Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News

When a headline says it all:

Day 1448 and the Daily Thread begins again.

If you're not familiar with what it's all about, I bring all the important news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, without the gory bits.

It says a lot that more killings by Russia overnight + over 100 drones fired, yet it's fairly quiet.

Remote Greek culture has been a genetic ‘island’ for 4500 years New DNA analysis links Deep Maniots to Greece’s premedieval past

This is pretty fascinating.

www.science.org/content/arti...

The Billionaires' Space Race | Spitting Image YouTube video by Spitting Image

I guess this is now obsolete, but still fun: from a few years ago:ge episode: Billionaires' Space Race
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia
>130,000 people followed 37 years
Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day
@jama.com ☕️☕️https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

"As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts" www.reuters.com/investigatio...

"𝘈𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘗, 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘌𝘗 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵."

This may be the first video of live combat use by Russia of a frightening development.

Long range 'Gerber/Shahed' UAVs carrying, then releasing, FPV drones. Being so small and mobile, FPVs are difficult to stop.
This was filmed in Sumy.

A very good Monday morning to you. This new week starts with Day 1447 of Russia's full invasion.

Another night of missiles and drones flying across Ukraine has ended as we get nearer and nearer to the 4th anniversary.

Every single one of those days I've compiled a daily🧵 , here's another...

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates

Lawmakers in California, Hawaii, & New York have introduced measures to authorize their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies on behalf of residents whose insurance premiums have soared because of climate disasters.

No pay wall.

Jesus Christ return before 2027 Odds >5% February 17, 12-1 AM? 29% chance

On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year.

29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.

Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.

Nothing to worry about, just state election officials preparing for possible illegal and unconstitutional efforts by the Trump administration to tamper with the 2026 election

Somewhere among you is a young person with the potential to be the next James Baldwin, but they are now online writing: "Is cortisol-maxxing via monk mode more EV than SMV chadfishing while mogging moids in mixed-use nightlife zones?"

This paragraph is extraordinary content.

The punchline here is that the Slop Queen profiled here made "six figures" off of 200 books. It's a race to the bottom here

4,371 days ago Russia began its invasion of Ukraine

Had politicians foreseen then what would happen since, they'd have acted differently.

It's now Day 1446 of the full invasion and here's another daily thread with all the news, all day (and night) long.

☞ ☞ ☞ the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

Apologies for misidentifying the city.

Yes, Minneapolis ROCKS it's Ice-capades.

But so does Los Angeles!!

Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe "They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."

"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Books are being challenged in Scottish schools. Librarians fear a 'chilling effect' on freedom of speech Dozens of complaints about reading material in school libraries have been received, with campaigners warning that "book bans" could increase.

Worried about this MAGA style book censorship happening in our schools.

“some librarians told The Ferret they are “thinking twice” about putting potentially controversial books on display, concerned that they could face organised online campaigns and doxxing.”

www.theferret.scot/books-scotti...

I know which of the two (Theil/ Thunberg) is like an anti-Christ. (Hint. It isn’t Thunberg).

Russia's Gay-Bashing Politics Look Like a Descent Into Fascism We've all been shocked at the vicious nature of Russia's official embrace of anti-gay politics, but we should all be deeply concerned to...

FWIW, I began observing the fascist creep coming from Russia back in 2013. I tried warning my then-friend Max B. that his new Russian friends were not his friends. He laughed at me. After Alexander’s expose, we ceased being friends.
dneiwert.blogspot.com/2013/09/russ...

i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off

Speaking of the Norwegian red hats everyone is knitting: knitters have raised over $300k for MN by buying the $5 pattern.

And symbols (like red hats) are a vital part of any resistance movement. They are used to unite members and serve as a visible display of opposition to the regime.

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

YouTube video by Bellingcat Grok Users Are Attempting To Identify Epstein Victims

Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...

This is really an instance of a very longstanding trend where secular pundits end up unwittingly aligned with fundamentalists in treating the crudest and most extreme version of any faith as the genuine article and everything else as somehow inauthentic.

Trump's attempt to crush a religious uprising might be obvious if the press corps treated everyone’s faith as equally authentic, hence equally legitimate. It doesn’t.

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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Søreide om Epstein-varselet: – En politisak Ine Eriksen Søreide bekrefter at hun kjente til varselet som knyttet Jeffrey Epstein til norskledet tankesmie.

www.nrk.no/norge/soreid...