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🚨🇺🇸 ARIZONA HIT 110°F IN MARCH AND BROKE A RECORD SET IN 1954 It's March. A small community near Yuma, Arizona, just recorded 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest March temperature ever measured in US history, beating a record that had stood for 71 years. Phoenix hit 105°F on Thursday, its earliest triple-digit day ever recorded. Las Vegas hit 95°F, breaking its own previous March record. Hiking trails at Camelback Mountain closed because people were getting heat illness in March. March. A massive high-pressure dome has been sitting over the Southwest, pushing temperatures 20-30 degrees above normal. Extreme Heat Warnings are in effect for anything below 4,000 feet elevation. The heat sticks around through the weekend before dropping slightly Sunday. The previous US record for hottest March temperature was set in 1954, before the interstate highway system existed, before color TV was common, before most living Americans were born. It lasted 71 years. It's gone now. Vancouver just had its first snow-free winter in 43 years. Arizona just broke a 71-year heat record. In March. No notes.

🇨🇦 ALBERTA WANTS TO PUT THE BRAKES ON ASSISTED DYING Alberta just introduced legislation that would significantly restrict who qualifies for medically assisted dying in the province, making it the first place in Canada to push back against the country's expanding MAID framework. Under the proposed bill, assisted dying would only be available to people whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable within 12 months. That means no more eligibility based solely on mental illness, no mature minors, no advance requests, and doctors would be banned from even bringing it up with patients who don't qualify. Canada has had legal assisted dying since 2016 and has steadily expanded who qualifies ever since. More than 76,000 Canadians have died through MAID in that time. Other provinces are still pushing to expand access further. Alberta is now going the opposite direction. Premier Danielle Smith's position is straightforward: assisted dying should be a last resort for people with no hope of recovery, not an option presented to people who are suffering but not dying. Critics argue the restrictions will force vulnerable people to suffer longer without a choice. Supporters say Canada's MAID expansion has gone too far, too fast and that vulnerable people need protection, not an easy exit. It's one of the hardest policy debates in medicine. Alberta just made it a lot louder.

CLARINET TEACHER AND A HIGH SCHOOLER JUST PUBLISHED A CLIMATE SCIENCE PAPER Someone published a climate science paper listing an MIT affiliate as lead author. Sounds legit. Until you find out that "MIT affiliate" means clarinet instructor. Part-time. Who no longer works there. Jonathan Cohler, acclaimed musician, Harvard physics undergrad, and former MIT music teacher, is listed as the lead scientist on a paper challenging ocean-warming data. He co-authored it with Willie Soon, a longtime climate skeptic who was previously caught taking over $1 million from fossil fuel companies without disclosing it in his research. Also on the author list: a high school student from Massachusetts. AI reportedly helped write the paper. The whole thing got published anyway. This is how misinformation works now. You don't need credentials. You need a prestigious-sounding affiliation, a few co-authors nobody will Google, an AI to write it up cleanly, and a journal willing to hit publish without asking too many questions. The paper listed MIT. MIT confirmed he taught private clarinet lessons there for about four months before they parted ways.

🇵🇰🇮🇳 U.S. INTELLIGENCE JUST FLAGGED INDIA-PAKISTAN AS A NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT While the world watches Iran, the U.S. Intelligence Community quietly dropped its annual threat assessment this week. In it, there's a warning that India and Pakistan remain one terrorist attack away from a potential nuclear crisis. The 34-page report presented to the Senate flags South Asia as a persistent flashpoint. Neither country is actively seeking war. But a single major terrorist attack, like the one near Pahalgam in Kashmir that nearly spiraled out of control recently, could trigger an escalation neither side intended. Both countries have nuclear weapons. Pakistan is actively developing advanced missiles potentially capable of intercontinental strikes. ISIS-K is still operating in the region. The Taliban is conducting cross-border raids into Pakistan. It's a lot of kindling. Trump gets a brief mention. The report credits his intervention with helping de-escalate recent tensions. Small mercies. Here's the uncomfortable context: India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars, came close to nuclear exchange in 1999, and share a border defined by one of the most contested territories on earth. The Iran war is getting all the headlines right now. But two nuclear-armed nations with a history of near-misses, active terrorist groups, and fresh border incidents is the story that keeps intelligence analysts up at night. It just doesn't have a cool operation name yet.

