Tehran was already on the brink of running out of water.
Now, even the rain is contaminated.
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Tehran was already on the brink of running out of water.
Now, even the rain is contaminated.
“The rainwater is actually black, also saturated, it appears, with oil … That’s what’s coming down this morning … on the Iranian capital after the strikes took place.”
A city of 10 million people is being showered in carcinogens. Via @cnn.com
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago
www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.
In my U.S. Civil Rights Movements class, we spend a lot of time thinking about historical memory. When movements get reduced to a few iconic leaders, the collective labor that made change possible disappears from view. It also obscures an important lesson: collective action is effective & difficult.
He’s kinda smirking when he threatens Iranians which is absolutely disgusting, but that’s what he is (as well as a war criminal).
The level of aggression coming from the administration makes it sound like they’re fine with killing everyone in Iran. This is of course horrific.
Hurting others is never ok. I learned this from Mr. Rogers at age 5.
Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz
billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...
Sun Tzu said two and a half thousand years ago, “tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
She is very cute. So...
Screenshot of an editorial in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. It’s written by Salt Lake County Clerk, Lanny Chapman. Shes opposed to legislation on so-called “election security” being pushed through this current legislative session.
Screenshot courtesy of today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com
Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman voices concerns over Utah legislature’s latest push on “election security” legislation.
She, as well as Utah constituents paying attention, call this a “solution in search of a problem”.
#utpol
@ledbydonkeys.org
Starting a war so you could invoke emergency war powers
Oh.
CNN's Kate Bolduan takes seriously the idea that Donald Trump has sincere concerns for Iranian protesters. Someone tell her about what he's been doing to American protesters in Minneapolis.
The U.S. expects more casualties in the war Trump launched without congressional approval, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Terminating life on Earth
No fewer than 10,443 species of animal, plant and fungi found on Earth are so close to the brink of extinction that they are classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Of those, 223 are birds
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/07...
Chris Murphy: "It won't be the billionaire children of Donald Trump and his buddies that die. It's going to be the children of middle class and poor families all across this country that are gonna die for a war of choice, a war of vanity, an illegal war."
A tweet from Charlie Spierling showing Trump hobnobbing in his beach club before starting a war of choice.
Reminder that Trump stopped into a $1M a plate fundraiser before starting a war that got American service members killed.
Freedom through death and destruction
We had a deal with Iran to ensure limits on its nuclear capacities. Trump ended that deal. Now he says that sending our young people off to fight and potentially lose their lives for this country is just a ‘cost of war.’ This is the cost of his broken promises. No war with Iran.
Also: ‘one of our first acts will be to kill dozens of Iranian school girls’
You can just say things.
Hard hitting environmental journalist Ted Williams turns a bright light on the State of Utah’s Orwellian mountain lion “management” program
And as Williams documents, in true Orwellian fashion, Utah uses doublespeak to justify their BS actions
yellowstonian.org/ted-williams...
Headline from a June 25 2025 press release from the White House: “Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated – and suggestions otherwise are fake news”
Headliner from the News Hour from last June: “Trump insists US strikes ‘obliterated’ nuclear sites and talks with the Iran could resume”
Post from the Jerusalem post this morning: “Iran is about a week away from having the ability to make industrial-grade bombs, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday, while offering a rare glimpse into Trump's decision-making process on the issue.”
June 2025 vs today.
Remember how mad they were when anyone questioned “obliterated?”
xAI's planned expansion of its gas plant—the addition of 41 new turbines—has residents of Southaven, Mississippi, fearful.
“It would be devastating,” said Shannon Samsa. “No community in their right mind would want something like this in their backyards.”
🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
