‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The National’s report today with the above headline, reminds me. Of what? Increased child leukaemia Increased breast cancer Increased thyr…

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been confirmed by German and other independent researchers talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/15/m...

Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26021...
How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth.

FBI will not provide the BCA access to evidence gathered from Pretti shooting, BCA says Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

February 16, 2026 On February 13 and 14, President Donald J.

February 16, 2026

gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84 The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.

BREAKING: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader from the era of MLK to Black Lives Matter, has died at 84, his family said.

🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.

Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...

Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.

Wow.

We are the laughing stock of the world.

Trump told everyone to move on. Take your complaint up with him.

Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw

❗️"Members of the Peace Council promised to provide troops and allocate $5 billion for the reconstruction of Gaza," — Trump

Trump is at his golf club again today. He’s doing a 4 day Palm Beach getaway.

MAGA is claiming he had a cabinet meeting upset about the Epstein files. He hasn’t had a cabinet meeting since January 29th.

Trump being unpresidential.

He's just pathetic at this point. Beyond reprehensible and utterly pathetic. Embarrassing little weasel of a man.

@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."

We hate you for free!!!!!

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Together, two merging galaxies form a bean-like shape just below the center of this image. The cores of the galaxies are colored blue, and one is above and to the left of the other. These two cores are surrounded by bright tendrils of coral star-forming regions, which stretch above and below. To the right of the top galactic core is a particularly bright star-formation clump with faint diffraction spikes. The lower galaxy is a mostly regular spiral shape, while the upper galaxy has been distorted into a much more condensed bun. There is also a semi-transparent arc of pale dust above both merging galaxies. The background is black, and many tiny distant galaxies dot the scene.

Two large galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) appear to be colliding in the center of this image. Their collision looks like a sideways heart.

The Gemini North telescope captured a pair of galaxies, NGC 4567 (top) and NGC 4568 (bottom), as they collide. Nicknamed the Butterfly galaxies, they will eventually merge as a single galaxy in 500 million years. Caption credit: CNN

Pluto in a nearly full-disc view against the darkness of space. The planet has flat plains, mountainous regions, and craters in colors of muted tan and brown. One lighter, flatter region is roughly shaped like a heart symbol.

space hearts 💗🌌

“nothing is real until it hurts me” slogan replaces “don’t tread on me” slogan on a Gadseden flag

how we got here

If you meet someone online and the relationship develops fast, they might be a scammer! Slow down …

the FBI deleted this tweet

might’ve hit a little close to home for the director

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

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Report finds children with mental health diagnoses often incarcerated instead of getting treatment Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.

Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.

February 12, 2026 In a ceremony at the White House yesterday, surrounded by coal industry leaders, lawmakers, and miners, President Donald J.

February 12, 2026

under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

Another shot of this beautiful Black Necked Stork from last week. Happy Friday.

“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”

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Couple things I want to point out about this:

1. Him saying it on Fox News doesn’t mean that it will actually happen.

2. Do you really think this will stop Putin even if it was on the table? How would play in Russia when/if he says no?

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