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[?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
@datasciencejobs@mastodon.social

💼 Hugging Face is hiring a Senior Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision - US Remote
Location: 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

datasciencejobs.com/jobs/senio

    [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
    @datasciencejobs@mastodon.social

    💼 Amazon is hiring a Data Scientist - Computer Vision, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
    Location: 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
    💰 Salary: $136000 - $184000

    datasciencejobs.com/jobs/data-

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      [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
      @Peter_Link@expressional.social

      ** ‘War by Another Means’: Movement Condemns Trump Economic Siege of Cuba**
      “Recent actions by the Trump administration have further exacerbated an already -manufactured humanitarian crisis,” said Public Services International Inter-America.
      commondreams.org/news/trump-cu

      from
      Feb 10, 2026

      The inter-American branch of a global federation representing tens of millions of issued a statement Monday condemning the administration’s intensifying economic assault on and threats of regime change, calling such actions “war by other means” and violations of international law.

      “They are incompatible with peace, the human right to dignity, and the principle of national sovereignty,” said PSI as the Trump administration blockade of oil imports fueled a worsening humanitarian crisis for the island nation, bringing rolling blackouts, straining hospitals, and causing shortages of food and other necessities.


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        [?]Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸 » 🌐
        @dennyhenke@social.coop

        I'm about 90% through Howard Zinn's A People's History of the US.

        This is a book that will remove any notion, any pretense that the is anything close to a or a democratic republic. The two-party political system is a fucking farce.

        Choose between Grift 1 or Grift 2. Hard fascism or friendly, masked .

        Both are parties that refuse to step away from . One provides the illusion of being a better choice and liberals will come out of the woodwork to scream bloody murder if you dare suggest anything other than voting for it because the alternative is worse.

        It's a fucking trap that has kept us from any actual progress for 100+ years.

        But it's also a system in which middle class white folk have been very comfortable especially over the past 75 years. They benefit. Until they don't. More and more they don't.

        This system cannot be reformed. Sometimes you have to start over.


        historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeop

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          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          With Latest Rollback, the Essentially Has No Rules

          The ’s killing of the caps a year of that is likely to make thirstier for & less competitive globally, experts say. [absolutely true, other countries have regulations, if US cars aren’t made to meet their standards, no one can buy them anywhere but in the US. Idiotic.]


          nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate

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            [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
            @Peter_Link@expressional.social

            Trump Now ‘Boasting of a War Crime’ as Cuba Suffers Under Oil Blockade
            “Cuba isn’t failing, it’s being suffocated,” said one anti-war group.
            commondreams.org/news/trump-an

            from
            Feb 17, 2026

            ’s latest comments on his government’s blockade on amounted to “boasting of a war crime,” one journalist said after Trump told the press that the island is a “failed nation” weeks after Trump himself cut off Cuba’s main source of and threatened countries with tariffs if they provided the government with oil.

            “They don’t even have jet fuel to get their airplanes to take off. They’re clogging up their runway. We’re talking to Cuba right now... and they should absolutely make a deal, because it’s really a humanitarian threat...There’s an , there’s no , there’s no money, there’s no anything.”



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            [?]AmyFou 🕊️ » 🌐
            @amyfou@lingo.lol

            Jessie Jackson RIP [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

            What I remember most is the lengths to which they went to try to discredit him. He wasn't a civil rights advocate, he was a 'publicity seeker'. He was 'in it for the money'. Etc.

            After the brutality that he had experienced, he spoke up and worked his whole life to make things better for all of us. He was put through holy hell for it.

            Rest in power to Jessie and shame on us for how we treated him. He was important.

              [?]Autonomie und Solidarität » 🌐
              @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu

              Anti-islamische Biker-Gang schießt an Gaza-Hilfsstellen

              Sicherheitsfirma rekrutiert Mitglieder des US-amerikanischen Infidels Motorcycle Club……

              nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194019.
              Artikel von @matthimon

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                [?]Mark » 🌐
                @paka@mastodon.scot

                In lengthy post, to Belgium Bill White accused Belgium of prosecution of Belgians

                Belgian FM Prévot called the accusation "dangerous "

                Belgium summoned the US ambassador

                This sparked by news Belgian authorities are investigating whether 3 men who were performing without certified training

                Belgian law states that procedures must be performed by licensed professionals

                euronews.com/2026/02/17/belgiu

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                  [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                  @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                  What’s next for Cuba? Trump turns the screws as the island runs out of jet fuel
                  groups.io/g/cubanews/message/4

                  from via CubaNews
                  Feb. 14, 2026

                  ’s emergency measures should be seen as crucial test for the bloc of developing nations, according to , a Cuba expert and professor of political economy at the University of Glasgow.

                  “This is probably the most important test now for BRICS … If BRICS cannot protect, defend and rally around a member, then what is it worth?” Yaffe told CNBC.

                  Cuba acquired “partner country” status of the BRICS group in January last year, bolstering its ties with the likes of , and . Indeed, each of these three countries have sought to offer support to Cuba in recent days.

                  “The Cuban government is not going to submit,” Yaffe said. “The fact is, [the is] going to keep squeezing and the Cubans are going to keep resisting and there’s going to be a lot of unnecessary suffering.”

