BREAKING: A viral video shows an out of breath JD Vance having zero clue if he's supposed to vote Yes or No to break a Senate tie, almost blowing it.
Very competent indeed.

What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?

YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons It's time to make an X-it: Senator Simons questions the Canadian government's continued use of X

I had the opportunity to rise during Senate Question Period this week, to ask about the Canadian government's continued commitment to using X for official communications - and about their failure to use sites such as Bluesky and Mastodon. What do you think? #cdnpoli #Canada #Grok #X #Bluesky

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Smile Randy Fine... You're on Candid Camera!
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Top FDA Scientist Explains Why He Quit After Getting a Promotion From RFK Jr. Richard Pazdur, a longtime regulator, said politics risks outweighing science at the agency.

A top FDA scientist who quit after RFK Jr. promoted him said fast-track drug approvals had become politicized in a way he had never experienced in his 26 years at the agency.

New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks - KFF Health News It’s been a busy week at the FDA, with a political appointee overruling agency scientists to reject an application for a new flu vaccine. Meanwhile, anti-abortion Republicans on Capitol Hill complain ...

Moderna spent years and $1 billion studying a new mRNA flu vaccine for adults. Now, the FDA is refusing to review it.

“How do we expect companies to invest in new medicines like this if the FDA is basically acting on vibes?” asks @julierovner.bsky.social.

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Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’ Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

They're Coming for Our Daughters The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”

The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

On the front lines of eviction prevention - The Philanthropist Journal “A little goes a long way” in keeping people housed, advocates say, and the social costs of not addressing the housing crisis are immeasurable.

“A recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation study concluded that every $1 invested in eviction prevention and housing stability saves $2 to $6 in emergency system costs. In other words, it’s far cheaper to ensure people remain housed.” @thephilanthropist.ca
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...

Trump & his goons are weaponizing the DOJ against anyone who disagrees with them.

They're trying to silence any dissent.

But the tide is turning. The American people are speaking up and fighting back.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete says he'll defy IOC, continue wearing helmet depicting athletes killed in Russian invasion Skeleton athete Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to fight the IOC so he can race with the memorials on his helmet at the Milan-Cortina Games.

New from me: Ukrainian skeleton athlete says he'll defy IOC, continue wearing helmet depicting athletes killed in Russian invasion nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...

Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...

From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

A backstage sneak peak moments before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we? | Will Bunch Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein's creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.

Europe gets it!

The UK raids the home of a close Epstein pal. Poland probes ties to Russian intel. France raids the office of Musk's X. But the U.S. elites who palled around with the world's worst sex creep get away with it

The crisis of elite impunity. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/jeff...

One of the paradoxes of this innovation talk is that it's often an argument for inaction rather than action."

Historian David Edgerton on what the history of technology can tell us about the climate crisis.

Listen to the full episode 👇
www.break-down.org/technology-a...

Dossier | Pollution de l’air | L’ennemi invisible du cerveau (2 articles) ✱ Les urbanistes peuvent sauver des vies en créant des quartiers propices au transport actif et en réduisant la place de l’auto. Mais les morts par nanoparticules ne font pas les manchettes…

Dossier | Pollution de l’air | L’ennemi invisible du cerveau (2 articles): ✱ Les urbanistes peuvent sauver des vies en créant des quartiers propices au transport actif et en réduisant la place de l’auto. Mais les morts par nanoparticules ne font pas les manchettes…

Make it make sense.

This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

Ten countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files.

Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.

Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.

We know why.

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Some ask about the difference between the US lack of regulation of social media and the EU regulation.
Notably in France, this would have been prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred—rightly so.
Freedom of speech doesn't allow racism, anti-Semitism, or any other form of hatred and discrimination.

Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformation Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. This investigation into electoral interference explores how Putin’s outriders wage a surreptitious war against Eur...

🚨 Hack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/russias-elec...

Organised chaos: how Russia weaponised the culture wars Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. As we enter a year during which more than two billion people will go to the polls, we begin a series on fo...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social the aim is to create a mood in the country.

Russia’s goals & the threat of foreign interference in elections - a threat to democracy itself & why pitting people in Western democracies against one another is a win for Russia.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch... ⬇️

Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information

This is big news. Peter Thiel and US billionaires are all over Epstein and global actors.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.

New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced