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[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

Kharg Island: Softening Operation or Something More?

https://t.co/jtTr5ejoc9

[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

Operation Epic Fury: Situation Report — April 7, 2026, Afternoon

The 8 p.m. ET deadline is hours away, and the rhetoric from both sides has reached its most extreme pitch since the war began on February 28.

https://t.co/AgcQ7BuniH

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The Diplomacy Is Dead: What Happened When Trump Threatened to End a Civilization

Iran has cut off communications. His own officials call him "bloodthirsty." And the deadline is tonight.

https://t.co/mGsbRKfD6U

[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight": What Trump Actually Said, and Why It Matters

The words were not metaphor. They were not bluster. They were a threat — and the law treats them as such.
https://t.co/56YnkxT7Cj

[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

The Unwinnable War: Why Airpower, Deadlines, and Divine Will Cannot Solve the Hormuz Crisis

A conversation with Professor Dan Plesh surfaces uncomfortable truths about where this conflict is actually heading.

https://t.co/H4WZSReyWu

[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

The Night the Lights Go Out: What Happens When Trump Makes Good on His Threat

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Tuesday, April 7. 8 p.m. Eastern Time. That is the deadline Donald Trump has set for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face what he described ...

https://t.co/5NCdVhikIk

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A War Without a Winning Move

The question hanging over Tuesday night is not really whether Trump will follow through. It is why anyone in the room around him would let him.

https://t.co/199R3P1H7h

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Will Trump Escalate on Tuesday or TACO?

The honest answer is: TACO is more probable than escalation — but only slightly, and the margin is narrowing by the hour.

Here's the case for each side:

https://t.co/r018vNyBgD

[Elements Matter @ElementsMatter]

"There's Only One Way": A NATO General Predicts the Ground War

Day 39 of the Iran war. The Easter posts. The sacked generals. And a prediction that may already be unfolding.

https://t.co/QvkTSpX5yk

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

There's plenty going on in the world of Covid. Here's an update that includes the JN.1 variant, US status, the booster, #LongCovid, new inhalation vaccine data, and my bout.
In a new Ground Truths (see profile)

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Evidence for the high level of protection of the XBB.1.5 ("updated") Covid vaccine vs current circulating variants from the Netherlands in advanced age groups
71% protection vs hospitalization
73% protection vs ICU admission
https://t.co/HO6qXxD7u7

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Robust mucosal immunity vs Covid, which can achieved by an inhalation vaccine (IT below), in non-human primates, provided near complete protection for blocking infections, greatly exceeding that of shots.
https://t.co/H1OhCtBPIj @BarouchLab

[JWeiland @JPWeiland]

I don't *necessarily* think this spike will be the case for the US. But it remains possible. These spikes seen after Pirola dominance in these various countries is somewhat eye opening, we will need to watch the trends in more places

I hope to not have to update the forecast

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

An upbeat view of US life expectancy
"Children born this year will live longer than in any previous year"
https://t.co/j5AQwC7K5w

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Our comprehensive review of #LongCovid has just been published
https://t.co/EgO7gtFvoe
Phenomenal work by @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @juliamv
@NatureRevMicro

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

This is the detour of the #SARSCoV2 evolutionary arc that I wrote about
https://t.co/GjjZDsy7rY

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

My conversation with Bruce Wilkoff, a cardiologist colleague who dedicated his career to preventing sudden death, now finds a gift in death he's facing.
A new Ground Truths podcast (link in profile)

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"The symbiosis of human and machine intelligence is forging a new epoch of cultural evolution."—#GPT4
Yes, we've entered the "machine culture," a culture mediated or generated by machines.
A very thoughtful perspective
free access https://t.co/OIwL0xXcwN
@iyadrahwan

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

A very impressive study for #AI picking up pancreatic cancer from non-contrast CT with 93% sensitivity, 99.9% specificity, AUC ~0.99, including from chest CT scans performed Covid.
https://t.co/v9iAYMzEFx @NatureMedicine

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Here's the full video link of our conversation
https://t.co/Rhzg4rC0Zn