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                    [?]Hanse Mina » 🌐
                    @hanse_mina@mastodon.social

                    Trump is committed to the success of Hungarian PM Orban because his leadership and rapport with Trump are crucial to U.S. interests, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said, offering a robust endorsement of the nationalist leader as he faces a tough election in April.

                    reuters.com/world/europe/trump

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                      Shameful

                      Secretary of on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister ‘s bid to serve a fifth straight term after upcoming elections in April, emphasizing during a visit to Budapest the strong personal relationship between the leader & .


                      apnews.com/article/rubio-orban

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                      [?]Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg » 🌐
                      @factforce.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                      must step up both its support for , and its communication with & . We must make it crystal clear that Russia must completely withdraw from ALL of Ukraine's territory, and that Europe & Ukraine will under NO circumstances cede Ukrainian territory to the aggressor.

                      RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vq3fn2jcelxumsyvq4entjl4/post/3mexsj3244s2w

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                        [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                        @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                        Why ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation
                        972mag.com/wp-content/themes/r

                        from +972’s Sunday Recap
                        [published in ]
                        Feb. 15, 2026

                        Sophia Goodfriend wrote about why it’s no coincidence that operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation: enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel, and now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.

                        Also:

                        • ‘I would never do it again’: Inside the struggle to enter and leave
                        • Released into exile, prisoners navigate freedom on Israel’s terms
                        • A Palestinian influencer spent 27 months in Israeli prison — for social media posts
                        • To confront Israeli fascism, we need a new - party
                        • The false symmetry of Jewish-Arab partnership
                        • PODCAST: Documenting the settler takeover of the






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                          [?]Digitale Freiheit Bayern » 🌐
                          @digifreibayern@troet.cafe

                          Hallo

                          Wir sind im
                          und wir setzen uns für die Nutzung von -Software in ein.

                          Für uns ist unverständlich, dass Bayern weiterhin auf eine Ausstattung der Behörden-Arbeitsplätze mit setzt.
                          Dadurch würde die technische Abhängigkeit Bayerns von noch weiter verstärkt und Aussagen zur blieben ein Lippenbekenntnis.

                          Wir freuen uns über jede Unterschrift unter unsere

                          openpetition.de/petition/onlin

                          [?]Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸 » 🌐
                          @dennyhenke@social.coop

                          RE: masto.ai/@rozeboosje/116074589

                          To the folks in Europe, the problem with the US goes much, MUCH deeper than Trump or the nearly half of the electorate that voted him into office twice. That's too simplistic.

                          Also, be careful, you're telling on yourself. How so?

                          The problem, the real substance of the problem, is not just the overt and criminality of the Trump regime and MAGA. The deeper problem is the white supremacy the US middle class. Along with that, the 2 party system, both parties complicit in decades of criminal violence internally and abroad. Then, / capitalism, the core of which is based in the US.

                          Your trust of the US has long been a mistake and, worse, you've been a partner in criminal misconduct that everyone casually calls "Foreign Policy". , Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter... keep going. US foreign policy is rife with grift, violence and war profiteering.

                          And has been a partner all along.

                          [?]Pino Carafa » 🌐
                          @rozeboosje@masto.ai

                          bbc.com/news/articles/cjrq2r9y

                          Oh, really?

                          See, here's the problem: the U.S. electorate voted for Donald Trump in 2016. We, the rest of the world, were then subjected to his capricious insanity for four years. At the end of 2020 they voted him out.

                          At that point we were willing to consider that this may have been a temporary loss of perspective.

                          But then they voted for him again.

                          This proves we cannot trust the USA. And it will take a LOT more than one election for the USA to regain our trust.

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                            [?]Manga is political » 🌐
                            @mangaispolitical@sakurajima.moe

                            If 1% of criminals being undocumented immigrants is enough to justify concentration camps, what should we do with the fact that 98% of criminals are men?

                            Personally, I'm not a radical: a moratorium prohibiting men from being elected to any government position is enough. Let's try that for 10 years and see how it goes.

                            Sources:
                            cmsny.org/publications/jmhs-le
                            aclu.org/documents/facts-about

                              [?]Hanse Mina » 🌐
                              @hanse_mina@mastodon.social

                              Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

                              reuters.com/business/aerospace

                                [?]Yehuda TurtleIsland.social » 🌐
                                @Yehuda@turtleisland.social

                                Fuck
                                Fuck
                                Fuck

                                needs to tell the to go to hell

                                  [?]Yehuda TurtleIsland.social » 🌐
                                  @Yehuda@turtleisland.social

                                  Aid allocation to Ukraine
                                  2022-2025 (by country group)

                                  In 2025 provided almost all the aid to . The provided almost nothing, so why is the US in charge of peace negotiations? Europe should be heading negotiations but doesn't even have a seat at the table.

                                  Aid allocation to Ukraine
2022-2025 (by country group)

In 2025 Europe provided almost all the aid to Ukraine. The US provided almost nothing.

                                  Alt...Aid allocation to Ukraine 2022-2025 (by country group) In 2025 Europe provided almost all the aid to Ukraine. The US provided almost nothing.

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                                    [?]Ukraine War Bulletins and News » 🌐
                                    @SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

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                                    [?]Ukraine War Bulletins and News » 🌐
                                    @SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

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                                    [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                    @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                    No fuel, no tourists, no cash – this was the week the Cuban crisis got real
                                    theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

                                    from
                                    Feb. 15, 2026

                                    Cuba is in crisis. Already reeling from a four-year economic slump, worsened by hyper-inflation and the migration of nearly 20% of the population, the 67-year-old government is at its weakest. After Washington’s successful military operation against ’s ally Venezuela at the beginning of January, the administration is actively seeking .

