Like mother, like boar: Fukushima pig escape reveals a genetic fast track EurekAlert!
New Study Shows People with Higher Cholesterol Live Longer than People with Lower Cholesterol NAD (Ignacio)
Nearly three quarters of US baby foods are ultra-processed, new study finds Medical Xpress
‘Smart’ Underwear Tracks Gut Bacteria By Measuring Flatulence StudyFinds
Climate/Environment
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened. WaPo
What are the non-financial risks of a climate vulnerable home? Climate Change and Your Home
As Helene Survivors Wait for State Help, Some Victims of Earlier Hurricanes Are Still Out of Their Homes ProPublica
Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it. HEATED
Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal Al Jazeera
The Two Words Giving Me Hope — Even As the Trump Administration Dismantles More Climate Regulations The Revelator
China?
Is China’s Trade-In Policy Working? Inside China
Why China is testing humanoid robots at its Vietnam border now Futura
Letters from Việt Nam JRUrbaneNetwork
Syraqistan
Yes, Read That AGAIN
Yes, They EVAPORATED
2,842 Souls EVAPORATED pic.twitter.com/WCn45PIOYa
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) February 10, 2026
In Gaza, One Man Is Searching for the Remains of His Family With a Flour Sifter Drop Site
Why are the US and Israel Obsessed With Eliminating Iran’s Ballistic Missiles? Larry Johnson
Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East WSJ
The revolution has been revived in Iran.
A stunning turnout of the Iranian people on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.pic.twitter.com/ICgx2CccKB
— Ahmed Hassan 🇾🇪 أحمد حسن زيد (@Ahmed_hassan_za) February 12, 2026
Africa
US deploys 200 troops to Nigeria to combat Islamist militants Africa News
Reality intervenes in US race for critical minerals The Continent
Old Blighty
Ch4 doc shows Starmer’s ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry Jonathan Cook
🆘 Extraordinary scenes on C4 News.
Lord Simon McDonald, former FCO Permanent Secretary, publicly warning No 10 over plans to replace Chris Wormald with Antonia Romeo without a full appointment process.
Says “due diligence has some way to go”
And No 10 won’t return his calls.… pic.twitter.com/36OBaIpnoY
— Liz Webster (@LizWebsterSBF) February 11, 2026
European Disunion
NATO Launches Arctic Mission After Trump’s Greenland ThreatsBloomberg
Von der Leyen flips the blame for crippling EU economy back onto national leaders Politico
Daniel Ek and Peter Thiel-backed start-ups win German military drone contracts FT
Orbán Calls 2027 Kyiv EU Accesion Plan a Declaration of War Against Hungary Hungarian Conservative
New Not-So-Cold War
Newkraine? Julian MacFarlane. On shift in Russian policy.
EU’s Kallas wants to cap Russian Army RT
New Western Reports Reveal Vast Russian Expansion in Barrel and Shell Production Simplicius
Imperial Collapse Watch
U.S. Delivers New F-35 Fighters Without Radars Due to Upgrade Delays, Mounting Issues Defense Express. Commentary:
Over 400 kg of REEs are needed for each F-35. https://t.co/3sRyYdMhuL
— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) February 11, 2026
U.S. Suspends Deliveries of C-130J Transports Due to New Technical Issues Military Watch
Death By Stock Buy-Back Decline and Fall
Border Balloon
US military shot down party balloon near El Paso after drone suspicion, official says Fox News
U.S. military source just told me the same: this was DHS: “Every General and Admiral at NORTHCOM is pissed that DHS did an operation and told no one because homeland defense is what NORTHCOM does. Even the base commander at Ft. Bliss called the Pentagon and NORTHCOM furious about… https://t.co/P3GY0fo6Ip
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) February 11, 2026
South of the Border
Colombian President Petro says ‘escaped being killed’ in assassination plot Al Jazeera
US Southern Command Resumes Extrajudicial Killings as Piracy Spreads to Indian Ocean Orinoco Tribune
Protesters, police clash at protest over Milei’s labour reform Buenos Aires Times
‘Fabricated’: Venezuela Rejects Bloomberg Claim of Oil Shipment to Israel Palestine Chronicle
L’affaire Epstein
Gained access to Epstein’s FedEx account: Still live. Shipments in 2024, address book with 90+ names The Ditch
The Navy Secretary Flew on Epstein’s Plane. He Also Decorated With Porn. The After-Action Report
Jeffrey Epstein Couldn’t Stop Emailing People About Eugenics Mother Jones
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Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the only reason people are interested in Epstein is to distract from the Dow Jones hitting 50,000 and the stock market “smashing” records, and how great the economy is. pic.twitter.com/V3hwqjdTP4
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) February 11, 2026
CNN: “Another photograph — these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal’s search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We have learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being… pic.twitter.com/N9pJ8e6bxL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2026
Spook Country
🚨NEW: The FBI has released records on Thomas Crooks. Heavily redacted, they do show that he was hospitalized just 2 months before the July 2024 Trump assassination attempt in Butler, PA.
There are a few other revelations in these records, too.
🧵 pic.twitter.com/C3mKZ8U9bp— Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) February 11, 2026
Trump 2.0
6 Republicans join Democrats to rebuke tariffs on Canada in blow to Trump The Hill
Trump’s Pink Economy Unpopular Front
DHS Shutdown Likely as Talks Between Senate Democrats and White House Stall NOTUS
Democrats Suck
Anticipating AOC’s Munich Security Conference Speech Un-Diplomatic
Police State Watch
High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul Minnesota Reformer
In Response to the ICE Killings, Another Bad Use of Our Founding History HOGELAND’S BAD HISTORY
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On 404 Media
Our Famously Free Press
Instagram suspends Track AIPAC, watchdog tracking pro-Israel lobby spending Middle East Monitor
MAHA
RFK Jr’s Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum 404 Media
Sports Desk
The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers Grist
AI
‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms Common Dreams
America’s $1T AI Gamble Apricitas Economics
The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most Tech Crunch
OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination WSJ
My wife calls me, panicked.
The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife.
‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as… https://t.co/Gbo9r96VsX
— Dustin Burnham (@ModernDad) February 11, 2026
Mr. Market
A Market Crash and Recession Are Bullish, Not Bearish Charles Hugh Smith
Wall Street’s New Trade Is Dumping Stocks in AI’s Crosshairs Bloomberg
Class Warfare
Job Board for AI Agents Immediately Overrun With Humans Desperate for Work Futurism
Why Your Boss Can Block Your Unemployment Benefits Can We Still Govern?
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