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Koizumi urges pivot away from China for defense equipment supply chain The defense minister underlined the importance of boosting self-reliance following Beijing’s ban on exporting dual-use items to Japan.

Following Beijing’s ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan, Tokyo should consider creating a supply chain for defense equipment that pivots away from China, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi says.

Congratulations. You harassed a married staffer until she submitted to your perversions leading to her suicide and still kept your job because the Republican Party stands for nothing except the acquisition of power. Congrats, Tony. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

NEW: Elon Musk said he was “selling almost all physical possessions” when he moved to Texas. Nope. Instead, he has secretly amassed land and penthouses and planes and mansions. We just had to spend months digging through private company records to find it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

Was good meeting you for the journey to Kyiv.

Suntory consolidates two scotch distilleries in Scotland as U.S. sales fall The majority of revenue from scotch whisky comes from exports, which fell to the U.S. — one of the largest markets for the drink — following tariffs being introduced in April 2025.

Suntory Holdings is consolidating its operations in two scotch whisky distilleries in Scotland, the company said, as overall exports of the liquor to the U.S. fell following tariffs introduced in April 2025.

This week in Independence Square, Kyiv:

Putin's 3 Day Special Military Operation - Day 1,461. 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

HKFP Lens: Each day, shortly before the sun rises, observant devotees of Theravada Buddhism wait by the side of roads with freshly prepared sticky rice, called khao niew, amongst other things, to offer to monks. Photography by Ayesha Sitara.

In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/18/h...

Colbert slams CBS statement, accuses Paramount of not standing up to "bullies" "I'm just so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies."

Stephen Colbert criticized CBS and parent company Paramount tonight over the posting on YouTube only of his interview with James Talarico.

Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie curled up asleep against me. I’m wearing pink pajamas with black polka dots.

My bingus.

NYT again? You're going to see start another food war.

Watch Soul!: The Complete Series Season 1 Episode | Pluto T Merry Clayton, top back-up singer who emerged a star, sings "Grandma's Hands", "Southern Man" and other numbers. The Reverend Jesse Jackson also talks with host Ellis Haizlip about his newly formed o...

In 1972, Jesse Jackson #RIP appeared on the PBS series SOUL!, demonstrating his defining commitment to racial justice.

Singer Merry Clayton co-stars, performing a set that knocks the doors off.

A powerful time capsule from an era when TV rarely amplified Black voices:

pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

If you're getting started in journalism and want to do something that helps to get a head start over others, learn languages.
As many as you can, and not just speaking them. But also reading them. You won't regret it.

46th St & I-35w, 175 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: As I was leaving my home, I hear cars honking near the top the of bridge. People screaming and whistling, I got in my uber and drove out. My uber driver mentioned that they were standing on top of the bridge and doing a check point and stopping people.

46th St & I-35w, 180 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: 4 vehicles pulled over a man in a red van on 46th over 35. Agents in Police US border patrol vests surrounding vehicle checking papers

ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.

With his 2 brain cells?

Bondi: "Donald Trump never forgets"

Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it.

when you've lost Tim Scott ...

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

The only important bit in @theguardian.com review of "Melania" is this 👇

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Anyone who's ever interacted with a customer service chatbot knows this is complete crap. It's so much worse than when you could just talk with a person. And that's for trying to do something simple; health care is much more complex, necessarily individualized in many cases, & higher stakes.

aside from everything else, listen to how incoherent Trump is over the course of this nearly 3 minute rant. If your grandpa sounded like this you'd call emergency dispatch.

The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.

He’s saying the quiet part out loud: Trump and MAGA Republicans can’t win with their unpopular policies at the ballot box, so they want to steal the 2026 election.

Having a hard time distinguishing this from actual 1930s German propaganda now

Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother Nancy is missing. She was last seen near her home outside Tucson, Arizona.

She’s 5’5”, 150 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes.

If you have info call Pima County Sheriff’s Department at: 520-351-4900.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

Kehlani, Justin Bieber and More Wear ‘ICE Out’ Pins and Support Immigrants at Grammys Bad Bunny joined Gloria Estefan, Shaboozey, Kehlani and others in speaking up for communities that are being targeted by ICE across the United States.

Bad Bunny joined Gloria Estefan, Shaboozey, Kehlani and other artists in speaking up for communities that are being targeted by ICE across the U.S. at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of Jewish settlements

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site

Mortality rates:

Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K

Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)

More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.

Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.

This has got to be the best of the Trump award pics. If you don't know the context, Google Milli Vanilli.