This is the worst timeline

Photos: In this part of the world, nearly every chile pepper farmer is a woman Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."

Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom." n.pr/4mAU2o6

Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested. n.pr/4tqx8Tg

Some of the farming and soil science accounts I follow have completely turned around their positions on the Iran war in the past week. The dialogue went from temporary increase in food prices to ‘how to start banning nitrogen in your soil for next year’. So that’s cool.

Becoming a dog of the military means eating slop for your masters while they party in their hideous golden palaces

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

I keep looking at the weather in the DMV with longing and terror. What if I’ve lost all of my swamp witchness and can’t thrive in 100 degrees anymore?

Amateur shit

India urea prices double to $1,000 in tender on Iran war shock Indian Potash Ltd has received offers to supply urea at ‌around $1,000 per metric ton in its latest tender, nearly double the price achieved two months ago, after supplies were disrupted by the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, two company sources said.

India urea prices double to $1,000 in tender on Iran war shock reut.rs/4cxAexz

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

This is NUTS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

Protracted Hormuz crisis could trigger agrifood catastrophe, UN food agency says A prolonged crisis in ​the Strait of ‌Hormuz could trigger a global agrifood ​catastrophe by disrupting ​fertiliser and energy exports, ⁠driving up ​food prices and ​squeezing crop yields, the U.N. Food and Agriculture ​Organization said ​on Monday.

Protracted Hormuz crisis could trigger agrifood catastrophe, UN food agency says reut.rs/47V2XuK

My coworkers see me wearing a mask and complain about how they can’t breath when they wear them. The same boomer who refuses to wear a mask or work from home sick has gotten the entire office sick three times this year. LOVE IT.

How to Prep in a Chill Way I don’t want to freak anyone out, but I’m getting a little worried about this whole war with Iran situation.

Getting a little freaked out about food supplies and the war with Iran, so I wrote a chill guide to prepping:

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I disassociate every second I’m navigating that city.

US fertility rates drop to record low in 2025 as births fall The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline, ​provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‌showed on Thursday.

US fertility rates drop to record low in 2025 as births fall reut.rs/4c1Upo9

THANK. YOU.

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

A man in an off-white t-shirt and navy pants.

A man in a tan suede jacket, white shirt, and dark pants.

The point is not to push you in any one aesthetic direction, but simply to encourage you to have one special outfit for when "It" happens. A good outfit will elevate your mood and help you mark the occasion. Celebrating in a t-shirt is fine — but a nice outfit is better.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Video Analysis Shows Two Waves of Bombings in Iran Elementary School Strike YouTube video by Bellingcat

Not one, but two waves of bombings appear to have struck the area of an elementary school in Minab, Iran. Local media reports 175 people were killed, mostly children. In this video we explain how we analysed footage of the attack on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. youtu.be/yy9pzWul4mA

I can’t wait to live in civilization again.

FBI director Kash Patel’s emails, photos hacked by Iran-linked group

FBI director Kash Patel’s emails, photos hacked by Iran-linked group https://aje.news/l0q7iq

A handful of soil in someone's hands.

To satisfy food cravings, as an antidote to poison or just as a snack – humans have been eating soil for millions of years. PhD candidate, Zander Simpson, has studied the long history of the practice, called geophagy.

👉🏼 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

@durhamanthropology.bsky.social

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

She would have.

The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.

pretty much everything trump/hegseth assert is a lie, from murdering fishermen & others to launching war. this one is just as egregious as the others.

How the Iran war threatens global food supply About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.

About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply. n.pr/4bBmi4R

Oh god. Please don’t find my fanfiction.

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Men shouldn’t be in charge of anything