                                    Stoking concerns is news that lack of fuel is hampering the UN World Food Programme’s efforts to relieve suffering from last year’s Hurricane Melissa. The organisation, which keeps a low-key presence on the island, is now having to draw up plans for a new, far larger crisis. “We’re already seeing the impact in the availability of fresh produce in the cities,” said Étienne Labande, the WFP’s country director.

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                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

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                                      [?]Hanse Mina » 🌐
                                      @hanse_mina@mastodon.social

                                      U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a two-day trip to eastern Europe on Sunday to bolster ties with Slovakia and Hungary, whose conservative leaders, often at odds with other European Union countries, have warm ties with President Donald Trump.

                                      reuters.com/world/rubio-visit-

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                                        [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                        @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                        Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
                                        The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers said.
                                        nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technol

                                        from
                                        [gift article]

                                        Feb. 13, 2026

                                        The Department of Homeland Security () is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.

                                        In recent months, , , and , which owns and , have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from the DHS, according to four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests.






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                                          [?]Scissors Cut Paper... » 🌐
                                          @vor@lgbtqia.space

                                          NyTimes, Ukraine Says U.S. Is Increasing Pressure for a Deal as the Midterms Loom [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                          @dyckron

                                          The problem is that 's doesn't want to deal.

                                          needs to pressure Russia.

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                                            [?]Ukraine War Bulletins and News » 🌐
                                            @SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

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                                            [?]Michael Magras » 🌐
                                            @michaelmagras@mstdn.social

                                            With his erudite comments on religious extremists and people who want to ban books, one would think this interview took place yesterday and not 45 years ago. I could listen to Gore Vidal all day. youtube.com/watch?v=hU7UD_KHOP0

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                                              [?]Steven Saus [he/him] » 🌐
                                              @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

                                              uspol [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                              Trump team has spent more than $40 million to send migrants to nations they’ve never lived in, report says

                                              Over the past year, the Trump administration has spent upwards of $40 million to relocate migrants t...

                                              Archive: ia: https://s.faithcolla...
                                              independent.co.uk/news/world/a -politics

                                              Trump team has spent more than 0 million to send migrants to nations they’ve never lived in, report says

                                              Alt...Trump team has spent more than 0 million to send migrants to nations they’ve never lived in, report says

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                                                [?]Kevin Karhan :verified: » 🌐
                                                @kkarhan@infosec.space

                                                @MAKS23 nah, - like , would rather serve 's head on a silver platter than do anything positive, cuz they are 's assets.

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                                                  [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                                  @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                                  Bad Bunny Joins Pro-Immigrant Protests
                                                  world-outlook.com/2026/02/13/b

                                                  from
                                                  February 13, 2026

                                                  “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out!” proclaimed trap and reggaeton artist Bad Bunny on February 1, while accepting the Grammy award for best urban music album.

                                                  The crowd inside the show, which took place in LA, overwhelmingly responded with cheers.

                                                  “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens,” he added. “We are humans and we are Americans.”

                                                  The ceremony and ’s anti- statement came in the context of the administration’s brutal crackdown against immigrant workers, with hundreds of thousands of people arrested and deported in the last year, often violently.

                                                  Bad Bunny, one of the most well-known and awarded musicians today, repeated his pro- message a week later at the halftime show, without making an explicit political statement as he did in the Grammys.

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                                                    [?]Terry Hunter 🌈⭐✌🏼✌🏿✌🏻✌🏽 » 🌐
                                                    @TerryHunter@universeodon.com

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                                                    [?]Terry Hunter 🌈⭐✌🏼✌🏿✌🏻✌🏽 » 🌐
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                                                    [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                                    @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                                    - Why a Grammy Winner Says You Can’t Understand Jazz Without Cuba
                                                    peertube.world/w/3sepoddXTodz5

                                                    [from the collective ]

                                                    Arturo O’Farrill is a -winning pianist, composer and one of the most influential voices in . But for him, is more than just an inspiration — it’s home, history and identity.

                                                    In , during the 41st International Plaza Festival, Arturo told us why cannot be understood without Cuba, why roots remain central to the music’s evolution, and why exchange persists despite the ’s decades-long economic war on Cuba.

                                                    Arturo has been returning to Cuba year after year for over two decades, honoring his heritage, and using as a bridge between Cuban and US citizens - despite the personal cost of taking political positions.

                                                    “This is Cuba,” he says. “I come here to learn how to live.”

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                                                      [?]US » 🌐
                                                      @us@pubeurope.com

                                                      [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
                                                      @datasciencejobs@mastodon.social

                                                      🏢 Amazon is hiring a Data Scientist - Computer Vision, Data & Machine Learning (DML)
                                                      Location: 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
                                                      💲 Salary: $136000 - $184000

                                                      datasciencejobs.com/jobs/data-

                                                        [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
                                                        @datasciencejobs@mastodon.social

                                                        💼 Target is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization AI team
                                                        Location: 🇺🇸 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States
                                                        💰 Salary: $75400 - $135700

                                                        datasciencejobs.com/jobs/machi

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                                                          [?]Steven Saus [he/him] » 🌐
                                                          @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

                                                          Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year

                                                          U.S. job estimates for 2025 were revised down this week by more than a million jobs, to a level of low growth rarely seen outside of recessions. 


