Mark Szpakowski

if democrats had a backbone they’d run on repealing the hague invasion act

Has the Rate of Global Warming More Than Doubled? | naked capitalism Troubling global warming updates from the authoritative James Hansen.

For decades, every climate warming projection has been for too little. Those conservative estimates are what keep us watching the game instead of pummeling politicians. The warming projection crosses +2.0°C in the *2030s*, not in the 2050s. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/02/has-...

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78 He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.

As primary cover artist for Byte from 1975 to the late 1980s, Tinney gave the abstract world of personal computing a coherent visual language, translating topics like AI, networking, & programming into vivid, surrealist-influenced paintings. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

A Mossad-Linked Israeli Org Is Trying To ‘Shut Down’ The Maple The organization has sent demand letters to Ontario law enforcement and global payment processors.

NEW: A Mossad-Linked Israeli Org Is Trying To ‘Shut Down’ The Maple

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ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US

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Give us your feedback by completing the survey at: engagehalifax.ca/talktransit

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.

Well, this is interesting!

The U.S. Attorney’s Office had a draft statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” dated August 9, 2019.

He didn’t die until August 10.

Totally normal. Nothing to see here.

See new posts Conversation AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC Instagram just suspended our account with >137,000 followers:

Instagram has suspended Track AIPAC, the highly popular watchdog project that documents AIPAC’s political spending, citing a violation of Instagram intellectual property rules, specifically trademark rules. The account tracks FEC donations, and points out top-funded lawmakers.

Pete Muntean @petemuntean BREAKING: A source briefed by FAA tells me the El Paso flight ban was driven by military operations from Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss. The FAA acted after the Defense Department could not assure civilian flight safety.

CNN reporter says the FAA’s 10-day flight ban at El Paso, Texas, was triggered by U.S. military activity at Biggs Army Airfield, which sits right next to El Paso International Airport at Fort Bliss.

Airborne crematoria, delivered just-in-time, leaving no trace: genocide perfected.
US atom bombs vaporized people in Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Today the equivalent of several Hiroshimas in the form of conventional and thermobaric weapons are vaporizing Palestinians.

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500°C aje.news/s1ry02

Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide The US Department of Justice has released three million files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide. Great overview. aje.news/oymj85

The time is right now for Canada, for Mark Carney, to show some decency and some spine and join Mexico in helping out the Cuban people.

the Cuban government is now referring to a "genocidal blockade" -- which is absolutely will be if it is allowed to persist. Cuba is not at war with anybody yet we are starving them...because why? Because Marco Rubio wants to? From the office of the Cuban presidency: This Friday, measures adopted by the country’s leadership were announced in response to the nation’s current situation, amid the intensification of the #GenocidalBlockade. ⚡| Energy Sector •Prioritize available fuel for essential services: public health, water supply, food production, defense, and hard-currency-generating activities. •Continue and accelerate the installation programs for solar photovoltaic parks and solar modules for households. •Speed up the delivery and installation of solar modules sold to Health and Education workers. •Install 5,000 solar modules in isolated homes and plan an additional 5,000 for social centers (nursing homes, children’s homes). •Expand incentives for the installation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in companies and households. •Concentrate core administrative activities from Monday to

Thursday. •Adjust fuel sales to the public until the situation normalizes. •Continue developing domestic oil production. 🚚| Transport Sector •Ensure fuel for port and airport operations, imports/exports, and the transport of vital cargo (food, fuel, medical supplies). •Reduce the Nueva Gerona–Batabanó ferry frequency to two trips per week (Tuesdays and Saturdays). •Extend the frequency of national passenger trains to once every 8 days (starting February 8). Temporarily suspend other rail services. •Reduce national bus departures, maintaining a basic daily service from Havana. Suspend the waiting list service. •Offer full refunds within 30 days for tickets for canceled services (rail or maritime). •Maintain guaranteed Medibus services (for patients) and transportation for students and teaching staff. •Reorganize local public transportation according to fuel availability in each territory. •In Havana, establish a new transportation service specifically for Health personnel. •Strengthen the electric mobility strategy: install solar charging stations and distribute electric vehicles. 👩‍🏫| Education Sector (General Education) •Prioritize early childhood: maintain the operation of daycare

•Prioritize early childhood: maintain the operation of daycare centers (possibly with reduced hours). •Maintain in-person classes in Primary Education with flexible schedules, allowing early dismissal due to transportation needs. •For Lower Secondary, Pre-University, and Technical Education: •Implement blended-learning or condensed schedules (by days or subject blocks), decided locally. •Give special attention to grades marking the start and end of cycles (e.g., 7th and 9th grade, 12th grade). •Temporarily redistribute enrollment from some IPVCE schools to urban pre-university schools. •For students in the final years of technical/pedagogical programs, shift to a training model in schools near their homes, with periodic in-person sessions. •Resume and adapt the “essential content” experience used during COVID-19. •Accelerate the delivery of solar panels to teachers. 👨🏾‍🏫| Higher Education Sector •General transition to blended learning, adapted by degree program and university. •Transport students back to their provinces of origin. •Support teaching activities through institutions in the student’s territory (CUM, branch campuses, workplaces). •Strengthen faculty in municipalities by relocating professors from central campuses.

