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Started the day with a special tour of the German National Library 😍 @… #smad2026

Source: New York Daily News is cutting six of 10 national desk staffers, one metro reporter, seven print production people, and two photo department staffers (Alexandra Steigrad/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/1…

NY Daily News left with just four national writers after ‘Valentine’s Day massacre’ brings more devastating layoffs
“The vampiric owners of The News are seeking to drain the lifeblood of the paper,” a staffer told The Post.

This whole thread is such a joy to read, about migrating away from big tech and taking back control of a digital life. #TechSovereignty #TechEmpowerment
#DanmarkSkifter

This is quite a good interview with Prof Carl Bergstrom (from my alma mater, University of Washington) on 'AI' https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2019023013/professor-carl-bergstrom-living-with-ai

Who is singing national anthem, performing pre-game at Super Bowl 2026? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7030081/2026/02/08/super-bowl-2026-national-anthem-charlie-puth-green-day/

One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea.
“Trump called me down to the Oval Office,”
John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian.
💥“He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy #Greenland.”
It was an extraordinary proposal.
And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go …

The US Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero, its founder Sergey Zelenyuk, and others for acquiring and reselling stolen US defense exploits (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026…

Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor | TechCrunch
The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned.

Happy National Rubber Ducky Day!
Today is the day to celebrate a programmer's best debugging tool!
#programming #rubberduckday #rubberduckyday

European national security advisors arrive in Kyiv, Coalition of the Willing talks to be held later in the day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/03/european-national-security-advisors-arrive.html

This weekend all across the country proud patriots will be joining
"Stand Up For Science’s"
✅ National Day Of Action.
Events are planned in more than 50 cities
- check here to see if there is a rally or protest you can join tomorrow.
https://www.hopiumchronicles.…

Tomorrow - Stand Up For Science's National Day Of Action - Events In More Than 50 Cities
I'll be speaking at the DC rally tomorrow. It begins at 1pm - join us!

BTW - you could be excused for not celebrating #CommonwealthDay because you were overwhelmed by the festivities that you have to jam into your schedule today. In addition to waving the #UnionJack and looking for a good fish & chips restaurant, here are some of today's holidays on the fake holidays calendar.
National Barbie Day
Amerigo Vespucci Day
Bang Clang Day
Canberra Day
Fill Our Staplers Day
National American Paddlefish Day
National Crab Meat Day
National Dishwasher Day
National False Teeth Day
National Get Over It Day
National Heroes and Benefactors Day
National Meatball Day
World Kidney Day
There's only so many hours in a day...

Denman Rooke Condemns Government Failure to Act on Climate Impacts
https://www.pbp.ie/galways-denman-rooke-government-inaction-on-national-roads-risks-safety-and-future-costs/

Denman Rooke Condemns Government Failure to Act on Climate Impacts
Government’s slow response to warnings about Ireland’s roads and bridges leaves us all at risk. Transport Infrastructure Ireland notes Ireland’s national road network — a €31 billion asset carrying more than 3.5 million vehicles each day — is at serious risk of intensifying climate impacts.

The president used both days of the weekend to spend hours at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He also attended a closed-door fundraiser for his MAGA Inc. super PAC at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday night.
Last weekend, Trump played golf at another of his South Florida properties a day after witnessing the dignified transfer for six U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war. That death toll rosethis past week.
Trump is increasingly complaining about mediacoverage o…

US military air crew killed in crash included Alabama father and and several members from Ohio
The six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft included an Alabama father who had just been promoted and deployed. The U.S. government released the identities of the deceased service members Saturday. They include three assigned to the Ohio National Guard and three assigned to a Florida air base. The family of Birmingham, Alabama, pilot Alex Klinner confirms he was killed in the crash. The family says Klinner had recently been promoted to major and been…

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

🎻 MAGA Land mopes through Unliberation Day - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2026/02/20/maga-land-mopes-through-unliberation-day/

It's just criminal that the legacy media, pictured here, have largely sat on their hands and allowed all of this to be shoved down the memory hole by Trump cultists. Today should be a day of national outrage.

Have a happy day

"Some read in the new US National Security Strategy a retreat from global hegemony and a carve-up of the world into spheres of influence.....
"But that downplays sections of the document on building the US military presence across Asia and its expanding “out of hemisphere” military footprint, stationing nuclear-capable bombers in Suffolk or bombing Nigeria on Christmas Day."
Trump won’t stop here. Britain must break with him | Morning Star

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- International Women's Day
Celebrating women in classical music with a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing Louise Farrenc and Clara Schumann.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s4td

I've seen so many excited (or annoyed) notices about the changes to the 60m #HamRadio band in the US. Many of them seemed to think that they were in effect already (wrong) and those that didn't make that mistake would just say "soon" (not helpful).
It turns out that 13 February 2026 is the day that you can use the additional band allocation on you…

Gas prices rose for the 11th consecutive day on Wednesday,
jumping to a national average of $3.58 a gallon even as oil prices retreated from their highs,
according to the AAA motor club.
The increase has raised the cost for drivers 20 percent
https://www.nyti…

U.S. Gas Prices Jump for 11th Straight Day, and Oil Pushes Higher
Drivers are paying an average of 20 percent more at the pump since the strikes on Iran began. The global oil price was higher and stocks were mixed.

