Looks like a house gecko. As the name implies, we had them literally in our house in Houston! We let them be free range, and they ate all the spiders and other insects.

Yeh why is this being reported as some kind of victory? The NSF gets a 3.4% cut here and the NIH budget is still uncertain and is tied up with HHS appropriations.

Up to 1.85 million Iranians are out on the streets across 512 locations in 180 cities tonight. All 31 provinces are covered, Iranian news agency Iran Spectator reports.

Early evening in Iran and protesters have responded to Pahlavi’s call. In Tehran they now control all the streets around Farahzadi Square. Security forces have moved back.

Iranian opposition journalist Ilia Hashemi believes more than 400 people were killed by regime forces during the communications blackout overnight.

The regime has shut down the internet nationwide and disabled phone lines, cutting communications across the country. Protester Telegram channels are dead. Looks like a total blackout.

yes i'm sure this is all AI. so AI wrote their thesis proposal? but also they've never read the papers it cites? don't get a phd if you don't want to learn, holy shit.