It's quite the sight isn't it?
A CD19-targeted therapy induced remission in a woman with refractory immune thrombocytopenia and antiphospholipid syndrome by stabilizing platelet counts, eliminating pathogenic antibodies, and enabling safer long-term anticoagulation. Read the full report: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2516228
Virus Watch, our weekly look at COVID‑19, flu and other respiratory illnesses, is wrapping up for the season.
You can still keep up to date with the latest respiratory illness data on the UKHSA Data Dashboard: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/
F*ck around and find out: Live strike on a regime meeting 👇
In a groundbreaking first, researchers have captured direct photographic and video evidence of corona discharges—faint, ethereal blue-violet glows (visible primarily in ultraviolet light)—flickering at the tips of tree leaves during thunderstorms.
For nearly a century, scientists hypothesized that the intense electric fields generated by passing thunderstorms could induce weak electrical discharges (coronae) on vegetation, as sharp points like leaf tips or needles concentrate charge and ionize surrounding air molecules, producing a subtle plasma glow. Lab experiments had shown this effect (e.g., faint blue emissions from spruce needles under controlled conditions), but confirming it in the wild proved elusive due to the discharges' dimness and the overwhelming ambient light.
That changed in summer 2024, when a team from Pennsylvania State University (led by meteorologist Patrick McFarland and advisor William Brune) developed a custom mobile observatory: a modified minivan (a 2013 Toyota Sienna) fitted with ultraviolet-sensitive cameras, specialized sensors, and a roof-mounted periscope-like setup to capture faint UV emissions from treetops.
During a thunderstorm in Pembroke, North Carolina (and in follow-up intercepts from Florida to Pennsylvania), they recorded dozens of corona events—41 on a single sweetgum tree branch over 90 minutes, each lasting up to ~3 seconds and sometimes hopping between leaves as branches swayed. Similar activity appeared on loblolly pine and other species. The coronae manifested as brief UV "sparkles" or bursts, invisible to the naked eye but detectable via the UV camera.
This marks the first direct, in-nature observation and quantification of tree coronae under real thunderstorms, published in Geophysical Research Letters on February 12, 2026.
The implications are significant:
- During a storm, vast swaths of forest canopy could shimmer with thousands of these tiny UV glows simultaneously—like a hidden swarm of fireflies across the treetops.
- Biologically, the discharges are energetic enough to subtly damage vegetation: singeing leaf tips, rupturing cell membranes, and impairing chloroplasts (key for photosynthesis). Repeated exposure might contribute to canopy stress or even influence evolutionary adaptations in tree shapes (e.g., smoother or less pointed structures to reduce charge concentration).
- Atmospherically, coronae could alter local air chemistry (producing reactive species like hydroxyl radicals) and potentially play a minor role in thunderstorm electrification or lightning initiation.
This discovery validates long-standing meteorological theory while opening new avenues for studying how atmospheric electricity interacts with and reshapes ecosystems.
[McFarland, P. J., et al. (2026). Corona Discharges Glow on Trees Under Thunderstorms. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(4), e2025GL119591. DOI: 10.1029/2025GL119591]
Peking gibt dieses Jahr 7 Prozent mehr für sein Militär aus als im Vorjahr. Doch diese Zahl erzählt nur die halbe Geschichte. https://www.nzz.ch/international/chinas-militaerausgaben-wachsen-weiter-um-7-prozent-im-2026-ld.1927809?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026030569a7058138899b1522814dfd
Einer der größten Weltschriftsteller ging von uns, ohne den hochverdienten Nobelpreis je erhalten zu haben, was eine ewige Schande für diese nichtsnutzige Jury bedeutet: Antonio Lobo Antunes, Friede seiner Seele.
https://orf.at/stories/3422567/
Another Psyop. Lyme disease is detected via Antibodies that are non-specific. So it's likely an auto-immune disease.
Das #Bürgergeld, einst Prunkstück der SPD, wird Ende Juni durch die „neue #Grundsicherung“ ersetzt. Die CDU/CSU spricht von einem Erfolg. Aber die Einsparungen bleiben weit hinter ihren Wahlkampfversprechen zurück, schreibt @HugoMuellerVogg. https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/bye-bye-burgergeld-die-neue-grundsicherung-ist-nur-ein-neuer-name
As Obama complains about ‘Fair Elections’ for his Marxist Henchmen…never forget about Larry Sinclair…
“I had a night of crack cocaine- fueled sex with Barack Obama and he came back for more the next day…”
RIP Larry Sinclair 1961-2025
LNG shipping rates soar 650% from $40,000 to $300,000 per day.
«Chocolat ohne Trallala»-Werbung vom Iran-Krieg überholt. Wenn in Dubai eine iranische Rakete einschlägt und Tausende Touristen am Flughafen festsitzen, fällt die Frey-Werbung aus der Zeit.
https://www.infosperber.ch/politik/chocolat-ohne-trallala-werbung-vom-iran-krieg-ueberholt/
The Quiet Crisis of Procedural Medicine https://brownstone.org/articles/the-quiet-crisis-of-procedural-medicine/ via @brownstoneinst
If the regime in Iran falls, this war it is a success. Otherwise, it is a failure.
Destroying their nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities is nice, but if the regime survives, they will rebuild everything.
Der Iran-Krieg hat den Luftverkehr in der Region lahmgelegt. Der Bund arbeitet an Lösungen, Betroffene müssen die Rückreise in die Schweiz aber selbst organisieren. https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/tausende-schweizer-stecken-im-nahen-osten-fest-sonderfluege-in-die-heimat-gibt-es-keine-mehr-der-bund-appelliert-an-die-eigenverantwortung-ld.1927891?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026030569a7058138899b1522814dfc
connections.news/politik/sol…
Zum Kartell-Gesetz in Sachsen-Anhalt: „Die Brandmauer der CDU zur Linkspartei ist damit offiziell Geschichte.“
https://nius.de/articles/news/alexander-kissler-zerlegt-das-kartell-gesetz-in-sachsen-anhalt-die-brandmauer-zur-linkspartei-ist-offiziell-geschichte
In short, those Dec and Jan polls by Fabrizio polling were entirely gamed to produce fake results, with disastrous messaging for the whole of the GOP. Who wants to lose the midterms?
What the Polls Say about the Pharmaceutical Industry and Vaccines https://brownstone.org/articles/what-the-polls-say-about-the-pharmaceutical-industry-and-vaccines/ via @brownstoneinst
A 47-year-old man was brought to the ED by EMS after being found dyspneic in his car. He reported having been drinking for 6 hours before presentation. He noted a sensation of tongue swelling and difficulty breathing.
Read the full case details in the Clinical Problem-Solving article “The Eyes Have It” by S.M.A. Gayed et al., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (@unc): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcps2508044
In adults with major depressive disorder, the PETRUSHKA tool, which combines patient preferences and clinical predictors, was effective in personalizing antidepressant treatment and increased the likelihood of continuing treatment through 8 weeks.
https://ja.ma/4refCzI
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Das Atomabkommen mit dem #Iran war einer der größten Fehler der Präsidentschaft von @BarackObama. Die Europäer folgten ihm leidenschaftlich und blind.
@marcorubio sagte vor elf Jahren - damals noch als U.S. Senator - den heutigen Krieg mit dem Iran voraus 👇 #FreeIran
Commercial payer–negotiated rates for outpatient #PhysicalTherapy services showed over fourfold variation between US hospitals and were lower in rural vs nonrural hospitals.
https://ja.ma/4rYhIoB
New poll: Parents should be able to opt children out of school vaccine mandates: 54.5% agree, 66.7% among parents with children under 17. Right to refuse vaccines for adults: 80.4% agree. More. @ChildrensHD @CHDTVLive @LeslieManookian @jeffreytucker @SecKennedy @AutismActionNet
For the full story:
https://brownstone.org/articles/supermajority-of-voters-support-health-and-medical-freedom-poll-shows/
The criminal US banksters will continue to sell things they don't have, such as silver and oil, right up until everything breaks. Then they'll foreclose on everything, seize it all. The enemy is within the gates.
Think of it like a bar fight. Two guys 🇺🇸🇮🇱 start throwing punches at you.
Instead of just fighting them back, you start throwing punches at everyone else sitting at the bar 🇸🇦🇯🇴🇮🇶🇦🇪🇰🇼🇧🇭🇴🇲🇶🇦🇨🇾🇦🇿
That's a guaranteed way to ensure you don't walk out alive.
“The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend”
Why don’t private practice doctors collaborate for the good of patients and protection. Are CINs and MSOs the answer? Have you called and met with your private practice competitors and discussed working together?
It’s up to us doctors
@DutchRojas @HeathVeuleman
I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.
Or GMOs. Or fluoride.
It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.
Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.
From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.
Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”
That’s a lie.
Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.
Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.
We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.
You’ve seen the slogans:
“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”
They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.
And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.
Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.
Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.
Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.
It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.
Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.
Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.
Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.
And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:
Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.
Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.
If we let fear win, we lose all of it.
Ich hatte das Kanzleramt gefragt, wer an der IPI Konferenz, "Preparing for Pandemics" teilgenommen hat. Die Antwort kam (mal wieder per Post, gelber Brief, online ist Neuland für unsere Regierung). Anfrage abgelehnt. @SHomburg
Steuergeld für Linksextremisten:
Im Bremer Kulturzentrum Kukoon finden regelmäßig Veranstaltungen der „Roten Hilfe“ statt – einem Verein, die vom Verfassungsschutz dem gewaltorientierten Linksextremismus zugeordnet wird.