🇮🇷 IRAN'S EXILED KURDS ARE WATCHING THE WAR AND WAITING In a refugee camp in northern Iraq, Iranian Kurdish families who have lived in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution are watching the US-Iran war closely and refusing to get their hopes up. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Kurdish fighters are based in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Trump administration reportedly considered using them to open a ground front inside Iran. The Kurds said no thanks. Their reasoning is painfully simple: they've been here before. The US has recruited Kurdish fighters, used them when convenient, then left them exposed when the politics changed. It happened after WWI. It happened in Syria. A Kurdish Institute report put it bluntly: Kurds are "praised in times of need, and abandoned when stability is negotiated without their participation." Their strategy now is to wait. Let the regime weaken on its own. Step in only when the government is vulnerable enough that they won't just be cannon fodder for someone else's war. Meanwhile, Iranian militia drones have already forced Kurdish fighters to move their families out of military camps into civilian neighborhoods for safety. They're nervous at night, watching the skies. These are people who have waited 47 years to go home. They're not going to blow their one chance by trusting the wrong people at the wrong moment again.

🇺🇸 TIM SCOTT IS STAYING IN THE SENATE AND REPUBLICANS ARE RELIEVED South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announced this week he's running for reelection in 2028, reversing a pledge he made years ago to retire after about a decade in office. Scott is one of the most effective Republicans in the Senate right now. As chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, he's the guy responsible for protecting the GOP's paper-thin Senate majority heading into a brutal election cycle. Losing him would be a real problem. His explanation was straightforward: "The more I travel the state, the more I travel the country, the more I realize the important role that we play in the majority." That's not a politician drunk on power. That's a guy who looked at the math, saw how close the margins are, and made a decision to stay in the fight. Yes, he pledged to retire. Politicians change their minds, especially when the political landscape shifts as dramatically as it has over the past few years. Scott ran for president, came home, endorsed Trump, helped deliver the majority, and is now being asked to protect it. Retiring on principle while the Senate hangs by a thread would've been a very principled way to hand Democrats a seat.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. IS FREEZING IRANIAN REGIME BANK ACCOUNTS AS DEFECTIONS MOUNT Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the US has located Iranian leadership bank accounts and is freezing them. Bessent said the regime is hemorrhaging. Officials at every level are sensing what's coming and wiring money out of the country. "We've seen where they wire their money out. We're coming for that. We're going to get it back to the Iranian people." Trump confirmed there are "a lot of military defections." On top of that, Bessent revealed the U.S. may lift sanctions on roughly 140 million barrels of Iranian oil currently sitting on ships at sea, essentially flooding the market with Iran's own oil to drive down gas prices while the war continues. "We'd be using the Iranian barrels against the Iranians." 3 weeks into this war, Iran's top leadership is dead, its oil infrastructure is damaged, its military is defecting, its bank accounts are being frozen, and the U.S. is about to dump its own oil supply onto global markets to tank its revenue. Iran sent a strongly worded letter to the UN about it.

🇮🇷🇦🇪 IRAN IS SENDING THE UAE A BILL FOR GETTING BOMBED?! Iran has formally notified the United Nations that the UAE owes it compensation. Why? Because the U.S. used UAE territory to launch strikes on Iran, making the UAE legally responsible for the damage. Iran's UN ambassador sent a letter to the UN secretary-general calling thIRAN IS SENDING THE UAE A BILL FOR GETTING BOMBED?! Iran has formally notified the United Nations that the UAE owes it compensation because the US used UAE territory to launch strikes on Iran, making the UAE legally responsible for the damage. Iran's UN ambassador sent a letter to the UN secretary-general calling the UAE's decision to host US military operations "an internationally wrongful act" and demanding reparations for both material and moral damages. Iran also warned that Gulf military bases used for strikes are now legitimate targets, which is less a legal argument and more a threat dressed up in diplomatic language. The UAE has not responded. They don't really need to. To be clear about the situation: Iran is currently losing a war, had its top leadership killed, got its oil infrastructure bombed, had a warship sunk off Sri Lanka, and is now sending strongly worded UN letters asking its neighbors to pay for it. The UN letter is not going to get Iran any money. The UAE is not going to write a check. The Security Council is not going to convene an emergency session about this. But it does tell you something about where Iran is right now. When your best move is filing a complaint with the UN, you're not exactly winning.e UAE's decision to host U.S. military operations "an internationally wrongful act." He's demanding reparations for both material and moral damages. Iran also warned that Gulf military bases used for strikes are now legitimate targets, which is less a legal argument and more a threat dressed up in diplomatic language. The UAE has not responded. They don't really need to. To be clear about the situation: Iran is currently losing a war, had its top leadership killed, got its oil infrastructure bombed, had a warship sunk off Sri Lanka, and is now sending strongly worded UN letters asking its neighbors to pay for it. The UN letter is not going to get Iran any money. The UAE is not going to write a check. The Security Council is not going to convene an emergency session about this. But it does tell you something about where Iran is right now. When your best move is filing a complaint with the UN, you're not exactly winning.

🇺🇸 CALIFORNIA BUILT A $114M BRIDGE FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS AND IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED California's Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, a giant overpass for animals above the 101 Freeway, was supposed to cost $92 million and be done in 2025. It now costs $114 million and won't be finished until fall 2026. The bridge is real and actually kind of impressive, a massive vegetated overpass designed to let mountain lions, deer, and butterflies cross ten lanes of freeway without getting hit by a car. Colorado built a similar one for $15 million. When the cost overrun was announced, the project's spokesperson blamed "tariffs, inflation, and labor problems," which are real things affecting every construction project right now. She also said a $21 million overrun is "not that bad." California's state budget deficit is projected at $2.9 billion this year. The state has $77 million of public money in this bridge. A private foundation with $1.27 billion in assets has its name on it. Wildlife crossings are genuinely useful. They reduce roadkill and prevent genetic isolation of animal populations. But $114 million for one bridge, late and over budget, in a state hemorrhaging money, is a hard sell when the mountain lions don't pay taxes.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NYC ORDERED TO DEPORT ITS OWN STAFFER, AND THE REASON IS WILD A New York City Council data analyst just got ordered deported, and the city that hired him is acting shocked. Rafael Rubio, a Venezuelan national, overstayed a tourist visa from 2017, got arrested for assault, worked without authorization, and had his Temporary Protected Status revoked. He was arrested in January at an immigration check-in and has been in ICE custody since. An immigration judge just ordered him deported after his asylum application was deemed abandoned over a missing signature. The judge refused to let it be fixed. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin called it an "outrage." Mayor Mamdani called it an "affront to justice." They're appealing. To recap what they're outraged about: a man who overstayed his visa, picked up an assault charge. He was working illegally got a job with the New York City Council, collected a city paycheck, and now the city is spending political capital fighting his deportation. The missing signature is getting all the attention. The visa overstay, the assault arrest, and the unauthorized employment are getting a lot less. The appeal deadline is April 17. DHS called it a victory for the rule of law.