                                                          ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02 -&-gov -jobs-report -recession

                                                          Construction workers install finishing touches at a Scout Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Blythewood, S.C., in February. Health care and construction hiring helped boost January jobs, but downward revisions for the whole of 2025 marked the lowest increase in U.S. jobs outside a recession since 2003. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)

                                                          Alt...Construction workers install finishing touches at a Scout Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Blythewood, S.C., in February. Health care and construction hiring helped boost January jobs, but downward revisions for the whole of 2025 marked the lowest increase in U.S. jobs outside a recession since 2003. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)

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                                                            [?]Freezenet » 🌐
                                                            @freezenet@noc.social

                                                            OfCom Proposes Additional Fines for 4Chan for Failing to Implement Imaginary Age Verification Technology

                                                            4Chan lawyers have responded to the age verification fine by suggesting they will pay the fine with equally imaginary money.

                                                            freezenet.ca/ofcom-proposes-ad

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                                                              [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                                              @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                                              Sign Petition - in with Cuba
                                                              change.org/p/scholars-in-solid

                                                              As scholars from around the world, we unite to condemn the government’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy aimed at starving the Cuban people into submission. We defend ’s right to self-determination, including the right to pursue a socialist development path. We oppose the administration’s declaration of a ‘national emergency’, its threats of tariffs against countries sending to Cuba, and the absurd claim that Cuba threatens US national security. The impact is already visible with hospitals and universities closing, and industry, agriculture and transport in crisis...
                                                              The policy’s objective, laid out in a 1960 memorandum by US diplomat Lester Mallory titled ‘The Decline and Fall of Castro’, is to use economic warfare ‘to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government’. This constitutes collective punishment, illegal under international law.

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                                                                [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                                                @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                                                Netanyahu meets with Trump at the White House; El Paso airspace quickly reopens; U.S. sends 200 troops to Nigeria
                                                                dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-m

                                                                Drop Site Daily
                                                                from
                                                                Feb 11, 2026

                                                                continues to harass returning to . Far-right Israeli bill would mandate death penalty for Palestinians. to meet at the White House to discuss . Grand jury rejects Trump-backed effort to indict Democratic lawmakers over military dissent video. Trump weighs second aircraft carrier deployment to . Progressive challenger wins Democratic primary in special House race. Instagram suspends tracker. Children in family detention experience fear, illness, and months without school. Children zip-tied during militarized raid at Idaho horse racing venue, lawsuit claims. fighters withdraw from .



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                                                                  [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                  @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                  Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff pulled no punches during a speech in Atlanta last week.

                                                                  youtube.com/watch?v=hzQY53_hpWw

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                                                                    [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                    @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                    Ossoff:

                                                                    "You see masked federal agents kicking down doors, without so much as a warrant from a judge, dragging Americans out of their homes, without cause, demanding papers at police checkpoints, assaulting and even killing Americans with impunity from the very top."

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                                                                      [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                      @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                      Ossoff:

                                                                      "It feels like every day, the depravity deepens, the chaos accelerates, and deep down, maybe you fear whether our republic, now in our 250th year, can survive at all.

                                                                      "But Atlanta, I’m here to tell you, we will overcome this, together.

                                                                      "We will."

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                                                                        [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                        @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                        "Because, Atlanta, some people just happen to live at times, and in places, where history is made.

                                                                        "And Atlanta, this year, once again that’s us.

                                                                        "It’s not the first time the whole country is counting on us.

                                                                        "So Atlanta, are you ready to fight?

                                                                        "Atlanta, are you ready to win?"

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                                                                          [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                          @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                          Republicans currently control both houses of Congress.

                                                                          Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, is running for reelection in Georgia, in a year when Democrats hope to win control of both houses of Congress, including the Senate.

                                                                          The Cook Political Report considers the Senate race in Georgia to be a tossup.

                                                                          cookpolitical.com/ratings/sena

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                                                                            [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                            @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                            Georgia will hold its primary election on May 19.

                                                                            Georgia also has a competitive Governor's race.

                                                                            Gov. Brian Kemp is term limited and ineligible to run for reelection.

                                                                            The Cook Political Report considers the Georgia Governor's race to be a tossup.

                                                                            cookpolitical.com/ratings/gove

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                                                                              [?]Jason Beets » 🌐
                                                                              @jasonbeets@newsie.social

                                                                              You can donate to Democrats running in important and competitive elections in 2026 through the Democratic Victory Fund, including James Talarico, Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed, Zach Wahls, and Christy Davis, who are running for the US Senate.

                                                                              secure.actblue.com/donate/demo

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                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                A study released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that & are paying nearly 90% of the ’ costs, echoing similar findings in studies by Harvard & other economists.

                                                                                Many firms may pass along more of those costs to their in the coming months, economists warn, which may keep elevated.

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                                                                                  [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
                                                                                  @Peter_Link@expressional.social

                                                                                  Rubio sabotages Cuba negotiations as fuel crisis deepens
                                                                                  belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

                                                                                  [weekly newsletter about from the / video collective. Their videos can be found at: peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_vid]

                                                                                  Feb. 12, 2026

                                                                                  Donald Trump said on February 1: "We're talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens. I think we’re going to make a deal." But according to , no such talks are taking place.
                                                                                  Meanwhile, in Cuba, the de facto oil blockade has already led to a shutdown of some essential services. We spoke with Cubans about the fuel crisis and their concerns for the future.

