2026-02-19 18:42:47
'Don't believe in fairy tales' — Russia scrambles for front-line signal after Starlink cut-off: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/dont-believe-in-fairy-tales.html
'Don't believe in fairy tales' — Russia scrambles for front-line signal after Starlink cut-off: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/dont-believe-in-fairy-tales.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience:
🎵 I Believe in You
#TheJeanPaulSartreExperience
https://thejeanpaulsartreexperiencemusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-you-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/06L1wpZy5LGzEC734Hd9oi
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My Morning Jacket:
🎵 Believe Nobody Knows
#NowPlaying #MyMorningJacket
https://mymorningjacket.bandcamp.com/track/believe-nobody-knows
https://open.spotify.com/track/5FUAJpTxH7PqXMphJMr9im
Americans believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Jason Lange/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-believe-epstein-files-show-powerful-get-pass-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-02-18/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p70#a260218p70
"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@… @… I believe it logs the errors to console?
Majority of Americans Believe Waging War on Iran Benefits Israel More Than US | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-iran-war
Are We Wired to Believe in God?
#Autism #Religious
The United States has a tendency to overestimate what political outcomes can be engineered using overwhelming military power
while underestimating the fallout,
said Caitlin Talmadge,
a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in Gulf security issues.
“Air power is the U.S. drug of choice
— we love to believe that it can achieve big political effects and also big military effects,
yet the historical record doesn’t support that…
Some Starfleet academy pilot ideas:
- Different mating rituals can be hard to learn
- Does anyone have a 21st century pencil?
- Someone thinks they failed a test!
- Oops, a cadet lead the chef to believe they love to eat Gagh and doesn't want to insult them!
#startrek
Remember the first time you wrote $(document).ready()?
It’s hard to believe it has been 20 years since John Resig first introduced a Javascript library called jQuery. It completely changed the way we approached the DOM and standardized the web for a generation of developers.
A few days ago, the jQuery team announced the release of jQuery 4.0.0! 🚀
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Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 I Believe In Love
#NowPlaying #TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Jsks3IWyaeFVEjmVtw2H3
The scariest thing for me about “AI” is how scared Geoffrey Hinton is. I do not believe that he’s a fool or a charlatan, unlike so many other “experts.” I think he’s wrong, but that’s an absolutely uninformed opinion. His is a very informed opinion.
Then I remember how whacky Linus Pauling got.
But still, it is intermittently unsettling.
Friday Links 26-10
The podcast about culture is great, so is the one with the creator of Kotlin.
@…'s techno set is pretty great too.
https://christof.damian.net/2026…
No kidding! Right now it is rare that a bus isn't cancelled on one of the three days I commute.
https://flip.it/nR4NZY
Dallas Cowboys Given Underwhelming 2026 Projected Win Total https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-given-underwhelming-2026-projected-win-total
"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting
Last time Raiders had No. 1 pick was JaMarcus Russell saga https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/last-time-raiders-had-no-1-pick-was-jamarcus-russell-saga-3764064/
CBS News staffers say they believe the network has decided to retain Peter Attia, who issued an apology for his inappropriate Epstein emails, as on-air analyst (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/14/cbs-peter-attia-jeffrey-epste…
RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116092915176228917
Understanding what is really going on requires critical thinking, such as understanding the actual data versus what is presented.
So much damage is done by people that believe what is not true…
I keep finding new people to follow and people I remember from X. I don’t miss the hellsite. It takes time to regrow after you find your community, but I truly believe we can rebuild better.
I have received only two suggestions.
I can't believe the #macOS community is not using ad-blockers for Safari. https://hachyderm.io/@al3x/116091476392334846
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 14 that
territorial concessions by Ukraine
would not bring peace,
just as the 1938 Munich Agreement did not prevent World War II.
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine
— just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war,"
Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.
The Munich Agr…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Bill Evans:
🎵 You Must Believe in Spring
#BillEvans
https://open.spotify.com/track/17C96Rsq4f38eMuZRGtku6
«delphitools — A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools.
No logins, no registration, no data collection. I can't believe I have to say that. Long live the handmade web.»
