Elon’s emails to Epstein. Location: Starbase, Texas

Just like us in the 6-degree weather of Upstate New York, these Sensitive fern sporophylls are waiting for spring! They will release their spores in March and April #ferns #fernfans #sensitiveferns #beadfern #spores #dimorphicferns #winternature

THE GWYLLION The hill fairies of Wales. Thought to be forbidding and malignant. They can visit houses and must be received cordially (if you do not want to risk their mischief). You can read about them in Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, 1880 #FolkloreSunday

This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.

Ukraine was not involved in the assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, the first deputy head of Russian military intelligence (GRU), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a comment to Reuters published on Feb. 8.

📻 Tune into this week’s show, featuring: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and Alana Casanova-Burgess: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

Journalist @jkbjournalist.bsky.social's reporting back in 2018 led to Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest. Today, she’s poring over the millions of documents in the Epstein files, and she told @brookegladstone.bsky.social that she’s found new evidence of corruption. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

Moscow on Potomac:

Hard to imagine that the German government would leave all the business deals with Russia to the US -- majority opinion in all parties with exception of the Greens will likely be: Germany/Europe should be part of it rather than leaving it all to US. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

There were two elections I was watching yesterday—and both ended up as clear Democratic wins. Let's recap for those who weren't glued on here last night. 1️⃣ In Louisiana, Dems very easily held a seat that had gone for Trump by 13 percentage points in 2024.

I think we have to be very careful here. The appropriations bills are one thing, but as you all know, this administration has a bag of dirty tricks they have and will continue to use to undermine research and frankly, methodically chip away at it until it is a shell of its former self. 1/

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...

Family restaurant owner Luis Ramirez confronted two agents, who hid their faces as he approached and were wearing heavy tactical gear beneath their yellow vests. “This is what our taxpayer money goes to: renting these vehicles with fake tags to come sit here and watch my business,” Ramirez shouted.

Dumb question: This scandal, considered seismic in Britain, is really about Mandelson leaking confidential, market-moving govt information to Epstein amid the 2008 financial crisis, which Epstein in turn passed to JP Morgan, including advice to Jamie Dimon. Why is this not hitting Jamie Dimon?

I think each of us in academia knows people in our departments or fields who are horrible people and also know who’s protecting them. These revelations should not be a surprise to any of us.

FFS😳 MI6 'warned Downing Street of Mandelson's Russia links' before he became Washington ambassador www.lbc.co.uk/article/mi6-...

Before Labour gets blamed for this (as Mandelson is connected) this huge NHS data contract went to US billionaire-funded Palantir. Under Sunak in 2023. The US can’t even look after their own, no business should be given to them by the UK. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...

If you watch and listen to anything today, listen to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Remember the leverage Palantir now has in our NHS because of an enormous deal done without any competition I may add, a gift from Mandelson & Streeting @zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about Palantir, it needs to GO

It’s all connected. I started looking into nuclear because these three chaps come from Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson’s network in Moscow, ID. I keep an eye on Isaiah Taylor for this reason & bc he’s tied to Thiel’s network through his company, Valar Atomics. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

“How Jeffrey Epstein Helped His Publicist [Masha Bucher aka Drakova] Become A Big-Time Venture Capitalist” * Drakova’s Day One Ventures is now invested in Valar Atomics, a *nuclear reactor startup* with a DOE contract. Valar did not respond to comment requests. By Iain Martin, 2/4/26… 1/

2/ You can read all about it in this incredible investigative report. utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/07/07/v...

Ian Martin: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped His Publicist, Masha Drokova (Мария Александровна Дрокова), Become A Big-Time Venture Capitalist Drokova’s Day One Ventures is now invested in Valar Atomics, a _nuclear reactor startup_ with a DOE contract. Valar did not respond to comment requests.

If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.

Private donors help a former division of USAID restart as a nonprofit | AP News share.google/ppdx3RvJDROw...

Late result for anyone still awake: Na’Cole Thompson, the Democratic candidate in the mayoral race today in Leander, Texas, has won the election. She got 57% and won’t need a runoff, with two Republicans adding up to 43%.

530 cm measured today at 2230 m asl in #Candanchú (W Pyrenees), just below the #TucaBlanca (2322m)! ❄️ Excavation: 2 m Snow probe: 3.30 m These are values not seen since 2018 in the Pyrenees, and even since 2013 in W Pyrenees. Real winter, nothing more. 📷@meteodelnorte

Accountability should include the Trump crony-profiteers who build the concentration camps on a for-profit basis, who outfit them, and who shuttle the prisoners around on their jets, usually in conditions that also constitute torture.

> @thehill.com @brucespringsteen.net 🎸 thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

This government is OURS. It is funded by US. That is OUR White House. WE pay for EVERYTHING. ALL OF IT. WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation. Don’t EVER forget it. FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT. NEVER give up.

We March" by Prince (1995): A song about empowerment and liberation from racial oppression

RESULT: Democrat Chasity Martinez wins a special election for a legislative seat in Louisiana, 62% to 38%. This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.

GOP failed to flip ANY Dem district in 2025 (Dems flipped a lot), & none in 2026 so far. This was as clear an opening as you can imagine. Big blow to Rs. This was one of the 20 races I identified as important to watch in February. Details: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American

Dismantling ICE, which has been co-opted and weaponized beyond reform, does not mean that immigration laws cannot be enforced or that they cannot be strengthened and improved. It simply means that the Trump-directed terrorist army that is ICE will cease to use taxpayer $ to violate the Constitution.

DAILY MEMO: A New CA State Bill is Introduced To Hold Private Detention Centers Accountable, Border Patrol Spends The Week in Meetings, and ICE Continued Targeted Arrests @eltragon.bsky.social

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility. Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

Democracy Docket is not on Substack. From the beginning, I made sure it had its own tech stack. It's more expensive, but it assures independence from corporate interests and that its content won't sit aside Nazis. You can support it by joining truly independent media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

States, not the federal government, have the authority to run elections, including maintaining accurate voter rolls. The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to access voter files is a clear attempt to take that power away. bit.ly/49HOmCY

Disaffected Russian youth are now routinely involved in "terrorist" attacks against key figures involved in the Russian war making effort. The Kremlin is seriously rattled by this phenomenon. cepa.org/article/russ...

Ossoff framed the midterm as a monumental test for the nation’s future. “I believe we will escape this moral tailspin and recommit ourselves to the values that have powered 250 years of progress. But none of this is possible without victory this November.” www.ajc.com/politics/202...

🇭🇺🇪🇺 "Hungary's opposition Tisza party plans to introduce a wealth tax for the rich, adopt the euro currency and firmly anchor Hungary in the European Union and NATO, its 240-page election programme published on Saturday said." @reuters.com

Washington state is quietly trying to move abuse lawsuits out of court and behind closed doors. SSB 6239 would push people who were abused in state custody into mandatory arbitration instead of a public jury trial. Sen Manka Dhingra is the main sponsor of the bill. 🧵

Reporters, please do call upon Prof. Heather Hendershot for the history of American film, television, and political culture. Here @profhendershot.bsky.social tells us the Trump administration ″has succeeded where Nixon failed in undermining the mainstream media, harming PBS..."