Colossal Biosciences Wants To Build a High Tech, Frozen “Noahs Ark” In the Heart of Dubai ZME Science
Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside. Then, all the animals started playing with it ZME Science
Reproduction in space, an environment hostile to human biology Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Climate/Environment
IOC open to earlier dates for future Winter Olympics and Paralympics because of warmer temperatures AP
“We’ve never seen a storm like this before.”
Heavy rain and strong winds swept across Spain and Portugal just days after deadly floods, triggering new evacuations, landslides and flood alerts. Authorities warn of more damage ahead: pic.twitter.com/xemxtjafKw
— DW News (@dwnews) February 8, 2026
The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better? Grist
THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS TO MINE THE OLDEST BIOME ON EARTH Atmos
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 Carbon Brief
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? The Guardian
A Velvet Or Violent Climate Revolution: Which Will We Choose? Climate Uncensored
Water
Water for sale: from the Thames to the Amazon The Ecologist
Pandemics
All anti-covid/ clean air advocates are trying to get govts to do is install tech like this (and more!) in your child’s classrooms so they don’t come home w flu, RSV. HFM, Covid etc each week and instead of getting excited yall get inexplicably mad at disabled ppl lol. https://t.co/XVaLPGtIfZ
— Julia Marie (@julia_doubleday) February 8, 2026
Japan
The age of Takaichi dawns Observing Japan
China?
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai given 20 years’ jail in national security case Straits Times
Bessent sees ‘unruly’ Chinese trading behind gold price swings Bloomberg
Trump confirms upcoming Xi visit, pledges China trip in April Al Mayadeen
PLA Tremors and the Chairman in Charge Sinocism
Thailand
‘Clear signal’: Thai PM Anutin says Bhumjaithai won most seats in election, open to working with other parties Channel News Asia
Syraqistan
‘Israel’s’ West Bank ‘annexation’ drive prompts condemnations Al Mayadeen
Why USrael-Iran war is inevitable GeoPolitiQ
Does Netanyahu’s Upcoming Visit With Trump Signal a US Attack on Iran? Larry Johnson
Iran arrests prominent reformist politicians, cites links to US, Israel Al Jazeera
Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase from Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons The Intercept
Africa
Collapsing Empire: US Bows To African Revolutionaries Kit Klarenberg
The business that bet the carbon market – and lost The Continent
Old Blighty
Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit The Guardian
British Corporate Media Is Pushing For Censorship On Substack. The Dissident
European Disunion
Opposition Socialist Party candidate Antonio Jose Seguro elected president of Portugal Anadolu Agency
Germany is quietly building a new model of governance — one that doesn’t need to cancel elections, ban parties, or openly censor speech, because it has learned how to administer the art of “legitimacy” upstream.
In a striking interview with Neue Zurcher Zeitung, researcher… https://t.co/JHf347Fw8Q pic.twitter.com/V8DtCpaEGC
— THE ISLANDER (@IslanderWORLD) February 6, 2026
Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed? Dwell
New Not-So-Cold War
US-Russian-Ukrainian Peace Talks: Abu Dhabi 2 Gordon Hahn
WHY THE WITKOFF-KUSHNER ATTACK STRATEGY IS BEING REPLACED BY US COMMANDERS WHO SAY BATTLEFIELD DEFEAT REQUIRES TACTICAL WITHDRAWAL John Helmer
What next for Ukraine? Julian MacFarlane
Without an economic reset with Russia, a peace deal for Ukraine may render Britain and Europe weakened relics of a unipolar past Ian Proud
Starlink? Events in Ukraine
Analysts Reject Ukraine’s Claim of Attack on Russia’s Oreshnik Missile Launch Site Military Watch
South of the Border
U.S. Ammunition, Sold to Civilians, Fuels Mexican Cartel Violence TeleSur
L’affaire Epstein
US Congress to depose Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell AFP
Epstein messages someone that he’s “going into a SCIF”.
A SCIF is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.
A highly secure, specially designed enclosed area (a room, group of rooms, building section, or even a temporary setup) used by the U.S. government -particularly… pic.twitter.com/yrTM42julU
— Low Profile (@SeosQuinn) February 8, 2026
Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle New York Times
Noam Chomsky’s wife responds to Epstein controversy Aaron Mate
Spook Country
Inside the Classified Whistleblower Complaint Against America’s Spy Chief The After-Action Report
Trump 2.0
Trump’s Dollar Phenomenal World
‘Setting this agency up for failure’: Amid staffing crunch, IRS taps employees with no relevant experience to assist during filing season Government Executive
Social Security is directing employees who normally process benefits to answer phones instead Government Executive
Republicans Start Work To Get Trump His $1.5 Trillion Military Budget for 2027 Antiwar
There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome Futurism
Democrats Suck
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins Louisiana state House special seat in district Trump won CBS News
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group Axios
Police State Watch
‘Operation Dildo Blitz’ Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis Ends With 50+ Arrests Common Dreams
ICE’s Private Prison Contractors Spent Millions Lobbying to Force Banks to Give Them Loans The Intercept
Immigration
These Haitian meatpacking workers may be deported. They voted to strike anyway. Food and Environment Reporting Network
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users Ken klippenstein
Sports Desk
5 takeaways from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance The Hill
Turning Point USA’s Halftime Show Was Exactly What You’d Expect Wired
International opposition to Trump and ICE shape opening of Milan Olympics WSWS
There is a metaphor here about the state of the union for sure. pic.twitter.com/kCc6o84Ytr
— Aaron Quinn (@AaronQuinn716) February 8, 2026
The Bezzle
Monopoly Round-Up: The $2 Trillion Collapse of Bitcoin and Terrible Software Companies BIG by Matt Stoller
Private credit worries resurface in $3 trillion market as AI pressures software firms CNBC
What’s Wrong with Nonprofits? Statecraft
Class Warfare
One of California’s first labor fights over AI is playing out at Kaiser Los Angeles Times
My landlord remotely controlled my heating — it was so cold I could see my breath The I Paper
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