the Guardian
An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world
Despite internet blackout, a small number of Iranians are risking their lives to share messages as protests continue
 Iran is hunting down the Starlink connections that are still running, trying to eliminate all external communication. People think that Iran is planning to sever its domestic internet entirely from the rest of the world.
the Guardian
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easily
 An experiment demonstrates that horses respond to odor of human sweat differently depending on whether the human was feeling fear at the time of collection.
The Intercept
Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota
In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked protesters: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?”
 Deportation thugs on streets around Minneapolis have been observed on various occasions making slightly veiled threats to shoot protesters. They have become a murderous criminal gang that shelters under a distortion of legal authority.
Demand Big Tech Cancel Contracts with Israel’s Government Now
The United Nations has made it clear that Israel’s war on Gaza amounts to genocide. Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 170,000 wou...
 US citizens: call on Big Tech to cancel contracts with Israel's government.
the Guardian
How far will Europe go to defend Greenland from Trump?
The president’s disregard for international law exposes the continent’s reliance on the US. Leaders have hardened their language in support of ...
 How can Europe defend Greenland (and the rest of Europe) from the bully?
the Guardian
Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site
Bob Debus says operations at Glenbog state forest on south coast show native forest logging is untenable
 A special company in New South Wales, Australia, is authorized to fell trees in areas that are a habitat for endangered native species (plants and animals). It is supposed to take care not to harm those species, but it seems to take insufficient care. It is so prone to mistakes that I wonder who profits from them.
The Intercept
Americans Are Sick and Tired of Pointless Wars
Americans have lived through enough wars to know that being skeptical of U.S. foreign policy doesn't make you an enemy sympathizer.
Glossary
 The Senate passed a war powers resolution to stop the bully's use of the US army for bullying.
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the Guardian
Federal judge blocks White House freeze of childcare subsidies in Democratic states
Funding was paused because health department said benefits were going to people in country illegally
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 *Federal judge blocks White House freeze of childcare
Glossary
the Guardian
Renee Nicole Good shooting casts scrutiny on ICE’s use of deadly force
ICE already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents than local police departments, and hotly guards its policies
 The US deportation thugs have resisted scrutiny for abuse of force, which they do often. Screaming false accusations against the victim is just the first step in that resistance.
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the Guardian
Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratings, says Guardian colum...
 What the bully wants to impose is not a "new world order" but a return to the same old imperialist international chaos. One point in the article is a conceptual confusion: Yet this is not an administration that wants to colonize; instead it demands compliance. The new bosses in Venezuela are the same old bosses, the same henchmen and yes-men, only