Mastodawn

@newrepublic Have a nice 2nd civil war there... :(

A harrowing glimpse of our future lies in a new report—based on government contracting data—documenting at least a fourfold increase for ICE and a doubling for CBP, relative to 2024, concluding that this will “build a heavily-armed domestic police force.” https://trib.al/Ul6qJFP

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All

In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

The New Republic

Tapio Setä Feb 26

emptywheel Feb 25

Gonna repeat my theory that one reason Trump is so insistent on masks is bc if his MAGAts learned the heavily armed men invading their neighborhoods and kidnapping their hourly workers were themselves Latino they would lose their shit. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Tapio Setä Feb 26

Vuoden 2016 kokonaisveroasteella mitään julkistalouden alijäämää ei olisi.

Vuoden 2000 kokonaisveroasteella eläisimme kait jo sitten avaruusluksushomokommunismissa?

(Simulaatioon tulisi "YOU WIN"-teksti ja se olisi sitten se hyvinvointivaltion loppu, ilman leikkauksia? 🤔)

https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokonaisveroaste

Kokonaisveroaste – Wikipedia

Tapio Setä Feb 26

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Feb 25

Trump, Zelenskyy Speak By Phone Ahead Of Geneva Talks As Pressure Mounts For Tougher Line On Russia

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-call-geneva-talks-russia-ukraine-pressure/33688205.html

Tapio Setä Feb 26

Aure Free Press

Feb 25

REMOVING LIMITS ON AI!

Anthropic narrows AI safety policy pledge

Anthropic is narrowing its AI safety policy pledge, removing the company’s previous commitment to halt the development of its AI models if they outpace its safety procedures.

At issue is Anthropic’s AI usage policy, which bars the use of its model Claude to conduct mass surveillance or develop weapons that do not require human oversight.
#AureFreePress #News #press

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5754539-anthropic-ai-pentagon-dispute/

Tapio Setä Feb 26

News, Opinions & Views Feb 25

Raw Story:
'They kept the worst stuff': House lawmaker makes accusation on DOJ Epstein drop

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)... claiming the Trump administration kept the "worst" documents from the public eye...

"It's a drip by drip thing on accountability," he said, suggesting a prolonged battle ahead...

"They released half the files, but they've kept the worst stuff," Khanna stated bluntly..."
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/doj-epstein-2675334332/?utm_source=front-sidebar-rsplus

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

'They kept the worst stuff': House lawmaker makes explosive accusation on DOJ Epstein drop

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) uncorked explosive claims Wednesday about stonewalling from the Justice Department, claiming the Trump administration kept the "worst" documents from the public eye.In an interview with Raw Story, Khanna said the House Oversight Committee is proceeding with Clinton...

Raw Story

Tapio Setä Feb 26

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 25

Chronic #ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life
#Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade
Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 populations in the northern hemisphere between 1993 and 2021, and isolated the effect of the decadal rate of seabed warming from short shifts such as marine heatwaves. They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/chronic-ocean-heating-fuels-staggering-loss-marine-life-study
#climate #climatechange

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds

Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

The Guardian

Tapio Setä Feb 25

Hanse Mina Feb 15

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that the greatest threat posed by Russia is that it is gaining more at the negotiating table than it has achieved on the battlefield.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/02/15/8021139/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Kallas