Izabella Oberman

Formerly fascinated by the mind, now enjoying certainty of figures.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

For generations, modern farming has relied heavily on energy-intensive synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. But groundbreaking work by one scientist is proving that nature’s own microbes can replace much of that dependence.

Dr. Mariangela Hungria, a Brazilian microbiologist, has been named the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate for her pioneering research on biological nitrogen fixation. Her decades-long work shows how beneficial soil bacteria can naturally deliver nitrogen to crops, dramatically reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

Nitrogen is vital for plant growth, but producing synthetic versions is costly and emits massive amounts of greenhouse gases. Hungria dedicated more than 40 years to studying rhizobia — bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with legume roots (such as soybeans and beans). These microbes convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use, in exchange for sugars from the crop.

Her practical innovations have delivered impressive results. Treating soybean seeds with specially selected rhizobia strains has increased yields by up to 8% while cutting fertilizer use. She also advanced the use of Azospirillum brasilense, another bacterium that enhances nitrogen uptake and promotes growth through natural hormone production.

The impact has been transformative. Today, Hungria’s microbial inoculants are applied across more than 99 million acres (40 million hectares) of Brazilian farmland. This approach is estimated to save farmers around $25 billion each year in fertilizer costs and prevent more than 230 million metric tons of CO₂-equivalent emissions annually.

When she began her career, many doubted that microbes could meaningfully compete with industrial fertilizers. Thanks to her persistence, Brazil has become a global leader in sustainable agriculture — proving that tiny bacteria can play a giant role in feeding the world more efficiently and cleanly.

["Dr Mariangela Hungria Named 2025 World Food Prize Laureate." FarmingFirst, 2026]

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Dubai just shut down. The busiest international airport on earth. Closed. Indefinitely.

Dubai International and Al Maktoum International both suspended all operations on February 28 per official Dubai Airports statement. Over 280 flights canceled. 250 more delayed. The airspace that handles more international passengers than any hub on the planet went dark this morning because Iranian ballistic missiles were flying through it.

Now read the airline list and understand the scale of what just broke.

Emirates. Grounded. Etihad. Grounded. Qatar Airways. Suspended all flights to and from Doha after Qatari airspace closed. Air India. Every single flight to every destination in the entire Middle East. Suspended indefinitely. Turkish Airlines. Suspended flights to Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Qatar, and the UAE until at least March 2. Lufthansa. Dubai suspended. Air France. Tel Aviv and Beirut suspended. Wizz Air. Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman suspended until March 7. British Airways. Affected. Virgin Atlantic. Affected. Japan Airlines. Affected. Norwegian Air, LOT Polish, Scandinavian Airlines, Aegean, Iberia, Air Arabia, PIA, Saudia, Air Algerie. All affected. All grounded or rerouting.

This is not a regional disruption. This is the global aviation network breaking at one of its most critical nodes.

Dubai is not just an airport. It is the single largest connecting hub between Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Every flight from Mumbai to London, from Singapore to Frankfurt, from Nairobi to New York that routes through the Gulf is now either canceled, delayed, or burning extra fuel on thousand-mile detours around closed airspace. IndiGo just suspended flights to Almaty, Baku, Tashkent, and Tbilisi until March 28. Not March 2. March 28. A month of Central Asian connectivity erased because Iranian missiles crossed the flight paths.

The cost is compounding by the hour. Rerouted flights burn more fuel when oil is spiking past 100 dollars a barrel because the same conflict that closed the airspace is threatening the strait that moves 21 million barrels a day. Airlines are paying surge prices for fuel to fly longer routes around a war zone that did not exist yesterday morning. Every hour the airspace stays closed, the losses multiply across carriers already operating on thin margins.

And here is what nobody is calculating yet. Dubai’s economy runs on connectivity. Tourism. Trade. Finance. Logistics. All of it depends on DXB being open. The UAE just absorbed an act of war on its sovereign territory with a civilian killed in Abu Dhabi from missile debris. The country that built its entire economic model on being the safe, neutral, connected hub of the Middle East is now closed for business because the country it had no quarrel with fired missiles through its airspace.

Iran did not just attack military bases this morning. Iran shut down the economic engine of the Gulf.

That is a cost Tehran cannot afford to repay and the UAE will not forget.

[Izabella Oberman @bluewithlove]

@KobeissiLetter So, what? Once China takes control of Taiwan, the deal will be off.

[Izabella Oberman @bluewithlove]

Terrible history of how gynecology became a study
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[Izabella Oberman @bluewithlove]

@krakenfx has cracked: Issues with log-ins; issues with trading; issues with deposits.#BTC #SOL

[Brad Mills 🔑⚡️ @bradmillscan]

Crypto traders doing taxes in 2025

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

Dr Fauci Admits, "We Don't Do True Placebo Trials On Vaccines."
Del Bigtree, CEO, I.C.A.N.

'True Placebo' Is Saline As The Comparative In A Vaccine Control Trial. That's Not What The Gov't Uses.

Shocking List Of 'Placebos' Used In Vaccine Clinical Trials.

FDA, WHO & CDC Approved Vaccine Trial "Placebo":
Thimerosal Mercury & Aluminum Oxide
Other Already Approved Vaccines

Clinical Trial Vaccines & What Placebo Was Used:

HPV Gardasil Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Aluminum Adjuvant & Hep-A Vaccine.

Hepatitis A Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Hep-B Vaccine.

Influenza A Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Influenza B Vaccine.

Meningitis Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was DTaP Vaccine.

Pertussis Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Diphtheria & Tetanus Vaccine

Prevnar-13 Pneumonia Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Prevnar-7 Vaccine.

Hepatitis A Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Aluminum Adjuvant.

Prevnar-9 Pneumonia Clinical Trial...Placebo Was DTP-Hib Vaccine.

Cholera Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was K-12 E.Coli Vaccine.

Prevnar-23 Pneumonia Vaccine...Placebo Was Hep A & Hep-B Vaccine.

Polio Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Diluted Polio Vaccine.

Chicken Pox Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Diluted Chicken Pox Vaccine.

Shingles Vaccine Clinical Trial...Placebo Was Diluted Shingles Vaccine.

Some COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials...Placebo Was Meningitis Vaccine.

The Government believes, "Testing a new vaccine against a saline injection is considered unethical."

The Government believes, "Depriving half of the trial participants of an older vaccine(which is approved to use as placebo) & giving them a true saline placebo instead would not be fair: it would actually be unethical."

The Government believes, "Saline injections don’t cause a sore arm, which might unwittingly reveal to the 'double blind volunteers' that they are in the placebo group. Those who get the experimental vaccine & those who get placebo must be kept secret."

This is the most flagrant violation of human rights. causing harm to both children & adults.

Crimes against humanity with no informed consent & no true placebo skews all results & makes all vaccines appear "safe & effective" because the adverse events & side effects in both groups are similar.

👇Pediatric Vaccine Clinical Trial Placebos👇
https://t.co/oX6Flu2UE4
👇Vaccine Trial Placebo Development👇
https://t.co/hfIVjT0K5X

Speaker: @delbigtree @ICANdecide @MAHAalliance

[Izabella Oberman @bluewithlove]

@keatingssixth I bet it was a male doctor. Unfortunately, textbook education limits the male doctor's understanding of female specific medical issues to what they are, rather than how they affect the quality of life.

[Ms. Andry Noir, PhD @keatingssixth]

I kid you not I got an ultrasound at emergency for pelvic pain and this doctor said everything came back normal see you’re fine and I read out loud on the paper “it says I got a fibroid and ovarian cyst??” and the doctor went

“Oh yeah, well—“

[@amuse @amuse]

DOGE: Elon's @doge team discovered FEMA employees illegally sent $59 million last week (in violation of Trump's EO) to house illegal aliens in New York. Perhaps more shockingly, the money went to Pakistan thanks to a deal brokered by Sen Schumer. The Roosevelt Hotel is owned by Pakistan and is now leased by NYC to house illegal migrants. Thanks to FEMA, Pakistan has made $100 million so far out of a total $220 million deal negotiated by the city.

[Rep. Darrell Issa @repdarrellissa]

I’m immediately introducing legislation next week to stop these rogue judges and allow Trump and DOGE to tell you where government is spending your money.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

11. If someone cuts down a tree for their view in Australia, government installs sign to block the view.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

5. In Australia, your tax return document shows where your tax money was spent

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

4. Mesh drains in Australia prevent water bodies pollution. Should be a worldwide standard.

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

Everyone says Europe can't compete with America in tech.

But 48 hours ago, Mistral's 'Le Chat' just proved them wrong:

• 13x faster than ChatGPT
• 100% open-source
• Completely free (vs $20/month)

The European AI breakthrough Silicon Valley didn't see coming 🧵:

[Retro Rebel @RealRetroRebel]

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[Izabella Oberman @bluewithlove]

Fantastic interview with @dianefrancis1 on @TimesRadio. She is so sharp and on point with what is politically and economically happening across North America, everyone should listen, it spells out the future.
https://t.co/ADrFSeyWVg

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Carney flashback "If I had political ambitions, I would have pursued them in Canada"" (Feb 7, 2013) https://t.co/06l82YCy0V

[OccupytheWeb @three_cube]

Sure... those other guys can hack a virtual machine in a lab or in a video but wouldn't you prefer to learn from someone who is doing it in the real world?

Live training, real hackers and real hacking!

https://t.co/pOqmOLeklX

[Huey Jack @HueyJackNation]

There you have it. Everything I’ve found.

Sorry for the long thread but if bigger accounts are gunna rip it off I want them to work for it.

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