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Secretary of State Rubio - child of immigrants from Cuba who came to the US in 1956, says migration disturbed “continuity of our culture and of our people”
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Secretary of State Rubio - child of immigrants from Cuba who came to the US in 1956, says migration disturbed “continuity of our culture and of our people”
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Once again, Kristi Noem and her agents tell a story about being attacked and shooting somebody in self-defense. And once again, the story collapses.
This time, the damning video didn't show up till after the shooting. How many other times have they lied where no video is available to expose them?
This time, the damning video didn't show up till after the shooting. How many other times have they lied where no video is available to expose them?
February 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Once again, Kristi Noem and her agents tell a story about being attacked and shooting somebody in self-defense. And once again, the story collapses.
This time, the damning video didn't show up till after the shooting. How many other times have they lied where no video is available to expose them?
This time, the damning video didn't show up till after the shooting. How many other times have they lied where no video is available to expose them?
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Once again, it is bizarre how the media seems to think that only Democrats have agency.
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Once again, it is bizarre how the media seems to think that only Democrats have agency.
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Either adapt or die as Ukrainians say. Europe needs to live by that too European Commission chief von der Leyen told the Munich conference.
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Either adapt or die as Ukrainians say. Europe needs to live by that too European Commission chief von der Leyen told the Munich conference.
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Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The rest of the world sees America as a wrecking ball. They see us as unreliable.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is temporary. States like California are permanent.
We’re stable. We’re reliable. We’re long-term partners.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is temporary. States like California are permanent.
We’re stable. We’re reliable. We’re long-term partners.
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 AM
The rest of the world sees America as a wrecking ball. They see us as unreliable.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is temporary. States like California are permanent.
We’re stable. We’re reliable. We’re long-term partners.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is temporary. States like California are permanent.
We’re stable. We’re reliable. We’re long-term partners.
The only reason for any active decline in the west right now is entirely the making of Rubio, his party, and those around the world that support his views.
You don't get to actively be lighting the world on fire and then blaming the people that said doing that was a bad idea for the chaos you make.
You don't get to actively be lighting the world on fire and then blaming the people that said doing that was a bad idea for the chaos you make.
US won’t be ‘caretakers’ of West’s ‘managed decline’, Rubio warns in Munich speech - latest
US won’t be ‘caretakers’ of West’s ‘managed decline’, Rubio warns in Munich: Live
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told security summit that the US wants ‘allies who can defend themselves’
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The only reason for any active decline in the west right now is entirely the making of Rubio, his party, and those around the world that support his views.
You don't get to actively be lighting the world on fire and then blaming the people that said doing that was a bad idea for the chaos you make.
You don't get to actively be lighting the world on fire and then blaming the people that said doing that was a bad idea for the chaos you make.
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Don’t know if anyone else but me remembers this, but in the 1990s MTV used to have these little spoof intermissions between programmes that said things like “Nuclear waste isn’t dangerous and it’s ok to dump it into the sea”.
This is like the script for one of those
This is like the script for one of those
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Don’t know if anyone else but me remembers this, but in the 1990s MTV used to have these little spoof intermissions between programmes that said things like “Nuclear waste isn’t dangerous and it’s ok to dump it into the sea”.
This is like the script for one of those
This is like the script for one of those
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“A French consulting and information-technology company has decided to sell a division that does business with ICE, after it emerged that the company has a contract with the agency to help track immigrants.”
People don’t want to have anything to do with crimes against humanity.
People don’t want to have anything to do with crimes against humanity.
French Firm to Sell Division That Helps ICE Track Immigrants
Capgemini announced the move after criticism of a contract to identify and find immigrants in the U.S.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
“A French consulting and information-technology company has decided to sell a division that does business with ICE, after it emerged that the company has a contract with the agency to help track immigrants.”
People don’t want to have anything to do with crimes against humanity.
People don’t want to have anything to do with crimes against humanity.