                                                                                  Also:

                                                                                  • Interview With Cuban Jazz Legend Arturo O'Farrill
                                                                                  • With Jet Fuel Scarce, Canada and Russia Cancel Flights
                                                                                  • Mexico Sends Food — But Not Oil
                                                                                  • US Offers Cuba “Aid” While Crushing its Economy
                                                                                  • Guatemala Sends Cuban Medical Mission Packing
                                                                                  • UN Warns of Humanitarian Collapse


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                                                                                    [?]Ramesh #NotGoingBack » 🌐
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                                                                                    ⬆️ Rethreading…

                                                                                    A decade of steady progress by 's in its while continued to fight Americans in endless policy battles.

                                                                                    They built, while we bickered.

                                                                                    is spread across all continents— highest concentration in :

                                                                                    44 in
                                                                                    34 in &
                                                                                    25 in &
                                                                                    22 in &
                                                                                    19 in &
                                                                                    6 in .

                                                                                    Includes 17 in and 8 of

                                                                                    greenfdc.org/countries-of-the-

                                                                                    Countries of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – by December 2023, 145 to 149 countries had signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with China to cooperate under the BRI framework. 

The trade and investment relationship of each BRI country with China is highly specific. See table in linked article for more info

                                                                                    Alt...Countries of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – by December 2023, 145 to 149 countries had signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with China to cooperate under the BRI framework. The trade and investment relationship of each BRI country with China is highly specific. See table in linked article for more info

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                                                                                      [?]Milo Dide » 🌐
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                                                                                      Melt means action—not just words.

                                                                                      📞 Call 347-514-6400 to reach your Senators and urge them to block new funding for ICE and Border Patrol.

                                                                                      Our voices matter. Make the call.
                                                                                      x.com/amnestyusa/status/202195

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                                                                                        [?]knoppix » 🌐
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                                                                                        Israeli exec at Paragon accidentally exposed Graphite spyware dashboard on LinkedIn—real-time access to Czech user's WhatsApp, Signal, geolocation, camera/mic via zero-click exploits 🔍

                                                                                        Post deleted, shows US agency sales after Trump lifted rights bans, fueling surveillance concerns ⚠️

                                                                                        🔗 news-pravda.com/world/2026/02/

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                                                                                          [?]Vladyslav » 🌐
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                                                                                          How did she get the job? The accelerated confirmation bypassed standard protocols. In an era demanding institutional integrity, shortcuts breed suspicion regardless of the candidate's merits.

                                                                                          Pam Bondi's

                                                                                          Alt...Pam Bondi's

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                                                                                            [?]ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 » 🌐
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                                                                                            They're wreaking havoc as one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.

                                                                                            Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing
Anti-Drone Laser
People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.

NYT headline
12 February 2026

                                                                                            Alt...Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said. NYT headline 12 February 2026

                                                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                              has said he believes is a hoax, & has withdrawn the from the , leaving the world’s largest historic contributor to out of international efforts to combat it.

                                                                                              The was first adopted by the US in 2009, & led the to take action under the of 1963 to curb of carbon dioxide, methane, & 4 other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants & other industries.

                                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                                Repeal of the would remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, & comply with federal emission standards for cars, but may not initially apply to stationary sources such as power plants, officials told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.

                                                                                                The transportation & sectors are each responsible for around a quarter of greenhouse gas output, according to figures.

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                                                                                                  [?]Anthony » 🌐
                                                                                                  @abucci@buc.ci

                                                                                                  Given the epic level of self-sabotage the powerful routinely display, it's plain that to the extent they succeed, in many cases they do so in spite of themselves, not because of any supposed merits they may have.


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                                                                                                    [?]Anthony » 🌐
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                                                                                                    Notice the takeoff between Q3 2024 and Q1 2025.

                                                                                                    Permalink: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1RGjU


                                                                                                    Graph of data from the St. Louis Fed's FRED tool, plotting the "World Uncertainty Index for United States" series versus time. It explodes in recent years and is over 2.5 higher than it was at its last peak near the start of the COVID pandemic

                                                                                                    Alt...Graph of data from the St. Louis Fed's FRED tool, plotting the "World Uncertainty Index for United States" series versus time. It explodes in recent years and is over 2.5 higher than it was at its last peak near the start of the COVID pandemic

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                                                                                                      [?]Anthony » 🌐
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                                                                                                      As a ratio with the general S&P 500, Microsoft is at the level it was before ChatGPT launched. Any relative advantage one might have had from long-term investment in Microsoft instead of an S&P 500 index has been erased.


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                                                                                                        [?]US » 🌐
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                                                                                                        europesays.com/us/583439/ Protesters in multiple states press Target to oppose the immigration crackdown in Minnesota

                                                                                                        Yahoo news home

                                                                                                        Alt...Yahoo news home

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                                                                                                          [?]Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers » 🌐
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                                                                                                          Yet another feature that nobody asked for leveraging tech that nobody wants enabled.

