I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.” Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

For almost a decade they turned @HunterBiden into the ultimate villain. The laptop, the drugs, the scandals. Nonstop. Everything about him got weaponized, memed to death, and thrown around as proof the elite are straight rotten. Dude got reduced to nothing... But now? The second he starts spitting his real story, his struggles, the addiction, family pain, the whole lore... The whole vibe shifts. A ton of people are actually listening. Agreeing with what he’s saying. Following him heavy. Sharing his posts. And through all that raw talk, they starting to see what’s really going on in this country. It’s wild as hell. The same dude they loved to hate turns into somebody worth hearing when he speaks for himself. No filters, no spin, just straight honesty about the mess he lived through and the mess he sees everywhere. Makes you think... maybe we've been fed these fake caricatures for so long that when somebody finally drops the act and talks real, it hits different. Folks are starving for that authenticity. It cuts through all the noise and shows how broken the whole game is. Hunter ain’t no saint, but watching this play out proves one thing... the truth hits harder when it comes from the person who actually lived it, not from the ones trying to bury him.

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began. The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start. Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have. If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

A message to all sane Republicans: He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals. You said nothing. He bulldozed the East Wing. You said nothing. He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing. He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing. He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing. He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing. He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing. He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing. His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing. He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing. His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing. He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It’s time to start talking.

This week alone: DOJ opens an investigation into the woman Trump raped. The White House is caught steering a $620 million contract to Don Jr.’s firm. The Pentagon hands out a $10 billion contract after Trump buys stock in the company. Foreign governments are caught funneling hundreds of millions into a random JPMorgan account tied to Trump’s “Board of Peace” with no oversight. It’s just Thursday. The corruption isn’t hidden anymore. It’s happening out in the open.

He raped her, she won in court, and his response is to terrorize her. Because he is a rapist.

I helped build & manage Guinea's national response to the West African Ebola epidemic. I was there for ~1.5 years; I've also spent time in parts of eastern DRC The experience from Guinea may be instructive to what is needed now 🧵 (1/8)

I present to you "Make the 1970s Great Again" featuring "Too Late" by Carole King Find your 1970s crisis vibe

The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine resigned and openly accused Trump of aligning with Putin. Respect to Bridget Brink — a brave and honest woman.

Ukrainian POW Oleksandr Hrytsiuk was returned weighing around 50 kilograms, covered in bruises, missing fingernails, with a broken nose after months of torture and starvation. There are hundreds of stories like these. This is what Russian captivity means for Ukrainians

Compared to the Andes cruiseship outbreak (hantavirus with through the air transmission but limited transmissibility) - this extended Ebola outbreak spanning over large cities is far more worrisome. And even more so given the stupid selfharming DOGE partial elimination of the response capability of the US 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yeah, we're one air flight away. This is what happens when you put a junkie in control of America's public health.

2014 - ISIS - slaughtered my dad - raped my little sister - brainwashed my little brother - burned my grandma alive - fed my mom her own baby’s meat - destroyed my house and temples - left me no hope I’m Yazidi people.

President Zelenskyy responds to JD Vance, who called ending aid to Ukraine “one of the proudest” achievements of the Trump administration: “If the Vice President is proud that he is not helping us, it means that he is helping Russians,” Zelensky told Newsmax.

> be Alexandra Elbakyan > be born in Kazakhstan in 1988 > start coding at 12 > hack your internet provider at 14 > hack MIT Press at 16 to download neuroscience books you can't afford > get a CS degree from Satbayev University > intern in neuroscience at Georgia Tech > speak at Harvard on brain-computer interfaces > notice researchers can't read the papers they need > notice academic publishers charging $30 a paper > notice peer reviewers worked for free > notice editors worked for free > notice universities funded the research with billions of dollars of public money > build Sci-Hub in 2011 > upload nearly every paywalled research paper ever published > give it away for free > get sued by Elsevier > get hit with a $15 million judgment > don't give a flying f*ck > keep Sci-Hub up > get domain after domain seized > register a new one > keep Sci-Hub up > get investigated by the US Department of Justice > don't give a flying f*ck > get accused of working for Russian intelligence > don't give a flying f*ck > have the FBI subpoena your iCloud > get named one of Nature's ten people who mattered in science > get a parasitoid wasp named after you > get a deep-sea snail named after you > get the Electronic Frontier Foundation Award for Access to Scientific Knowledge > become a legend

Me: “ChatGPT, my chest hurts. Should I be worried?” ChatGPT: “Probably just muscle strain. Rest and hydrate.” Me: “Going to bed then.” *lies down* (6 hours later) Me: “ChatGPT, I’m in the ICU. It was a heart attack.” ChatGPT: “You’re right. Classic presentation. Would you like me to list 10 warning signs you missed?” This is the current state of ChatGPT’s reliability.

BREAKING: Satellite imagery shows a massive number of IRGC speedboats moving away from the center of the Strait of Hormuz in large groups, in what appears to be a major new mining operation.

IRAN'S DECISION TO NOT BE IN PAKISTAN WEDNESDAY IS FINAL: TASNIM

UNREAL: 🇺🇸 The Trump insider is already up $1,000,000 on his oil short. 10 trades became 11. 10 wins became 11. 100% win rate. Unchanged. This is not a coincidence anymore. This is a pattern that cannot be explained by skill alone. Someone in a very important room keeps picking up the phone. And nobody is stopping them.