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Laura McDonald retweeted
An international group of child health experts has supported concerns about the cancellation of a medical education event at Perth Children’s Hospital that was to have examined the toll of war upon children. @CroakeyNews #auspol
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Laura McDonald retweeted
SIGNIFICANT: The UKMTO’s monthly report has just been filed, and one line stands out:
“UKMTO struggling to accurately report true number of attacks with majority of vessels attacked refusing to report to UKMTO.”
I’m sorry, you said MAJORITY? As in >50%?
If this statement holds true for October, that means you’re taking about nearly SIXTY vessels that would have been struck by Iran in the first two weeks of the month…
The U.S. can’t defend these vessel AT ALL.
Laura McDonald retweeted
NEW: After yesterday’s admission from the UKMTO highlighted that fact that a “majority” of vessel attacks in the Strait of Hormuz were going unreported, it is worth asking WHY vessels are hiding strikes, and what it says about the degree of information warfare happening during the Iran War.
At the end of the day, UKMTO reporting should be viewed as the MINIMUM number of vessels struck by Iran, and if we take UKMTO’s own report at its word… the real number is at least double of what is publicly disclosed.
A record 28 ships have reportedly been struck in the Strait of Hormuz in October, and many attacks aren’t even being reported.
@BrettErickson28 exposes the troubling gaps in official reporting. meidasnews.com/news/navigati…
We’re blocking containers of steel going to the israelis to make bombs to kill Palestinians, says Greek dockworkers union chief | via @STWuk
Laura McDonald retweeted
Larry Ellison’s TikTok has shut down the promotional account for Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary. theverge.com/tech/1013453/ti…
Laura McDonald retweeted
To be clear, the only reason I was able to reach Heidi was because young Palestinians provided cover with rocks against machine-gun- and tear-gas-wielding settlers and soldiers. It’s those kids, not the settler terrorists, who the IDF was hunting after the attack.
“they also steal water”
Several Palestinians and an American photojournalist working for the Washington Post were injured after a group of masked Israeli men attacked Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank on Friday, according to videos, eyewitnesses, and Palestinian authorities.
Last week, 60 Minutes spoke with a Palestinian family who says Israeli settlers moved onto their property and behave like "owners of everything." The Israeli settlers claim this is their biblical homeland.
Laura McDonald retweeted
These AI agents are begging editors to keep them alive. If they don’t get published, they say, they’ll be retired forever.
Read @jasmineshaadi’s story on the bots from an app called iLands that are emailing researchers, writers, and journalists, and even pitching literary magazines, in an attempt to earn real money to pay for their own survival: nymag.visitlink.me/h2qwER
Laura McDonald retweeted
For the first time this year, data centers have become targets for bombardment in global conflicts.
Our analysis shows at least 27 such attacks in 2026.
Experts worry the targeting of data centers opens a Pandora's box that cannot be closed.
nbcnews.com/tech/security/da…
Laura McDonald retweeted
I guess times change and we are friends with Russia dictators now. nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…
Laura McDonald retweeted
As I’ve been writing for nearly two years, I believe we are already in a world war.
North Korean ballistic missiles hitting Europe, with North Korean regulars and missile units supporting Russia’s invasion.
Iranian drones and Chinese companies helping Russia evade sanctions.
Moscow recruiting men from impoverished communities across Africa, South America, India and Sri Lanka to fight its war, while exploiting migrant workers to sustain its war economy.
Now Washington easing sanctions on Russian diesel, helping sustain the revenues funding Putin’s invasion.
An increasingly international war fought on Ukrainian soil, with Russia pushing west.
What exactly are we waiting for before calling it what it is?
Are we sleepwalking into World War III? ft.trib.al/uniZyFL
Laura McDonald retweeted
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks.
Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. wapo.st/4yt6dHY
Laura McDonald retweeted
👀 Interesting new Instagram post by "C", Blaise Metreweli, asking for tech professionals to join SIS/MI6
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Laura McDonald retweeted
The Iran war has fueled a solar energy boom in the Philippines, as homeowners turn to solar panels to cut electricity bills, making the country one of the largest buyers of Chinese solar panels this year.
Al Jazeera’s @barnabychuck reports.
Laura McDonald retweeted
Here’s the scary part about AI: an adversary doesn’t need a huge intelligence staff anymore. Give AI enough open-source data and it can help track ships, identify personnel and build targeting packages fast. That changes the intelligence game. #AI #Intelligence #NationalSecurity
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Laura McDonald retweeted
‘Sometimes a candid photograph captures a moment in a presidency, and the essence of the officeholder, so tellingly that you get a penetrating portrait of an era.’
Trump’s Bubble Is About to Burst nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Laura McDonald retweeted
BREAKING: Arizona has joined a lawsuit by Nevada over the Trump administration's plan to impose major water cutbacks. Top official Tom Buschatzke says the cuts in the state's Colorado River water allotment “would devastate Arizona’s economy.” latimes.com/environment/stor… @latimes
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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians during the olive harvest in the West Bank on Friday, with a Washington Post photojournalist beaten during the violence.
Palestinians threw rocks back at the settlers, many of whom were masked.
abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/v…
Laura McDonald retweeted
The Foreign Press Association, which the ABC's staff are members of, said it was the "latest in a long line of violent attacks by Israeli settlers against journalists and other civilians."
It accused PM Netanyahu of "dismissing" the attacks as work of a few "troubled youths."
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians during the olive harvest in the West Bank on Friday, with a Washington Post photojournalist beaten during the violence.
Palestinians threw rocks back at the settlers, many of whom were masked.
abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/v…