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‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."

Read every word.

TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 1d • Joined May '23 Birth of a Nation is a misunderstood film, IMO, depiction is not endorsement, and DW Griffith's contributions to cinematography shouldn't be overshadowed by the fact that some people decided to interpret his film as supporting controversial political agendas. O1 cartoon dog gf @jazzpomegranate.c... • 1d • Joined Jul '23 @ Bard @2 Cleric have you seen it? 0312 17 •~... TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Wait, I just found some clips online. That's... look, I'll take Griffith at his word that he wasn't trying to seem borderline-fanatically bigoted, but really man; this could have used a second draft. 03

■ TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Oh, fuck. 0 4 91104日日. TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Yes, I can see why people thought he was promoting intolerance here. • 1 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Was it just impossible to find mixed-race extras back then? All of these half-breed northern soldiers are played by white actors in makeup!

目 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 2h • Joined May '23 Huh. The film's treatment of Lincoln is surprisingly sympathetic. I think I can see what Griffith was going for, but some of the choices he made really detract from the more nuanced ideas he wanted to put across (why do the black characters speak like that?) 031 04 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsky.social • Joined May '23 THAT'S NOT A TRIAL! THAT@S JUST MURDER WITH EXTRA STEPS! 3:07 PM • Mar 8, 2026

friends, I have brought you a gift

“International Women’s Day” ending up on the only 23 hour day of the year.

If you're seeing this, please note that the Greens in this German state are practically indistinguishable from the conservatives and have little in common with the Green Party that's currently surging in the UK (or that used to exist in Germany some time ago).

Ok Leute das ist echt nicht der Take über die Ba-Wü Grünen und das wisst Ihr auch selber. Özdemir ist so integriert, dass er Kritiker auf der Königstrasse anblafft mit „Halt ma die Fresse wir sind hier in Deutschland“

There also is a movie (which I didn't know existed, will have to watch tonight)

Black Rain Black Rain is a novel by Japanese author Masuji Ibuse. …

Different context, different circumstances: Black Rain, the novel by Masuji Ibuse. It really is a gutting read. If you've never read it, check it out!

i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later

Bin jetzt wirklich gespannt, welche von den diversen rechten Parteiein in BaWü gewinnt, damit dann am Ende nichts besser wird.

Liebe Männer, verstecken wir uns nicht hinter dem Satz „Not all men“.

Stärken wir stattdessen unseren Kolleginnen den Rücken. Holen wir Frauen auf die Podien und in die Gremien dieser Welt. Und tragen wir auch im Alltag unseren Teil mit. (vdb)

#Frauentag2026

I'm out of words here

Fun fact: on this day every year, Christian Marclay’s The Clock is one hour shorter.

Kolumne Wieduwilt ntv: "Ich würde den Angriff auf Iran ja gern loben"

Deutscher Kolumnenjournalismus in a nutshell

Mediocrity As a Political Problem Why it is dangerous for Germany to turn its back on the future

“Germany is so structurally conservative, so fear-driven, so arrogant that, partly because of its size in Europe, it has long been immune to the pressure generated by changes in the world.”

Aus der Reihe: Völlig irrer AI-Kriegs-Slop

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

This is not going to hurt them, given that the “conservative” CDU party has corruption problems every other day. For example, there are all kinds of shady deals around the head of the CDU in Germany’s Bundestag (zero consequences).

Twitter conversation between sj and Amarion: sj: Its true, the 1/3rd pounder burger failed in the US because ppl thought quarter pounders were bigger Amarion: Yeah cause they are???? sj: 1/3>1/4 .33> .25 Amarion: what are those signs

Wanna see the greatest tweet of all time

A granite memorial takes the form of a square placed on one point. Flanking the two bottom sides are a list of names of the dead and disappeared.

Granite slabs in a tan color feature the names of the disappeared, including Daniel A. Castro Lopez, Sergio Contreras, Luis E. Duran, Guillermo Galvez Rivadeneira, Maximo Geoda Ortiz, Leonardo Henrichsen, Charles Horman, Ricardo Montecinos, and Archibaldo Morales.

A small flyer or sticker features an abstracted black and white image of what appears to be a man and a woman and the phrase, "¿Dónde están?

On the third floor of a journalists' association building in Santiago you'll find a small monument that pays tribute to journalists killed and disappeared during the Pinochet regime.

Among the names is Charles Horman, who inspired Costa-Gavras's "Missing."

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

So very sorry for your loss.

🇰🇪❗️In Kenya, families protest over the recruitment of their sons into the Russian army for the war against Ukraine — RFI.

They are demanding that the government ensure their return and ban the recruitment of Kenyans into the Russian army.

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Das Lustige an der Situation in D ist, dass es total klar war, dass ein rechtspopulistischer Finanz-Lobbyist ohne Regierungserfahrung ein ganz schlechter Kanzler sein würde, aber die haben ihn trotzdem gewählt. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Twitter user eoghan: How dare poor people get free medical advice <quote tweet from Twitter user Polymarket: BREAKING: New York bill would ban AI from answering questions related to medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, psychology, social work, engineering, & more.> Twitter user YBrogard79094: JUST MAKE HEALTHCARE ACCESSIBLE Twitter user eoghan: AI is literally free healthcare. Being a communist must be exhausting

Jana aus Kassel

'An Iranian missile landed on him': Sky News speaks to son of expat who died in United Arab Emirates Saleh Ahmed, 55, was delivering drinking water when he was fatally struck by debris after a missile attack on the first day of the war. His son tells Sky News he does not believe his father knew the c...

Victims in our countries seldom get profiled and humanised in Western media. This is a portrait of a life cut short. What a tragedy.

"Saleh Ahmed (55) lived in the UAE as an expat for 25 years, sending under £500 per month in earnings to Bangladesh for his wife and four children."