Being "neutral" always means being in league with the aggressor. Always. Otherwise they would not be "neutral".

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls for a lifelong ban on entry to Europe for Russians who participated in the war against Ukraine.

How China’s massive overfishing endangers global ecosystems

One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto. Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.

"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families"
extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...

Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media.

‘Lawyers have gained traction by arguing that the primary cause of psychological suffering for young users stems not from content posted by others but from the algorithms programmed by the companies to prioritize engagement.‘ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Washington today is a kleptocracy… [Trump’s] obviously planning to rig the elections.”

Financial Times editor @edwardluce.bsky.social explains how the collapse of America is ‘halfway there’ and how Trump is planning to rig the midterm elections.

Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/geopolitic...

Europe is in denial. The continent is already at war.

Russia’s sabotage campaign is becoming bolder Hacks against Polish energy plants suggest the FSB is involved

I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans, he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump.

Not a fan of Starmer, but compared to Blair, he really should be way up there. Britain is hopelessly lost.

The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?

President Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian drones will start being manufactured in Germany from February as part of the export of Ukrainian defense technologies.

Key points from President Zelensky:

Ukraine has deals for 150 Gripen and 100 Rafale jets — the best fighters in the world in his view.

At the start of the full-scale war Ukraine had just 25 S-300 systems. In the 1990s Kyiv alone had 250.

China bankrolling Putin’s war to gain advantage over West, MPs told Beijing’s huge support for Russian aggression against Ukraine part of larger threatening posture, air marshal tells Commons committee

"Neutrality" always means supporting the aggressor.

Wow, that is just terrible writing. Is the whole book this bad?

Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.

"Zelensky said that Russia and the United States were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine"

(Note: there are not $12 trillion worth of deals to be done in Russia)

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Ukrainian POWs were forced to exhume civilians killed by Russia in Mariupol.

Marine Serhii Hrytsiv: “Over four weeks, we dug up around 800 civilian bodies.” Russia made prisoners clean up the crime scene — then blamed them for it, Slidstvo.Info reports. 1/

It's hard for the Polish to say "yes", I guess...

’Big Tech’s AI push is bigger than the railroad expansion of the 1850s, the Apollo space program that put astronauts on the moon in the 1960s and the decadeslong build-out of the U.S. interstate highway system that ended in the 1970s.’ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-s...

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

ICE officials said he ran into a wall, which doctors immediately rejected as inconsistent with the wounds. The immigrant's account - that he was beaten in the head by steel batons, contrary to DHS guidelines - is more plausible. But no accountability exists for him, or us.
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Understanding Epstein's Crimes Sex trafficking isn't widely understood. Here is what Epstein did.

(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Utvisning av 18-åringar gör Sverige mindre attraktivt för toppforskare Problemet att de som fyllt 18 år förväntas stå på egna ben och därmed utvisas även om deras föräldrar har …

If you're a foreign professor in Sweden, the gov't will expel your children when they turn 18, even if you have permanent residency: sulf.se/nyhet/utvisn... via @sulf-union.bsky.social

Today the winter Olympics open. Russia and Belarus are allowed to participate under neutral flag.

Picture by Gatis Šļūka

I think you know the answer. The “negotiations” have been an excuse to hold back necessary equipment and aid.

Why would she announce this ahead of time?

Not only that. Both bear responsibility for the initial breakup.

Ditching bike helmets laws better for health With epidemics of diabetes and obesity threatening to bankrupt state health budgets, governments need to broaden their strategies to encourage physical activity. Allowing cyclists to ride without a he...

This is counter-intuitive:

"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...