Raiders Target Fernando Mendoza Makes Decision on Combine After Skipping Senior Bowl https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/fernando-mendoza-combine-senior-bowl-pro-day/

⚰️ Fentanyl or phony? Machine learning algorithm learns to pick out opioid signatures
#sensors

Fentanyl or phony? Machine learning algorithm learns to pick out opioid signatures
New forms of fentanyl are created every day. For law enforcement, that poses a challenge: How do you identify a chemical you've never seen before? Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) aim to answer that question with a machine learning model that can distinguish opioids from other chemicals with an accuracy over 95% in a laboratory setting.

A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security charges, ending a five-year legal saga (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

A century ago, the average Australian was a 24-year-old man. Who is it now? https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/who-is-the-average-australian-january-26/x7yorayup?cid=newsapp:socialshare:other

A century ago, the average Australian was a 24-year-old man. Who is it now?
Australia celebrates its national day on Monday, but do we really know who we are?

RE: https://mstdn.social/@compoundchem/115882153881790121
I have to object in the most strenuous terms.
Every day is National Hot Tea Day. At least in this household.

The moment that will stick with me the most
—the video that still gives me chills
—came during an otherwise unremarkable baseball day early in the summer.
It was June 14, and the pop artist #Nezza was getting ready to sing the national anthem at Dodger Stadium.
A week earlier, ICE and DHS agents had descended en masse on Los Angeles work sites,
grabbing immigrants and U.S. citiz…

Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.

Good Morning #Canada
I hope you're waking up to a scrumptious smell from the kitchen because it's National Bacon Day. While you're waiting for it to finish cooking, here are some facts to salivate over:
- Canadian Bacon, aka Back Bacon or Peameal Bacon, is a Canadian invention. It's also healthier than regular bacon, with far less saturated fats
- 42% of Canadians prefer their bacon crispy while 49% enjoy it limp. I assume 9% eat it raw?
- Winnipeg, home of the Bacon Centre of Excellence, is the Bacon Capital of Canada
- Canadians consume over 50M kilos of bacon annually. I ate my 1.25 kilos this year.
- Canadian Bacon, the movie, was a box office flop, only earning $178K on a production budget of $11M
- The average weight of a pig prior to processing is 111.2 kilos
- Canadian producers exported 18.6M kilos of cured bacon and 202K kilos of back bacon
- There are over 14M hogs in Canada
- 82% of Canadians add bacon on their burgers
- Kevin Bacon is not Canadian
#CanadaIsAwesome #MMMBacon

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#FridayNightIsMusicNight
- St David's Day celebration
Bronwen Lewis is the special guest singer and presenter in Cardiff with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rhgz

Today is our generation's
Day of Infamy
-- the anniversary of the Jan6 riots and Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the election he lost
He is still attempting to erase the memory of that transgression
-- Just as he is trying to bury the evidence of his pedophile past
More than 2 million Epstein documents still unreleased

In a progress report of sorts, U.S. officials say about 12,300 Epstein documents have been reviewed and release…

More than 2 million Epstein documents still unreleased, officials say
In a progress report of sorts, U.S. officials say about 12,300 Epstein documents have been reviewed and released. There are some 2 million to go.

🌴 Making LAZY plants stand up: Research reveals new pathway plants use to detect gravity
#plants <…

Making LAZY plants stand up: Research reveals new pathway plants use to detect gravity
A study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has revealed a previously unknown pathway plants use to detect gravity and orient the direction they grow in. Publishing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study may one day open the door for improvements in crop cultivation.

Singing Resistance Ventura:
ICE Out of Home Depot!
Advocacy Event · Volunteer organized for National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Saturday, February 28
2 – 3pm PST
Esplanade Shopping Center
381 W Esplanade Dr.
Oxnard, CA 93036
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/911

Singing Resistance Ventura: ICE Out of Home Depot! · Mobilize
On the morning of February 28th, Singing Resistance Ventura will join the Singing Resistance national movement, and will take part in a coordinated action at Home Depot in Oxnard. Participants will gather on a public corner near Home Depot for singing and solidarity before approaching the store to sing and take in a letter of concerns. This is a collective, peaceful action to stand up for our neighbors and show the strength of community solidarity. Join us and make your voice count.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Rhona Clarke, Danish National Vocal Ensemble & Marcus Creed:
🎵 A Song for St Cecilia's Day
#RhonaClarke #DanishNationalVocalEnsemble #MarcusCreed

Saturday, March 07, 2026
2:00 PM
Cesar Chavez Plaza, San Jose
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/03/04/18884731.php

San Jose: Stop the War on Iran - National Day of Action : Indybay
Cesar Chavez Plaza, San Jose

Trump pursues Iranian decapitation without a plan for what comes next
Trump’s inclination to bomb first and then wash his hands of whatever comes next in Iran has alarmed U.S. allies.
Security officials in the Middle East and in Europe have raised concerns that the U.S. is unleashing forces that could spill across borders, disrupt global trade and lead to asymmetric terrorist attack reprisals
— all with no certainty that the remaining Islamic hard-liners won’t ultimately …

Trump pursues Iranian decapitation without a plan for what comes next
The U.S. has a fraught track record of toppling autocratic regimes and securing peaceful democracies — even when it has vision for the day after.