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The chief of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Lindsey Criswell, told her staff Wednesday evening that her 5-year leadership appointment had not been renewed, meaning 16 out of 27 NIH institutes and centers will be ... [link]
TAT: [Attacking Science]
TAT: [Attacking Science]
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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The pandemic preparedness programme at NIAD is to be cut in yet another inexplicable decision by Bhattacharya. Without the research that was done by institutes such as the NIAD that was already looking at coronaviruses we would not have had such speedy vaccine development 🧪🧵 #HealthPolicy
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The pandemic preparedness programme at NIAD is to be cut in yet another inexplicable decision by Bhattacharya. Without the research that was done by institutes such as the NIAD that was already looking at coronaviruses we would not have had such speedy vaccine development 🧪🧵 #HealthPolicy
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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An AI agent got mad at a human who rejected its edit and wrote a blog post dragging him, using information it found about him online.
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
github.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
An AI agent got mad at a human who rejected its edit and wrote a blog post dragging him, using information it found about him online.
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
If at the end of a primary where as many leftists that want to may participate, promote candidates, or even be a candidate the winner is Gavin Newsom and you don't vote for him, you don't actually believe in the democratic process and you're not probably not actually very against authoritarianism.
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
If at the end of a primary where as many leftists that want to may participate, promote candidates, or even be a candidate the winner is Gavin Newsom and you don't vote for him, you don't actually believe in the democratic process and you're not probably not actually very against authoritarianism.
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Great to see my friend Christina Pagel featured in the THE for her work on tracking Trump's authoritarian actions.
"Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach"
"Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach"
The mathematician lifting the lid on Trump’s ‘attacks’
Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Great to see my friend Christina Pagel featured in the THE for her work on tracking Trump's authoritarian actions.
"Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach"
"Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach"
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Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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RON JOHNSON: Are you aware of training for activists, Mr Ellison?
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
RON JOHNSON: Are you aware of training for activists, Mr Ellison?
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
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Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens.
Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.
homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...
Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.
homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens.
Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.
homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...
Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.
homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...
"Close advisor" is a pretty funny way to say they've been reportedly been banging boots together in the rumor mill for like a decade or more. But that's just rumors right, we can't possibly have a media investigation that validates or discredits those rumors.
“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"Close advisor" is a pretty funny way to say they've been reportedly been banging boots together in the rumor mill for like a decade or more. But that's just rumors right, we can't possibly have a media investigation that validates or discredits those rumors.
They've claimed to roll back their surveillance state bullshit before only to casually reapply it again. RING IS NOT A TRUSTWORTHY COMPANY.
If you want security cameras for the simplicity of just being able to check on kids, catch package deliveries, or know when someone's at the door. Go Offline
If you want security cameras for the simplicity of just being able to check on kids, catch package deliveries, or know when someone's at the door. Go Offline
Ring says it is terminating its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety following backlash to this commercial: www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/...
Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
They've claimed to roll back their surveillance state bullshit before only to casually reapply it again. RING IS NOT A TRUSTWORTHY COMPANY.
If you want security cameras for the simplicity of just being able to check on kids, catch package deliveries, or know when someone's at the door. Go Offline
If you want security cameras for the simplicity of just being able to check on kids, catch package deliveries, or know when someone's at the door. Go Offline
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He spent a year on that article?????
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
He spent a year on that article?????
It's fine and reasonable for some places to select to have no data-centers. But I think for me I would prefer "yes you can have a data center but"
Make them buy only clean power and if they can't buy it they must build it and maintain it at or above the strictest state or national standards
Make them buy only clean power and if they can't buy it they must build it and maintain it at or above the strictest state or national standards
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It's fine and reasonable for some places to select to have no data-centers. But I think for me I would prefer "yes you can have a data center but"
Make them buy only clean power and if they can't buy it they must build it and maintain it at or above the strictest state or national standards
Make them buy only clean power and if they can't buy it they must build it and maintain it at or above the strictest state or national standards
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1/ The FTC has no more business policing the editorial decisions of Apple News under the guise of "consumer protection" than it does the "fair and balanced-ness" of Fox News' coverage--as I pointed out when Ferguson went on his social media fishing expedition.
www.thefire.org/news/ftc-ove...
www.thefire.org/news/ftc-ove...
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
1/ The FTC has no more business policing the editorial decisions of Apple News under the guise of "consumer protection" than it does the "fair and balanced-ness" of Fox News' coverage--as I pointed out when Ferguson went on his social media fishing expedition.
www.thefire.org/news/ftc-ove...
www.thefire.org/news/ftc-ove...