Read this beautiful story 😭❤
I live in an apartment with 12 units. For two years, I didn’t know any of my neighbors.
We pass each other in the hallway. I nod. Maybe you’ll say, “Hi.” Then disappear into our separate lives.
That was normal. That was city life.
Then new people moved in…
— Supreme Sheila (@sheilatebra) February 6, 2026
Efforts to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco STAT
Girls and boys may have about equal incidence of autism, study suggests MedPage
Sex during work hours – a new health program proposed by the center: “It started as a joke” Aftonbladet (machine translation) (Micael T)
Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure: pharmacological mechanisms. Expert review of clinical pharmacology. yeah yeah!
Climate/Environment
I’m a preparedness expert – here’s how to prepare for water scarcity iPaper
Melting Antarctic ice could weaken major carbon sink Science Daily
Greenland breaks temperature record, redirects economy from fishing to minerals Reuters
Combined thermal drought threatens China’s oil crop bioengineers
At least 35 people killed in Japan after weeks of heavy snow Snowbrains
Colorado River negotiators run out of time, snow piles up in climate news
China?
Chinese provinces lower growth targets for 2026 Financial Times
China’s easy money floods metals market as real economy slumps Bloomberg
🚢⚡ The world’s largest pure electric cargo ship has just begun sea trials. And of course it’s Chinese. 🇨🇳
China has begun sea trials of the world’s largest 10,000-ton pure electric intelligent marine vessel, the Ningyuan Diankuan.
This is not a concept, it is not… pic.twitter.com/hxgjmv3cFG
— James Wood 無杰士 (@commiepommie) February 5, 2026
Under US oversight, CATL rolls out new batteries and investments Asia Times (Kevin W)
Africa
As drought and crop failure worsen, Zimbabweans support government investment in climate-resilient infrastructure and green energy The Zimbabwean
south of the border
Cuba records first sub-zero temperature as energy crisis worsens Intellinews
Or Canada
Trump’s plan in Greenland may be as much about outsmarting Canadians as Russian Ian Proud
discord in europe
Volvo’s slump raises concerns about oil prices in the European auto industry
Europe’s finances in a warming world VoxEU
US to fund free speech activists in Europe – FT RT (Kevin W)
Europe’s next hegemon: The crisis of German power diplomacy
German journalists are playing war: “What if Russia attacks us?” Machine translation by Nachdenkseiten (Micael T)
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands joins army as reservist because ‘security can no longer be given’ CBS (resilc)
old blighty
Rising UK borrowing costs raise concerns about Starmer’s future Reuters
daily mossad
Keir Starmer is a decent man. pic.twitter.com/32A6FC7YCW
— Artist Taxi Driver (@chunkymark) February 7, 2026
I used to have some respect for Paul Mason.
People are joining the Labor Party tonight. To support Keir Starmer and join the upcoming clean-up of British politics… join the fight to stop the racist right https://t.co/Rawr0ob14P
— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) February 6, 2026
Who is Starmer’s Irish advisor at the center of the Mandelson scandal? RTE (Colonel Smithers)
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Pubs and restaurants suffer the most sustained job losses since the financial crisis
israel vs resistance
Handcuffs, interrogation, humiliation: Palestinians describe Israeli treatment at Rafah’s Mondweiss crossing (assault)
Academic murder as a military feat.
The school, located in the midst of the shattered buildings, is close to a hospital that was attacked and closed down to create living conditions that lead to the collective destruction of Gaza’s Palestinians. https://t.co/ZYJtIuqBnw
— Nicola Perugini (@PeraginiNic) February 5, 2026
US and Iran talk for ‘good start’ in Alabama month (Kevin W)
Satellite images show Iran working on missile and nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported. resilc: “Now that WaPo, the CIA’s favorite propaganda rag, has been relegated to the weekly Shopper, NYTmes is kicking the warmongers’ ass.”
A new war that’s not so cold war
Murder of negotiator: Events in Ukraine
Mixed signals on Iran-US talks…Russians furious over new terrorist attack in Moscow Larry Johnson
Brief Frontline Report – February 6, 2026 Marat Khairullin and Mikhail Popov
Russia responds to military threat from Finland and Sweden’s Vzglyad with machine translation (Michael T.)
imperial collapse watch
Decolonization I: “The greatest reconfiguration of world politics we have ever seen” James Rich
New World Order or Anarchy? John Mearsheimer
Violent America has lost its way Michael Busta
Trump 2.0
Trump wasn’t the only one posting this. This clip is a manufactured one (publicists are trying to pretend otherwise by calling it AI-generated, as if President Trump had enough of AI advances to do this to a young, lonely old man). That means no one on his team tried to stop it, or worse (and probably), they just thought it was stupid.
