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"Musk⚡shut down Starlink for #Russia bc its drone glided into Kyiv’s govt dist, heading to Zelenskyy’s ofc.

Drone flew so low,🚨ofcls in the Cabinet of Ministers could see it from the 7th floor. Then the battlefield shifted for the Russians.

#Ukraine’s DEF MIN, Fedorov,🚨presented #Musk with evid that Russian forces were using Starlink to operate long-range drones.

On Jan 29, he wrote:⚡"Western technologies must protect civilians -not be used for terror.”

#Putin #USPol
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/02/elon-musk-ukraine-russia-starlink/686155/

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

Russian forces falter as the world’s richest man intervenes in the war once again.

The Atlantic

"The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to help them build a legitimate Iranian state."

~ Anne Applebaum

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-has-no-plan-iranian-people/686194/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK33wbHP0VTP8Ca4n413lzTdA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People

The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The Atlantic

Donald Trump confirms U.S. involved in military strikes on Iran
https://flipboard.com/video/independent/ae979ab680?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Donald Trump confirms U.S. involved in military strikes on Iran | Flipboard

President Donald Trump has confirmed U.S. involvement in Israeli strikes across Iran, including Tehran on Saturday (28 February), in a “preventative attack”. In an eight-minute speech the president called it a “major combat operation,” stating Iran could never have a nuclear weapon and adding: "It's been mass terror, and we're not going to take it any longer." Trump told reporters on Friday (27 February) in Washington that he was frustrated with the latest round of negotiations with Iran, saying he said he was “not happy” with how discussions were progressing.

Flipboard
New in #LibreOffice 26.2: Writer now displays a more visible grid, and the Snap to Grid functionality now accurately aligns objects with the grid. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Writer #foss #opensource #freesoftware
cool new posters going up all over SF

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

Everything is awesome (why I'm an optimist)

February is the month the internet decided we're all going to die. In the span of about two weeks, Matt Shumer's Something Big is Happening racked up over 80 million views on X with its breathless comparison of AI to the early days of COVID, telling his non-tech friends and

Westenberg.
The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back
Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back

Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by millions to fight corporate surveillance and take back control of their data.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
A moment of awe, just captured now.