"Putin has been careful not to criticise Donald Trump too harshly over the bombing of Iran ...he sees [him] as pivotal in putting pressure on Ukraine to accept peace terms on Moscow’s conditions.
...with every increase in oil prices, there is barely concealed satisfaction among Russia’s elite."
This didn't start in the 21st Century of course. Remember the newspaper barons of old, as depicted in Orson Wells' Citizen Kane?
Musk, worth $829 billion, owns X.
Bezos, worth $234 billion, owns The Washington Post & Twitch.
Zuckerberg, worth $231 billion, owns Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp.
And now Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, is about to control CNN, CBS, TikTok & HBO.
Yes, this is oligarchy.
Confirmation, if it were needed, that it is about racism, pure and simple. Disgusting.
Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
US, Israeli missiles strike Iran — here's what it means for Russia kyivindependent.com/breaking-isr...
Just cuz you aren’t personally affected by China’s imperialism, occupations, warmongering, invasions, oppression & violence doesn’t mean they aren’t ongoing. Supposedly progressives literally spreading authoritarian CCP state propaganda instead of legitimately criticizing US on its own merits.
Very much ancillary at this point, but once again a reminder to Tokyo that it can have its alliance or it can have its commitment to some semblance of a rules-based order but harder and harder to have both.
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.
EU demands Russia withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria, pull nukes from Belarus, pay reparations, and hold free elections — all as conditions for a Ukraine deal.
"We pay back to Russian maximalist demands on Ukraine."
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/19/e...
"Putin is not looking for a balanced deal that respects the interests of all concerned. He wants to split NATO, by presenting the Europeans and Ukraine as the obstacle to Trump’s wished-for deal."
Kaja Kallas is very smart. She understands how to play this game. Listening to her has taught me a lot about Russia. Their tactics, strategies, their demands, etc.
Very cool
@jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com — Is it too late in the protocol design to support expiring blocks? This might prevent permanent social fragmentation while preserving immediate safety.
Curious whether something like that could be implemented without conflicting with the current moderation primitives.
Trump has ordered government agencies to stop using Anthropic AI tools www.bbc.com/news/article...
BunsenLabs Carbon has been released.
Download links:
forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.ph...
Release Notes:
forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.ph...
Green party's Hannah Spence wins byelection
Hannah Spencer has won Gorton and Denton for the Greens in the party’s first-ever parliamentary by-election victory, defeating Labour in its long-time stronghold, it is being reported.
Fantastic! Best news from Britain in well over a decade.
> This is no longer about "America First." Trump wants to be world emperor.
U.S. Historian Robert Kagan: "We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance" - DER SPIEGEL www.spiegel.de/internationa...
What bots talk about when they think humans aren’t listening – podcast | Science | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Anna’s father is the first family member of an overseas Hong Konger wanted by the regime to be convicted and sentenced to prison. This represents a major escalation in the regime’s campaign of transnational repression’.
Meanwhile in the UK, the BBC apologized for failing to censor the N-word during its delayed BAFTA broadcast.
Yet it did indeed censor the phrase “Free Palestine” from an acceptance speech during the same broadcast.
It's getting ridiculous isn't it! 🙃
"Defense" Min. Koizumi: "attempts to change the status quo by force must never be tolerated." Meanwhile, Koizumi is silent as US tries to change the status quo by force in Venezuela, Iran, Palestine, Nigeria, Yemen, etc. and threatens to do so in Greenland.
mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Republicans are not allowed to acknowledge data.
Climate change: Nope.
Abortion is healthcare: Nope
Healthcare for all saves money: Nope
Education: Nope
Russia attacked Ukraine: Nope
Rich people child sex trafficing ring: Nope
All they want to do is crime, all day long, this is their distraction.
It was only a matter of time: transnational repression to support #China overseas business interests, this time in #Australia.
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
US military leaders pressure Anthropic to bend Claude safeguards | US military | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Beijing will be reluctant to celebrate the U.S. legal system for curbing Trump's arbitrary levies... That is not something the Communist Party would like to promote"
Trump's tariff setback complicates US president's China trip - Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/economy/trad...
Human Rights Watch posts about disability inclusion.
But adds no alt text to the images.
Talking about accessibility while ignoring it.
What are we doing here?
Support for the Greens is highest among the youngest voters, while older Britons largely favour the Conservatives and Reform UK
18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%
70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%
