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Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."

“The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" according to alert sent to law enforcement agencies.”

I was called an alarmist when I mentioned sleeper cells. 🤷‍♂️

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I keep saying it, but the JCPOA team included 150 subject-matter experts, mainly on nuclear and sanctions issues. I expect Jared and Steve to know precisely nothing about the nuclear side. Probably the sanctions too.

Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in ACLS-AHA-MLA Lawsuit About the NEH, Part 1 of 6 YouTube video by American Historical Association

Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.

Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.

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Yeah I flew home from Europe at the end of
February 2020 and the Singapore-Sydney leg was eerily empty

This. I was in Japan in January 2020. At my gate at Haneda, JAL had a sign up that said "we are wearing masks to protect you from COVID-19". I thought "huh, if people in Japan think they have to explain wearing masks, this COVID could be a fucking *thing*".

Turns out it was a fucking *thing*.

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy

Something to take into account on #InternationalWomensDay: Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

Chihuahua in his pillow fort

This is the face of a dog who stole a wooden skewer after I ate the chicken on it. Unrepentant.

I finally got it from MrMaxi by trickery.

lol 😂

The IRGC says any Arab or European country that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the United States from its territory will, starting tomorrow, have full authority and freedom to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

The trial shows there are no consequences. There should be consequences. The burden of age proof should be on the older person to confirm. It should give them pause before acting. If there is doubt he should walk away

Men have another get out of jail free card for child rape. In NSW, 'reasonably believing' a child is old enough is a defence. In other words, there's a loophole for raping children and an ex-MP used it successfully. How could he not know the victim was 13?!
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This French man’s International Women’s Day message is better than any I heard yesterday (in English).

Oh FFS. Dan Tehan is STILL dredging up the $275 electricity bill reduction promise from what seven years ago? In the context of what’s happening today it’s as relevant as Dan himself. 🙄 #RNBreakfast

What is white phosphorus? Weapon Israel is accused of using ‘unlawfully’ in Lebanon

"Human Rights Watch warns that Israel is deploying white phosphorus over civilian homes in Lebanon. It is highly dangerous, capable of setting buildings ablaze & causing severe, life-threatening burns to human flesh. HRW's Lebanon researcher: 'Israel's actions are unlawful & extremely alarming'"

Would it have been so much worse if it had been a nuke? Consider the fact that birth deficiencies and rates of leukemia and cancer in Iraq, post 2003- invasion, are worse than what was observed in Hiroshima. In Japan, rates of leukemia rose by 660% in the years following the bomb. In Falluja, it increased by 2,200%. The toxicity of war has never been greater, and we are in no way reckoning with the scope of the horror that's been unleashed.

The real damage comes years later, with elevated cancer rates, leukemia clusters, respiratory disease, cardiovascular failure, neurological damage, reproductive issues.

This is chemical warfare, with delayed carnage. Worse than radiation sickness.

I am ashamed to be American today.

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a picture of a huge, low, heavy cloud of black oil over Tehran

This is the cloud of oil currently hovering over Tehran, released when the US bombed the city's oil depots. A stew of particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals & volatile organic compounds is raining down into the city right now. 1/2

Richest super balances to be taxed at higher rates after Greens agree to back Labor plan Greens say support for superannuation tax changes is a ‘down payment’ on Labor pursuing genuine reform in 12 May federal budget

3 years in the making. The concessional tax rate on earnings for superannuation balances between $3m & $10m will double from 15% to 30%. Balances above $10m at 40%.

Greens Senator Nick McKim encourages the government on further tax reform. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

@rami.spaceaustralia.com chats with Dr Richard Marshall from BoM Space Weather about the risks of solar storms.

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📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia

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Stop 👏 having 👏 unrealistic 👏 body 👏 standards 👏 for 👏 camels 👏

Six frames. Woman talking to girl. 1. “Sunday was International Women’s Day - the one day of the year when women get to…” (girl looks excited) 2. “…be controlling and violent toward their partners,…” (girl looks less thrilled) 3. “…tell men what to wear and what they can do with their bodies,…” (girl looks a bit stunned) 4. “…make men feel unsafe and blame them if they get attacked,…” (girl looks uncomfortable) 5. “…and curtail men’s liberty and make laws that serve our own interests.” (Girl looks depressed) 6. “Because men deserve a day off.” (Girl looks seriously unconvinced.)

#IWD2026.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

I just never thought the US would fall to utter stupidity 🤦‍♀️

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

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No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’ | Xtra Magazine Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard

A recent Atlantic column claimed society is allegedly "transing" effeminate boys. For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote a rebuttal using my own experience as a young, closeted trans girl. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

A Thirsty Tesla Refinery Could Exacerbate Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.

As Corpus Christi faces a water crisis, the Tesla refinery must be part of the story.

From May: “What we conserve is literally a drop in the bucket to what needs to be done, which industry is not contributing to.”

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Stranded assets anyone?