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12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us San Francisco’s AI startups are pushing workers to grind endlessly, hinting at pressures soon hitting other sectors

“Rather than a model of how we should all work, the tech industry may be a premonition for the anxiety and attempts to compensate that are coming for all of us.” #AI #work www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

“The exhibits were targeted under a directive that Trump’s Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, issued last year ordering the review and potential removal of any displays at national parks that ‘inappropriately disparage’ the United States.” That could be anything that irks #Trump? #slavery #USA

“A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to reinstall several exhibits about slavery that were removed from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia last month.” The #USA republic was founded on #slavery & #racism. They remain. #history #Trump #fascism flip.it/CHi.Yx

Yes. Brexit was a massive con job. A Boris.

Definitely.

Very.

#Trump “L’État, c’est moi.”

#RFKJr

#Bondi

“Australian values” is, of course, right wing code. Trying to point to some immutable, bedrock framework. It’s a fantasy. Our aggregated values are constantly in flux, evolving, maturing. Advancing, retreating. We fail miserably on some national challenges. We succeed gratifyingly on others. #auspol

#Epstein

Facepalm. #Palantir #auspol

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The term, “web of life” is not some abstract label. It’s real. And the more we destroy habitat and bio-diversity, the worse it will be for us humans. Our stupidity about this seems to know no bounds? Same with our greed, hubris and ignorance. #wolves www.instagram.com/reel/DTbSsMs...

Thanks. Pungent.

As I watch the extraordinary physical, athletic achievements at the Winter Olympics, once again I laugh in my mind at those who blindly stick to their bigotry that women “can’t do stuff”. They can. And they do. Brilliantly. Across all fields of human endeavour. There’s a myth ready for retirement?

“Senators, & a handful of House members who bought last-minute tickets to Munich after Speaker Mike Johnson canceled their chamber’s official convoy, said #Greenland dominated their conversations over the three-day security summit.” #USA “relationship” with Europe is snookered. #Trump #fascism #EU

Republican lawmaker, Thomas Massie, apparently still has a moral compass? And some guts. Very rare commodities in the #GOP, cowed, captured, controlled by #Trump. His blatant #Epstein cover-up is consolidating. But it’s been months now. It won’t go away. Drip, drip ... #ruleoflaw #fascism #democracy

You are in deep trouble. Across many fronts at once. You may rescue your democracy. But it will be a hell of a fight. We all wonder whether US citizens in their complacency are up for that fight. 65% turnout at 2024 election. Pathetic. Since 1925, it’s never been below 90% here. “Exceptionalism”?

Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt’s Executive Chairman

As the #Trump government, esp via ranting, lickspittle Attorney General, Pam Bondi, doubles, triples down on the blatant #Epstein cover-up, some elite figures are responding to the heat in the #USA & beyond. #Trump? Confected immunity. #fascism #ruleoflaw #democracy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Yes.

YouTube video by 9 News Australia Barack Obama says aliens are real, but he has never encountered them | 9 News Australia

In a lightning question round on a @briantylercohen.bsky.social podcast, @barackobama.bsky.social said, “Aliens are real”. This sure attracted global attention because of his status. He later issued a clarifying statement. “Statistically” he’s plausible? We’re uncertain. youtube.com/watch?v=SRNU...

Producer of Israeli spy thriller found dead in Athens hotel room Dana Eden, 52, co-creator of hit TV series Tehran, reported by Greek police to have taken her own life on Sunday

“The co-creator of an Israeli hit TV series has been found dead in a hotel room in Athens where the fourth season of the spy thriller is being filmed. Dana Eden 52, was discovered by her brother late on Sunday, Greek police said, attributing her death to suicide.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95 From the classic To Kill a Mockingbird to blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds, the Oscar-winning actor’s films spanned a remarkable range

“Robert Duvall, the veteran actor who had a string of roles in classic American films including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, M*A*S*H and To Kill a Mockingbird, has died aged 95.” Solid. #cinema #acting www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

FBI won’t share Alex Pretti shooting evidence, Minnesota authorities say State’s governor had demanded impartial inquiry into the shooting of the VA nurse by federal immigration agents

“ #Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.” Eloquent? Accountability? Nup. #fascism #Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

They absolutely are “concentration camps”. Not industrialised death camps. Yet. Although detainees are suffering horribly and there have been deaths. Due process has been expunged. Have no doubts, the world is watching the US under Trump with horror as his dictatorship still rapidly evolves.

YouTube video by MS NOW Maddow: Law firms bullied by Trump have shot at PAYBACK in fight against immigrant prison camps

OPINION @maddow.bsky.social No #USA citizen can profess ignorance about the proliferating #Trump concentration camps nor the attocities occurring inside them. It is #fascism writ large & flashing. Will US citizens ultimately be supine? Indolent? #ruleoflaw #democracy youtube.com/watch?v=0fkm...

Opinion | He Studied Cognitive Science at Stanford. Then He Wrote a Startling Play About A.I. Authoritarianism.

OPINION “Among technologies, #AI is unique in that those who are creating it — & profiting off it — will from time to time warn that it could destroy humanity. As Sam Altman said … ‘I think that A.I. will probably, most likely, sort of lead to the end of the world.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/o...

Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London

“Donald #Trump has vented his fury against a green energy deal between the British government & California’s governor, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social , a likely future Democratic presidential candidate.” #fascism #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

OPINION The odds on #Trump making it through to January 2029 are very long. His rapid physical decline is one thing. His patent mental decline is another. His “normalisation” by mainstream & social #media has been going on for decades. Now it has become unconscionable & deeply irresponsible. #USA

Want to know what’s really going on in Australian politics? A four-way tussle in Farrer may tell us Sussan Ley’s retirement from parliament means all eyes will be on the byelection in her regional seat of Farrer – and the contest may well be messy.

“If the Liberals do hold the seat (Farrer), they will be saying ‘well done Angus’. If they lose it to a moderate independent, there may be some buyer’s remorse about replacing Ley with Taylor. If they lose it to One Nation, some will be eyeing Andrew Hastie as their next leader.” flip.it/Jlvkhc