Resource to bookmark alert: a collection of small, low stake, no login tools, all in one place. In a world where everything becomes a monthly subscription, it’s quite refreshing!
🛠️
Lay the groundwork for a national strike, and lay it •loudly• so that the billionaires know — believe! — that it is a real possibility. Make them terrified of it.
It’s like the doomsday device in Dr. Strangelove: you have to tell them about it. And they have to believe it’s real.
How do we do that? It starts with talking to each other about it. •We• have to believe it’s real. We have to lay the groundwork.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Simian Mobile Disco:
🎵 I Believe
#SimianMobileDisco
https://smdisco.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe
https://open.spotify.com/track/1n6wxfacQ1zvjNDtVnEGhp
@… @… @… I want to believe! (In isolation)
Chiefs GM Brett Veach: Alohi Gilman 'fits that mold' of safeties Tyrann Mathieu, Justin Reid https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-gm-brett-veach-alohi-gilman-fits-that-mold-of-safeties-tyrann-mathieu-justin-reid
"I Believe" - Andrew Rannells and the Broadway Company of The Book of Mormon (LIVE on The Late Show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJh5hsiy0LM
"The site will be hosted at "freedom.gov," the sources said. One source said officials had discussed including a virtual private network function to make a user's traffic appear to originate in the U.S. --> and added that user activity on the site will not be tracked. <-- "
Sure, buddy. I believe you.
I believe I can do anything I put my mind to.
Most of my mind if put to watching youtube videos.
😬 😬 😬
they are really good videos yall.
Christian Parker to bring 'thorough,' 'detailed' teaching style to Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/christian-parker-to-bring-thorough-detailed-teaching-style-to-cowboys
Somebody told me that evaporated milk mixed with urine can bring people back from the dead. But I don't believe in wee-in-Carnation.
One thing that bothers me about AI enthusiasts is the religious fervor.
"Of course AI is human-level intelligent, look around you, many people believe this, therefore it must be true and you must be wrong."
Bad Bunny Represents U.S Better than Trump, Americans Say in Poll https://ground.news/article/americans-believe-bad-bunny-represents-them-better-than-trump-according-to-a-poll
Apple's MacBook Neo poses a big threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.
Do you believe in toilets?
Peter “Antichrist” #Thiel holds his “Antichrist” seminars in #Rome, where he will likely once again, as he did in 2025 in San Francisco, denounce Greta Thunberg as his symbol.
He doesn’t actually believe the talk about the #Antichrist
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flamingosis:
🎵 Believe in Me
#Flamingosis
https://flamingosis1.bandcamp.com/track/believe-in-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/2LHwaOkQEri2EZpsW39h8r
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney speech at Davos. It was a good one. This is how he ended it, but it is worth watching in full, including the Q&A afterward.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers, the countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and the most to gain from genuine cooperation.
The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.
That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to take it with us.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA
Either you choose to believe there's "no plan", or you choose to believe that barrelling towards a military conflict that will likely collapse the world economy is part of the plan.
@… @… negative uptime (I believe) would require a time machine 😅
Did you know there's a crow isekai?
Of all things, I Became a Crow.
(하필이면 까마귀가 되어버렸다)
:brdCrow: https://mangacute.com/of-all-things-i-became-a-crow
I now believe that “Shrinking” (🍎TV) and “The Drew Carey Show” are based in the same universe and that Kate from DCS moved to the west coast and started going by the name “Liz”
😁
Christian Parker to bring 'thorough,' 'detailed' teaching style to Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/christian-parker-to-bring-thorough-detailed-teaching-style-to-cowboys
Why we devs don't "just do ___":
https://loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasing-twitters-approval-doesnt
> “what people say” is data, not truth. It is a story they are telling you. That story has value, but only if you don’t blindly interpre…
To other Mastodon Admins - I just got a couple posts telling me that my instance is the source of dodgy content from a couple identical looking but differently named accounts on mastodon.cloud. I believe it's a phishing scam targeting Mastodon admins... be careful out there.
Why are all the "spiritual" people and other pseudo science quacks always talking about vibrations?
When I meet someone who believes that stuff I often try to ask them what it is that they believe is vibrating, but I've never gotten an answer.
I have a friend like this (I know they believe in astrology and telepathy, probably other things too), but I try to avoid this topic with them because as soon as we talk about anything pseudoscience-related it just turns into a…
Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/physicists-think-theyve-resolved-the-proton-size-puzzle/
If you don't believe yet, we are living in the most ridiculous of timelines, let 'international ant-trafficing network' roll off your tongue.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gd57z33zo
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Simian Mobile Disco:
🎵 I Believe
#SimianMobileDisco
https://smdisco.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe
https://open.spotify.com/track/1n6wxfacQ1zvjNDtVnEGhp
Good new article from @… about online dating:
https://ghost.thenewoil.org/email/522da9aa-eef2-4b1d-b4de-25…
People who believe in magic sky fairies shouldn’t be in charge of anything, let alone nuclear weapons.
Democrats should hit Trump hard, repeatedly, with specifics about his unprecedented corruption.
Magats tend to believe there's fraud everywhere, but miss it when it's right in front of them. Don't let them wiggle off the hook.
"Dorsey is a sincere person. Even his most strident critics believe the SoMa supe means well."
I'm right here, Joe. I think he's a sadistic piece of shit. https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/sober-housing-mat…
"Americans Believe in Science, Just Not Its Findings"
Also over a decade old. I wonder if it will ever change.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/americans-believe-in-science-just-not-its-findings/3…
"Norway’s trade in fossil fuels is like the British opium trade in the 19th century: a curse to be dumped on other countries" -- @…
That's an excellent and telling comparison.
#FossilFuels
Gadflies, the Golden Rule, and Getting Justice “Right”—The Animating and Cautionary Features of Daredevil: Born Again
https://ift.tt/OViIvbe
By Justin Martin I was raised to believe in grace. That we can be touched by the divine and…
via Input 4 RELCFP
FPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116233732811021061
It may come as a shock to you but humans believe in all sorts of bullshit
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wolf Parade:
🎵 I'll Believe in Anything
#WolfParade
https://wolfparade.bandcamp.com/track/ill-believe-in-anything
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zxikeAavSLQVGocbK2nau
Sam Darnold grateful after leading Seahawks to Super Bowl victory: 'A lot of people didn't believe in me'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/sam-darnold-seahawk…
Vice President JD Vance said on April 14 that he is 🔥proud of Washington cutting off funding to Ukraine amid Russian aggression,
⚠️ listing it among the Trump administration's top achievements.
"And I still believe that, obviously, and it's one of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration
is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can,
but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine a…
Update from later in the day in MSP:
I’ve heard or uttered variations on the phrase “I’ll believe it when I see it” in numerous conversations through out the day. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment. People are willing to be hopeful, but nobody’s counting their chickens just yet.
Unlike Darth #Vance, Marco #Rubio seems to believe what he says; he is neither a cynic nor a ruthless opportunist who would sacrifice everything for his own career, like Vance.
But that doesn't make him any less dangerous. His speech, which I have now listened to repeatedly, sounds like a manifesto of a …
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Jackson Sisters:
🎵 I Believe In Miracles
#JacksonSisters
https://destinationedits.bandcamp.com/track/the-jackson-sisters-i-believe-in-miracles-d-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3KBMeEwL4FCVCWLzDRY9aF
Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe https://theconversation.com/using-your-ai-chatbot-as-a-search-engine-be-careful-what-you-believe-277616
They "just want to make sure you're empathizing with those they deem worthy of empathy.'
Conservative influencers don't actually believe empathy is toxic
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/30/conservative-influencers-dont-actually-believe-empathy-is-toxic/
If you recognize half of these bands, you’re a master of weirdness.
Look like I'm a master un weirdness...
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Frokedal:
🎵 Believe
#NowPlaying #Frokedal
https://frokedal.bandcamp.com/track/believe
https://open.spotify.com/track/11SpvjmOcCSqY6pIELupl1
“It’s a new regime,” Trump said in a Fox Business interview that aired on Wednesday,
referring to Iran’s new leaders.
