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Filing: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, set to run for California governor to succeed Newsom, gets donations from Sergey Brin, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and others (Bloomberg)

Missing a trick here.
Not a word on Labour's trashing of environmental protection and building boom. That boom won't deliver affordable rent housing.
Greens to launch local elections campaign with promise on affordable housing which ‘failing Labour councils’ haven’t delivered - Green Party

The Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
After failing to obtain information through a summons issued to Reddit,
the government reportedly issued a subpoena demanding that Reddit provide the information and appear before a grand jury in Washington, DC.
The Intercept described the subpoena today.
“According to a subpoena obtained by The Intercept, Reddit has until April 14 to pro…

Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury
Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.

Email Foreign Minister Penny Wong and urge opposition to this official visit, and a public reaffirmation of Australia’s obligations to prevent and punish genocide.
https://www.amnesty.org.au/act-now/australia-must-investigate-president-herzog-for-g…

Australia must investigate President Herzog for genocide
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to arrive in Australia on February 8, following an official invitation from the Australian Government. With this

EU, Dutch government announce hacks following Ivanti zero-days https://therecord.media/eu-dutch-government-announce-hacks-ivanti-zero-days

The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief

Rudd confirmed to head NSA, Cyber Command after near year-long vacancy
Rudd, who was confirmed 71-29 to serve as the “dual-hat” leader of the organizations, takes the reins as the U.S. faces mounting aggression in cyberspace from foreign adversaries at the same time the Trump administration has sought to shrink the size of the federal government.

"Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations"
#Mexico #Pollution

Aarde is afgelopen tien jaar sneller opgewarmd dan gedacht | de Volkskrant
Wist u dat al? Nou de meesten van u wel
Doet u er iets aan? Nou de meesten van u doen hun best
Helpt dat? Nou, een heel klein beetje
Is dat genoeg? Nee, absoluut niet, wil het helpen dan moet de hele maatschappij flink worden opgeschud
Gaat dat gebeuren? O zeker, goed- of kwaadschiks, evolutie, revolutie, ineenstorting, ik weet niet wat het uiteindelijk gaat worden, maar het gaat iets worden, …

Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark combining its societal impacts, red team, and economic research teams (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite just after filing a lawsuit against the government. Its new think tank, the Anthropic Institute, will be led by Jack Clark.

Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/mexico-moves-to-combat-pollution-following-guardian-investigations