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Retired purchasing agent, from a public university, with a husband and son on the autism spectrum and a trans daughter-in-law. Grandchild of Austrian immigrants. Majored in Chemistry a long time ago.
Now Trump is announcing peace and war in the same statement. It’s completely incoherent batshit lunacy.

BREAKING NEWS: over 250 White House Correspondents almost killed by a single ill equipped shooter who was taken down before even getting close.

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In other, actual, news also reported in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/25/record-number-journalists-killed-2025-israel-gaza-war

#breakingnews

Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings

The Guardian

Before the entrance to the superhero academy, the boys compared powers.

"What do you do?"

"Er..."

"C'mon, spill!"

"I can add pockets."

"Like, interdimensional?"

"No, just normal, usable pockets. To any garment, matching any material."

"What use is that?"

"If I can help anyone I'd be happy."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha’s east side.

Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Nebraska #Omaha #Environment #Pollution #Children #Health

Omaha Is Home to a Massive Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for Lead.

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across the city’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

ProPublica
Been saying this for a while, but will repeat it for emphasis: “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

"No," the swordmaster said.

"One does not refuse the king," the herald said.

"I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war."

"You will regret this!"

"No," the swordmaster said.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

The war currently raging is between a fanatical religious dictatorial autocracy whose militaristic posture, nuclear ambitions and zeal for apocalyptic messaging threaten to destabilize the entire global order, and Iran.

Trump admits the war crime of destroying civilian bridges in Iran, and now says he will order the destruction of electric power plants next — another war crime.

Does Congress really want these war crimes committed in the name of The United States?

🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.

The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.

The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:

https://browsergate.eu

#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.

BrowserGate