Demonstartors hold up a picture of Neda, the martyr of the new revolution

Well here is a bit of a break from the usual sarcasm and BS from this blog. If you want the latest news from Iran, turn to the Internet because the media in the US pretty much just wants to know who slept with who, or if Michael Jackson had a heart attack, or if your babies are still are in danger, ughgh. So, Al-Jazeera wins here with coverage culled from new media, including scenes of the basij just randomly gunning people down:

And here are several good news feeds for US/English-speaking people interested in the Iranian crisis/revolution/wtf:
Nico Pitney @HuffingtonPost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/nico-pitney

Andrew Sullivan @TheAtlantic:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/

The Lede blog @NewYorkTimes:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/latest-updates-on-irans-disputed-election-6/

PersianKiwi @Tiwtter has been…scarily…quiet the past couple of days:
http://twitter.com/PersianKiwi

Poor poor Neda(warning: dying, graphic:

And the Daily Show has been doing a good job, at least. Christ.