The death of possibly more than 100 little girls in a primary school. How is that not a central news story today across all serious outlets? And thank you, FT, for being one of only a few newsrooms driving attention to what happened there. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Trump/Hegseth operational security: at Joe’s Stone Crab, a restaurant a 2-minute walk from the White House, someone was having a conversation about the attacks on Iran that were going to start in 6 hours. Loud enough for the founder of @TMZ.com to recount it in real time with his podcast cohost.

GIFT ARTICLE NYT opinion columnists discuss Trump's attack on Iran and never once raise the prospect that Iran could strike back in this country. Sure it might not be a conventional strike, but drones are cheap & explosives & guns are plentiful in this country. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

While Republicans fully support Trump's war with Iran, Democratic leaders do not oppose it. There is no effective opposition. Hakeem Jeffries is merely demanding that the administration "must explain itself to the American people and Congress" and "provide an ironclad justification."

this 'man' has made it functionally impossible for Democrats to be an oposition party during an illegal war

This war is dumb and illegal

Just a reminder that there are no statutes of limitations for war crimes. There is an international criminal court. Time keeps rolling on, but 80 years after the end of WWII, Nazi perpetrators are still being brought to justice.

This is such an exciting day for me, with the premiere of the film made about my 17 years rewilding an Irish Atlantic rainforest (also the film's title). What a surreal moment in my life it'll be to see the ecosystem I know and love so well on a big cinema screen!!

Best essay on modern, digital life I think I've read. ht to @cgruenloh.bsky.social by @perfors.net It's from February 2024, but it's forever relevant. perfors.net/blog/creatio...

GIFT ARTICLE Bird populations declining. Humans likely to blame. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c...

RIP Neil Sedaka www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbad...

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Usual warning here: This Reuters story does not attribute the Kacher move to anything he said about Iran. It says only that he was “not the right fit”

Every new jet that Noem buys is another concentration camp not funded. I hope she buys a whole fleet. Better residual value,too.

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

This is a major theme of the current trump presidency. We are still digging out of the damage done by his first era. We are still digging ourselves out of the damage done by previous eras. This administration has made the hole several magnitudes deeper

What to Know About Clashes Between Pakistan & Afghanistan. While claiming to be our ally, Pakistan sheltered OBL in Abbottabad, their equivalent of West Point. Pakistan also provided shelter for the Taliban when the USA was trying to bring peace to Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/w....

May 7th is shaping up to be the end date of Starmerism.

Americans now sympathise with Palestinians more than Israelis, poll finds ft.trib.al/S6eB6JT

Massive earthquake in Gorton and Denton leaves Starmer on last legs. Coming municipal elections should finish him off. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Hannah Spencer of the UK's left-wing Green Party won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton, with Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform party coming second, and Labour pushed into third place.

The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations Greens!

Gorton and Denton was 127th on the list of Green Party target seats. To win by such a margin there suggests there is much bigger potential for Green gains in May's local elections than most people expect bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Unless & until we tear down this regime, trans folk of less means are going to have be helped to find sanctuary in safe states. These fascists are eliminationists. And trans is not to the only "problem demo" on their list. Elected Ds can't ignore that. "Detention camps" are going up fast.

BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The mean spiritness, short sightedness of cancelling this needed program. This program extends people’s lives. This isn’t where you save money, this is where you spend money. Danielle Smith probably spent more meeting with Trump & separists than the program’s entire budget

A court on Thursday used Hong Kong's national security law to jail Kwok Yin-sang for eight months, in the first case against a family member of an activist living abroad, and wanted by authorities. n.pr/4qVSANO

Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.

If Musk destroys Earth, where is he going to go? Mars? Oh wait, nevermind.

Bitcoin death march. 95% of all #bitcoins have been mined. 45% of current holders have unrecognized losses. There is no greater fool left to buy. Every price bounce is met with a wave of selling. Grinding lower, prices already below mining costs. #Crash coming? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Let's add some context: Fox News averaged 2.6 million viewers to CNN and MS NOW's combined 1.9 million. There are 342 million Americans. That means 98.7% of Americans aren't watching cable news at all.

This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting how #film has told and validated LGBTQ+ #stories and #identities. Our #collection traces the evolution of #LGBTQ+ representation - pictured are some examples. Explore more here: tinyurl.com/5n7wmcar #museumsky #lgbtsky #filmsky

US immigration restrictions cause multinationals to hire in other countries. Rather than building America, Trump's policies are building our future competitors. www.ft.com/content/c811...

Net zero is dead, but not renewables. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump's long boring racist SOTU rant gets poor marks, even from Republicans. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Modular housing can be a big part of the solution to affordable housing, but governments at all levels have to change regulations to make it happen. www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

25th February 1986: British actor Jameela Jamil is born. Openly queer, the actor is an outspoken activist on a variety of issues, including feminism, body positivity, climate change and LGBTQ+ rights. Happy Birthday! #OnThisDay #Queerstory

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

The Democratic State of the Union www.youtube.com/live/jICy6cX...

GIFT ARTICLE A 30-year search for a long-lost baseball player comes to an unexpected end: ‘I could finally exhale’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

Matter is neither created nor destroyed. Your home PC water cooling rig doesn't require the water to be replaced, and neither do datacentres, at least not inherently. The reason why companies consumed water is that they used evaporation for extra energy efficiency b/c enthalpy of vaporization.

It is all deliberate. www.startribune.com/ice-fourth-a...

Happy State of the Union Eve.

Yes!! It’s Still #BlackHistoryMonth something we should Celebrate 365 🥰

OTD 1999: Queer As Folk Back when this was RTD’s ‘controversial’ one, I remember enthusing to an older gay friend. He hated it: “That’s not my life!” Nor mine – but bloody amazing they showed it. (Doctor Who! They didn’t tell you about that, did they?) Joyous, angry, radical TV. #LGBTHistoryMonth

Virginia Giuffre's family on the arrest of ex-U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson: "The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated." Full statement

Rob Jetten was sworn in after months of coalition negotiations, becoming the first openly gay prime minister in Dutch history and, at 38, the youngest person ever to lead the Netherlands #NOH8

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