By any measure, the F.B.I.’s search of an election center in Fulton County, Ga., last week was extraordinary.
Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as Trump harnessed the levers of government to not only buttress his false claims of widespread voter fraud,
but also to try to build a criminal case against those he believes wronged him.
What happened the next day was in some ways even more unusual, The New York Times has learned.
Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard,…

Gabbard Arranges Trump Call With FBI Agents After Georgia Election Center Search
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, brokered the call and President Trump directly questioned frontline agents on the inquiry, The Times has learned.

ICE official Greg Bovino throws teargas at protesters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/ice-official-greg-bovino-throws-tear-gas-at-protesters/2026/01/22/0a4ffcf2-cb34…

ICE official Greg Bovino throws tear gas at protesters
Border patrol chief Greg Bovino tossed tear gas at protesters one day after a federal judge denied an order restraining ICE's tactics in Minneapolis.

Good Morning #Canada
Happy National Trivia Day for all nerds walking around with mostly useless facts in your head. Today is your day to shine.
I never said that there would be homework but today... there's homework. Test your knowledge of obscure Canadian trivia by taking this quiz. You can set the difficulty and length in case you're brave or timid. Full disclosure: I chose the "Surprise Me" option and got 20% correct. Using the Google thingy is not allowed. You're on the honour system, and if you're Canadian, I didn't need to say that.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Trivia #Quiz
Canada Quiz | The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/quiz/canada-quiz

Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into Pretti shooting
The Justice Department said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend,
a reversal from its handling so far of shootings involving agents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,”
Deputy Attorney General
Todd Bla…

Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into Pretti shooting
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s announcement signals an apparent shift from its handling so far of shootings involving agents.

After physician residency applicants submit and certify their rank order list,
there isn’t much else left to do but wait on "Match Day". 
In a few weeks
—as was the case in 2024—
overwhelming majority of senior applicants from U.S. allopathic and osteopathic medical schools will find a training position
through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Main Residency Match. 
But how does the system decide?
It all comes down to a
N…

In this episode, we speak with Mary C. Turner, a registered nurse and a member of the Council of Presidents of National Nurses United,
the largest nurse’s union in the US,
which is forcefully calling for the abolition of ICE.
https://therealnews.com/nurses-union-a

Largest nurses union calls to abolish ICE after Alex Pretti killing: ‘They messed with the wrong profession’
“What Alex did that day was pure instinct, pure professional behavior,” NNU President Mary C. Turner tells us. “That’s just what you do when you're a nurse.“

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Rhona Clarke, Danish National Vocal Ensemble & Marcus Creed:
🎵 A Song for St Cecilia's Day
#RhonaClarke #DanishNationalVocalEnsemble #MarcusCreed

Good Morning #Canada
Today is National Toast Day, like you didn't have it circled on your fake holiday calendar. Canadians consume approximately 1.4 billion kilograms of #Bread annually which sounds like a lot until you compare us with Turkey where per capita consumption is almost 200 kilos annually. Bread consumption in Canada was down slightly in 2025, attributed to higher prices due to tariffs. But home baking and shopping at local bakeries all increased. Healthier bread options also increased their market share as customers opted for high-fibre ingredients and foods enriched with prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics... and a bunch-of-other-otics. It may be good news that there are plenty of gut-friendly options available in the shape of whole grain and rich-in-fibre bakery products, but IMO a lot of them taste like cardboard. I said it... not sorry...
#CanadaIsAwesome #ALittleBitOfToast
What is your favourite type of toast?
Plain white sandwich bread
Sourdough
Bagel of any type
Calabrese
English Muffin

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Sir Hamilton Harty, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & Proinnsías œ Duinn:
🎵 An Irish Symphony (2nd mvt: The Fair-Day)
#SirHamiltonHarty #RTÉNationalSymphonyOrchestra #ProinnsíasÓDuinn

Good Morning #Canada
Happy #Festivus everyone. I'm looking forward to the airing of grievances and performing feats of strength later today. But we also have to celebrate National Christmas Movie Marathon Day on December 23rd. Our pickings are slim if you want to limit yourself to Canadian classics of this holiday season. Sure, virtually every #Hallmak movie is filmed in Canada, apparently with variations of a single plot, but they don't count. Here's a list of 5 Canadian films provided by CBC to get you started and you can provide a community service by suggesting other titles for your fellow Canucks. For example, Uncle Buck feels like a Christmas movie solely because of John Candy. When your list is ready, you can wrap yourself in a Hudson's Bay blanket, munch on some Nanaimo Bars, and binge watch your favourites.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ChristmasMovie
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/have-yourself-a-canadiana-christmas-with-these-5-movies-1.3909749