Iran mowing some grass in Israel? www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

This is haunting. Lebanese cellist Mahdi Saheli playing Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's Andantino in the ruins of southern Beirut after Israeli bombings. 💔 #Lebanon #Beirut #Israel

IRGC says it has carried out attacks on Israeli military, arms depot The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted on the Israeli military’s Southern Command and facilities of Israeli arms company Rafael as part of the 56th wave of attacks in the ongoing war. - Aljazeera

Iranian missiles are raining down on Israel as mayors tell the Israeli army to fuck off. Aljazeera is reporting escalating terror in Israel from newer Iranian weapons.

"Experts say this has exposed civilians to indiscriminate attacks." Said experts somehow unable to see the 2 million civilians in Gaza exposed to indiscriminate attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

Operation Epstein Fury

Lots of students gathered at the Oregon state capitol building in Salem today for the student walk-out protesting ICE.

A new “Titanic” themed statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall on Tuesday. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) wapo.st/40XdtNW

CNN reporting that Iran is now mining the Strait of Hormuz. Those of us old enough to remember the 1970's Arab Oil Embargo know what that could lead to. I.e, make sure your bicycle tires are inflated because that gas guzzler will be sitting in your driveway.

Eighth US soldier dies in service of Israel.

Fox TV ranting about gas prices and dead American soldiers. TACO time coming.

"Boots on the ground" sounds like a quick, tidy expedition. The reality will be a long occupation of Tehran costing 100s of billions. Thousands of the "boots" in Baghdad and Kabul came back in coffins.

The Ukraine war turned off Russian gas, and the Iran war turned off Qatari gas. With the two largest gas producers out, there is jubilation in the Texas oil community. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

A timid little start by a Democratic Party leader on calling out AIPAC's toxic control of our political establishment, but at least a start. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

An executive at a large global hedge fund with a presence in Dubai said: "... The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai. It was not a consideration." Hmm, the "trade" didn't work out? ‘Half of Dubai is booking’, Financial Times, 3/2/2026

Death toll in Israeli attack on Iranian elementary school rises to 108 Mizan News Agency, quoting the Minab Prosecutor’s Office, has reported that the number of casualties at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab has reached 108. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

ABC: “The toll from a strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab in southern Iran has risen to 64 dead and 92 injured, according to Iran's semiofficial Tasnim News Agency, which cited the local governor.” abc7ny.com/live-updates...

BREAKING: The death toll from a strike that hit a school in southern Iran has risen to 85 people, an official says on Iranian state TV. Follow AP's live updates for more.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

UK says received but cannot confirm reports of closure of Strait of Hormuz The ⁠UK ⁠Maritime Trade Operations agency says ⁠that it received multiple reports from vessels ⁠in the Gulf saying they had received messages on the ‌closure of the Strait of Hormuz. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

More than 15 killed in US-Israel attacks on gymnasium in Fars province: A gymnasium in the city of Lamerd was hit in attacks carried out this morning by the US and Israel “At the time of the attack, children were playing and exercising in this hall.” www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

NPR reports that a U.S.–Israeli strike has hit a girls’ elementary school in Iran. Iranian officials say 53 students were needlessly murdered. America is murdering children to protect a fucking child murderer. "Make it make sense..."

Death toll from elementary school attack in Iran rises to 85: Report The number of people killed in an Israeli strike on an elementary girls’ school in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, has now risen to 85, according to the semi-official Tasnim agency. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

A heartwarming story of a Black girl raised on a Virginia chicken farm without indoor plumbing who became a computer programmer and modeled the Earth's geodesic features and the shape of ocean surfaces. Thank her next time you use your GPS. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

The woman ... claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump, "who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out." www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

The adults in Washington are trying to get MAGA to take the gun away from its own head. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Only the best ppl🙄

New Jersey passes the "Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered" act to get ICE under control. I wonder what would be a short acronym to use for this law?

These guys were once the cocky ICE soldiers of their country. Now they're afraid to go to Home Depot. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/m...

We're sending them resources that we do not have to solve a problem that they do not have. That's the Trump presidency in a nutshell. Lots of loco but no motion. wapo.st/4b2ALYC

Now that's the picture of a royal hangover after a pedo party.

Don’t get overwhelmed. 🦋💙🦋

Cartoon by John Deering

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

Someone with knowledge of the British criminal law system please tell us if they do perp walks and mug shots over there. Does a prince get to wear his crown at arraignment?

I believe that this messianically driven endeavor will make today’s Israel permanently indistinguishable from apartheid South Africa and will have seriously detrimental implications for both American interests and the interests and security of Jews all over the world www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.” A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”. (Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu died #OTD in 1997. She conducted the Wu experiment (proving parity isn't conserved) for which her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Her role wasn't publicly honored until she was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in 1978. #WomenInSTEM #MatildaEffect

Walter Shirlaw: Male Nude on Steps (1872) #art #man #male

People of African descent have been walking Oregon’s beaches for nearly 450 years. Zachary Stocks @oregonblackpioneers shares some of their history. visittheoregoncoast.com/travel-guide... #thepeoplescoast #oregonblackpioneers

John Oliver returns for a new season and dives straight into Kristi Noem, ICE, and DHS. youtu.be/5-KDUOHEZFk?...

Wow.

30 years ago on Fat Tuesday, I met Sister Roma for the very first time when she joined Sister Penny and Sister Dana in West Hollywood to spend some time with the newly formed Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Thank you for always being so wonderful to me, Sister! @sisterroma.bsky.social

Fuck around, find out, interfering in other countries' politics can work in both directions. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...