Birds of a Feather Discuss Collectively Nautilus
Google Is Shutting Down a Dongle I Depend on to Safely Drive My Automotive Gizmodo
When software program updates really enhance—as a substitute of smash—our favourite gadgets Ars Technica
China: Robotic canine withstands excessive temperature to participate in firefighting mission Fascinating Engineering
Local weather/Surroundings
California owners must fund half of high-risk insurer’s $1 billion ‘bailout’ Cal Issues
The silent menace beneath our ft: How deregulation fuels the unfold of eternally chemical substances Environmental Well being Information
Florida has $31 billion trapped in towers of poisonous waste Searching for Rents
China?
First US Navy ships sail by means of Taiwan Strait since Trump inauguration Channel Information Asia
Why Panama’s belt and highway exit is simply the beginning of Trump’s ‘weak hyperlink’ plan for China South China Morning Publish
Unique – Chinese language Spy Balloon Was Packed With American Tech Newsweek
China ought to damage Trump the place it issues by going after his sugar daddies (and mommies) Hua Bin, Hua’s Substack
Delving the truths of overseas funding in China World Instances
European Disunion
EU Units Out $200 Billion AI Spending Plan in Bid to Catch Up With U.S., China Wall Road Journal
‘We care quite a bit about Europe,’ Vance tells von der Leyen as commerce tensions soar Euronews
India
PM Modi-Donald Trump Summit: Adani Group’s IMEC Plan To Counter China NDTV
The continent-spanning win Trump can safe with Modi Atlantic Council. Extra on IMEC right here, and a helpful map:
Syraqistan
Israeli prime minister threatens to finish Gaza ceasefire if captives not launched by Saturday Anadolu Company
‘It’s a Present’ | Israeli Sources Consider Netanyahu Intends to Derail Gaza Stop-fire as Delegation Heads to Doha Haaretz. From Feb. 9, nonetheless germane.
Hamas Report back to Mediators Accuses Israel of Pervasive Gaza Ceasefire Violations Drop Web site
🚨 Learn it in Israel’s mass circulation newspaper Maariv: The Israeli military and “safety institution” affirm that to this point Hamas has NOT violated the ceasefire deal. https://t.co/PtoH5UoLXV pic.twitter.com/MJdgDJhoQG
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) February 11, 2025
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Jordan’s King Abdullah avoids contradicting Trump’s declare to authority over Gaza Center East Eye
Egypt’s Sisi ‘postpones Washington go to after Trump help threats, Gaza plan’ The New Arab
Reporter: Yesterday you stated you’ll purchase Gaza, and immediately you simply stated we’re not going to purchase Gaza..
Trump: “We’re not gonna have to purchase… We’re gonna have Gaza. We don’t have to purchase. There’s nothing to purchase. We can have Gaza… There may be nothing to purchase. It’s Gaza… it’s- it’s… pic.twitter.com/zrpcYfZ22X
— Drop Web site (@DropSiteNews) February 11, 2025
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UN says 40,000 displaced in West Financial institution as Israel accused of readying annexation Center East Eye
The day Israel got here for the booksellers +972 Journal
Suspected terrorist at Gaza border seems to be IDF veteran with PTSD Jerusalem Publish
Trump’s ethnic cleaning plan for Gaza derails restoration of Pink Sea transport The Cradle
Africa
The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has world ambitions Washington Publish. I odor a rat.
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Trump envoy pauses Ukraine peace plan to carry talks with Nato allies The Telegraph. Uh-oh.
US to seek the advice of allies on Ukraine peace plan, seeks Europe’s arms purchases for Kyiv, media report The Kyiv Unbiased.