                                                                                                          TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user's exact location

                                                                                                          engadget.com/big-tech/tiktok-u

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                                                                                                            [?]Freezenet » 🌐
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                                                                                                            "CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’"

                                                                                                            wired.com/story/cbp-signs-clea

                                                                                                            The mass surveillance industrial complex marches on.

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                                                                                                              [?]Flipboard News Desk » 🌐
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                                                                                                              Since the United States ousted and captured President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela earlier this year, citizens there have become emboldened to openly protest their government. “Little by little, people are losing their fear — I’ve certainly lost mine,” one protester said. Read more from @NBCNews

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                                                                                                                [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
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                                                                                                                💼 Advocate Health is hiring a Data Center Engineer
                                                                                                                Location: 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
                                                                                                                💲 Salary: $32.45 - $48.7

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                                                                                                                  [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                  ’s revolution does not collapse with the wind. It is rooted in the soul of our homeland’
                                                                                                                  FIDEL ANTONIO CASTRO SMIRNOV, grandson of the Cuban revolutionary leader, speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about his country’s resilience in the face of dire threats, its incredible achievements and the legacy of his grandfather
                                                                                                                  morningstaronline.co.uk/articl

                                                                                                                  from [UK]
                                                                                                                  Feb. 7, 2026

                                                                                                                  Cubans have ample experience facing enormous dangers stemming from the empire. We defeated the Bay of Pigs invasion, we survived the October Crisis, and the Special Period when we lost 85 per cent of our trade overnight following the collapse of the camp.

                                                                                                                  Furthermore, we have heroically resisted a criminal economic and financial for more than 67 years.

                                                                                                                  They have applied “maximum pressure,” and here we remain. That phrase, spoken with such arrogance, demolishes the lie that Cuba is a failed state...

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                                                                                                                    [?]Michael Magras » 🌐
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                                                                                                                    My wife and I have always adopted the policy of trusting our son and allowing him to be whoever he wants to be. Our only request of him: Try to be a good person, and don't grow up to be someone like Pam Bondi. newrepublic.com/post/206461/pa

                                                                                                                      [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
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                                                                                                                      🏢 Kensho Technologies is hiring a Data Engineer Intern, (Early Career)
                                                                                                                      Location: 🇺🇸 Princeton, New Jersey, United States
                                                                                                                      💲 Salary: $25 - $30

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                                                                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                                        plans to use counter-drone laser triggered airspace closure

                                                                                                                        A plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without coordinating with the about potential risks to civilian prompted Wednesday’s unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, , multiple sources told CNN.

                                                                                                                        Those accounts come as the admin claimed that a drone crossing into airspace is what triggered the shutdown.

                                                                                                                        cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-p

                                                                                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                                                          Multiple sources from the federal government & US airlines told CNN that activity near , including monitoring operations & the ’s planned use of a high-energy laser designed to counter drones, raised immediate concerns for civilian traffic arriving & departing . & its airfield, , sit just north of the commercial airport, which serves about 100 flights each day.

                                                                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                                            Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of , told the Cmte that the number of incursions along the border was “over a thousand” each month.

                                                                                                                            The & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor based drug operations.

                                                                                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                                              , with a population of nearly 700k, is the sixth-largest city in & one of the 25 largest in the . It is a hub of cross-border commerce alongside neighboring Ciudad Juárez in .

                                                                                                                              Nearly 3.5 million passengers passed through in the first 11 months of 2025, according to its website.…

                                                                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                                                In the initial flight restrictions, the classified the area around  as “(National) Defense Airspace” & said pilots who violated the restriction could be intercepted, detained & questioned by law enforcement.

                                                                                                                                It warned that additional actions could be taken for pilots who don’t adhere to the restrictions, including suspension of flight certifications, charges, & that the govt “may use deadly force” if an aircraft poses an “imminent security threat.”

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                                                                                                                                  [?]Jonas 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                  And the man who was responsible for this were greeted with honor by the president. RIP family 🥲

                                                                                                                                  bbc.com/news/articles/crm820dp

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                                                                                                                                    [?]Kevin Karhan :verified: » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                    @ai6yr they can claim a lot of stuff but the military doesn't tell the on a super-short notice that they will shoot down viilators fir a mere baloon.

                                                                                                                                    • They could've easily chosen Groom Lake AFB for some tests.

                                                                                                                                    To me this soulds like some sus bs going on…

                                                                                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                                                      troops were quietly withdrawn from some
                                                                                                                                      
The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks [because they were illegal] that stymied ’s “show of force” [ attempts] in , & , Oregon.


                                                                                                                                      washingtonpost.com/national-se

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Anthony » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                        CNN is reporting "Hiring picked up as 2026 kicked into gear, with the US economy adding a stronger-than-expected 130,000 jobs last month"

                                                                                                                                        If you haven't been following this stuff for long, it might surprise you to know that "adding" 130,000 jobs in a month is a net loss. A jobs report like this would have been taken as a sign of a very poor economy even 15 years ago. The reason is that around 180,000 young people reach legal employment age each month in the US (Contra the admin's confabulations, this is how many US citizens reach employment age, and is not about immigration slowing). Adding 180,000 jobs would be treading water. Adding 130,000 is effectively 50,000 new people without jobs, a net loss by the spirit of this metric. There's also the reality that many of these estimates have been revised down by the BLS after more data came in.