Hey guys, Trump just posted a video of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys.pic.twitter.com/6ZyWFU6quE
— Renee (@Renee05208714) February 6, 2026
Breaking News: Mad President Promotes Obama and Mrs. Obama as Ape-like Racist Video “ZETEO”
President Trump won’t apologize for sharing deleted racist video depicting President Obama as an ape on Truth Social CNN (Kevin W)
Caroline Leavitt condemns ‘false outrage’ after Obamas was portrayed as a ‘Lion King character’ Daily Star (resilc)
New Left Criticism of American Violence (Anthony L)
Can neuroscience explain President Trump’s new global chaos? Globe and Mail (Dr. Kevin). In my opinion, the IM Doc’s white matter disease hypothesis fits this behavior better.
Farmers stymied by President Trump’s tariffs press lawmakers to act The Hill
White House proposes renaming Penn Station Trump Station to unlock Gateway Tunnel funding to Gothamist
ICE Rampage
Republicans and Democrats expect DHS to be shut down after negotiations stall. Unfortunately, ICE is fully funded.
What Americans Really Want About ICE G. Elliott Morris
What Democrats Need to Know to Truly Reform ICE Mother Jones (Chuck L.) Assume that, contrary to evidence, Democrats want to rein in ICE, not whine about it and raise money.
ICE uses Medicaid data, putting hospitals and states in trouble over warnings to immigrant patients KFF Health News
The Blueprint That Defeated the Federal Occupation Chris Armitage
The intensity of reaction to Tim Walz’s Anne Frank/ICE comments reveals religious dispatch (Chuck L)
Epstein
This is the worst thing ever…and everything we suspected about Epstein’s Zorro Ranch is confirmed.
“Two foreign girls were buried on the orders of Jeffrey and Madame G. Both were strangled to death during fetish sex.” https://t.co/1NcqKm9BqU pic.twitter.com/f28IyE0yvw
— Jason Bassler (@JasonBassler1) February 6, 2026
You’re paying taxes to billionaire pedophiles who are bombing and possibly eating children Charles McBride (Michael T.)
Epstein’s ‘wild’ party with Zuckerberg, Musk, Teal oligarchs and others
Epstein files put you in a pedo gang indi.ca (resilc)
Democrats are the worst
How worried should Democrats be about Trump stealing the next election? Washington Monthly. Do they recommend taking coolant after ICE tramples on the rule of law? Have they lost their minds? The risk is not “stealing”. It’s about finding a way to brick them.
‘It’s pissing people off’: Centrist Democrats furious at AIPAC after leadership race fiasco (Kevin W)
Our press is no longer free
Gray Zone has been blocked by Paypal for political reasons YouTube
economy
President Trump’s trade war creates economic ‘mirage’ in GDP forecast, cargo market decoupled: shipping expert CNBC
Morning bid: Fed under pressure as job cuts increase Reuters
Mr. Market is edgy
Death, taxes and chaos: Are the days of safe havens over? Times
Silver falls again as illiquidity increases price volatility Bloomberg
Bitcoin’s 45% Plunge Warns of a Bigger Liquidity Problem in the Search for Alpha
basil
From Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Morning Edition:
Shares of a range of subscription-based software companies, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Figma, fell again yesterday as investors feared the disruption caused by AI agent software like the one developed by Anthropic. (Wall Street calls it a “SaaSpocalypse,” after the category’s official name, “software-as-a-service.”) Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, said on the popular tech talk show TBPN that he expects the decline in SaaS stocks “to continue.”
Bitcoin soars above $70,000, extending rebound from Thursday’s crash CoinDesk
Filipino Futurism finds workers step in when things get stuck (Kevin W)
guillotine watch
The plutocrats who rule our world aren’t even enjoying themselves Caitlin Johnston (Michael T.)
class war
The financial industry is miserable. Start treating it like that. new york times (resilc). Why wasn’t there an article like this at the end of 2008?
Retirement in America: An analysis of the retirement readiness of working-age Americans National Institute for Retirement Security
Wisconsin Burger King franchise charged with more than 1,600 child labor violations Channel 3000 (Kevin W)
An immediate antidote. Mark T: “Lilac-breasted roller-billed roller. Found throughout Kruger National Park.”
bonus:
This is Rex. While touring the store with his current handler, he suddenly recognized his first handler. Breaking all the rules for the purest, most fun tackle hug. Dogs are unique.
pic.twitter.com/qXsMSKifO7
— Puppies🐶 (@Puppieslover) February 5, 2026
Second bonus:
How armadillos gather leaves for their nests pic.twitter.com/y4t64C4t0d
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) February 7, 2026
And third:
Playful winter moments shared between a child and a baby donkey
— Science Girl (@sciencegirl) February 7, 2026
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