Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military base Exclusive: Louisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troops www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military baseExclusive: Louisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troopswww.theguardian.comThings you might learn at the Oregon Country Fair: creative ways to send a symbolic message. (photo of said object in the 🧵)
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)Ahhh, Oregon
Friendly reminder that abortion care by mail is available discreetly in all 50 states and U.S. territories through plancpills.org and you don’t have to be pregnant yet to obtain pills for later- neither does any woman of childbearing age you know. Stock up!!
PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every statePlan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.plancpills.orgKamala Harris: “He plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator, and force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions." August 22, 2024
Rima I AnabtawiTrump’s New CDC Head Said ‘Abortion Surveillance’ Will Be A Critical Focus There is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion data to the CDC. www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
Trump’s New CDC Head Said ‘Abortion Surveillance’ Will Be A Critical Focus There is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion data to the CDC. www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
Trump’s New CDC Head Said ‘Abortion Surveillance’ Will Be A Critical FocusThere is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion data to the CDC.www.huffpost.comI do not turn on my TV, unless there’s an urgent breaking news story (then it’s BBC or another overseas outlet) or, unless there’s a segment by an expert /analyst that’s been announced, even then, if you’re patient, it is usually posted by them or later. Use your power, turn these stations off!
Rima I AnabtawiLet me explain something. These networks are dependent on what? Ratings. I’ll say it again, turn them off. Don’t watch, that can be done by a majority, then let the media watchers watch.. then complain profusely to each and every outlet abc tell them, “we will tank your ratings” and do just that.
Let me explain something. These networks are dependent on what? Ratings. I’ll say it again, turn them off. Don’t watch, that can be done by a majority, then let the media watchers watch.. then complain profusely to each and every outlet abc tell them, “we will tank your ratings” and do just that.
Kai RyssdalJFC they did it again
The president cannot change the U.S. Constitution, by executive order. He can’t just make up whatever he wants and announce it in an executive order.
Kai RyssdalI’m sorry, you simply can’t lead your newscast with that Miller tape on the birthright citizenship “order” without pointing out that that’s not the damn way it works. It’s just not journalism.
The man fell ill while traveling on the vessel. Congo tests passengers after boat that carried suspected Ebola case intercepted near Kinshasa www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Congo tests passengers after boat that carried suspected Ebola case intercepted near KinshasaCongolese health authorities were screening more than 300 people travelling on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa on Thursday after the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola raised conc...www.reuters.comSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to sign joint defense pact today: Reuters Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to sign a joint defense agreement in the Kingdom today after nearly a year of trilateral talks english.ajel.sa/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to sign joint defense pact today: ReutersSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to sign a joint defense agreement in the Kingdom today after nearly a year of trilateral talks, Reuters reports.english.ajel.sa“”The question is no longer whether generative viral genome design will exist. It is whether society can build oversight that allows its benefits to unfold while preventing it from enabling serious harm.””
Andrew Tan"Phage therapy has been around for over 100 years, though geopolitics, skepticism of its efficacy and the discovery of antibiotics hindered its widespread adoption." "Despite the challenges, technological advancements (e.g., AI) are helping to guide the development of effective phage therapeutics"
Though his order Thurs officially drops the charge against Hearn, the judge has yet to decide whether it will be dismissed with prejudice. That would prevent the Justice Dept from trying to bring the charge against Hearn again. That’s what Hearn wants, but Pirro hopes to leave the door open.
Kyle GriffinBREAKING: It's official. A D.C. judge just granted prosecutors' request to dismiss the felony charge against Davey Hearn, the former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool.
🧵 #Hiroshima #Nagasaki
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsToday is the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Bulletin has covered the human impact of the bombing and its broader implications for eight decades, and we continue to cover it today. Learn more about this moment in history through our archives, with selections below.
@joanhalifax.bsky.social last year, on the 80th anniversary of #Hitoshima www.upaya.org/2025/08/80-y...
80 Years Later: On Marking the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima by Roshi Joan HalifaxAt 8.15 AM Japanese time, on August 6th, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped a bomb named “Little Boy” over the center of the city of Hiroshima…www.upaya.orgUpaya Zen CenterToday, August 6, marks 81 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Followed just a few days later, on August 9, by the bombing of Nagasaki. This saw a new kind of violence enter the world. Join us in our vow to end violence. https://www.upaya.org/2026/08/81-years-hiroshima-nagasaki/
🧵 Never Forget #Hiroshima
Judah Grunstein"Nothing can replace the direct connection to the past the survivors represent. But in their absence, it will be up to those of us whose formative years were perhaps more indelibly marked by the historical memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to try to keep the urgency of the nuclear taboo alive."