                                                                                                                                        Saying hiring is "picking up" and is "stronger than expected" is effectively saying "it could have been worse! 🤷 ". It's wild to see this positive spin on a very poor report.

                                                                                                                                        It's extraordinarily fishy that the reported unemployment rate is not moving much in spite of these persistent and mounting job losses. I know why this is so please don't @ me a splanation. My point is that it, again, does not reflect the spirit of what this metric is meant to capture. It is wholly perverse now and should not be reported at all, let alone taken as a meaningful indicator.

                                                                                                                                        The US economic numbers, when you push aside all the B.S., are recession-level. There's no "momentum" in the "labor market". There are not "green shoots" or "signs". The economic situation is bad.



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                                                                                                                                          [?]Anthony » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                          Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won’t sway some creators

                                                                                                                                          From https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creators-500000-and-more-to-promote-ai.html

                                                                                                                                          Echoes of Matt Damon shilling crypto.

                                                                                                                                          If the organic demand for AI were as high as we've been led to believe, what's with the big paychecks to shill it?


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                                                                                                                                            [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                            [with video] Disabled Woman Terrorized by ICE: ‘I’m Here for Those Who Can’t Tell Their Stories’
                                                                                                                                            Transcript of testimony of Aliya Rahman at Bicameral Congressional Public Forum on DHS Violence
                                                                                                                                            world-outlook.com/2026/02/08/d
                                                                                                                                            video: youtube.com/watch?v=NNr_QgIfRe

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                                                                                                                                            Feb. 8, 2026

                                                                                                                                            On February 3, Aliya Rahman — a US citizen and resident of Minneapolis, — testified before a bicameral public forum at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

                                                                                                                                            The session on the violent tactics and use of force by agents of the Dept.of Homeland Security (DHS) was convened by senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, Connecticut) and US congressman Robert Garcia (Democrat, California). Other testimony came from Miramar Martinez, who was shot five times by agents in Chicago, Illinois, and from family members of , who was murdered by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement () agent in on January 7.

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                                                                                                                                              [?]Jason ON » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                              This is sort of skipped over, but if is forging signatures on deportation paperwork, especially on people who dont speak English well, or who are not represented by a lawyer, then the is, once again, breaking the law on the backs of other people's lives.

                                                                                                                                              theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

                                                                                                                                              Irish man with valid work permit held in ICE detention for five months | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Whiskey Jack » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                US-Canada-China politics humour [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                                                                The Orange Cheetoh has slipped up and revealed what we suspected all along - someone is working secretly against Canada and not for it. Do you think this is a conspiracy theory? Nope, otherwise how did he know that China has a nefarious plan for our ice hockey!!?

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                                                                                                                                                  [?]Freezenet » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                  "UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption"

                                                                                                                                                  theguardian.com/world/2026/feb

                                                                                                                                                  Huh, can't imagine how that could have POSSIBLY happened!

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                                                                                                                                                    [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                    [?]Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                    The United States has effectively severed Cuba’s access to its primary petroleum sources in Venezuela and Mexico through political pressure. The Caribbean nation is reeling from a US-ordered halt in oil shipments from Caracas after American troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last month. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

                                                                                                                                                    youtube.com/watch?v=E557HnTSmLc

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                      Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation
                                                                                                                                                      Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes
                                                                                                                                                      world-outlook.com/2026/02/07/n

                                                                                                                                                      from
                                                                                                                                                      Feb. 7, 2026

                                                                                                                                                      This activity is coupled with mass that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — citizens and . In response, the administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

                                                                                                                                                      On February 4, White House “border czar” announced that the Dept. of Homeland Security () would reduce by 700 the number of agents deployed to . State officials, rights and community groups, and those involved in resisting the DHS “Operation Metro Surge” since early December reacted with skepticism.





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                                                                                                                                                        [?]News Beep » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                        Susan Collins announces reelection bid for Maine Senate seat

                                                                                                                                                        PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection bid Tuesday, betting that she can hold…
                                                                                                                                                        .Kennedy -noem .KennedyJr. .S.DemocraticParty .S.news
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                                                                                                                                                          [?]DataScienceJobs » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                          🏢 Williams is hiring a Financial Data Scientist II/ III
                                                                                                                                                          Location: 🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

                                                                                                                                                          datasciencejobs.com/jobs/finan

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                                                                                                                                                            🏢 F5 is hiring a Senior Data Scientist
                                                                                                                                                            Location: 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
                                                                                                                                                            💰 Salary: $158400 - $237600

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jason Yip » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                              What The Economist Didn’t Say
                                                                                                                                                              by Ed Augustin
                                                                                                                                                              belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

                                                                                                                                                              1/23/26

                                                                                                                                                              Major media outlets have long joined in these doomsday forecasts, but in the weeks leading up to and after the US attack on Venezuela, the familiar storyline returned with renewed intensity. The WSJ,, and have all used the exact same phrase: “Cuba is on the brink.”

                                                                                                                                                              These outlets rarely report with any depth on the primary cause behind ’s devastating economic crisis: sanctions. Such is the case with a November article in : "Cuba is heading for disaster, unless its regime changes drastically."

