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“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”

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The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
COMMENTARY: A former senior Ukrainian official has concurred that Russia’s tone at the negotiating table has shifted.

Whatever emerges from the peace talks in the coming days will likely show whether Vladimir Putin finally means business.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/is-v...
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Scientists have discovered how cells from the fetus could activate maternal natural killer cells during early pregnancy, helping to demystify the poorly understood mechanisms that govern immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface. #ScienceSignaling https://scim.ag/4bSDXaj
The fetal trophoblast cell marker HLA-G activates a type I interferon response in primary NK cells through the receptor KIR2DL4
A fetal cell antigen interacts with a natural killer cell receptor to induce antiviral gene expression.
scim.ag
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list..."

Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it.

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‘A pretext to rig the election’: Democrats scramble to block ICE crackdowns near polling sites
Election officials are preparing for the possibility of immigration enforcement activity at or near polling sites in November.
politi.co
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." 👌
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The look is giving 😩💕
February 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM