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CNN is saying the Iranian attack happened after Trump “lost patience with negotiations”.

I don’t believe it. The negotiations were cover. This was always the plan. The scale of the military buildup showed that.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from February 24, 2026, to February 28, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of February 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with joint military strikes from the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 54% and 54%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a disruption to internet access in parts of #Iran including Tehran with connectivity at 54% of ordinary levels. The incident comes as the US and Israel target the regime with military strikes and will limit visibility into events on the ground.

Israel, United States launch coordinated attack on Iran | The Jerusalem Post United States involved in strikes, officials confirm • Israel enters state of emergency • Security official: Operation planned for months, timing set weeks ago

Israel attacks Iran; explosions heard in Tehran. www.jpost.com/israel-news/art...

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in United States from February 13, 2026, to February 24, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The graph indicates connectivity disruptions in Massachusetts starting on the early morning of February 23. The drop in connectivity aligns with power cuts due to a winter storm. The chart has a dark background and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner and connectivity lines for each city are color-coded. East Falmouth, Massachusetts (19% / 19%), Plymouth, Massachusetts (32% / 38%), Scituate, Massachusetts (33% / 39%), Marshfield, Massachusetts (47% / 50%), New Bedford, Massachusetts (62% / 62%), Pembroke, Massachusetts (67% / 67%), Middleboro, Massachusetts (76% / 81%), Lynn, Massachusetts (79% / 85%), Brockton, Massachusetts (87% / 90%), Brookline, Massachusetts (90% / 90%), Hingham, Massachusetts (85% / 92%)

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of #Massachusetts as authorities issue a travel ban in multiple counties; the incident comes as Winter Storm Hernando brings down power and telecoms lines, leaving thousands of subscribers cut off 🔌 #MAwx

Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”

NEW: Meta’s director of AI safety, supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests, had to scramble to stop an AI agent from deleting her inbox against her wishes...

Chart from NetBlocks showing platform feature restrictions by ISP in Gabon in February 18, 2025. The data indicates widespread internet restrictions affecting social media and messaging platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, and Tiktok. Access issues are observed across major ISPs such as Airtel and Canalbox and Gabon Telecom with services showing varying levels of reachability, in some cases down to 0%.

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show multiple online platforms are now restricted in #Gabon after the High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced the immediate suspension of social media in the country, citing its use to disseminate "inappropriate" content among other grievances

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

Homeland Security is said to have sent Google and Meta hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or criticize ICE.

Screenshot of the X (formerly Twitter) social media platform showing a message that reads 'Something is wrong' with an option to 'Retry' underneath.

ℹ️ Note: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

King's 'profound concern' as police consider Andrew claims over Epstein Making his first intervention in the Epstein scandal, the King said he is ready to support the police in their inquiries.

Buckingham Palace is ready to support the police as they consider allegations against King Charles' brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Epsteinfiles

Bad Bunny ends his Super Bowl halftime show in front of a sign reading "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE"

Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga

Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff

This may be my last story for the Post. Here is an archive version, free to all. archive.is/2026.02.06-2...

A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Death toll in Pakistan's Islamabad mosque suicide bombing rises to 31 At least 31 people were killed and 169 wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad on Friday, a government official said.

Death toll in Pakistan's Islamabad mosque suicide bombing rises to 31 reut.rs/3ZYcI6E

Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.

The draconian cuts at the Washington Post could be called committing suicide by a once-great journalism institution that deserved trust and respect. But I think it should be seen as the owner of the Washington Post committing murder in service to Donald J. Trump.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

«Traffic from certain targeted users [of Notepad++] was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests.»

Targeting the tooling people use and the update process of software… it’s scary how effective this is.

Notepad++ have published an update to fix the software being hijacked by threat actors remotely: notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-re...

This was being abused by threat actors in China, a blog from mine from a week ago: doublepulsar.com/small-number...

The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.

Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch

Co-Stars and Fans Pay Tribute to Catherine O’Hara Videos and photos filled social media as fans shared their favorite scenes from O’Hara’s acting career and co-stars memorialized her.

Comedians, co-stars and fans shared memories and favorite scenes featuring Catherine O’Hara, the prolific actress and comedian who died on Friday. “Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more,” Macaulay Culkin, who played O’Hara’s son Kevin in the “Home Alone” movies, wrote on Instagram.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2026, to January 28, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8, when connectivity falls from above 90% to near zero. Connectivity remains almost entirely offline for an extended period, with only minimal and sporadic activity, before a partial restoration appears at the end of the period on January 27 under heavy filtering. A red horizontal arrow labelled “SHUTDOWN” marks the duration of the disruption, with an annotation on the top right reading “filtered intermittent connectivity.” The disruption aligns with a nationwide internet shutdown imposed by authorities amid unrest. The minimum and current connectivity levels are shown as 1% and 95%, respectively. The chart has a dark background and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.

⚠️ Update: 20 full days after #Iran imposed a national internet blackout, most ordinary users still face heavy filtering and intermittent service under a whitelist system despite a significant increase in internationally visible networks and datacenters.

WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyber attacts | TechCrunch Days after Meta was sued over alleged false privacy claims surrounding its chat app WhatsApp, the company has rolled out a new setting to protect users

NEW: After Apple launched Lockdown Mode years ago, and Google released its own special security feature for Android last year, WhatsApp now offers a new mode for users at high risk of being targeted with spyware.

It's called Strict Account Settings and enables certain restrictions to protect users.

🇮🇷 Update: Brief returns of internet access are driving spikes in Snowflake usage. Please help us run more proxies if you can. ❄️ snowflake.torproject.org

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2026, to January 27, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8, when connectivity falls from above 90% to near zero. Connectivity remains almost entirely offline for an extended period, with only minimal and sporadic activity, before a limited restoration appears at the end of the period on January 27 under heavy filtering. A red horizontal arrow labelled “SHUTDOWN” marks the duration of the disruption, with an annotation on the right reading “Heavily filtered intermittent connectivity.” The disruption aligns with a nationwide internet shutdown imposed by authorities amid unrest. The minimum and current connectivity levels are shown as 1% and 84%, respectively. The chart has a dark background and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner.

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet shutdown approaching day 20, many networks are becoming visible internationally.

HOWEVER:

📵 No return to usual: Web still heavily filtered on a whitelist basis.
🔧 Circumvention still needed: The opening of protocols can enable new workarounds.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Greenland from January 17, 2025, to January 25, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Greenland's connectivity remains normal most of the time period, with a sharp drop on the night of January 24. The drop in connectivity aligns with a power cut. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 73% and 74%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period.

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline to internet connectivity in #Greenland with high impact to capital Nuuk. The incident comes amid reports of a city-wide power outage of unknown cause 🔌