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3 Feb 2026 2 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr
A video has surfaced — released after two days — showing security forces unleashing widespread, direct gunfire on protesters in Tabriz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vHZTdRGvzg Unarmed protesters standing defiant against armed security agents...
2 Feb 2026 4 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Day five of the blackout and all I have left is writing. Today marks the second full day that our internet has been completely severed. Yesterday I went to a friend’s house and — according to satellite channels — NetBlocks confirmed that nationwide...
1 Feb 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
My heart couldn’t bear it. I sent several messages—and then I learned the words that stopped my breath: “My sister had been shot” That night, when I finally reached home, my calls to my sister met only the same cold, mechanical voice: “The subs...
30 Jan 2026 3 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
I can't believe it! We haven't had internet for three long days now! I'm going crazy. We can't even text each other. Phones, laptops, electronic devices seem so useless at this point... Damn it!... Let me at least share the rest of my story here... t...
29 Jan 2026 3 minute read 20 comments Melina Mehr
Today marks the second day of the total nationwide internet blackout in Iran, and everything has basically come to a standstill—life itself feels frozen. Shops are shuttered, the city has sunk into an eerie silence, and here I am, deciding to wri...
27 Jan 2026 2 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
Right now, as I type these lines, we have no internet. Not even SMS reaches each other. Our only bridge to the outside world — and to one another — is landline calls between people still inside the country, checking who is still breathing. Let th...
15 Jan 2026 3 minute read 2 comments Greenchic
Beware of Unencrypted Web session exploit attacks! Doing Crypto Transactions Using Open Public Wi-Fi Is an Unsafe Practice The first Web3 news article I read this year was about how an X user, Smart Ape, had his hot wallet drained after performing a...
25 Nov 2025 3 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
Oh boy, what a glorious mess this latest X (you know, the bird formerly known as Twitter) update has stirred up among Iranian users. Picture this: a simple tweak to user profiles that spills the beans on where you're logging in from—and how. F...
20 Nov 2025 2 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn
A cascading configuration failure triggered global downtime, exposing deep dependencies across modern digital ecosystems. Cloudflare’s widespread outage on November 18 served as a powerful reminder of how dependent the modern internet remains on cent...
25 Oct 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn
From filling carts to booking flights, Atlas pushes the limits of intelligent browsing—raising new questions about trust and autonomy. In the escalating race to redefine how humans interact with the internet, OpenAI has entered the browser wars with...
