两国和平安宁,扩大执法安全和防务交流,共同打击“三股势力”,深化应急管理和防灾减灾合作。四要以多元化人文交流夯实中哈友好根基,办好哈萨克斯坦“中国旅游年”,鼓励青年、媒体、智库、地方加强交流。
他指出,面对变乱交织的国际形势,中哈双方要坚定维护以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序,践行真正的多边主义,旗帜鲜明维护广大发展中国家共同利益。
习近平还提到,作为上海合作组织轮值主席国,中国愿同各成员国一道,以今年天津峰会为契机,做实做强上海合作组织,展现新发展、新突破、新气象。
会谈后,两国元首共同见证双方交换10余份双边合作文件,涵盖贸易、投资、科技、海关、旅游、媒体等领域。
习近平星期一抵达哈萨克斯坦出席中国—中亚峰会。由于这次峰会举行时间与七国集团(G7)峰会重叠,有分析认为,此行对外释放与西方较劲的信号,北京或借深化与中亚国家合作,回应美国主导的围堵与制裁。
中国检察机关公布的数据显示,受理审查逮捕未成年犯罪嫌疑人6万5198人,同比下降1.1%。
综合澎湃新闻和《扬子晚报》报道,中国最高人民检察院星期一(6月16日)发布《未成年人检察工作白皮书(2024)》。
白皮书显示,2024年,最高检依法核准追诉初中生杀害同学埋尸案等低龄未成年人严重暴力犯罪34人。全国检察机关受理审查逮捕未成年犯罪嫌疑人6万5198人,同比下降1.1%,批准逮捕3万4329人,同比上升27.8%。
根据白皮书,受理审查起诉未成年人犯罪人数增幅放缓,受理审查起诉10万1526人,同比上升4.3%,提起公诉5万6877人,同比上升46%。办理的未成年人犯罪案件中,盗窃罪、诈骗罪、聚众斗殴罪、强奸罪、抢劫罪五类犯罪人数合计占受理审查起诉未成年人犯罪总数的69.4%。
白皮书透露,去年全国检察机关共批准逮捕侵害未成年人犯罪5万7156人,提起公诉7万4476人,同比分别上升7.3%、11%。从犯罪类型来看,强奸罪,猥亵儿童罪,抢劫罪,寻衅滋事罪,强制猥亵、侮辱罪五类犯罪人数合计占起诉侵害未成年人犯罪总数的67%。
此外,成年人利用电信网络侵害未成年人犯罪呈现较快上升趋势。去年,全国检察机关起诉成年人利用电信网络实施侵害未成年人犯罪3347人,同比上升14.1%,在成年人侵害未成年人犯罪中的占比从2023年的6.9%上升至2024年的7.3%。
香港官方数据显示,今年5月到访香港的旅客人次达408万,同比增长20%。
综合《明报》《大公报》报道,香港旅游发展局星期一(6月16日)公布,今年5月,在五一黄金周、大型演唱会及会议展览等活动的带动下,访港旅客达408万人次,较去年同期增长20%。其中,大陆旅客达312万人次,占整体逾七成。
数据还显示,今年前五个月累计访港旅客超过2000万人次,同比增长12%。其中,大陆旅客约1520万人次,同比增长10%。
此外,非大陆市场也在持续增长,今年前五个月共录得约500万人次,同比增长18%。台湾、日本、韩国、印尼及菲律宾等市场的旅客人次同比增长超过25%,澳洲旅客则录得逾35%的升幅。
引爆中国网络舆论的湖南实习医生罗帅宇坠亡案,在官方发布长篇通报认定自杀,并全盘否认医院买卖器官、死者因举报而遭迫害等家属指控后,依然余波未平。
年仅27岁的湖南中南大学湘雅二医院实习医生罗帅宇,去年5月8日在住宿楼坠亡后被警方排除他杀,但家属却称在其电脑中发现1281页医疗腐败举报材料,怀疑死因另有隐情。
罗帅宇父母此后便开始在中国社媒发声寻求外界关注,并将儿子坠亡和此前轰动中国网络的“恶魔医生”刘翔峰事件挂钩,终于让这起一年多前发生的憾事在上周引爆中国舆论场。
中国公安部公布,去年共破获电信网络诈骗案件29.4万起,并称新版防范电信网络诈骗宣传手册即将发布。
综合中新社和澎湃新闻报道,中共中央宣传部、中国公安部星期一(6月16日)联合启动“全民反诈在行动”集中宣传月活动,进一步加大反诈宣传力度。
公安部介绍,此次集中宣传月活动的主题是“反诈是门必修课,筑牢防线守好责”。根据活动安排,各地各部门将在全国范围内组织开展防范电信网络诈骗犯罪“进社区、进农村、进家庭、进学校、进企业”的“五进”活动,着力构建立足社区、覆盖全社会的反诈宣传体系。
为增强反诈宣传针对性,公安部联合中央广播电视总台共同推出《全民反诈公开课》普法宣传节目,通过剖析真实案例,全面普及反诈领域相关知识,揭批最新电诈犯罪手法,切实提升广大群众防范意识和反诈能力水平。
公安部刑侦局也将在此期间会同国家反诈中心发布《2025版防范电信网络诈骗宣传手册》;组织第三届全国反诈短视频大赛,针对易受骗群体开展有针对性的防范宣传;会同相关行业主管部门督促金融机构、电信业务经营者、互联网服务提供者对本行业从业人员及服务对象深入开展反诈宣传。
公安部指出,全国公安机关深入开展“断卡”“断流”“拔钉”“斩链”等专项行动,以严厉打击为境外诈骗集团提供推广引流、转账洗钱、技术开发、组织偷渡等非法服务的涉诈黑灰产犯罪团伙。
公安部还提到,2024年共破获电信网络诈骗案件29.4万起,抓获了一大批违法犯罪嫌疑人,其中诈骗集团幕后“金主”、头目和骨干570余名。
公安部说,去年以来,国家反诈中心全力推进预警劝阻和技术反制工作,累计下发资金预警指令183.8万条,会同相关部门拦截诈骗电话46.9亿次、短信33.7亿条,处置涉案域名网址1181万个,紧急拦截涉案资金3151亿元(人民币,562亿新元)。
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