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Dear @… and @… , can the EC please take tough measures against this member state for seizing money from and blackmailing a European partner country under attack by Russia?
[and, all others, reposting would be great]…

Orbán party MP submits bill to keep seized Oschadbank cash and valuables under arrest
Máté Kocsis, an MP from the ruling Fidesz party, has submitted a bill to the Hungarian parliament proposing that cash and valuables seized from Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank remain under arrest until the ongoing criminal inquiry into the seizure is concluded.

Trump wants to remake the way we fight wildfires.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
The Trump administration on Friday outlined the most detailed plans yet for its new Wildland Fire Service,
which would overhaul how the nation fights wildfires in the run up to what experts say could be one of the worst U.S. fire seasons in recent memory.

As intense drought conditions turn the American West into a tinderbox,
firefighters and fire policy experts argue a unified supe…

Trump wants to remake the way we fight wildfires. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
The new Wildland Fire Service will consolidate all Interior Department firefighting efforts as a lacking winter and ongoing drought promises a bad fire season.

CFP: _U.S. Catholic Historian_: Rome and America: Essays in Honor of Pope Leo XIV https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142449/cfp-us-catholic-historian-rome-and-america-essays-honor-pope-leo-xiv

Q&A with David Liu, CEO of PlusAI, which is slated to go public next month, on the ongoing commercial trial of its autonomous truck driving software, and more (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/plusai-ceo-david-liu-on-…

PlusAI CEO David Liu, on the precipice of going public, talks autonomous trucking
With his company set to hit the public markets in February, Liu envisions a future where most vehicles, commercial or not, are driving themselves.

When you see antisemitic bots like this that spam replies to posts criticising Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, make sure you report and block them.
(They block you after commenting so you can’t act on their post. Unless, that is, you run your own instance like I do and can suspend them.)
But wait, did I just call them antisemitic?
Why yes, conflating Zionism with being Jewish is to state that all Jews support Israel, settler colonialism, apartheid, ethn…

From Translink
Pattullo Bridge closed in both directions for one week
Full closure needed to finish road connections on replacement bridge
Starting at 8pm on Friday February 6 there will be no vehicle access to the Pattullo Bridge for approximately one week because of ongoing construction and transition work on the new stalΕəwΓasəm (Riverview) Bridge. During the closure, the stalΕəwΓasəm Bridge will also be fully closed.

The Pattullo Bridge’s sidewalk will remai…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-protests-renee-good-hnk
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p42#a260117p42

CFP: _U.S. Catholic Historian_: Rome and America: Essays in Honor of Pope Leo XIV https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142449/cfp-us-catholic-historian-rome-and-america-essays-honor-pope-leo-xiv

Sources: Kalshi is raising ~$1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, up from the $11B valuation announced in December, and has a revenue run rate of ~$1.5B (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kalshi-cinc…