In the 1950s and 60's, screwworm was devastating in Texas, costing billions ( adjusted for inflation) annually. In 1935, 180K livestock were lost to the fly. 50% of deer fawns died, and the fly decimated deer populations. We have to get on top of this urgently.
Screwworms in Texas. Ticks and alpha gal across the Midwest. Center rates among 30 year olds up 5 to 10x normal rates in some states. Invasive tree-killing beetles spreading across the country.
That’s America first, baby.
The demands are displayed prominently throughout the areas surrounding Delaney Hall. They serve as a constant reminder, or an introduction, to protestors as to why they are mobilizing.
The goal is to free them all.
NEWS: Screwworm has been detected in Texas, USDA confirmed - marking a serious threat to US cattle and other animals
Larvae of the parasite were found in the umbilical cord of a 3 week old calf
Screwworm was eradicated from the US in 1966
💢 BREAKING: At least nine Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded in a wave of Israeli airstrikes that hit Gaza City shortly after midnight, according to journalist Saed HasabAllah.
Witnesses on the ground described widespread destruction and bodies burned beyond recognition after homes were struck while families were sleeping. Rescue efforts are ongoing and the casualty toll is expected to rise.
(Reported by @AbubakerAbedW)
Hey it’s a bad thing that we let corporate democrats who are literally bought and paid for by corporations get away with saying “I can’t be bought” democrats are no better than republicans as far as “I guess we can just lie to the voters they are lazy and won’t fact check”
Rural workers in Bolivia have seized an oil field in the Santa Cruz region and halted all production, as part of the general strike against neoliberalism.
The site, in the Santa Rosa del Sara municipality, is now fully offline.
🚨🇪🇨 Reports of sexual torture, mass starvation, physical abuse, and tuberculosis are emerging from Ecuador’s military-controlled prisons while the government expands security cooperation with U.S. Southern Command.
Drop Site contributor Camila Galarza-Zavala reports from Quito that one inmate died every seven hours over the past year, pushing prison deaths to their highest level in recent history and surpassing the era when drug cartels controlled the prison system. Among the detainees are former left-wing Vice President Jorge Glas, who lost 30 pounds and was found unconscious after allegedly being denied food and medical care; Omar Campoverde, a member of the Marxist Movimiento Guevarista, who says he was sexually assaulted by prison guards; and Aquiles Alvarez, the elected mayor of Ecuador’s largest city, who has been held by the state for the past three months.
The crackdown on political prisoners comes as Washington deepens its support for the Ecuadorian government, supplying Pentagon bombs and deploying military personnel.
The photographs accompanying this report were taken inside Ecuadorian prisons by inmates between 2024 and 2025 and shared with their families to expose conditions behind bars. They were first published by journalist Karol Noroña for CONNECTAS.
@sovietwithsazon for Drop Site News
Please consider that palantir now tracks all phones, plates and a variety of other identifiers in an area to connect you and other organizers to make the eventual mass arrest or murder if us easier
The Israeli army has been bombing all over the south today; so much so that I can’t keep up. Here is the latest bombing in Burj eshmali, Tyre district.
🚨 IRGC Launches Missile Strikes on U.S. Bases in Kuwait; Explosions Also Reported in Bahrain and Iraq
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed responsibility for missile strikes on U.S. military bases in Kuwait, saying the attacks were retaliation for an American strike on Qeshm Island, a strategically located island in the Strait of Hormuz.
▪️ Kuwait’s defense ministry confirmed it is under attack from drones and missiles; Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB said strikes hit both Camp Arifjan and Ali Al-Salem Airbase in at least two waves
▪️ Eight explosions reported in Bahrain, which is also under attack, according to various monitoring accounts
▪️ Explosions were reported near the village of Masan on the southern coast of Qeshm Island, Fars news reported
▪️ Iran also appears to be heavily striking Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups near Erbil in northern Iraq
▪️ Earlier, CENTCOM said U.S. forces fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of a Botswana-flagged commercial tanker, the M/T Lexie, after its crew ignored warnings while attempting to reach Iran’s Kharg Island.
CENTCOM says it has now disabled six commercial vessels and redirected 122 since imposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13.
The IRGC warned: “The time of ‘strike and run’ has passed,” adding that any further aggression “will be met with a seismic, decisive, and crushing response.”
🎥 Kuwait - footage via @RyanRozbiani