(2024-03-08). Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical'. middleeasteye.net 
Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical' | Hossein Amir Abdollahian tells MEE the 'Silicon Valley Empire' wants to censor pro-Palestinian voices | | Hossein Amir Abdollahian at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 26 February (AFP/Gabriel Monnet)…
(2024-03-08). Hard evidence just dropped that shows the British media is complicit in Israel's genocide. thecanary.co The Centre for Media Monitoring has released a report on corporate media coverage of Israel's genocide. The case study shows "overwhelming" bias in favour of the Israeli settler colonial state. As such, the UK media, which the report focuses on, is manufacturing consent for the mass slaughter of Palestinians. This includes the BBC. Covering for …
(2024-03-08). Wadi Gaza is Arabic for Babi Yar and Aaron Bushnell is American for Szmuel Zygelboym. counterpunch.org 
The holocaust that is underway in Gaza is being enabled by the US government and denied by the mainstream US press. When the German Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators massacred their Jewish, Roma, and other victims, they often coaxed them to the site of the massacre by offering them food. For media consumption, they had
(2024-03-08). Lenin in his own words: five key texts. mronline.org 
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, is one of history's most well-known figures, and one of its most maligned. Mainstream culture vilifies him as a despot.
(2024-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2024-03-08). Aotearoa: NZ news media under fire for 'bias, propaganda' in Gaza coverage. greenleft.org.au 
Aotearoa/New Zealand news media came under fire at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli "bias" and "propaganda", reports Pacific Media Watch.
(2024-03-09). Correspondence] Questions about the BEST-Fluids trial. thelancet.com We read with great interest the randomised controlled trial by Michael G Collins and colleagues,1 which investigated the effect of balanced solutions versus saline on the occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation. The authors reported that the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) was reduced by 25% (from 40% to 30%) with balanced solutions as compared with saline, and concluded that balanced solutions should become the standard of care for fluid therapy after kidney transplantation.
(2024-03-09). Correspondence] Questions about the BEST-Fluids trial. thelancet.com The BEST-Fluids trial,1 a double-blind, randomised, controlled study by Michael G Collins and colleagues, found that saline was associated with an increase in delayed—but not long-term—graft function during kidney transplantation, compared with balanced crystalloids.
(2024-03-08). Vigilantes try to uphold order as war batters Gaza's Rafah. newarab.com 
Whether directing traffic or controlling prices, a group of vigilantes is determined to uphold order as five months of war have shattered any semblance of normalcy in Gaza's southernmost city of Their faces covered with black balaclavas, the so-called "Popular Committees of Protection" patrol Rafah where vast numbers of displaced people have sought refuge. | "We are hundreds of individuals and volunteers maintaining security and protecting citizens from high prices, organising public markets and transpor…
(2024-03-08). Can natural predators help in reducing pesticides?>. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Researchers have recently highlighted that using natural predators, such as birds, beetles, and bugs could be a sustainable solution to dealing with crop-devouring pests and reducing the use of chemical pesticides. These creatures have shown promising results in controlling pest populations, with the potential to reduce crop losses and increase yields.Analyses conducted by researchers from Brazil, the United States, and the Czech Republic revealed that natural predators could decrease pest populations by over 70% while simultaneously boosting crop yields by 25%. ShutterstockLead author Gabriel Boldorin…
(2024-03-08). Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves. counterpunch.org 
Three of the leading Oscar nominees for best picture for 2024 — Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Poor Things — include women in controlling situations that make one wonder if post-postmodern feminism isn't upon us, and, if so, how did men get so chickenchoked. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm not trying to say anything
(2024-03-08). Type 2 diabetes no longer a barrier to becoming a living kidney donor. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — People who are overall healthy and living with well-controlled Type 2 diabetes can donate a kidney, thanks to a change in national policy. Naim Issa, M.D. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network updated its living donor criteria. It makes some people with Type 2 diabetes eligible to donate a kidney. This marks a "significant shift" in criteria for living kidney donors, says Naim Issa, M.D., Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist. "This policy change…