                                                                                                                                                              Also:

                                                                                                                                                              • Cuba to Enter “State of War”
                                                                                                                                                              • House Approves Bill Funding Cuba “Democracy Promotion”
                                                                                                                                                              • More Than Half the US Wants Cuba to Be Sovereign
                                                                                                                                                              • Activists Organize “Call-in Day” for Cuba
                                                                                                                                                              • Cubans in the US Now Treated Like Other Immigrants
                                                                                                                                                              • Cuban Man’s Death in ICE Custody Likely a Homicide
                                                                                                                                                              • to Send Cuba New Aid

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                Video - Cuba Runs Out of Jet Fuel Amid Crippling U.S. Oil Blockade
                                                                                                                                                                peertube.world/w/5CpxxfSjFR38H

                                                                                                                                                                [from the collective ]

                                                                                                                                                                As the blockade of continues, Cuban civil authorities have warned international airlines that jet fuel on the island has run out. Long-haul flights will now be forced to refuel in nearby third countries or may be cancelled altogether.

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                A Call to Conscience
                                                                                                                                                                Stop Donald Trump’s Cruel Assault Against the Cuban People

                                                                                                                                                                letcubalive.info/

                                                                                                                                                                President Donald Trump is trying to induce a famine in . Mass starvation and human suffering in Cuba is the goal of ’s latest ‘emergency’ Executive Order preventing Cuba, an island nation, from importing oil or any energy sources needed to survive. It is a cynical and crude ploy to distract public opinion from the issues at home that are eliciting mass public dissent, and as we’ve seen with Venezuela, a precursor to an illegal military attack.

                                                                                                                                                                We, along with millions of people in the United States and around the world, reject this inhumane act against the people of Cuba. This is not a policy of national security; it is a deliberate act of economic warfare aimed at strangling an entire population.

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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Farhad » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                  From early 2000!

                                                                                                                                                                  It is sad the number of countries US has bombed has increased but the message is still the same.

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Kevin Karhan :verified: » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                    USpol, Trump, Faschismus, Pressefreiheit [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                                                                                    Dabei ist jener Index von / / schon extrem -positiv in der Aufmachung und den Metriken!

                                                                                                                                                                    youtu.be/mDO2WyKxn_g?si=fpZfQ_

                                                                                                                                                                    USA auf Platzierung 57 in Ranking der Pressefreiheit
- Zwischen Sierrra Leone und Gambia

Quelle: https://youtu.be/mDO2WyKxn_g?si=UWwGJFgI0nIOtRfe&t=30

                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...USA auf Platzierung 57 in Ranking der Pressefreiheit - Zwischen Sierrra Leone und Gambia Quelle: https://youtu.be/mDO2WyKxn_g?si=UWwGJFgI0nIOtRfe&t=30

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                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                      Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
                                                                                                                                                                      In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
                                                                                                                                                                      theintercept.com/2026/02/09/ic

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                                                                                                                                                                      In and St. Paul, as well as the surrounding suburbs, tens of thousands of families are relying on churches and mutual aid for food and financial support. People have not left their homes for weeks. Local schools have reverted to Covid-era online measures to support immigrant students too terrified to come to class. Those students who still attend in person are transported by -born neighbors and family friends. Campuses at all grade levels are patrolled by volunteers in fluorescent vests, an effort aimed at deterring federal agents’ practice of targeting parent pick-up and drop-off sites.




                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Yogi Jaeger » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                        We've arrived at the point where even gets the point (and that's usually a sign that it's quite late in the game):

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                                                                                                                                                                          The has sanctioned U.N. Special Rapporteur after she warned tech firms about potential complicity in .

                                                                                                                                                                          Palestinian victims and their families deeply value Francesca Albanese’s exceptional courage—history will remember that she stood on the right side of it

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                                                                                                                                                                            Number of families in our Freeport, Maine, neighborhood: 21

                                                                                                                                                                            Number who responded to a wealthy resident's request to participate in trick-or-treat for his kids on gimme-gimme-gimme Hallowe'en last year: 21

                                                                                                                                                                            Number who responded to my requests that they contact town officials and ask them to pass a firearms ordinance: 1

                                                                                                                                                                            Ever feel like a vegetarian in a steak house?

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                                                                                                                                                                              With or without a ceasefire, Israel is still targeting Gaza’s journalists
                                                                                                                                                                              Ibtisam Mahdi wrote about how with or without a ceasefire, Israel is still targeting ’s journalists: the killing of Muhammad Qishta, Abdel Raouf Sha’at, and Anas Ghneim on Jan. 21 shatters any illusion of “post-war” safety. But for Mahdi, who knew and regularly collaborated with Qishta and Sha’at, the honor of their work and the memory of their laughter cannot be erased.
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                                                                                                                                                                              from +972’s Sunday Recap
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                                                                                                                                                                              Also:

                                                                                                                                                                              • Why a protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli
                                                                                                                                                                              • secretly deporting Palestinians to in coordination with Israel
                                                                                                                                                                              • In ’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian opens its doors
                                                                                                                                                                              • The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign has failed. It’s time to change course



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                                                                                                                                                                                The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

                                                                                                                                                                                As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.

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                                                                                                                                                                                    , who has repeatedly warned about secret , sounds new alarm over ' activities'
                                                                                                                                                                                    The two-line letter written by Sen. , longest serving member of Intelligence Committee, does not disclose nature of CIA’s activities or senator’s specific concerns. But the letter follows a pattern in recent years in which Wyden has publicly hinted at wrongdoing or illegality within the federal government, sometimes referred to as “Wyden siren.”
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