Josie Glausiusz

Constant threats and backlash undermine women's rights around the globe, but women still continue to fight against repression.

This International Women's Day, we honor the courage of those working to improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. #IWD26 #InternationalWomensDay

Dorothy B. Porter is standing in front of window.

8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day

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Obras Selectas de la Celebre Monja de Mejico, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" at PG:

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74087

#womenhistoryMonth #librarians #libraries

Dorothy B. Porter

The Burnout by the late and sadly missed Sophie Kinsella. Laughed all the way through.

Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins.

Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.

Awful.

...a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the specter of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun.”

The prospect of Iran’s fragmented opposition taking control of the country was described as “unlikely,” the report says.

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the US would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment.

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Video: On the Ground in Beirut Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carr...

On the Ground in Beirut

New York Times Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports that in the south of Lebanon, more than 80 villages have been ordered to evacuate by the Israeli military.

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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

Dr. Leisha Nolen, Utah state epidemiologist, said that in the communities she visited "they kept on telling me they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was."

"It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness."

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Actually, that doesn't surprise me. I was once involved in a volunteer project to reclaim some land left to the weeds, in order to create an allotment and community garden. When we arrived, it was overwhelmingly brambles. But once we'd had a chance to scythe, wildflowers and all sorts popped up.

This is the world that RFK Jr dreamed of—now that he runs the US health system he’s able to achieve his dreams each & every day, aided & abetted by Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Høeg, Kulldorff, Prasad & Oz

We can’t rebuild the devastation until all 7 of these federal health agency leaders are gone

But the problem is food colorings and Dunkin Donuts obviously [irony].

Netanyahu’s latest war has few critics in an Israel embracing militarism Attack on Iran has widespread support, with little questioning of whether it is best option for lasting security

In June, Benjamin Netanyahu declared “a historic victory, which will stand for generations” after the 12-day war on Iran.

Few prominent Israelis have asked questions about why the legacy of one historic victory is another war.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

One service member said their commander had “urged us to tell our troops that this [Iran war] was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and imminent return of Jesus Christ”.

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Over fresh fish, rice, salad and soup, they talked about work and former colleagues. He was seated in front of her, with the view of the blue sea behind him.

“You don’t like to see it?” Ms. Kabaja recalled saying. “It’s so beautiful.”

Mr. Saadallah responded, “Not more beautiful than you.”

Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile

In response to the June 2025 attacks, Iran excluded UN inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from sensitive sites, so the watchdog lost track of what became of Iran's 440kg highly enriched uranium (HEU) stockpile.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Many of the most biodiverse locations in Europe are those with a long history of low-intensity, mixed agriculture. To rewild these human-formed landscapes may, paradoxically, risk eroding the biodiversity that conservationists seek to protect, write @christophlyon.bsky.social and Jonathan D. Gordon

The Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversity New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era.

How interesting. in 1348, Europe was hit by plague and for about 150 years, plant biodiversity plummeted. It was only after a century and a half – as human populations recovered and farming resumed – that plant diversity began to rise again.

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"Personally," Kar adds, "I don't believe that after they did what they did in Gaza they have pity for Iranians. What happened on October 7 was terrible, but Netanyahu's vengeful behavior in Gaza is disproportionate. Trump & Netanyahu made a mockery of all the international standards of human rights"

FYI @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social

'I fear Trump and Netanyahu will hand ruins over to the Iranians and walk away' Mehrangiz Kar, a Pioneering Feminist in Iran and a Leading Voice Among the Country's Exiles, Has Very Quickly Lost Any of the Hope She Harbored at the Start of the Israeli-U.S. Attacks on the Regime i...

"People hate this regime and are more angry at it than you can imagine, but we don't know whether the regime will change as a result of this war. With time people lose hope, and that is very bad."

An interview with Iranian feminist lawyer Mehrangiz Kar.

Gift link:

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‘There’s no safe place any more’: inside Tehran under attack – photo essay Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski speaks to Iranian photographer Mohammad Mohsenifar, who has been documenting the attacks on the Iranian capital over the past week

"The scene here in south-eastern Tehran is chaotic. A group of teenage girls sit by the roadside, their faces blank. A woman hurriedly shoves a few of her belongings into a car, carefully placing a cage with her two cockatiel birds on the passenger seat."

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I've never really understood the concept of a supermarket selling only frozen foods. It's like a shop selling canned foods only (I suspect those exist too.)

Surely there is more profit in selling a diversity of products? Not that I would know since I've never run a grocery shop.

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

The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.

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Nearly 200 Killed in Strike on Iranian Girls’ School as UN Calls for Investigation into Attack On Feb. 28, a strike on a girls' school in Minab, Iran, left almost 200 people dead. This week, the United Nations called for an investigation into the attack.

The United Nations is calling for an investigation after a girls' school in Iran was hit on Feb. 28, resulting in almost 200 deaths.

The deadly strike occurred on the same day that the United States and Israel launched an assault on Iran.

Report in People Magazine

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Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein.

One was warned off by his Mom.

“Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here," said Scott Aaronson's mother.

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I'm quite confused as to how scientists managed to miss this, previously.

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think:

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

A piece of text from Haaretz, here is an extract: Hind Rajab was 5 years and 8 months old when she died. Her position in row 5,918 means that 5,917 children younger than her were killed in the war.

I have absolutely no idea, and I have absolutely no idea how most people in Israel look at a list like this and somehow are OK with it.

The answer is of course that they don't look.

www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-02...

Thanks for sharing, I will read.