Trump administration indefinitely pauses immigrant visa processing for 75 nations (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/14/trump-immigration-visa-processing-pause/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4MzY2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5NzQ5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjgzNjY4MDAsImp0aSI6IjgwNmI2ZjI1LWVlNWYtNDBlYS1hNmZhLTcyNzY2ZGU1ZGUwNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI2LzAxLzE0L3RydW1wLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLXZpc2EtcHJvY2Vzc2luZy1wYXVzZS8ifQ.yK2tzz4Wq0IbYG9zt9mc_Wz4KM09TgPEFBCFQFVpdcs&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p4#a260115p4

The Trump Administration Will Somehow Make $10 Billion Off the TikTok Deal
The unusually large fee comes after the president brokered the sale of the company’s US operations to investors allied with his administration
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

The Trump administration will somehow make $10 billion off the TikTok deal
The unusually large fee comes after the president brokered the sale of the company's US operations to investors allied with his administration.

Top 10 NFL games of the 2025 season: Which NFC thriller ranked No. 1? https://www.nfl.com/news/top-10-nfl-games-of-the-2025-season-which-nfc-thriller-ranked-no-1

I wish we had more people writing more sophisticated concerns about the harms of AI.
"Slop" criticism is important because I think many of us feel we are being gaslit into believing that generative AI is currently creating quality creative output, while Al (henceforth Alfred) is overwhelmingly creating mediocre quality creative work.
Every past winter, Alfred survives in a more focused and refined form. Eliza was a toy chatbot of the 1960s, but what emerged from that is…

LIVE | Winter OLYMPICS. Disqualification of HERASKEVYCH. Official statement by UKRAINE: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/live-winter-olympics-disqualification-of.html

A questão pedia para utilizar derivadas para esboçar o gršfico de uma função de terceiro grau. Como a derivada é uma função de segundo grau, eu esperava que os alunos calculassem as raízes e aí, a partir da concavidade da paršbola, descobrissem aonde a derivada era positiva ou negativa. Mas a aluna, depois de obter os pontos críticos, simplesmente calculou o valor da função em pontos aleatórios entre os pontos críticos. Sem explicação do que estava fazendo. A princípio eu achei que ela estav…

Nach erfolgreichen Basteltag einfach in den Aldi gegangen und Erfrischungs-Stäbchen gekauft!11 🤩🫪

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp that renamed itself in the Metaverse craze less than five years ago, is reducing its Metaverse activity by 10% and laying off some 1500 employees.
https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-reportedly-laying-off-over-10…

xAI und X reagieren auf Grok-Kritik: Maßnahmen gegen anzügliche KI-Bilder
Nach anhaltender Kritik an anzüglichen KI-Bildern, die mit Grok erstellt wurden, reagieren xAI und X. Doch es gibt Zweifel an der Unmittelbarkeit der Maßnahmen.

RE: https://bewegung.social/@berlinwerbefrei/115892321520729039
Wichtige Initiative welche überall umgesetzt werden kann und soll!

IDC: in Q4 2025, global PC shipments rose nearly 10% YoY to 76.4M units, helped by Windows 10 end-of-support and OEMs pulling forward inventory amid tariffs (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861124/pc-market-growth-q4-2025-idc

PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages
The PC market just grew nearly 10 percent. The end of Windows 10 support and global memory shortages helped boost PC shipments over the holidays.

"I don't know anything about Angola...
...but Angola's in trouble."
- Charles Barkley

:crt_w_test_pattern: ᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃ

Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

1 Autoparkplatz = 10 Fahrräder
#Fahrradbubble #Stuttgart

Unusual GenAI application: Snarky answers to shitty emails.
#genAI

I Hope This Email Finds You Before I Do
I Hope This Email Finds You Before I Do

Student promotes getting tested to donate blood-forming stem cells for life-saving stem cell therapy in front of Willard Straight Hall
#photo

So... #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy
CGI: 10/10
Some kind of [noun]: 10/10
Shallow main villain with ridiculous face prosthetics: 10/10
Some good episodes–for me, mostly the light-hearted ones. Mediocre science fiction plots–come on, there're plenty …

“We are f—”: 10 Ukrainians with drones wipe out two NATO battalions in war game - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/nato-exercise-reveals-alliance-cant-survive-ukraine-style-drone-warfare/

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The 1% club in IP4 concentration continues:
https://social.bgp.tools/@transfers/statuses/01KHBBFZYFV9GTB8CSWYNRFZ3V

Post by IP/ASN Transfers, @transfers@bgp.tools
"T-Mobile USA, Inc." transferred: 70.0.0.0/13, 70.10.0.0/15 (Taken from 70.10.0.0/14), 174.144.0.0/12, 173.128.0.0/11, 107.24.0.0/13, 75.92.0.0/14, 71.20.0.0/14, 173.96.0.0/11, 108.96.0.0/11, 70.12.0.0/15 (Taken from 70.10.0.0/14) to "Amazon.com, Inc." (Estimated Market Value: $208.1...

Proud of the release of the latest version of Vienna.
The list of changes is long…
#RSS

Here’s the best info I have (which seems to be corroborated despite the scammy “CRIME” account name): now reported to be just one person hit, in the thigh. My guess is that the press will be picking up now and we won’t get really clear info until the dust has settled.
Will stop posting more from the chat rumor mill at this point unless I hear a really important correction.

EEG changes associated with hallucinations caused by Charles Bonnet Syndrome https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1697094/full "reduced α power in occipital electrodes at the onset of the hallucinations&q…

Frontiers | EEG changes associated with hallucinations caused by Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is characterised by the presence of visual hallucinations following visual loss in many patients. The neuropathophysiology of C...

npmx
A fast, modern browser for the npm registry.
./ #javascript #npm

npmx - Package Browser for the npm Registry
a fast, modern browser for the npm registry. Search, browse, and explore packages with a modern interface.

The Paper Factory: How Academia Turned Research into Production — From publish-or-perish pressure to the erosion of creativity in modern science https://research-reviewer.blogspot.com/2025/10/publish-or-perish-research.html

The Paper Factory: How Academia Turned Research into Production — From publish-or-perish pressure to the erosion of creativity in modern science
An in-depth reflection on how the ‘publish or perish’ culture, precarious work, and academic metrics have turned research into a paper factory — an...

In case you ever wondered what it costs to sell an item on Ebay Australia but with a German Ebay account. Yes, that's entirely possible and the system handles it all beautifully. Kudos to the programmers who had to work this out.
As you can probably see, I'm not doing this for profit, but for fun and to prevent waste.
Are you into old Pokémon stuff? Everything is $5 now: …

So I'm thinking about what to use as the guts of the gen2 reworkctf board.
I want a BGA of relatively large (0.8 or 1 mm) pitch to allow practicing of BGA site rework without being 11/10 difficulty level right out of the gate.
The STM32H750XBH6 is $12.39 at digikey in single units, sub $10 in higher volume, although currently sold out until April (I have enough on the shelf to prototype with), 0.8mm depopulated 265-BGA.
The cheapest Xilinx part in a 1mm FTGB196 is the X…

Today there’s the virtual birthday 🎁 party 🎉 for the first 25 years of #Wikipedia
You can join!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikipedia_25_Virtual_Celebratio…

If you want to look at digital sovereignty in a structured way, the "Cloud Sovereignty Framework" is a good way to start.
https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/09579818-64a6-4dd5-9577-446ab6219113_en

from my link log —
The Arm64 memory tagging extension in Linux.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/834289/a8f6c7c67ccca2c3/
saved 2020-10-19 https…

Die Deutsche #Umwelthilfe fordert per Vollstreckungsantrag die Umsetzung des Nitrat Urteils zum Schutz des #Grundwasser.
Trotz klarer Vorgaben des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts liegt kein wirksames Aktionsprogramm vor. Stattdessen schlägt das

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Does anyone else observe a weirdness with Docker registry 2.8.2 (default Ubuntu noble) where it won't accept layers because it thinks it aleady has them and then serve 0 byte 200s when asked for it which leads to "unexpected EOF" errors on deployments?
We ran the registry previously on Focal and it worked great for year. Upgrading breaks regularly despite us completely nuking the old contents incl Redis cache. There's currently also no deleting/maintanance b/c I thoug…

A recent survey by the American Jewish Committee, a nonprofit, found that
91 percent of American Jews say they feel less safe in the United States in the wake of high-profile attacks last year,
including the arson attack at the home of Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro,
and the killing of two Israeli Embassy aides last spring outside a Jewish museum in Washington.
More than half said that they had changed their behavior out of fear.

After Synagogue Attack in Michigan, Some Jews Wonder How Much More Security Is Possible
“We are synagogues — we are houses of worship,” one rabbi said. “We are not Fort Knox.”

Strike on Volgograd hits Russia’s rear; 1.3M losses, NATO signals collapse: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/strike-on-volgograd-hits-russias.html

Studie: Deutsche Firmen machen 5,5 Prozent des Umsatzes mit Videospielen aus
Der Branchenverband game hat eine Studie zur deutschen Spielebranche veröffentlicht. Sie ist demnach seit 2018 stark gewachsen, hat aber noch Aufholpotenzial.

Federal agent shoots man officials say assaulted officer in Minneapolis, prompting protests (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/14/us/minneapolis-person-shot-federal-agent
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p5#a260115p5

AWS launches European Sovereign Cloud, creating a new parent company for its sovereign cloud that will be locally controlled in the EU and run by EU citizens (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-sovereign-cloud-europe-expansion.html<…

Amazon launches its 'sovereign' cloud in Europe and plots expansion
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) European Sovereign Cloud will be "physically and logically separate" from other AWS regions, the company said.

Der Bundestag beriet über die Weiterentwicklung der #Treibhausgasminderungsquote im #Verkehrssektor.
Der Entwurf sieht vor, die Minderungspflicht bis 2040 schrittweise auf 59 Prozent zu erhöhen und den Anteil erneuerbarer

Deutscher Bundestag - Weiterentwicklung der Treibhausgasminderungs-Quote
Der Bundestag berät am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2026, den Entwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Zweites Gesetz zur Weiterentwicklung der Treibhausgasminderungs-Quote (THG-Quote, 21/4083)....

Renner's 2026 NFL mock draft 5.0: Giants trade No. 1 pick as QBs, edge rushers take over top 10

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-draft-gia…

RE: https://publicidentity.net/@jezdez/116228169376988502
another end of an era 💔

DLSS 4.5: Nvidia-App mit neuen Funktionen jetzt für alle Nutzer
Mit DLSS 4.5 werden Spiele detailreicher hochskaliert als in vorherigen Versionen. Die neue Version steht jetzt für alle Nutzer der Nvidia-App bereit.

Abortion opponents warn Trump: Hold the line or risk midterms 'devastation' (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/abortion-opponents-revamp-their-midterms-plans-as-rift-with-trump-widens-00729224
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p6#a260115p6

BNP Paribas analysis: Anthropic saw visits to its site jump 6.5% after its Super Bowl ad and DAUs jump 11% post-game, outperforming other AI companies (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/anthropic-open-ai-super-bowl-ads.html

Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Anthropic's Super Bowl ad campaign, which took a swipe at the ChatGPT maker's decision to bring ads to the platform.

Inside the administration, some officials are growing pessimistic about the lack of a clear strategy to finish the war.
But they have been careful not to express that directly to the president,
who has repeatedly declared that the military operation is a complete success
htt…

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

Personal Intelligence: Googles Gemini wird noch persönlicher
Gemini wird ein KI-Assistent, der Kontext versteht – basierend auf Gmail, Fotos, Such-Historie und YouTube-Verlauf. Zunächst als Beta-Version.
https:…

in a world of omnipresent shitty and baity talk/blog/video titles, I cannot appreciate @… 's talk enough:
"How to give your Python code to someone else”
It's perfect. 🥹
https://…

How to give your Python code to someone else
You've written some Python code. It works great on your machine. Now you want someone else to use that code. … Presented by: Russell Keith-Magee

Russia keeps delaying deadlines to capture Donbas as it seeks to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, Ukrainian lawmaker says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/russia-keeps-delaying-deadlines-to.html

White House 'deeply concerned' about Chinese super-embassy's secret rooms (Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/01/13/us-trump-china-mega-embassy-uk/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260114/p170#a260114p170

Sources: TSMC plans to invest another $100B to build four more US fabs to ensure tariff-free chip sales; analysis: its Arizona site has land for four more fabs (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b715b003-1d10-46d4-a02d-1c5969d0dbf8

heise | Homey Pro Mini im Test: Lokale Steuerzentrale als Home-Assistant-Alternative
HomeKit ist Ihnen zu eingeschränkt, Home Assistant zu kompliziert? Dann könnte der neue Homey Pro Mini das Richtige für Ihr Smart Home sein.

Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether
two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month,
as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that
his agency opened a joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence revealed
“sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements”

Feds investigating if ICE officers lied about a Minneapolis shooting
Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that his agency had opened a joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence revealed “sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements” about the shooting of one of t…

Russian air defense worth $50 million destroyed! Ukraine delivers a painful blow!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/russian-air-defense-worth-million.html

India partners with Alibaba.com to help Indian startups and small businesses reach overseas buyers, highlighting its selective engagement with Chinese platforms (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/india-…

India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans | TechCrunch
India turns to Alibaba.com's B2B network of 50 million buyers in 200 countries to help businesses scale global exports.

Hundreds of unionized University of California workers circled the Arbor,
in front of the Library at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday
at what organizers called a “last chance” practice picket
— a visible warning that a strike could be days away if contract talks continue to stall.
…

UAW Workers Stage ‘Last Chance’ Practice Picket at UC Santa Barbara
About 300 unionized UC workers marched through campus Thursday in a coordinated statewide action organizers described as a “last chance” signal to university leaders.

Appfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/app-…

App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B | TechCrunch
Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.

Russia just laid out its Ukraine war endgame — here's what Moscow actually wants: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/russia-just-laid-out-its.html

DTCC: credit default swaps tied to a handful of US tech groups have climbed 90% since early September, as investors seek ways to protect against an AI debt bust (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c5f9380e-df86-42a9-a387-a0d5e04ad45f

Inside Israel,👉 “there is no room for any question marks or doubts about this war,”
says journalist Gideon Levy,
a columnist for Haaretz and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board.
He says war fever has taken over the country, 🔸with polls showing 93% support for the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Lebanon and beyond
— at least among the Jewish public.
“Israel is doing as much as it can,” he says.
🔥“As long as the American support is so massive, so blind and…

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Will Not Stop Wars & Occupation Until U.S. Pulls Support
Inside Israel, “there is no room for any question marks or doubts about this war,” says journalist Gideon Levy, a columnist for Haaretz and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board. He says war fever has taken over the country, with polls showing 93% support for the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Lebanon and beyond — at least among the Jewish public. “Israel is doing as much as it can,” he says. “As long as the American support is so massive, so blind and so automatic, this will go …

Nearly 11,000 North Korean troops stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast at start of 2026, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/nearly-north-korean-troops-stationed.html

London-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedosophia, and Khosla, after raising $50M in 2024 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/12/15/polyai-raises-86m/

PolyAI raises $86M
London-based AI startup PolyAI has raised $86m in a Series D funding round.The funding round in the AI assistant developer for call centres was co-led by existing investors Canadian B2B software investor Georgian, London-based investor Hedosophia and US VC firm Khosla Ventures.Additional investors were NVentures (Nvidia’s VC arm), Sands Capital, Squarepoint Ventures, Citi Ventures, Point72 Ventures and the British Business Bank, which invested £15m ($20.1m). The British Business Bank is also…

The global economy has been rocked by the war in the Middle East,
with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatening energy flows and sending the price of oil soaring to its highest level in years.
The United Nations Security Council responded to the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war by passing a resolution this week condemning Iran
— specifically for its attacks on U.S. allies in the region
— while ignoring the role of the Trump administration and the Netanyahu govern…

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: U.S.-Israeli “War of Choice,” Assault on U.N. Charter Could Lead to WWIII
The global economy has been rocked by the war in the Middle East, with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatening energy flows and sending the price of oil soaring to its highest level in years. The United Nations Security Council responded to the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war by passing a resolution this week condemning Iran — specifically for its attacks on U.S. allies in the region — while ignoring the role of the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government in instigating t…

Allies pledge 35 Patriot missiles for Ukraine — sounds a lot, but is it?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/allies-pledge-patriot-missiles-for.html

Filing: Reddit says in its lawsuit against Australia's social media ban that it is "a collection of public fora" and social interaction isn't its "sole purpose" (Lauren Edmonds/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-leg…

Reddit is arguing it's a 'collection of public fora' and not a social media company. Here's why.
In a lawsuit challenging an Australian law barring children under 16 from having social media accounts, Reddit argues it's not a social media company.

In 1405, Admiral Zheng set off from China with the greatest armada in history,
leading three hundred magnificent ships on a thirty year odyssey to distant lands as far afield as Africa.
Later that century, Columbus landed in the New World with three barely seaworthy boats.
Zheng’s armada, for all its grandeur, left virtually no imprint on the world
-- while Columbus changed the entire course of history. 
Why?
The Patterning Instinct provides a new answer to…

The Patterning Instinct: A History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, by Jeremy Lent
Showing how culture shapes values and values shape history, The Patterning Instinct provides a fresh perspective on crucial questions of the human story.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces release footage of strikes on Russian airfield in Crimea, other targets in occupied territories: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/ukraines-unmanned-systems-forces-release.html

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon's rivalry is moving beyond ads with explicit customer poaching efforts and lawsuits; AT&T twice blocked T-Mobile's Easy Switch tool (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busi…

China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
The disruption caused by the war on Iran may reveal that years China spent preparing for a global energy crisis have left the country and its economy better positioned than most to endure a long-term hike in the cost of oil and gas.

Through massive stockpiles of crude oil,
an aggressive push into electric vehicles
and huge investments into coal, renewable power and battery storage,
Beijing has worked …

Why China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
Spiking oil prices may reveal how China has been more successful in electrifying its economy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels than the United States.

