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The price of silver smashed through the $90 mark Wednesday morning
for the first time in weeks
as the metal recoups gains it lost after a late January crash,
though the precious metal remains far from the record highs it previously hit above $120.
KEY FACTS
The price of silver is $90.68 as of 9:25 a.m. EST, up nearly 4% but down slightly from a high of $91.18 reached earlier in the morning.

Silver Breaks $90 Mark Again—Fueled By Tariff Uncertainty, Iran Tensions
Silver has recouped some of the losses that it suffered following a price crash in late January.

"A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future" by David Attenborough (one of my heroes) is not a book that leaves a warm, fuzzy feeling. The future looks grim if we don't start behaving differently, starting today. Written with clarity and conviction.
#book #goodread

WaPo files a court motion, demanding the return of two phones, two laptops, a Garmin watch, and other devices seized from reporter Hannah Natanson's home (Perry Stein/Washington Post)

Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.

Alex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge.
Ask him about the bullying, intimidation and retribution meted out by Donald Trump and Maga acolytes following his appearance as a key witness in the first of the president’s two first-term impeachments, and he almost shrugs it off.
“I’m an optimist by nature. I’m more focused on the future than the past, and this idea of vindictiveness or grievance is completely opposite of my personality.
-- Now, accountability is essential …”

Imagine being so exhausted you can barely stand, yet thousands of people are waiting for you to give everything you have. Night after night. City after city.
There's a singer who knows this feeling intimately. After months of touring, she's running on empty—traveling by day, performing by night, adrenaline keeping her wired long after the final encore. Sleep won't come. The body is exhausted, but the mind won't stop. She captures this feeling in a song about desperate ti…

So, on the shoe thing, my adoration of footwear started early. This is a photo of me aged three in 1974, a bridesmaid at the wedding of my adored uncle who died last year. By all accounts I stared at my shoes the entire day, just transfixed by their shiny light blue glory. The tale is still told today 😄

Elon Musk announces an xAI reorganization that "required parting ways with some people", after two xAI co-founders announced they were leaving this week (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/musk-announces-xai-re-o…

Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures, SpaceX merger
The reorganization "required parting ways with some people," Elon Musk said Wednesday on X.

Feeling super “accelerated” as I sit here… patiently waiting… shitposting on the internet… instead of doing the work I could have been doing.
But hey, those tokens won’t use up themselves!

State Representative James Talarico, and his recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
CBS said it did not block the interview from airing, but provided legal guidance that broadcasting it could trigger the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule.
Colbert’s show instead posted the interview on YouTube.
When CBS Austin asked about Talarico announcing he's raised $2.5 million in the 24 hours following the interview, Jasmine Crockett said,
“I …

Jasmine Crockett brings Senate campaign to UT Austin as primary enters final weeks
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett spoke at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday night as her campaign for the U.S. Senate heads into its final weeks. Her

Filing: Paramount extends the deadline for WBD shareholders to vote on its $30-per-share offer to February 20 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/paramount-extends-deadline-warner-bros-discovery-netflix-1236692082/

Paramount Extends Deadline For Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders To Back Hostile Bid
Paramount has extended the deadline for Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to throw their support behind the company’s hostile takeover bid. The initial deadline of Wednesday has now been pushed to February 20. Paramount CEO David Ellison, along with his senior exec team and financial backers, have been meeting with WBD investors in recent weeks in […]