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🇬🇧 UK JUST DECRIMINALIZED ABORTION... AND IT'S COMPLICATED The UK's House of Lords voted this week to remove criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies, at any stage, as part of the Crime and Policing Bill. The 24-week legal limit for doctor-performed abortions stays unchanged. But women who self-manage abortions beyond that limit will no longer face criminal charges. The Lords also voted to pardon women previously convicted of illegal abortions and wipe their records clean. Supporters say it's long overdue. Since 2020, around 100 women have faced police investigations, some after miscarriages, with officers examining period-tracking apps as evidence. Critics, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, argue removing criminal penalties effectively means no legal deterrent against late-term self-managed abortions, and that the change was rushed through with just 46 minutes of parliamentary debate. Both sides have a point. Women have been investigated for miscarriages. That's a genuine problem. Whether the fix should be full decriminalization at any stage is a genuinely contested question, even among people who broadly support abortion rights. The bill now heads back to the House of Commons.

🇷🇺 RUSSIA JUST HAD ITS DEADLIEST DAY IN UKRAINE THIS YEAR Ukraine's military reported that Russia lost 1,710 troops in a single day this week, one of the highest daily figures since the war began in 2022. To put that in perspective: that's roughly the size of a full military battalion. Gone in 24 hours. Drones accounted for about half the casualties. Ukraine's total count now puts Russian losses at over 1.28 million troops since February 2022. Independent analysts think that number is inflated. But even at a more conservative ratio, the losses are staggering for a country that's been fighting the same war for four years. Meanwhile Russia is also beefing up security for its generals back home because someone keeps shooting them in their apartment buildings. The same week the US is weighing whether to invade an Iranian island, Switzerland is blocking arms sales to America, and New Zealand is fighting off a minerals deal. Russia is quietly bleeding out in a war most of the world has stopped paying attention to. It's still happening. Every single day.

🇳🇿🇺🇸 GREENPEACE TURNED NEW ZEALAND'S PM OFFICE INTO "TRUMP WAR MINERALS HQ" Greenpeace activists plastered New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's Auckland office with Trump's face, American flags, and a sign reading "Trump War Minerals HQ," complete with a cutout of a bald eagle eating a kiwi bird. The protest is over a proposed US-New Zealand critical minerals deal that the US is quietly pushing with over 40 countries at once. The minerals, things like vanadium found off New Zealand's coast, have military applications, which is exactly what's making environmentalists nervous. Luxon says talks are at a "very preliminary stage." Over 13,000 New Zealanders have signed a Greenpeace petition against it. His office called the police. The bald eagle eating the kiwi is doing a lot of heavy lifting as protest art goes. New Zealand has historically prided itself on staying out of big-power military entanglements. The country famously banned nuclear ships from its waters in the 1980s. Getting drawn into a US minerals framework tied to a $2.4 trillion global military buildup is not exactly the vibe they were going for. Police have been contacted. The signs are presumably still up.

🇺🇸 SCOTUS UNANIMOUSLY SIDES WITH GUY WHO CALLED CONCERTGOERS "WHORES" VIA LOUDSPEAKER A street preacher in Mississippi showed up outside a concert in 2021 with a loudspeaker and started screaming at people entering the venue, calling them "whores," "Jezebels," and "sissies." He got arrested. Then he sued the city for violating his First Amendment rights. Friday, all 9 Supreme Court justices said he can have his day in court. The legal issue isn't really about the name-calling. Brandon, Mississippi had an ordinance pushing protesters 265 feet from the amphitheater and banning loudspeakers audible beyond 100 feet. The preacher just wanted to make sure he could protest again in the future without getting arrested again. 9 justices agreed that's fair. The opinion was written by Justice Elena Kagan, one of the court's most liberal members. The guy who called strangers "whores" at a concert got a unanimous win written by a liberal justice. The First Amendment contains multitudes.

🇺🇸 U.S. OPENS CRIMINAL PROBE INTO COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT 2 separate US federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro for allegedly cozying up to drug traffickers and letting cartel money into his election campaign. Colombia produces a lot of cocaine. Petro is a left-wing president who spent years fighting with Trump over drugs and regional politics... until they met in February and apparently became best friends. Petro was so excited he posted a photo of a signed note from Trump that read "Gustavo — a great honor. I love Colombia." That was just 6 weeks ago. Petro is calling the whole thing politically motivated and told U.S. Treasury to go kick rocks, saying their sanctions were "typical of an oppressive regime." No charges yet, just investigations. But getting criminally probed by two separate US attorney offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn simultaneously is not a great Tuesday. Especially when you're still carrying around that signed photo.

@louis65139 @grok what % of US weapons come from Switzerland?

@Newsforce Really? Hoo! So how much exactly does that impact the US?

SWITZERLAND JUST BLOCKED ARMS SALES TO THE U.S.?! Not Russia. Not North Korea. Not Iran. Switzerland just blocked arms exports to the United States. The famously neutral country - home to chocolate, watches, and the world's most aggressive non-involvement policy - quietly stopped approving new weapons export licenses to all belligerents in the Iran conflict, including America. That's $1.2 billion worth of Swiss ammunition, optics, and aircraft parts that U.S. buyers won't be getting anytime soon. Switzerland has had a neutrality policy since roughly the invention of neutrality. They stayed out of both World Wars. They're not in NATO. They once made a bank account for literally everyone simultaneously. And now they're looking at the United States of America and saying: sorry, we don't do that here. The fact that the U.S. - not some rogue state, not a sanctioned regime, but America - just got the same arms treatment as Iran and Israel is the kind of sentence that would've sounded insane 3 years ago.

@Cosmologicmuse 😂

@Newsforce Yeah, that little army knife wasn’t gonna come in handy against nukes anyway.

🇫🇷 FRENCH KIDS KEEP FINDING 2,000-YEAR-OLD SKELETONS SITTING UP IN THEIR SCHOOLYARD A French elementary school in Dijon has a problem most schools don't have: ancient skeletons keep turning up in the playground. Sitting upright. Staring west. Archaeologists just found five more, bringing the total to about 20 skeletons discovered at this one school over the past 30 years. They're all from the same era, roughly 400 to 200 BC, and they're all buried the same weird way: sitting up in circular pits instead of lying flat like normal graves. Here's what makes it stranger: there are only about 75 graves like this in the entire world. 20 of them are under a mustard-city elementary school in France. All the skeletons are men, aged 40 to 60, with signs of violence including fatal skull wounds. No jewelry, no weapons, no grave goods. Just guys, sitting in holes, apparently staring in the same direction. Scientists don't know if they were killed and buried this way, or possibly buried alive as some kind of ritual sacrifice. Sooo… French kids go to a school built on top of a 2,000-year-old mystery mass grave, and every few years another skeleton pops up to say hello. The school is still open.

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@Newsforce I'm genuinely surprised those 2 unarmed spies weren't able to disable the entire British Navy 🤣.

🇬🇧🇮🇷 TWO SUSPECTED IRANIAN SPIES JUST TRIED TO WALK INTO BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR SUBMARINE BASE Not metaphorically. Not digitally. Actually drove up to the gate. On Thursday evening, a 34-year-old Iranian man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested after attempting to enter HM Naval Base Clyde in Faslane, Scotland. The base is home to Britain's entire nuclear deterrent and its fleet of Trident submarines. They were turned away at the gate for not having the right passes. Then arrested shortly after for acting suspiciously in the area. To be clear about what this base is: it's where the UK keeps the nuclear weapons. All of them. Four submarines armed with Trident missiles, the backbone of Britain's entire nuclear deterrent since the 1990s. The arrests come as Britain officially remains neutral in the U.S.-Iran war, while quietly making clear it will defend its own interests. Iran, for its part, apparently decided this was a good moment to send people to Scotland. Investigations are ongoing. The Royal Navy had no further comment. The boldness of just... driving up to the gate of a nuclear base during an active war involving your country is either a very sophisticated intelligence operation or the worst-planned spy mission in recent memory. Possibly both.