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As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba,
a general told Congress that the military will
“set up a camp” at Guantšnamo Bay
to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States.
…

‘Beyond the pale’: general says US military will create a ‘camp’ at Gitmo to ‘deal with’ Cubans fleeing Trump blockade
One foreign policy expert noted that fears of a “mass exodus” of refugees come “as the US starves Cuba of energy and food.”

Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-pla…

Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada | TechCrunch
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify's AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.

POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel - Werkzeuge von Baustelle entwendet Soltau - Verkehrsunfall ohne Fahrerlaubnis und unter Einfluss von Alkohol PI Heidekreis (ots) - Munster - Trunkenheitsfahrt Am Freitagabend stellten Beamte im Rahmen einer Verkehrskontrolle Atemalkoholgeruch bei dem Fahrer eines angehaltenen PKW fest. Ein freiwilliger Atemalkoholtest ergab einen Wert von 1,22 Promille. ...

Gas and LNG expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau: "People really need to turn down their thermostats. We're heading for the Mother of all energy crises. Refilling Europe's gas storages could become the drama of the year."
Even more so for the Netherlands, where the filling level has now been run down to below 7%, I would add.
In Tijd.be, by Tobe Steel

Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-pla…

Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada | TechCrunch
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify's AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.

This is "interesting" - In a civil trial in which Elon M. is the defendant they are having difficulty finding enough unbiased jurors to empanel a jury:
Well, that's one way to evade liability: become so hated that there aren't enough people who don't hate your guts to form a jury.
"Musk’s Twitter Trial Gets Jurors Who Can Set Aside Feelings"

Musk’s Twitter Trial Gets Jurors Who Can Set Aside Feelings
Nine jurors, claiming they can be fair and impartial to Elon Musk and his controversial purchase of Twitter in 2022, were seated in San Francisco federal court Thursday, whittled down from a pool of 93.

Pela primeira vez assistindo algo no #AmazonPrime em meses e descobrindo que os programas têm propaganda no meio dos filmes e séries. O mais patético é que não são propagandas comerciais, com a empresa ganhando alguma coisa. São todas propagandas da própria #AmazonPrime! Ou seja, eles …

https://blog.mondediplo.net/les-collaborateurs

Les collaborateurs
Donc ils ont eu une éducation. Ils sont allés aux écoles — enfin à Sciences-Po, ou en école de journalisme. Donc on leur a enseigné. Donc, ils ont appris. Ils ont appris l’Histoire. L’ont régurgitée — dans des copies, puis dans des articles, dans des discussions mondaines. Ils ont vu des documentaires — sur Arte. Des films. Sur la montée. Sur ce qui s’est passé, les processus à l’œuvre, les accélérations. À quoi les processus ont conduit. Ils ont été invités — …

A US judge rebukes a DOJ prosecutor for not mentioning a 1980 law protecting journalists when seeking a warrant to search WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's home (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/politics/washington-post-reporter…

Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.

POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel: Alkoholisiert und ohne Fahrerlaubnis; Walsrode: 17-Jähriger betrunken am Steuer; Walsrode/A 7: Sattelzug übersieht Auto Heidekreis (ots) - 18.02.2026 / Alkoholisiert und ohne Fahrerlaubnis Bad Fallingbostel: Am frühen Mittwochabend führten Einsatzkräfte der Polizeiinspektion Heidekreis eine Verkehrskontrolle durch und überprüften dabei einen 37-jährigen ...