Luca Barbato
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Luca Barbato
@lu_zero_
I happen to write software, sometimes even useful.

🌍 #Iran's digital isolation is now entering its 77th day as the internet blackout passes 1824 hours. The measure presents an emerging mental health risk to the public, who are largely cut off from online platforms, communications, and normal interaction with the outside world.

Today, delivering aid to people in severe need of assistance and under constant attack in #Kherson, a clearly marked @UN vehicle was struck by a drone. Over 200 civilians, mostly older people, remain there. More from the Head of @UNOCHA in Ukraine, who accompanied the convoy⬇️

Today, delivering aid to people in severe need of assistance and under constant attack in #Kherson, a clearly marked @UN vehicle was struck by a drone. Over 200 civilians, mostly older people, remain there. More from the Head of @UNOCHA in Ukraine, who accompanied the convoy⬇️

Multi-coloured chicks.. another side of Iran you dont see too often

Released Toasty v0.6 (ORM for Rust). Highlights include `#[deferred]` to avoid having to load all fields all the time, `.select(...)` specify exactly which fields you want, and support for `Vec` fields, which is the start towards full "document" modeling. github.com/tokio-rs/toasty

🚨 An estimated 80,000 barrels of oil have spilled into the Persian Gulf from Iran’s Kharg Island export terminal. A major reason is the regime’s chronic lack of modern oil storage infrastructure. Decades of mismanagement, corruption, and misplaced priorities left Iran with limited onshore storage capacity. With the U.S. naval blockade restricting exports, oil reportedly backed up rapidly, forcing excessive pressure on aging pipelines and increased reliance on old tankers as floating storage. Leaks like this are a predictable result. The environmental toll on the Persian Gulf could be severe: ⚪️ Oil contaminates and poisons birds, sea turtles, fish, and marine mammals, potentially triggering large-scale die-offs ⚪️ It damages mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass in one of the world’s most fragile semi-enclosed seas ⚪️ Long-term pollution threatens fisheries, water quality, and coastal ecosystems across the region Kharg Island is Iran’s main oil export hub, handling the vast majority of the regime’s crude exports. Any disruption, accident, or infrastructure failure there carries major economic and environmental consequences. The spill also exposes deeper problems inside Iran’s oil sector. Years of regime-at-fault sanctions, corruption, underinvestment, and neglected infrastructure have left critical facilities aging and vulnerable. Iran’s environment and wildlife continue paying the price for decades of regime corruption and neglect, while billions flow into the IRGC, proxy warfare, and missile programs instead of critical infrastructure and environmental protection.


Iran executes protesting dad, denies family last visit, relatives say trib.al/cSY3ALc

Multi-coloured chicks.. another side of Iran you dont see too often

🌍 #Iran's digital isolation is now entering its 77th day as the internet blackout passes 1824 hours. The measure presents an emerging mental health risk to the public, who are largely cut off from online platforms, communications, and normal interaction with the outside world.

Станом на зараз в Києві 24 загиблих через вчорашній російський удар, серед них — троє дітей. Рятувальники безперервно продовжують пошуково-рятувальні роботи. В ДСНС повідомили, що загалом від атаки постраждали 47 людей. 30 вдалося врятувати.



Israel-U.S. strikes on Iran's cultural sites are likely a violation of The Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, constituting an assault on humanity's shared heritage, writes @KZiabari. dawnmena.org/wartime-cultur…



Have now entered Iran for a week of coverage, amid tensions and fears of a return to war. Watch #CNN for updates from Tehran.