Das Kukoon bekommt monatlich 4000 € Steuergeld. 1/
Bluesky is Sartre’s No Exit
A “safe” place where moral hypocrites are trapped together to torture each other
Their misery is self inflicted but they refuse to stop
The door is unlocked but they refuse to escape
Hell is other people indeed
Dem #Bundeskanzleramt ist eine Kontrolle des #BND durch #Datenschützer lästig - und erhält #Schützenhilfe aus #Leipzig
Um welche #Software ging es wohl?
Der 6. Senat des #BVerwG hat sich erneut als staatstragend erwiesen und die Klage der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten gegen den #BND auf Auskunft über die Nutzung einer gewissen #Software als unzulässig abgewiesen.
Wenn sich der BND weigert, der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten eine Kontrolle zu ermöglichen, indem er Auskünfte verweigert, bestehe nur das Recht einer „#Beanstandung gegenüber dem Bundeskanzleramt“. Das ist geradezu zynisch, da das Bundeskanzleramt typischerweise kein Interesse hat, an einer Kontrolle der Geheimdienste durch Datenschützer mitzuwirken. Am liebsten würde man dort - wie Kanzleramtsminister Thorsten Frei jüngst frank und frei verkündete - den Datenschützern jegliche Befugnis zur Kontrolle der Geheimdienste entziehen.
Liest man die Pressemitteilung des 6. Senats, ahnt man, um welche Software es ging:
„Der BND darf gemäß § 34 Abs. 1 BNDG zur Erfüllung seiner Aufgaben ohne Wissen des Betroffenen mit technischen Mitteln in von Ausländern im Ausland genutzte informationstechnische Systeme eingreifen und auf ihnen gespeicherte personenbezogene Daten erheben (sog. Computer Network Exploitation- bzw. #CNE-Maßnahmen). Derartige individuelle Aufklärungsmaßnamen bedürfen nach § 37 Abs. 1 BNDG der vorherigen Anordnung durch den BND-Präsidenten.“
https://www.bverwg.de/pm/2026/15
One of the most haunting stories from the Iran–Iraq War is that the Iranian regime mass produced little plastic keys that were hung around the necks of young children who were then sent out to clear minefields, after being told that if they died the key would open the gates of heaven for them.
The regime later tried to deny the story about the keys, but there is no dispute about the underlying reality tens of thousands of elementary school children were systematically indoctrinated in martyrdom and sent to clear minefields.
"Lanz-Sendung: „Neue Tatsachen“ – Streit um Günthers Äußerungen über „Nius“ geht in die nächste Runde"
@welt
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article69a942e4625a8415070af2ae/lanz-sendung-neue-tatsachen-streit-um-guenthers-aeusserungen-ueber-nius-geht-in-die-naechste-runde.html
Never forget what the oligarchies did to their people. They knew, we knew, they knew that we knew, and they continued. Thanks to whistleblowers like @JesslovesMJK, a true patriot, a heroine.
Die deutschen Sozialdemokraten wollen Frauen besser vor schwerer Gewalt schützen. Das Ansinnen ist richtig. Doch die Partei ignoriert dabei sogar Bedenken des Bundeskriminalamts. https://www.nzz.ch/der-andere-blick/femizide-der-aktivismus-der-spd-im-kampf-gegen-frauenhass-ld.1927711?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026030569a7058138899b1522814dfb
If your child is referred to prevent for sharing or liking something 'far Right' on social media -- a clip of @rickygervais telling a joke about transwomen, for instance -- please do contact @SpeechUnion. We can help.
"Messerangriff am Holocaust-Mahnmal – IS-Anhänger zu 13 Jahren Haft verurteilt"
@welt
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article69a93e7d79ec6de0dad41e5c/urteil-in-berlin-messerangriff-am-holocaust-mahnmal-is-anhaenger-zu-13-jahren-haft-verurteilt.html
I don’t appreciate Janet Woodcock being quoted in a new The New York Times piece as saying:
“The Huntington’s refusal I thought was truly evil. I just feel so bad for those people.”
These are difficult regulatory decisions involving uncertainty, evidence, and patient risk. Regulators are often weighing two difficult possibilities: delaying access to something that might help, or approving something that ultimately does not help or could even cause harm.
Reducing those trade-offs to moral language like “evil” does not help the public understand the real scientific and regulatory questions at stake.
R to @benungeskriptet: 4/ Links zur besagten SPIEGEL-TV-Reportage, siehe auch Tweet 1:
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/mein-recht-zu-sterben-der-wunsch-nach-assistiertem-suizid-spiegel-tv-fuer-arte-re-a-916521a8-bfc0-488a-9770-e8c49453a496#CeVNn
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuYj0VioqoM