It was a different time.
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros. The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.

Breaking News: More than 1,000 actors, writers and directors, including many Hollywood heavyweights, signed a letter opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

A military investigation has determined the U.S. carried out the deadly Tomahawk strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials & others familiar with the preliminary findings. Latest w/ Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper

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"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

Fragments of U.S.-Made Missile Seen in Photos Taken by Iran Near Deadly School Strike

'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...

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

U.S. Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows
From @malachy.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social
Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Thousands in Iran attend burial of children killed in bombing of school. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

Strike on Girls’ School Kills 115, Iranian State Media Says

At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed in the strike on a girls’ school in Iran, officials & state media say. The school is near a naval base that was hit by two other strikes during US & Israeli attacks. With Ephrat Livni, Sanam Mahoozi.
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FWIW, further confirmation of IRGC naval base - logos and signage on a medical center there. And the strike behind the sign is confirmation that at least one other location in that entire compound was hit. Suggesting it was a target of strikes, not an errant hit. 3rd point may also have been hit

"Under this rubble, students are buried," a man shouts in another video, raising his voice over the sound of rescue workers drilling behind him, and holding up fistfuls of school papers and notebooks: "The blood of our loved ones, our students, which you can see on their schoolbooks."

Thank you, @malachy.bsky.social, for the reporting on the Shajarah Tayyebeh school and for the mention in the thread on the other site alongside other analysts. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones, including children.

Article link on the Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

We’ve lost the focus on where plastic is coming from: fossil fuel and petrochemical industries like Exxon and Saudi Aramco who are ramping up to increase plastic production - David Gelles speaking with Beth Gardiner on her book, Plastic Inc.
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Fossilized Goniatite shell, with it's internal flotation chambers, and their divisions, clearly displayed.
When alive these gas filled chambers enabled them to move up and down in the water column using similar physics to the submarines we have today.
County Clare, Ireland.

A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba

Trump has pledged to halt any oil headed to Cuba, but his administration won't call it a blockade. But it's functioning as one — pushing 10 million people toward a humanitarian crisis and its government to the brink. My latest w/ @jacknicas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/w...

The Darkest Web: Inside the internet’s most hidden corners to save kids – BBC World Service Docs YouTube video by BBC World Service

A superb - and disturbing - BBC doc on how an international team of police trace clues from the dark web to catch paedophiles and save children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUk...

End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...

Watch this, it's astonishing.

The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War

Gift link - The New York Times. Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan's Drone War. by @malachy.bsky.social @declanwalsh.bsky.social et al www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

Satellite images, videos and official sources reveal how the Sudanese Armed Forces are launching powerful Turkish drones from a covert base in Egypt's desert to mount attacks inside Sudan. With @declanwalsh.bsky.social Eric Schmitt and Nick Cumming Bruce. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

On today's @nytimes.com front page: Horror as Iran Crushed an Uprising of Its People. Reported with Farnaz Fassihi, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Parin Behrooz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

Ahora en español: Cómo Irán reprimió un levantamiento ciudadano con fuerza letal.

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A Shocked Nation Watches Minneapolis Killings: ‘Something Needs to Change’

"The images conveyed the unmistakable sense of consequence, of a watershed moment, prompting reflections about what the nation stands for, and where it is heading. Minneapolis seemed close, no matter where one lived." By Dan Barry. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Videos from 19 Iranian cities and six districts in Tehran show Iranian security forces using lethal force against protesters. Latest story with @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Farnaz Fazzehi, Parin Behrooz, Jon Hazell. Our methodology credits @geoconfirmed.org @vahid.online BBC Persian & more.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers (Gift Article) China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time. By @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night

As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi:
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Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest

NYT team Erika Solomon, @sanammahoozi.bsky.social @sanjanamv.bsky.social interviewed Iranians and collected witness videos to capture the unrest that led to widespread protests this weekend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...