•Use telework as the main modality, with limited ICT support due to the energy situation. •Prioritize strategic research and development projects remotely. •Ensure completion of studies (final exams, thesis defenses) for students close to graduation. •Reorganize the admissions process for Higher Education. •Postpone the “University 2026” event. 👩🏿‍💻| Labor and Social Security Sector •Issue no new labor regulations, applying existing contingency rules. •Promote telework and remote work modalities. •Adjust work schedules according to the needs of each workforce. •Reassign workers to key economic activities or areas of social interest. •If necessary, apply temporary work interruption with guaranteed pay equivalent to the basic salary during the first month. 🚜| Food and Water Sector •Increase food production at the territorial level, prioritizing productive hubs with the greatest potential. •Promote alliances among all forms of productive management (state and non-state) to address commercialization and prices. •Use Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in food production. •Allocate fuel to guarantee essential water pumping. •Concentrate industry on producing and supplying chemical products for water treatment.

If you want a sense of how dire the situation is in Cuba now, here is a list of the measures the Cuban president says the nation has started taking to try to keep people in nursing homes and hospitals alive while Trump & Rubio choke the island of essentials, which the Cuban gov't is now referring...

Israeli tail coming to Washington to wag the U.S. puppy(et).
Are Epstein docs the sword of Damocles?
Is Kushner Trump's handler, or his Brutus?

🚨 BREAKING | The whereabouts and health status of Palestinian resident of Paterson, New Jersey, Leqaa Kordia remain unconfirmed as of Sunday evening, her family and legal team say, following her emergency hospitalization on Friday. Kordia on February 6 reportedly suffered a medical emergency—identified by a formerly detained individual as a fall resulting in a head injury and seizure—at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. Her legal team contacted 16 hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but none confirmed she was a patient. While ICE officials confirmed to her attorneys on Saturday morning that she was hospitalized, they did not disclose the facility's name or her current condition. Kordia has been in ICE custody for nearly a year, since March 13, 2025, when she was detained during a routine immigration check-in. Advocates and legal filings strongly suggest she was targeted by the Trump administration for her pro-Palestinian activism, specifically her participation in the 2024 Columbia University protests. Despite an immigration judge twice ordering her release on bond, ICE has utilized "automatic stays" to keep her detained.

Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman We can’t find Leqaa Kordia in any hospital. This is abduction upon abduction. Please help us get the word out and pray for her. She truly is a light being kept in dark dungeons. http://Bit.ly/freeleqaa

🚨 BREAKING | The whereabouts & health status of Palestinian resident of Paterson, NJ, Leqaa Kordia remain unconfirmed as of Sun. evening, her family & legal team say, following her emergency hospitalization on Fri.

Kordia on Feb. 6 reportedly suffered a medical emergency—identified by a formerly...

Epstein got to retain his social status even after he was convicted.

Today, people who went to Epstein’s Rape Island are similarly getting to retain their social status.

The Epstein class isn’t deterred — they are running their scheme on a new loop RIGHT NOW.

CBC & CBC Gem makes the Olympics unwatchable. Absolute torture.

2026 Winter Olympics coverage on CBC sparks viewer backlash: 'Quit interrupting my ads with the Olympics Opening Ceremony' Canadians tuning into the Milan–Cortina 2026 Olympic opening ceremony were frustrated as CBC’s broadcast cut to ads just as the spectacle began, interrupting one of the most anticipated moments of the...

Please let the anger over ads during the CBC Olympics broadcast finally create the pressure for the government to fund CBC enough so it can stop having to rely on ad revenue.

Unreadable.

Simple: War with Iran is mostly about Israel. As long as Israel remains expansionist, its project will be regionally rejected, leading it to define its security as regional hegemony - a state of 10 million dominating a region of half a billion. That’s impossible without the USA – thus forever war.

How America’s EV retreat is increasing China's control of global markets U.S. automakers are pivoting away from EVs to refocus on gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs while Chinese manufacturers are expected to keep growing electric exports.

The fatal flaw the major US automakers made was following the Tesla model of the EV by making big, expensive vehicles that were out of reach of most consumers.

Start by giving people the option of an affordable car or small crossover, not a monstrous(ly expensive) truck or SUV.

"The use of wealth and institutional power by donors to intimidate curators, override professional decision-making and censor artists is antithetical to artistic freedom.”

Open Letter Demanding More Curatorial Independence at AGO After Non-Acquisition of Nan Goldin Work Collects 500 Signatures Organized by Jewish groups, the open letter frames Judy Schulich's intervention as part of a worrying pattern of donor influence over curatorial decisions.

#ArtGalleryofOntario #AGO
#Racism
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Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.

Bing blocks Neocities. Founded in 2013 to archive the “aesthetic awesomeness” of GeoCities websites, Neocities keeps the spirit of the 90s Internet alive, letting users design free websites without relying on standardized templates devoid of personality. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Rep. Ro Khanna on Breaking Points reacting to Sen. Chuck Schumer touting unconditional military aid to Israel:

“I couldn’t believe it. Here is a nation that has committed genocide in Gaza, and Chuck Schumer in the same years is bragging about providing them unconditional military aid.”

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How Human Rights Watch Killed a Report Calling Israel’s Denial of Palestinians’ Right of Return a Crime Against Humanity The Israel-Palestine director at Human Rights Watch resigned over the decision to spike the report, which had been approved by HRW’s legal team.

⚡️ NEW from @dropsitenews.com: How Human Rights Watch Killed a Report Calling Israel’s Denial of Palestinians’ Right of Return a Crime Against Humanity

The Israel-Palestine director at HRW resigned over the decision to spike the report, which had been approved by HRW’s legal team.

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I'm convinced if they re-released the iPod now, it would sell like crazy.

Un-enshittified tech that just works and doesn't force feed a plethora of ads, AI slop and gimmick functions down your throat, is an untapped market.