Members of Mexican and Colombian cartels are reportedly joining Ukraine’s International Legion to gain drone-warfare experience.
As cartel use of FPV drones grows, reports are mounting that criminal networks are exploiting the Ukraine war to acquire battlefield expertise.
A Russian lab worker has died and thousands are in quarantine after a plague outbreak.
The World Health Organisation says the pneumonic form of plague is especially contagious and "can trigger severe epidemics".
@SkyNewsThomas explains everything you need to know about varieties of the disease.
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🚨☣️BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantined🚨☣️
The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital (Lyudi Baikala news, Moscow Times).
Quarantine is NOT voluntary. Even in the U.S., quarantine is among the most extraordinary measures gov't can impose on American citizens who haven't been convicted, or even accused, of committing a crime. Quarantine means being forcibly confined and medically examined by law. U.S. quarantine can be imposed on anyone infected by a legally quarantinable disease listed below (this can change). One should assume Russia's quarantine protocols are even more severe. As of 2026, under Executive Order 14047, legally quarantinable diseases in the U.S. are:
■ Plague
■ Smallpox
■ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
■ Cholera
■ Diphtheria
■ Yellow fever
■ Infectious tuberculosis
■ Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
■ Flu that can cause a pandemic
■ Measles
Photo: Russia’s RKhBZ defense troops perform nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training (w/permission from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) — from BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO by Annie Jacobsen (Dutton, 2026).
Another storm is set to develop south of Mexico this upcoming week, so here's a hint at what the next name is for the Eastern Pacific...
(Hint: It does not end in -olo)
When foreign invaders occupy part of your country and turn your children, in their own schools, into soldiers trained to come back and kill the rest of you once they grow up, it’s… it’s just unspeakable evil.
It is unfathomable tragedy for Ukraine. Not all of those kids will be able to resist the russian propaganda machine. Not all of them will escape. We will be forced to face our own children on the battlefield, brainwashed and driven into the line of fire. I can’t even begin to put into words the mixture of pain and hatred I feel.
This is also the answer to anyone advocating for occupation. This is why we can never leave our people there.
A federal appeals court has rejected petitions asking it to reconsider a ruling that allows a key land exchange for the Resolution Copper project to move forward. Link in bio.
Sugary foods combined with antibiotic treatment can damage the gut microbiome in ways that could leave people vulnerable to dangerous infections, a new study shows. https://t.co/NuHHMYRxFc
Drought impacts have lessened across much of central and eastern Arizona due to the robust 2026 monsoon season. In fact, most of eastern Pima County is in no drought status. You have to go back to October 2024 the last time eastern Pima County was in a no drought status. #azwx
🇰🇷 South Korea just built a welding robot that doesn’t need scaffolding.
This is the Diden Spider, a four-legged machine with magnetic feet that can walk across steel floors, climb vertical walls, and stick to ceilings.
It carries up to 30 kg, squeezes through tight shipyard spaces, and welds where people used to need ladders, harnesses, and a lot of risk.
Shipyards in Korea are already putting it to work.
One more tough, dangerous job that machines are starting to take over.
Writer: Daniyal
.@JonStewart can remember when Republicans frowned on the idea of selling weapons to communist enemies who are supplying weapons to OTHER enemies America is currently at war with
An AI model downloaded more than 3 billion times and used by companies in the U.S. appears to sensor answers and only provide information approved by the Chinese government.
@JoshTBoswell tested Qwen, asking it questions about Uyghur Muslims, Tiananmen Square and Winnie the Pooh – a topic that is effectively banned in China because dissidents compare President Xi Jinping to the character. Here's what happened.