$38 BILLION FOR THE AFU! Munich gives the "GREEN LIGHT" for the complete rearmament of Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/billion-for-the-afu-munich.html

On TikTok and Instagram, young people are diving into the joys of Chinese culture – from drinking hot water to playing mahjong – all under the banner of “Chinamaxxing”.
On the Chinese internet, however, the US is losing its decades-long grip on soft power, and is instead being replaced by a darker trend: "the kill line".
The kill line is a dangerous place to be.
In gaming, the term refers to the point at which a player’s strength is so depleted that one more blo…

Urgent! Minister FEDOROV called for additional PATRIOT systems to be transferred to KYIV #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/urgent-minister-fedorov-called-for.html…

Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

About 4 in 10 teens support cellphone bans in classrooms; fewer back all-day restrictions
About one-in-five teens support banning cellphones during the entire school day, including at lunch and between classes.

At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance.
They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition.
Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved,
including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei.
They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations.
Kristi Noem,…

The Donroe Coalition: Trump’s new right-wing military alliance
Last weekend, Donald Trump met with right-wing allies from Latin America to kick off a new military coalition to attack so-called drug cartels and push his agenda up and down the hemisphere. This is episode 8 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.

Ukraine's battlefield lessons drive UK to spend over $545 million on hypersonic, long-range weapons in 2026: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/ukraines-battlefield-lessons-drive-uk.html

Lawmakers in Washington state this week approved a ⭐️new income tax on residents making more than $1 million
-- and could spur other states considering similar bills to approve their proposals.
Legislators in the Democrat-led Senate on Wednesday night approved the tax,
-- which will impose a 9.9 percent tax on earners making over $1 million per year and will fund education, prisons, universal school lunches and replace or reduce other taxes, among other things, Democratic l…

Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

From Stalin to Putin – Russia’s history of torture | Documentary: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/from-stalin-to-putin-russias.html

“I’m not paying my federal income taxes this year,”
Rachel Cohen declared in a recent Instagram video that received more than 140,000 likes.
The 31-year-old lawyer in Chicago plans to put the $8,800 she owes the federal government in a high-yield savings account instead.
She doesn’t want to fund wars in Iran and Gaza or immigrationagents detaining her neighbors, she said.
Many commenters said they wanted to do the same.
Others worried about her. “I’ve gotten a l…

Regarding the torture of Ukrainians: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/regarding-the-torture-of-ukrainians.html

It was not so long ago that working with the military on potentially harmful technology was seen as a red line for many big tech workers.
In 2018, thousands of #Google employees launched a protest against a program to analyze drone footage for the DoD called #Project

Right now! Zelenskyy arrives at the Munich Security Conference #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/right-now-zelenskyy-arrives-at.html

Editorial Assistant: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/editorial-assistant.html

Ukrainian drones strike Volgograd, damaging homes and infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/ukrainian-drones-strike-volgograd-damaging.html

Whither Trump's peace in Ukraine?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/whither-trumps-peace-in-ukraine.html

Russia brings back 'pseudo-historian' Medinsky to head peace talks, reversing shift toward 'constructive' diplomacy: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/russia-brings-back-pseudohistorian-medinsky.html

Ukraine secures nearly $38 billion in military aid after Ramstein meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/ukraine-secures-nearly-billion-in.html

The Kremlin begs Musk to return Starlink to Russians #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/the-kremlin-begs-musk-to.html

Ukraine’s military intelligence names 14 suspects in cultural property thefts from occupied territories: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/ukraines-military-intelligence-names-suspects.html

Ukrainian “FLAMINGO” incinerated ARSENAL with MISSILES in RUSSIA! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/ukrainian-flamingo-incinerated-arsenal-with.html

“I had no intention of breaking the rules. My helmet is about honoring great people,” – Heraskevych: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/i-had-no-intention-of.html

Attacks on thermal power plants at -20°C and terror from the cold! Russian missiles target the light: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/attacks-on-thermal-power-plants.html

How does a family from KYIV live WITHOUT LIGHT and HEAT at -20°C? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/how-does-a-family-from.html

Four injured as Russian strikes target energy infrastructure in Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/four-injured-as-russian-strikes.html

Ukraine will not accept a bad peace deal, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/ukraine-will-not-accept-a.html

'It means more than any medal' — Ukraine's skeleton racer sacrifices Olympic dream to honor war victims: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/it-means-more-than-any.html

Several Ukrainian children abducted to Russia returned in initiative backed by Melania Trump, White House says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/several-ukrainian-children-abducted-to.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,250,950 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

At least 9 killed, 28 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

Start of the Munich Security Conference: Zelenskyy already in Germany #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/start-of-the-munich-security.html