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Are there any continuous monitoring systems for train rails? You'd think continuity or something for welded rails would be doable?

❝ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone.❞
Read that. Reread that. Internalize it. Map that back to every story you’ve heard of ICE agents going off the rails, every random kidnapping, every brutal and stupid ICE story.
❝“Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that.”❞
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

Singapore-based MetaComp, which bridges traditional fiat payment rails and stablecoin settlement infrastructure, raised $35M across two pre-Series A rounds (Timmy Shen/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/393509/metacomp-raises-35-million-alibaba

The Washington Post (via MSN): Trump votes by mail as he rails against mail-in ballots as cheating
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/trump-votes-by-mail-as-he-rails-against-mail-in-ballots-as-cheating-report/ar-AA1…

Diplomats said Robert Fico described Donald Trump as dangerous and worried about his psychological state, appearing traumatised and saying Trump seemed out of his mind after their meeting.
Slovakia’s PM rails against Politico report he was ‘shocked’ by Trump’s psychological state https://ground.news/article/slovakias-pm-rails-against-politico-report-he-was-shocked-by-trumps-psychological-state

#Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
(h/t Aarne Granlund over on bsky)
https://yle.fi/a/74-20220038

Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
Transport Minister Lulu Ranne (Finns) says a long-delayed cross-border train to Sweden should begin rolling this summer, allowing passengers to ride the rails from continental Europe to Finnish Lapland, or overland between the Finnish and Swedish capitals.

Des trams stationnent sur toute la ligne en raison d'une chute d'un voyageur sur les rails Š Porte d’Aubervilliers .
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Hannah Spencer's speech.
Good speech.
One criticism: why is it called the Green party? What about the ecosystem and climate emergency? You have to use opportunities like this to level with people.
"Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life, holidays": Green's new Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer rails against life in modern Britain as she vows to do things differently - Manchester Evening News

"Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life, holidays": Green's new Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer rails against life in modern Britain as she vows to do things differently
The Green Party secured a big win in the Gorton and Denton by-election

This budget battle over DHS that’s happening in the Senate now — it’s not about accountability or guard rails. It’s about whether a force like this should exist at all in the USA.