Mark Buffington ➡️ DRAGONCON 2026

Dad, son, husband, friend, ally, scientist, #ttrpg player, event organizer, environmentalist, cook, photographer, reader, us constitutional patriot

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Central Command has announced that an additional round of 'self-defense' airstrikes have been carried out against multiple targets in Iran following the successful Iranian targeting of the motor tanker Kiku as it transited the Strait of Hormuz near Oman this morning.

[Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC]

US official tells me US military is carrying out a new round of airstrikes against Iran right now in response to IRGC hitting a ship in Strait of Hormuz earlier today. US military is
hitting air defense, drone storage, cruise missiles, targeting radars, minelaying capabilities and Surface to Air Missiles.

“It’s a larger strike than last night,” US official tells me.

“Iran had a chance to stop shooting… and they didn’t take it… instead, they attacked another ship in Hormuz this morning, the MT Kiku.”

[Harshi Peiris, Ph.D. @Neuroscope_mp]

BREAKING 🧵

A gut bacterium is showing up — or rather disappearing — across all three phases of COVID-19.

Severely ill patients have less of it.
Recovered patients get it back.
Long COVID patients don't.

Its name is Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. And what it does explains a lot. 👇

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

surface of asteroid Ryugu at night
In October 2018, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander onto the surface of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Jaumann et al. analyzed images taken by the MASCOT camera during its descent and when resting on the surface. Colored light-emitting diodes were used to illuminate the lander's surroundings at night and produce color images.

Ryugu's surface is dominated by two types of rock, but there is no evidence for fine-grained dust. Millimeter-sized inclusions in the rocks are similar to those present in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. MASCOT operated for 17 hours on the surface before its nonrechargeable batteries ran out.

Credit: MASCOT/DLR/JAXA

[Le Zelenskyste 🇫🇷🇺🇦 @VolodimirZelen1]

Canicule ? Pas de clim ? Pas de problème : les ukrainiens ont la solution :

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Europe, stay hydrated. Check on your neighbors, family members and friends. Make sure to especially check on the elderly as they may not feel the heat the way younger people do.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW: A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush has thrown out Justice Department subpoenas targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his allies, calling them an abusive and retaliatory effort to punish Walz for refusing to assist Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Judge Patrick Schiltz said there was “no doubt” the subpoenas were issued to damage Walz, writing: “Initiating a criminal investigation in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action — particularly official action that the federal government cannot directly require those political opponents to take — is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process.”

[New Scientist @newscientist]

When does your brain reach adulthood? We're now understanding the many ways the organ continues to mature decades after society first deems you an adult https://t.co/9mQaxZPMrI

[Cloudflare Radar @CloudflareRadar]

🔌 Fiber cuts in North East America are triggering widespread network instability. The BGP churn visible in AS 6461 on Cloudflare Radar shows Zayo's network repeatedly losing and finding new paths around the damaged cables.

📡 See it yourself: https://t.co/OdlTfeYFTQ

[NWS Weather Prediction Center @NWSWPC]

A MODERATE risk is in effect in our Day 1 Excessive Rainfall Outlook. More details: https://t.co/FQU5sblUHQ

[NWS Atlanta @NWSAtlanta]

Thunderstorms (some of which could be severe) increase ahead of a cold front this evening into tonight.
➡️Primary risks:
🌬️damaging wind gusts
🌪️a brief tornado can't be ruled out in NW GA.
While a few storms are possible earlier, highest storm coverage is expected 6pm-2am. #gawx

[Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri]

Full interview out now: https://t.co/5YjbLPa0it

[Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri]

After this powerful interview, pro-life Congresswoman Kat Cammack asked me not to air the story of her near-fatal pregnancy complication. But her firsthand account of seeking emergency medical care under Florida’s abortion laws is too important to ignore. Full interview out now.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

These MAGA morons believe the left went and dumped fertilizer in the Reflection Pool. No MAGA. Leftists understand that Washington DC is one of the most surveilled areas in the USA. They’re not as dumb as MAGA.

[Sergej Sumlenny, LL.M @sumlenny]

Zelensky: „I don’t care what Lukashenka says about me personally. But there are military installations in Belarus along our border, their personnel guides aerial attacks on Ukraine. I give a week to remove them. Otherwise we will remove them by ourselves“.💪

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump starts wandering off in the wrong direction after a G7 photo and world leaders have to step in and redirect him

[Hurricane Tracker App @hurrtrackerapp]

We are now tracking Invest 90L, the first of the season for the Atlantic Basin. There's currently a 50% chance of development, per the NHC. It will be a big rain maker for eastern Texas and Louisiana regardless of development. 4-8 inches or more of rain which may lead to flash flooding along the track. Stay safe and informed! All of 90L's data is free in our iOS App at https://t.co/Dtrf9557oi

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Astronaut Scott Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit aboard the International Space Station.

He didn't tell anyone about it. One day, without anyone knowing, he put it on.

[CyFi @CyFi10]

BREAKING: CDC reports SARS-2 wastewater levels increased: 🚨LA, SD, CA, HI, NM, AK. RI, MD, DC, FL, IL, CT, NE, NJ
LA hit 31 percentile, and 55 seasonal SARS2 levels
TX, NM, AK reported 10-11 percentile levels

COVID ED visits increased in: ID, MT, ME, MN, OH, IN, KS, DC, VT, GA, MD

Flu Like Illness increased in: MT, NH, WY, DE, MD, DC, CO

COVID Hospital admissions increased in: MT, ID, ND, SD, OK, AZ, HI, NH, NM, WY, WV, KS, VT, TN for the latest week, or the prior week.

[Stars and Stripes Pacific @StripesPacific]

A general who rose through the enlisted ranks is back on Okinawa to lead Marine Corps installations across the Pacific. #usmilitary #usmarinecorps
https://t.co/4UqHaAfdys