Earlier this month, Saudi authorities said they had painted the asphalt surrounding the Namira Mosque, near Mount Arafat, with a “surface-cooling coat” they said would better reflect sunlight and lower surface temps by around 20°C.
Satellite imagery confirmed that areas near the mosque were covered with a lighter coating starting in May, but a major stretch of road beginning at the northeastern edge of the mosque was not covered before the start of the Hajj.
Jun 3, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: U.S. intel officials assess that MRAPs provided by the United States and Poland were used a cross-border raid in Russia. The Post verified the groups involved were armed with other NATO-provided equipment.
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The two groups who publicized their involvement in the raid — The Legion of Free Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) — are composed of ethnic Russian fighters who oppose Putin. Some members are known to be Russian neo-Nazis or harbor other extreme views.
May 13, 2023 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Videos and chat logs reveal Jack Teixeira’s preparations for a violent social conflict, racist thinking and deep suspicion of the government he served. w/ @shaneharris @chrisd9r, video from @ntabrizy @JonGerberg. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Teixeira, dressed in camouflage fatigues, his finger wrapped around the trigger of a semiautomatic rifle, faced the camera and spoke as though reciting an oath.
EXCLUSIVE: Satellite imagery and newly verified footage show packed crematoriums across China as covid surges — suggesting the country's death toll is far higher than the government says.
At least five people are dead after a shooting — described as a “hate attack" — at Club Q, an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs.
Organizers were preparing for a drag brunch to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday.
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At 10.15 pm last night, Club Q posted about an “all ages drag brunch” schedule for today, "celebrating Transgender Day of Remembrance."
At 11.57 pm authorities received reports of a shooting at the LGBTQ club.
NEW: an hour-by-hour analysis of weather advisories, emergency notifications, on-the-ground accounts + visuals and official messaging shows the toll of Lee County’s delay in ordering mandatory evacuations before Hurricane Ian. w/ @aolivo@D_Hawk@ssdance. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10…
There's been a lot of discussion about the "cone."
But wherever Ian landed, the storm was expected to cause significant flooding up and down coastal areas. Florida officials would have been focused on this — and in the end it was the storm surge that killed so many.
Mar 3, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Protesters give the finger to passing Russian vehicles in Melitopol. Geo: goo.gl/maps/x7STSUWas…
More footage of protests in Russian-controlled Melitopol:
Feb 28, 2022 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
This footage indicates Russia is using indiscriminate weapons on a wider scale now in Kharkiv.
After calling hospitals for 24 hours I have even less of an idea how to get monoclonal antibody treatments in NYC than I started with. It's apparently useful and available. Is anyone aware of COVID-19 positive patients coming into a hospital and getting it without admission?
@HHSGov runs a website listing hospitals that have received monoclonal antibody treatments. After that it's up to you to call the hospitals to figure it out. @LillyPad, which produces bamlanivimab, has a hotline but basically same info. Regeneron has no #. protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/therapeu…
Nov 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
With protests at vote counting sites in multiple states, some social media context:
A Facebook group started the day after the election, which alleges Democrats are trying to steal it from Trump, has already surpassed 150k members. It's absolutely packed with misinformation.
The amount of misleading and false information about the election in Facebook groups right now is staggering.
Nov 4, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Trump's tweet is now labelled as "disputed." Retweets restricted.
Facebook meanwhile appears to have done nothing to Trump's "steal the election" post he put on both platforms.
Just the boilerplate label about the election. Up to 11k shares.
