CIDRAP Op-Ed: The COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real but is now resolved. ACIP's March agenda pretends otherwise, from @jakescottmd.bsky.social. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cid...

Hate to link to substack but there are questions about whether the story in the above post has enough verifiability to be trusted. Not gonna delete the above, but think it's important to highlight the question: www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

As always, we keep calling them centrists...but "centrist Democrats" are indistinguishable from Republicans 20 years ago. They aren't centrists, they're on the right, they're just not far right extremists who set Nazis at the head of the table. That's why they're losing while progressives win.

🚨 Following U.S. military strikes in Iran, Americans abroad should immediately enroll in STEP and heed the latest advisories from Travel.State.gov. Our office stands ready to support constituents who need assistance returning home. Contact my team here: digitalprf.house.gov/AddressAuthe...

www.itv.com/news/2026-03... The level of incompetence you need to have to believe that this was a good idea is more astonishing than I can begin to say. The Kurds have been repeatedly betrayed by the West and Iran just went through a giant purge of civilian opposition.

From a contributor to the @bellingcat.com discord, confirmation from Dubai's official media office of an attack on the US Consulate there. Further attribution here as well. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran-- RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday? REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

A group of autism researchers and advocates are forming an independent advisory body to develop a scientific agenda for the autism community. www.statnews.com/2026/03/03/a...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Yw... A couple major notes for my backpacking brethren: 1) Igloos weren't just built around the snow blocks themselves, but also creating channels for hot/cold air to prevent rapid thermal loss. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo#B...

If they had DEI they’d know it was Targét not Tarzhay

THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 3 March This viral video claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight. But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.

idk who needs to hear this but if you're a TX voter you *should not* be trying to mail your mail ballot at this point. if it doesn't arrive by tomorrow at 5pm it *will not* be counted. if you're a harris county voter, this is the dropoff location:

Going to drop a fairly controversial take on education, but English doesn't make sense as a high school class anymore. Select readings and critical analysis of English literature in history classes, sure, but once you hit high school it should be linguistics for a language class.

Art History will continue to be seen as an elitist discipline if the public apparatuses for communicating it refuse to acknowledge the scholarship that has drawn attention to art's role in serving and subverting power. Read the righteous review by Sherry Lindqiust here. hnanews.org/hnar/reviews...

www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03... As disinfo metastasizes across the web with claims of how effective/horrifying any given weapon is, this primer from @bellingcat.com can help you figure out fact from function.

Folks, the War with Iran is actually more important than Epstein at the moment. Not because Epstein isn't significant, but because war radicalizes and creates silo'd information that can then be used to create new human rights abusers, cults, and atrocities. This is not a contest.

The documentary produced by our partners includes on-the-ground reporting at strike sites in Iran and exclusive interviews — including with Ali Larijani, the leader of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBY...

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There is a pretty visible right wing radicalization pipeline happening for Iranians, the same way it has happened for Israelis and Jews, and like… one way to arrest it is by recognizing that the Islamic Republic really is very bad and kills its own people in massive numbers

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Clarity in communications

Developers David Moritz and Jared Wheatley are running for Asheville city council. But behind their attempts to rebrand as housing advocates lurks an extensive history of open racism and Islamophobia. Locals should know the truth. Our latest: ashevilleblade.com?p=5379 #avlnews #avlgov

Seems as though there's been a purge of Bluesky accounts in the last 24 hours. From what I can guess, it's mostly the Gaza associated requests for help.

He usually gets cuddle time during the day, but I've been rushing to clean after doing reading time at daycare, so he's forcing the matter... Plus it's chillier than usual with the snow falling outside.

When you read Western news items with items like"these nations tried to be part of diplomacy and Iran betrayed them," know that this is such a reductive statement that there is no truth to it. No matter if there was a grain of truth to it once, it's disinfo now. It is propaganda, full stop.