Kiev plotting to tug NATO into struggle – Moscow RT
US Treasury Secretary to go to Ukraine for talks on power, uncommon earth minerals Reuters. First cabinet-level official in Trump’s administration to go to Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ suicide ways have gotten more and more subtle Giant frontline abstract 1-10 February 2025 Marat Khairullin Substack
The folly of PR-driven technique: Ukraine’s doomed one hundred and fifty fifth Brigade Accountable Statecraft
Ukraine will not create new brigades, official says The Kyiv Unbiased
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Ukraine ready to swap territory with Russia in peace negotiations, Zelensky says France24. Let me know the way that works out.
Zelenskyy: Europe can not assure Ukraine’s safety with out America The Guardian. The interview by which Zelensky proposes “swap.”
Russia releases detained American instructor after White Home envoy visits Moscow Axios
South of the Border
Ecuador presidential election outcomes present technical tie Kawsachun Information
Spook Nation
FBI says it has found 1000’s of recent recordsdata on JFK assassination Al Jazeera
Trump 2.0
As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states want for extra navy cash The Unbiased
Courtroom Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Scrubbed Webpages, Information MedPage Immediately
Amid turmoil, Trump names Jonathan McKernan director of CFPB Housing Wire
Labor specialists inform me that is the primary time a president has fired an FLRA board member for the reason that company’s founding in 1974. Follows Trump’s unprecedented firings of 1 NLRB member and a couple of EEOC members. https://t.co/ylFHPIiWVF
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) February 11, 2025
Pope weighs in on ‘ordo amoris’ after JD Vance sparks debate Cincinnati Enquirer
DOGE
Treasury officers: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ had energy to change funds system Politico
With Elon Musk watching, Trump says he’s giving DOGE much more energy NBC Information. Just a few highlights:
Elon Musk says DOGE is investigating federal staff with huge wealth regardless of modest salaries.
“We discover it quite odd that folks incomes just a few hundred thousand {dollars} have tens of tens of millions in web price.” pic.twitter.com/gMG61v8i2U
— TFTC (@TFTC21) February 11, 2025
Musk particulars sluggish federal retirement course of at previous Pennsylvania mine Washington Examiner. Commentary:
Sure, the goverment shops 1000’s of paperwork down an previous iron mine shaft from the 1950’s to today. It’s true. Elon Musk is telling absolutely the fact it’s almost inconceivable to entry, inconceivable to enter or exit and it can’t be hacked. It shouldn’t be modified. pic.twitter.com/6KoVVunUhs
— Washington Wardrobe (@FreenBraveStar) February 11, 2025
One Company Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Destiny May Be in Elon Musk’s Palms. ProPublica
Elon Musk’s Staff Decimates Training Division Arm That Tracks Nationwide College Efficiency ProPublica
Don’t let Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak us out of democracy Regulation Dork
Democrats en déshabillé
Scoop: Dems “pissed” at liberal teams MoveOn, Indivisible Axios
GOP Clown Automotive
Invoice to rename Greenland to ‘Pink, White and Blueland’ launched by Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter USA Immediately
Police State Watch
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers leak cop manuals for departments nationwide after breaching main supplier Day by day Dot
Zeitgeist Watch
The Zizians and the Rationalist demise cults Learn Max
AI
A win eventually: Huge-time blow to AI world in coaching knowledge copyright scrap The Register
Musk’s OpenAI bid received’t cease DeepSeek menace Philip Pilkington, Unherd
The actual purpose Meta’s bleak ‘AI imaginative and prescient’ is successful out Blood within the Machine
US, UK decline to signal Paris AI summit declaration Deutsch Welle
Imperial Collapse Watch
THE PENTAGON IS RECRUITING ELON MUSK TO HELP THEM WIN A NUCLEAR WAR Mintpress Information
U.S. slips to new low in worldwide corruption index Axios
Chris Hedges: The Empire Self-Destructs Consortium Information
The Bezzle
Hundreds of buyers in Trump’s memecoin misplaced $2 billion in simply weeks whereas the household and its companions racked up $100 million in buying and selling charges Fortune
Class Warfare
The Which means of “Public Service” in Instances Like These Un-Diplomatic
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