I spent 100 hours over the past week researching, writing and editing the piece we just put out. It’s a scenario, not a prediction like most of our work. But it was rigorously constructed, dismissing it outright requires the kind of intellectual laziness that tends to get expensive. And we’ve released it for free. Hopefully you enjoy it. citriniresearch.com/p/2028gi…

The sirens are sounding now in Israel. Iran knows it was beaten. These final missiles are the petty face-saving of a humiliated tyrant. The regime lost its vast, expensive proxy armies, nearly all of its nuclear program, and all of its credibility and capacity to instill fear. It has been cut down to size by an enemy with one-ninth the population, a pathetic end to a two-generation conflict Iran itself started, gloried in and ultimately spent itself on. It will take years to rebuild, perhaps decades. The only way to do it faster would be to negotiate an end to sanctions, which means an end to enrichment. And no one is in a hurry to give Iran that. It’s not terrible for energy-exporting America if Iranian oil stays off the market for a few more years while the regime huffs and puffs. They couldn’t even block the Straits of Hormuz. China wouldn’t let them. The ayatollahs’ regime is a shadow of its former self, limping away from an unbroken chain of humiliating defeats. My children slept tonight in the bomb shelter. The sirens didn’t wake them. They’re used to it. They know we protect our own. And now the regime’s only available victims are the people of Iran. We Israelis can reach across 1,500 kilometers and break their arsenals and enrichment halls and best-laid plans for our destruction, but we cannot and should not try for more. You can’t build alternatives from afar. A better future will depend on the Iranian people. Notice them, pay attention to them — and to the domestic repression that is sure to escalate now that the regime has lost its great triumphant religious story of itself. But for now, dear Israel, we rest. “Shake off the dust, arise, Put on your garments of splendor, My people.”

Sarah Milgrim, 26, was a passionate peace activist. She held a Master’s in International Studies from American University, and a second Master’s in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development from the United Nations University for Peace. At the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, she dedicated her work to building a future where Israelis and Palestinians could live side by side in peace and dignity. She also volunteered with Tech2Peace, an organization that brings together young Israelis and Palestinians to foster dialogue, understanding, and reconciliation. When Elias Rodriguez shot her, simply because she was Jewish, he murdered not just a bright young woman, but the very kind of person our world so desperately needs: someone working tirelessly to create a more peaceful, just, and shared future for all. May her memory be a blessing.

At Brown University, senior Elina Pipa introduced energy-generating cardio equipment to help power the campus gym, which she calls an “alternative to the status quo.” trib.al/kBMN6Z7

Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone? Todd: No. Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane? Todd: There are three that we know of. Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have? Todd: Yes. They don’t have guns. They have knives – they took over the plane with knives. Lisa: Do you mean -- like steak knives? Todd: No, these are razor knives -- like box cutters. Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from? Todd: No -- I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east. Lisa: Have they said what they want? Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet. He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport. It was very broken English, and...I’m telling you...it sounded fake! Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name. Todd: My name is Todd Beamer. Lisa: Ok Todd, my name is Lisa. Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket. Todd: It’s United Flight 93. Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened? Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind. Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open? Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them. Lisa: Has anyone been injured? Todd: Yes, they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd? Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane...oh Jesus...HELP! Lisa: Todd, are you ok? Tell me what’s happening! Todd: Hello. We’re going down. I think we’re going to crash. Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off...we’re ok. I think we may be turning around. That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me? We’re flying east again. Lisa: Ok Todd, what’s going on with the other passengers? Todd: Everyone is really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center. Lisa is that true?? Lisa: Todd, I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed. Todd: Oh God -- help us! Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack, and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan. Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God... Lisa, will you do something for me? Lisa: I’ll try if I can. Yes. Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call.. Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.

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