heather gm (she/her)

Well - it's the first time this has ever happened (winner starting a war of agression) in the whole history of the award - how could you predict it?

https://www.tiktok.com/@ah_y2213/video/7610066316413734151

THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 3 March

This viral video claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight.

But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.

Ah thanks. I am pretty sure there was another mass shooting earlier today as well

uh, hate to ask this but since this is how we live now - which one?

if the US government logs these trees at the rate / quantity they're proposing, we'll lose one of the last old-growth forests. there's no coming back from that. if you have five minutes to leave a comment pushing back against the BLM, please do; there's a guide to that below.

The reason why some people think the New York Times is a liberal paper is because in like 1986 a far right wing talk radio simpleton called the New York Times a liberal paper. Most American political thought is based on scenarios like this

linktr.ee/tobymorton Apparently this guy - there's a link at the bottom of the page

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

Graham Platner discourse and Gavin Newsome discourse are actually the same thing. Two privileged, mediocre white men developing rabid fanbases despite glaring red flags and shouting at anyone who points out those flags to shut up “because we need to beat Trump at any cost”.

how much did his team pay you for this?

Honored to be on this call Thursday 3/5 with Sarah Parker and Frank Abe addressing the expansion of concentration camps in the US. There will be historical context, a look at exactly where we're at now, and concrete ideas for how to push back against the threat and build a better country.

there's a lot of specific overwhelming and massive crises happening at once and every single one has at its root elites who did crimes and never suffered consequences for it.

How to Prevent, Identify and Address Vicarious Trauma — While Conducting Open Source Investigations in the Middle East - bellingcat Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)Whether it involves victims of a chemical attack or a bombing, open source investigators are required to watch and interact with raw footage from the field — i...

If you’re following the conflict via sm i highly suggest reading this guide on vicarious trauma and ways to minimize it, not explicitly mentioned but v important is not watching stuff in your bedroom and also, if you dont have a professional reason to consume this stuff stop mainlining it

The "AI" issue in a nutshell

This really should be a five-alarm fire—both in terms of what the Trump administration wants the military to be able to use AI for and in their threats against a tech company that refuses to comply with incredibly dangerous demands.

Can you cite something that supports this? And shows for how long after vaccination it is true? Because I am seeing people refute this with legit sources, but nothing in your thread with scientific medical citations...

Check this out

As others have pointed out it is not. I know of no one that masks that doesn't also get every vaccine they can access. Seems like you have an agenda here - trying to make left/right anti-vax horseshoe theory happen using masking. I don't why you are up in your feelings about her video at all really

For the many Platner fans here, Peters is a white supremacist, Holocast denying / antisemetic, virulently anti-trans anti-gay right-wing influencer. There's no lack of people making similar points that Platner could be reading and promoting who are not nazis.

FML.

There appears to be an issue with scam calls to the families of people kidnapped by ICE. The callers claim to be immigration lawyers, say that they’re going to help, and demand an up-front payment over WhatsApp or similar.

Real lawyers don’t do that!

It's just insane the degree to which the federal government has simply declared war on a U.S. state. A punitive war with no discernible objective other than to immiserate its people. bsky.app/profile/apne...

If y’all could report @authorfisherbooks.bsky.social, that is not me, that is a scammer attempting to relieve people of funds, probably by selling book services.

Some bullet points that I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could our journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

this is a good rule to follow

absolute BS reading of history. This is shameful that you present it as valid

Really PBS? Really? John Yoo is a discredited should be disbarred lawyer who intentionally misread law .... the pretzel you are making to "both sides" the authoritarian overrreach of Trump & co is pathetic and discredits you

Saw someone talk about ICE the way some of us still try to talk about covid. "It's still here even though someone in power claimed it was over. It's still causing harm. Some folks are still stuck at home because of it. Let's not go back to normal let's build something better"

Hope we do this time

This seems brilliant but in fact should be the norm.

NYC is showing the way

Screenshot of a headline reading: “Mar-a-Lago shooter Austin Tucker Martin supported Trump but raged over Epstein files revelations? Report reveals…” The subheading states that the 21-year-old Trump supporter was fatally shot by Secret Service agents outside Mar-a-Lago and that investigators are probing his motives and online radicalization.

Don't let them try to pin this on the left or on racial or sexual minorities like they always try to do.

Is the president mocking the U.S. women’s hockey team on a celebratory call with the men’s team going to attract even an iota of the sustained handwringing that the idea of trans athletes disadvantaging women’s sports has gotten