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Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from February 24, 2026, to February 28, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of February 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with joint military strikes from the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 4% and 4%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% or ordinary levels. The incident comes amid US and Israeli combat operations and matches measures used during last year's war with Israel.

So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?

I will say one goddamn thing, because it's relevant to the preliminaries: every news service saying this is an "Israeli" attack after it was clearly reported that we were begging Israel to strike first to give us cover is a disgrace upon disgrace.

Luddite - Wikipedia

Honestly though, seeing luddites as inherently terrible is also problematic since "[t]he Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality."

Labelling anyone who oppose an emerging technology "luddites" is naive because in fact, there are many examples of people realising a technology is bad and decided to prohibit its proliferation: CFC, lead gasoline, asbestos...

祝所有人权捍卫者及家属们新年快乐

帝王蟹個女 = 帝女蝦

Jimmy Lai: Authorities hail jailing, as NGOs decry 'effective death sentence' Hong Kong's leader lashed out at Jimmy Lai's "evil deeds," whilst the Committee to Protect Journalists said the Apple Daily founder's jailing "underscores the complete collapse of press freedom..."

Hong Kong's leader lashed out at Jimmy Lai's "evil deeds," whilst the Committee to Protect Journalists said the Apple Daily founder's jailing "underscores the complete collapse of press freedom..." In full: buff.ly/pD8DfQE

Google "disappearance of Peng Shuai" in case anyone wants to argue

I see Threads is slowly becoming X (full of Westerners being delusional about China)

Pusheen makes a snow angel.

❄️ 🤍

It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct

Just found out Rojava is actually still fighting, I admire their defiance!!

Sad to see Rojava gone, I hope the best for the Kurdish people.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2025, to January 17, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. A very limited restoration is now visible. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 2%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show a very slight rise in internet connectivity in #Iran this morning after the 200 hour mark. However, overall connectivity remains at ~2% of ordinary levels and there is no indication of a significant return.

Jesus.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2025, to January 16, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

⚠️ Update: At 180 hours, the total internet blackout in #Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration.

in 2019, it was only after connectivity was restored that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.

The sign cannot stop you if you cannot read Chinese. 🫳🥐

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2025, to January 15, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has passed the 156 hour mark as the silence deepens after a brutal crackdown.

Meanwhile, the online information vacuum is resulting in the amplification of pro-regime accounts, AI fakes, and other agendas.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 5, 2025, to January 14, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

⚠️ Update: Network data show the #Iran has now entered the seventh day of a near-total telecoms blackout, with the incident passing the 144-hour mark; the disruption ranks among the longest on record and continues to isolate over ninety million Iranians from the outside world

Geoblocking implies they *still think it’s ok to do it*. It’s literally a feature, not a bug.

West Bank Bedouin community driven out by Israeli settler violence.

While attacks by Israeli settlers affect communities across the West Bank, the semi-nomadic Bedouins are among the territory's most vulnerable

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Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 5, 2025, to January 13, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 120 hours.

Despite some phone calls now connecting, there is no secure way to communicate and the general public remain cut off from the outside world.

What footage makes it through shows extensive use of force against civilians 📵

At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown as blackout deepens Iran International’s Editorial Board has published a statement titled “The killing of 12,000 Iranians will not be buried in silence,” setting out its findings on the latest crackdown and calling for d...

A report by @iraninternational.bsky.social reveals a staggering toll: at least 12,000 killed in a brutal crackdown on protests in Iran, ordered by the highest levels of power amid a deepening communication blackout.

#Iran #HumanRights #IranProtests #FreeIran

www.iranintl.com/en/202601130...

Hengaw human rights group: Irfan Soltani, 26 has been sentenced to death with his execution slated for Wednesday

Soltani would be the first demonstrator hanged during the 16-day #IranProtests

#Iran

it turns out not all roads lead to Rome

and Confucius' favourite animal is Business Goose 🐧