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Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/climate-change-drives-uneven-shifts-in-tree-diversity-across-amazon-and-andes/

Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes
The tropical forests of the Amazon and Andes are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but across both regions, changes in climate and landscape conditions are driving a shift in the number of tree species, recent research has found. Although the overall number of tree species across the Andes and Amazon hasn’t […]

West agrees to respond militarily to Russia's ceasefire violations in Ukraine, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/west-agrees-to-respond-militarily.html

Reliance's Jio Studios acquires a 50.1% equity stake in Sikhya Entertainment for ~$16.7M, uniting India's largest studio with the Oscar-winning production house (Hannah Abraham/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahab…

Jio Studios Acquires $16.7 Million Majority Stake In Oscar-Winning Sikhya Entertainment
The Reliance subsidiary has secured 50.1% equity in production house behind 'The Elephant Whisperers' and 'Period. End of Sentence.

"Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests"
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Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests
Wild ecosystems such as grassland savannas, bush and open wetlands are losing ground worldwide to make way for large pastures and grain fields. A new study found these ecosystems are being converted at a rate four times higher than for forests.   Over a 15-year period, from 2005-2020, researchers found that 190 million hectares (470 […]

If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere (Eric Berger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/spacex-acq…

SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it
This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission."

Seahawks OT Charles Cross agrees to four-year, $104.4M extension https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-ot-charles-cross-agrees-to-four-year-104-4m-extension

The Trump administration is purchasing warehouses across the U.S. with the intention of converting them into immigration jails
as the White House expands its brutal immigration crackdown.
At least seven sites being looked at by the administration could be used to imprison 7,500 people or more,
with some sites coming close to a 10,000-person figure.
All told, the 23 warehouse sites being considered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would imprison as many as 8…

DHS Seeks to Convert Giant Warehouses Across US Into Immigration Jails
A total of 23 converted warehouses could imprison up to 80,000 people, estimates suggest.

EU agrees details on 90 billion euro lifeline to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/04/eu-agrees-details-on-billion.html

Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using
AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said.
The finding, from a recently published research paper, is based on results of experiments correlating specific individuals with accounts or posts across more than one social media platform.
The success rate was far greater than existing classical deanonymiz…

LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy
Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless.

Meat-Heavy US Nutrition Guidelines Will Require Millions Of Acres Of New Farmland https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/us-nutrition-guidelines-require-acres-farmland/

Meat-Heavy US Nutrition Guidelines Will Require Millions Of Acres Of New Farmland
The new US nutrition guidelines could require millions of acres of new agricultural land for high-impact animal farming