Tootfinder

Quite right. Close overseas bases.
"Chants of “British bases out” have rung out in recent days in Limassol, as protesters call for the removal of UK military bases from Cyprus’s sun-drenched south coast island.
"Demonstrations erupted after a suspected Iranian-made drone struck RAF Akrotiri earlier this week, two days after US-Israeli attacks on Iran began."
Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island | Al Jazeera

Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island
Protests grow as attack on British military site stirs fears that Cyprus is being dragged into a regional conflict.

If you know something about Basic Income, you may be aware that
👉one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.
In 1797, after a stint in a French prison, Paine wrote the pamphlet 
"Agrarian Justice",
⭐️which sets out an argument for taxing land and distributing the proceeds among the population at large as compensation for landlessness.
Paine’s proposal to tax land and distribute the …

Thomas Paine’s 1797 call for a Basic Income: a New Paper Tells the Full Story
You may be aware that one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.

Human-made materials make up as much as half of UK beaches, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/03/human-made-materials-uk-beaches-sediments-study-climate-breakdown

OpenAI says GPT-5.4 produces presentations with stronger, more varied aesthetics and makes more effective use of its image generation tools (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/i-hope-you-like-spreadsheets-because-gpt-54-love…

I hope you like spreadsheets, because GPT-5.4 loves them
OpenAI is releasing a new model today, and like GPT-5.2 before it, GPT-5.4 is all about professional work.

A survey of 3K Irish adults finds 57% pay for traditional TV services, down from 70% in 2023, as the use of illegal TV streaming devices grows (James Wilson/Newstalk)
https://www.newstalk.com/news/dodgy-boxes-4-2239242

Why dodgy boxes pose an 'existential threat' to League of Ireland
Dodgy boxes now pose an “existential threat” to the League of Ireland, a technology journalist has told Newstalk Breakfast.

Perfect timing for the March for Billionaires tomorrow, which lists Bezos as one of the good ones.
https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116026776153656984

Jay Kuo (@jaykuo@universeodon.com)
Attached: 1 image Jeff Bezos could have saved this paper with pocket change from his vast wealth. Instead he’s letting it die because that makes Trump happy. Coward. Enemy of democracy.

Had to remove --incremental from my Eleventy watch command because my RSS feed were not being regenerated after a post creation on this blog, it’s a bit sad because full rebuild just to update the RSS feed is a lot.
https://rmendes.net/content/notes/2026-02-05-4be88

Ricardo Mendes
5 February 2026 Eleventy Had to remove --incremental from my Eleventy watch command because my RSS feed were not being regenerated after a post creation on this blog, it’s a bit sad because full rebui...

The Metropolitan Opera is Dying Because It Wants to Die
The pinnacle of the Performing Arts in America is collapsing not from the weight of its chandelier, but from the brittleness of its imagination. The Metropolitan Opera has chosen extinction over evolution, and the evidence is no longer circumstantial.

The Metropolitan Opera is Dying Because It Wants to Die | David Boles, Blogs
The pinnacle of the Performing Arts in America is collapsing not from the weight of its chandelier, but from the brittleness of its imagination. The Metropolitan Opera has chosen extinction over ev…

GOP Wants To Probe Ketanji Brown Jackson For Attending Grammys Because Bad Bunny Was Also There - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/gop-wants-to-probe-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-attending-grammys-because-bad-bunny-was-also-there/

Fast 60 Prozent des Stroms aus erneuerbaren Quellen
Windkraft, Sonne und Biogas sind seit Jahren die wichtigsten Quellen der inländischen Stromproduktion. Für Photovoltaik war 2025 ein besonders gutes Jahr.
https://www.…