Two more things worth mentioning: 1) The Sunni ruling family of Saudi Arabia (Al Saud) and the Sunni ruling family of Bahrain (Al Khalifa) are essentially one large cousin network with intermarriage solidifying bonds. 2) There is a causeway connecting Saudi Arabia and the island of Bahrain. 6/

Every progressive over ~30 is dealing with massive, MASSIVE Iraq and Afghanistan (imperialistic) (invasions) War gaslighting and fatigue right now... along with the horror of yet more blood on our hands. Some of us were always against this shit. Some of us protested it. And... here we go again. 🤬

Not a single US newspaper will publish this photo. No news channel will broadcast it. The graves are being prepared for more than 80 young children killed in the US/Israeli strike on the school in Minab, Iran on Saturday. (📸 Middle East Observer)

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties.

Haven't read this article yet so I don't know if they mention this, but this technology was test-driven on Palestinians. American AI companies have been providing Israel with this shit for several years now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-assi...

The US. We have repeatedly experimented on prisoners. You don't need to look outside our borders for this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethic...

defensescoop.com/2026/03/01/c... I've only seen it from this source, so grain of salt, but the irony of this, if it's true, is beyond absurd. Whether or not this message was fake, the troops should have location services turned off anyway during a war.

So three F-16's have been shot down by friendly fire. 6 crew members survived,but what does this mean? It means that the flyover was not coordinated with Kuwait,supposedly an ally. The beginning of what promises to be a completely fucked up fiasco. 4 servicemen dead. Watch oil and gold this morning!

@timnitgebru.bsky.social not sure if you've seen this yet, but... www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

This is a really weird fantasia of Edinburgh (and its geography) as it never was and is *full* to the brim of the sorts of simple yet glaring errors and anachronisms you would never have gotten if you hadn't left it to a computer to just barf out an averagised slop answer.

Apparently welovecolors is using AI now.... Highly disappointed, especially as they market to cosplayers. Granted, the body sock I bought from them recently will be the last thing I think I ever get from them. The quality was terrible, and it snagged worse than pantyhose. But AI is a last straw.

She knows it's sous vide chicken time. She's going to raid the pot when I step away for a moment. She was only foiled last time because I didn't leave the silicon bag open.

J Kenji Lopez's basic, oven roasted brussel sprouts are tonight's godsend for parenting. Salt, pepper, olive oil, 500°F for 20 minutes.

At a certain point you just cannot keep extending someone the benefit of the doubt. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Hezbollah officially joins the war via attacks and a direct statement. Israel is shelling Beirut in response. To my fellow Lebanese out there, there is no end to my sorrow. You deserve more than these violent seeds planted in your soil. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

If you see Reza Pahlavi claiming legitimacy, know that he has never found it in him to condemn and disown his father's legacy of creating secret police and allowing mass torture of civilians. He is a peacock who bathes its feathers in blood and calls it elegance.

After Trump’s bombing of Iran, protesters breached the outer wall of the American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan and 10 people were killed by security guards. An additional 11 were killed after torching a UN building in Skardu, and two were killed in Islamabad.

Wow 24 hours after the bombing of Iran, 60 minutes gets an exclusive interview with Reza, what are the odds

If you're wondering how I can live with seeing some of the horrors in this war, but recommend you don't, it's because of 20 years dealing with it in community management and 30 living with it as part it a family that never hid the tragedies from me. Do not do this to yourself or your kids.

From @bellingcat.com's discord Israel-Iran channel, a quick note on some AI generated footage or images that may be circulating. Note: I am not the individual quoted, but did get permission to distribute his post.

RFK Jr *lies* when he says cervical cancer risk is increased in women who get the HPV vaccine. New study: "States with high vaccination rates have seen the biggest drop in cervical cancer, while states with low vaccination rates have had little to no progress" www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

For ppl who aren't aware: Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut. They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures. You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!!

My fellow Californians: of about 4,000 bee species known in the entire United States, about 1,600 have been recorded in California. You can find out more about our native plants here: theodorepayne.org

Ohh.... #biology #lego