Marvin The Martian

I'm a villain in cartoons and video games. I also wear a helmet and a skirt.

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

@BirdieBittern Presented without comment.

[BirdieBittern @BirdieBittern]

She has had 5 different surgeries (two jaw replacements & removal of bone from her leg), 4 radiation treatments to the face, 2 to the lungs & 1 to the back, along with mos. of chemo. She is on chemo again & will need further treatments, but is grateful for the life she has.

[BirdieBittern @BirdieBittern]

In 2024, 22 y/o Brittany was dx w/spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma

After treatment, it metastasized to her lungs

Dec, 2025-- cancer was in her back

Spring, 2026--PET scan found 28 new tumors in her neck-shoulders-back-arms-hand-buttocks-hips-legs
🔽🔽
https://t.co/G8is1fsjl8

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

🇮🇷 An Aerial Shot of 168 Minab Children's Graves Won Photo of the Year

Iranian photographer Morteza Akhundi took first place in photojournalism at the 2026 Golden Shot Awards, beating hundreds of entries worldwide.

The image: the funeral for 168 children killed when their school in Minab was bombed on the first day of the war.

The world gave it an award. Washington still won't say who dropped the bomb.

[Kyle MacLean @kmaclean5]

Woke up not able to move arm and major left side weakness. Doctors think I’ve had a stroke. I’ve been in stroke ward for three days and still don’t know if it was stroke or not because no MRI. I can barely move and walk. I hope this isn’t permanent

[Fe. @NoHealthNoFun]

The greatest plagues of our time:

abandoned public health, accelerating climate change, and the rise of the far right.

They’re interconnected, and you can’t fight one while ignoring the others (or the one you think doesn’t affect you).

Ignoring one weakens them all.

[Financial Physics @FinancialPhys]

Worth repeating

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

No, but that’s the point. “Terrorism” is not a word meant to be used with any sort of function beyond undermining movements that challenge capital and imperial efforts. Wrote a piece on this a while back.

[Reuters @Reuters]

France bans alcohol consumption at music festivals under red heatwave alert https://t.co/QIHtN3mtu7 https://t.co/QIHtN3mtu7

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the killing of Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman Ahmed Washah in an Israeli strike on Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza, calling for accountability and protection for journalists.

🔴 Read full statement: https://t.co/bP36l50Fpr

[Marvin The Martian @MarvinSPM]

@BirdieBittern @NBCNews Also my friend said everyone at his plastic surgeon office has the flu. Yes because it’s flu season in THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING SUMMER!😵‍💫 it’s c0vid. He also wonders why they didn’t stay home as if that hasn’t been the norm for years now. Sigh

[Marvin The Martian @MarvinSPM]

@BirdieBittern @NBCNews Im in Houston, Texas. My neighbor just got back from Austin taking care of her grandkids. She’s extremely sick. Says “it’s not your typical flu” (hasn’t been for a while). No testing. No masking. Oh yeah we also have World Cup games and festivities for weeks here so…

[Moira @moira228]

@BirdieBittern @NBCNews So they've learned absolutely nothing from this outbreak. Instead of requiring everyone to get Vaccinated again since they all live in very close quarters together, they're having the people who've already been exposed get Vaccinated. That's how stupid our government is.

[BNO News @BNOFeed]

Daily Ebola update:

- Cases: 975 (+23)
- Recovered: 102 (+12)
- Deaths: 249 (+2)

[Will Schryver @imetatronink]

Trump has stepped down a rung from maniacal Messianic memes to guardian angel delusions of grandeur.

Meanwhile, the US Navy remains well distant from the Iranian coastline, every US base in the region is effectively indefensible, and US armaments are approaching exhaustion.

[Jayne Flanagan @JayneFlan]

@BirdieBittern Are these parents asking themselves: why are so many children dying of cardiac arrest (& other causes)? Why the need to conduct screening on kids? How could we have let this happen?

Heartbreak on heartbreak forevermore -such is the long tail of SARS-CoV-2
https://t.co/vLpfwO4CQ3

[Pandemic still a pandemic @eatsthenews]

@BirdieBittern We had zero student or teacher cardiac events the 3.5 years I went to High School

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

@BirdieBittern Massive 2022 🧵

After you’ve had Covid:

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

@BirdieBittern This is a good thread too.