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As states moved to cap sky-high interest rates,
two GOP lawmakers
-- who’ve taken millions from financial interests
-- are pushing legislation to override those protections nationwide
https://www.levernews.com/bank-backed-republicans-move-t…

Bank-Backed Republicans Move To Gut Interest Rate Caps
As states moved to cap sky-high interest rates, two GOP lawmakers who’ve taken millions from financial interests are pushing legislation to override those protections nationwide.

Iran weiter ohne Internet: Staatsfernsehen gehackt und Regimekritik verbreitet
Der Iran ist anderthalb Wochen ohne Internet, ein Ende ist nicht in Aussicht. Am Sonntag wurde wohl das Staatsfernsehen gehackt und Regimekritik verbreitet.

from my link log —
CHERIoT Rust status update #0.
https://rust.cheriot.org/2026/02/15/status-update.html
saved 2026-02-19 https://

METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon of about 4 hours and 49 minutes, more than double that of Claude Opus 4 released earlier this year (@metr_evals)
https://x.com/metr_evals/status/2002203627377574113

METR (@METR_Evals) on X
We estimate that, on our tasks, Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50%-time horizon of around 4 hrs 49 mins (95% confidence interval of 1 hr 49 mins to 20 hrs 25 mins). While we're still working through evaluations for other recent models, this is our highest published time horizon to date.

Introducing Mozilla’s Firefox Nightly .rpm package for RPM based linux distributions! –
If using #fedora you have no more excuse not to use #firefox nightly and help keep the web open.

Introducing Mozilla’s Firefox Nightly .rpm package for RPM based linux distributions! – Firefox Nightly News
After introducing Debian packages for Firefox Nightly, we're now excited to extend that to RPM-based distributions. Just like with the Debian packages, switching to Mozilla’s RPM repository allows Firefox to ...

This article just cited the Finnish Michaux study. There are others. The whole "industrial renewable energy capture systems" wager has inadequate foundations, which is why the only way is to use much less energy. Hence #degrowth See my article and linked report for the UK case.
Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil? - CounterPunch.org

Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil?
A key issue for the accomplishment of renewables is power storage because of the impact of wind and solar intermittency, both of which are highly intermittent. Most studies assume gas will be the buffer for intermittency. Other than using fossil fuel such as gas as a buffer, an adequate power storage system to handle intermittency will require 30 times more material than what electric vehicles require with current plans, meaning the scope is much larger than the current paradigm allows.

Sources: VF's article by Chris Whipple featuring quotes from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles led to VF's biggest subscription signup day since 2016 (Natalie Korach/@nataliekorach)
https://x.com/nataliekorach/status/2001849419155837288

Natalie Korach (@NatalieKorach) on X
Scoop: Vanity Fair’s bombshell Chris Whipple story including extensive interviews with Susie Wiles led to the biggest subscription signup day for the mag since 2016, according to people familiar, marking the first major win for editorial director Mark Guiducci

ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-

ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.

Après la prison, le retour en politique de l’opposant biélorusse Sergueï Tsikhanovski : « On me répétait : “Tu vas mourir ici” »
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/artic

Après la prison, le retour en politique de l’opposant biélorusse Sergueï Tsikhanovski : « On me répétait : “Tu vas mourir ici” »
Condamné à dix-huit ans de détention et libéré en juin, le célèbre opposant affirme au « Monde » que la stratégie politique de son épouse, la cheffe des forces démocratiques en exil, Svetlana Tsikhanovskaïa, a « échoué » et expose sa vision alternative d’une « Biélorussie neutre ».

When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago,
I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state.
Yet here we are.
Donald Trump has vowed to make Greenland
— a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, which is a member of the Council of Europe and a founding member of NATO
— part of the United States, and that he will do so “the easy way” o…

Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose.