“High costs, murky admissions practices, uneven academic standards and fears about free speech on campuses, the committee said, are among the reasons for widening discontent over higher education’s worthiness.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...
Oops, Bluesky needs an edit function too!
I told @trbrtc.bsky.social & @johnismay.bsky.social the missile involved in the strike that killed 21 civilians, including at least 5 children, appears to be ~15 feet long--closer to a PrSM than an Iranian cruise missile. This is how I made that estimate.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1221...
Pete Hegseth's Defense Dept appears to be caught in a lie.
It involves deaths of 21 people (including at least 5 children), injuring 110 in Lamerd, Iran with sports hall and school.
By a U.S. missile (PrSM) never before used in combat.
NYT sources include: 3 US officials!
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The Pentagon suggested Iran was responsible. But new evidence further shows tit were U.S. PrSMs (which blast thousands of tungsten pellets outwards) that killed 21 civilians in Lamerd, Iran, including a toddler and several children. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...
Just got news that my book is going into its fourth printing.
It has been out for three days
How an untested new US missile hit Iranian sports hall and primary school
By Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social, John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social
Via @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Along these lines, this is how Alex Jones is responding to the latest.
Airbus.
Yes!
Yes, those black spots are older and not relevant. Though at the southern side the damage from the reported strikes on the C-130s is visible.
Distance appears to be about 28 km. x.com/LostWeapons/...
Yes! It were around 2 million plays on Facebook in the United States in the first half of 2025.
NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social
Less than a year after Lockheed's Precision Strike Missile entered low-rate production, CENTCOM used the weapon to hit a rec center and school, killing 21 civilians including young girls playing volleyball. Story w/ my friend and colleague @trbrtc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
New investigation from @trbrtc.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social on an American PrSM (missile) being used against an Iranian sports hall and school. These missiles were filmed being fired from a HIMARS in Bahrain weeks ago.
Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social
More than 50% of the people in Congress are millionaires.
Only 6.8% of members were moms of minor children in the 118th Congress (2023-25). Just 1.1% were moms with children under the age of 6.
I wonder if that has any impact on our government choosing to traumatize innocent children for profit.
After 10 weeks of a U.S. oil blockade, Cuba's grid is near collapse. Russia may be sending a lifeline: a state-owned tanker full of crude. But a Chinese-owned tanker, spooked by U.S. threats, abandoned its Cuba delivery and is now looking for a buyer elsewhere. w/ @jacknicas.bsky.social
Bar chart of what type of vessel was hit one what day.
10 x tankers
3 x container ships
3 x bulk carriers
(1 x tug boat)
Since Feb. 28, at least 16 merchant vessels have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and its adjoining waters (Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman), killing 8 seafarers, with one still missing. w/ @BlackiLi and Lazaro Gamio. nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Netherlands has filed a Declaration of Intervention in the ICJ genocide case against Israel. As a non-party, they are submitting a legal interpretation arguing that forced displacement, starvation, and acts against children can prove specific genocidal intent. icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
The Feb. 28 strike on the elementary school was the result of a targeting mistake by the U.S., preliminary inquiry says: “U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency.” t.co/sgMwh2wRz1
Iranian political prisoners — already jailed for protesting their own government — now huddle under beds as U.S.-Israeli airstrikes blow out their cell windows. They're caught in between. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...
"We're not gonna be harassed by the New York Times who have put out a lot of articles on this" -- Leavitt sneers at the New York Times for reporting on what by all accounts seems to have been a US strike that killed scores of elementary school students in Iran
'Made in USA' and Department of Defense codes imprinted on weapons fragments used to make American Tomahawks and seen in photos by Iran near bombed school. Latest story w/ @trbrtc.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...
“Iran also has some Tomahawks,” Trump told our colleague Shawn McCreesh — but that's not true. Iran is not known to have Tomahawks, has means to program one, and has no compatible launcher. (Video via Clash Report)
While it's not clear where/how the fragments were recovered (or whether they pertain specifically to school strike), they do contain serial numbers and other details that are consistent with how Pentagon and its suppliers categorize and label munitions.