“We find them pretty reasonable to be honest with you, by comparison pretty reasonable.”
It was the latest instance of Trump’s trying to spin a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran,
even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
-- the hard-line military force that ha…
"LLMs work (somewhat) for coding computer programs. As everyone knows this is the highest form of human endeavor—unsurpassed by any other lesser activity such as project management, design, art or writing. Therefore LLMs will excel in every other field."
I really believe this is the crux understanding why so many programmers (including good programmers) fall for it in a way that can only be described as a cult, were any criticism is not only not allowed but reflexively is seen as either laughable or belligerent.
Anyway, LLMs are good* at writing code because writing code is easy and highly repetitive and doesn't actually take a lot of skill; unless it's novel ways to write code which LLMs cannot do.
Taking this as a sign LLMs can do other "lesser" activities is saying a lot about the hubris of programmers and not a lot of the capabilities of LLMs.
*for some definitions of "good"
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wolf Parade:
🎵 I'll Believe in Anything
#WolfParade
https://wolfparade.bandcamp.com/track/ill-believe-in-anything
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zxikeAavSLQVGocbK2nau
I don’t know, perhaps I read too hastily and am misrepresenting what these people did. But at this point the nonsense is so severe I can believe it without even doing a double take
Trump vowed to “take” Cuba
as the Caribbean island plunged into darkness under a total power blackout
linked to a crippling oil embargo imposed by Washington.
After nearly seven decades defying the United States,
Havana’s communist authorities are under massive pressure from a Trump administration.
“You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it?” Trump said.
“I do believe I’ll be…having the honor…
Smith-Njigba: Believe I deserve to be top-paid WR https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47992564/seahawks-jaxon-smith-njigba-believe-deserve-nfl-highest-paid-wide-receiver
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Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 I Believe In Love
#NowPlaying #TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Jsks3IWyaeFVEjmVtw2H3
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Wolf Parade:
🎵 I'll Believe in Anything
#WolfParade
https://wolfparade.bandcamp.com/track/ill-believe-in-anything
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zxikeAavSLQVGocbK2nau
Fun fact, it’s entirely possible to believe victims of sexual assault and not blaming them for getting assaulted
The FBI said a glove found two miles from #Nancy #Guthrie’s Arizona home could match the gloves worn by an “armed” person seen in surveillance footage outside her front door the morning she disappeared, according to the Associated Press.
This comes after the FBI released new photos and videos from Guthrie’s doorbell …
Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning. That man is full of shit, everything that comes out of his mouth is shit, and you don’t need to eat it.
I hope ICE and CBP actually leave soon. I’ll believe it when they do. They’re still out there right now. They’re still horrible. They’re still destroying lives •this morning•.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/border-czar-tom-homan-announces-end-to-operation-metro-surge-claiming-success/
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
My New Band Believe:
🎵 Numerology
#MyNewBandBelieve
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://mynewbandbelieve.bandcamp.com/track/numerology-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Lb75cFoDZRiE75muDdEep
NFL Draft: Analyst not buying group think, says Cowboys won't trade up https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/review/sportsbook/2026/04/16/nfl-analyst-refutes-report…
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Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 I Believe In Love
#NowPlaying #TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Jsks3IWyaeFVEjmVtw2H3
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Thin Lizzy:
🎵 Don’t Believe a Word
#ThinLizzy
https://bonehawk.bandcamp.com/track/dont-believe-a-word
https://open.spotify.com/track/19Db89BvpKxmuT4S31OkRX
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
My New Band Believe:
🎵 Love Story
#MyNewBandBelieve
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://mynewbandbelieve.bandcamp.com/track/love-story
https://open.spotify.com/track/3FAgUjS7OqRoXl4WjowcKS
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Shale:
🎵 Don't Believe It
#Shale
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/7lVqh7NND3fT7cswF92npy
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Tyler Ballgame:
🎵 I Believe in Love
#TylerBallgame
https://tylerballgame.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Jsks3IWyaeFVEjmVtw2H3