Colossal Biosciences wants to build a high-tech refrigeration ‘Noah’s Ark’ in the heart of Dubai ZME Science
Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside. Then all the animals started playing with it ZME Science
Reproduction in space, a hostile environment for human biology Reproductive biomedicine online
Climate/Environment
IOC may move forward dates for future Winter Olympics and Paralympics due to rising temperatures Associated Press
“I’ve never seen a storm like this before.”
Days after deadly flooding, heavy rain and strong winds have battered Spain and Portugal, prompting new evacuations, landslides and flood warnings. Authorities have warned that more damage is expected in the future. pic.twitter.com/xemxtjafKw
— DW News (@dwnews) February 8, 2026
Britain gave up coal. But is burning wood in Louisiana even better? grist
White House wants to mine Earth’s oldest biome Atmos
Analysis: Clean energy will drive more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 Carbon Brief
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way? guardian
Velvety climate revolution or violent climate revolution: which will we choose?Climate Uncensored
toilet
Water sold: From the Thames to the Amazon
pandemic
What coronavirus and clean air advocates are trying to get governments to do is put technology like this (and more!) into children’s classrooms so they don’t go home with the flu or respiratory syncytial virus. I watch HFM, Covid etc every week and instead of getting excited I get inexplicably angry at disabled people lol. https://t.co/XVaLPGtIfZ
— Julia Marie (@julia_doubleday) February 8, 2026
Japan
The beginning of the Takaichi era: Observing Japan
China?
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in national security case The Straits Times
Bessent believes China’s ‘disorderly’ trading is behind gold price fluctuations Bloomberg
President Trump confirms Xi Jinping visit, promises to visit China in April Al-Mayadeen
Chairman of the People’s Liberation Army’s Tremor and Sinism
Thailand
‘Clear signal’: Thai Prime Minister Anutin says Bhumjaitai won most seats in election and is open to cooperating with other parties Channel News Asia
syrakistan
‘Israel’ West Bank ‘annexation’ movement prompts condemnation al-Mayadeen
Why war between the US and Iran is inevitable GeoPolitiQ
Does Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to President Trump signal a US attack on Iran? larry johnson
Iran arrests prominent reformist politician, citing ties to US and Israel’s Al Jazeera
Pentagon makes largest known arms purchase from Israel – for banned cluster weapons, The Intercept
Africa
A collapsing empire: America bows to African revolutionary Kit Clarenberg
Businesses betting on carbon markets – and the lost continent
old blighty
Starmer fights to reassert control of Labor after McSweeney leaves Guardian
British corporate media is pushing for censorship of Substack. dissident
discord in europe
Antonio José Seguro, candidate of the opposition Socialist Party, elected as head of Portugal’s Anadolu Agency
Germany is secretly building a new governance model. It’s a model that has learned how to manage the techniques of “legitimacy” upstream so it doesn’t have to cancel elections, ban parties, or openly censor speech.
Impressive interview with Neue Zurcher Zeitung, researcher… https://t.co/JHf347Fw8Q pic.twitter.com/V8DtCpaEGC
— Islander (@IslanderWORLD) February 6, 2026
Why are Spanish public housing so well designed?
A new war that’s not so cold war
US-Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations: Abu Dhabi 2 Gordon Hearn
Why U.S. military commanders are replacing the Witoff-Kushner offensive strategy by insisting that battlefield defeat requires tactical retreat John Helmer
What’s next for Ukraine? julian macfarlane
Without an economic reset with Russia, Ukraine peace deal could leave Britain and Europe weakened by remnants of a unipolar past Ian Proud
Starlink? ukraine events
Analysts deny Ukraine’s claims of attack on Russia’s Oleshnik missile launch site Military Watch
south of the border
US ammunition sold to civilians fuels Mexican cartel violence TeleSur
Lafaire Epstein
US Congress to remove Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell from office AFP
Epstein sent a message to someone saying he was joining SCIF.
A SCIF is a highly sensitive compartmentalized information facility.
A highly secure, specially designed, enclosed area (a room, group of rooms, part of a building, or temporary facility) used by the U.S. government, especially… pic.twitter.com/yrTM42julU
— Low profile (@SeosQuinn) February 8, 2026
Epstein Files Reveal Extent of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle New York Times
Noam Chomsky’s wife responds to Epstein controversy Aaron Mate
spook country
Secret Whistleblower After-Fact Report Against America’s Spy Chief
Trump 2.0
President Trump’s amazing dollar world
‘Setting this agency up for failure’: Amid staffing shortage, IRS hires employees with no experience related to filing time assistance, government official
Social Security officials are directing government officials to have employees who normally process benefits answer the phone on their behalf.
Republicans begin work to get President Trump a $1.5 trillion military budget for anti-war efforts in 2027
The world doesn’t have enough money for President Trump’s Golden Dome future theory.
Democrats are the worst
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins Louisiana Congressional District special seat; President Trump wins CBS News
Exclusive article: Centrist Democratic Party strikes back with new group Axios
police state surveillance
Minneapolis’ Operation Dildo Blitz anti-ICE protests end with over 50 arrests Common Dreams
ICE’s private prison contractors spent millions lobbying banks to force loans
immigration
These Haitian meatpacking workers could be deported. They voted to strike anyway. Food and Environmental Reporting Network
big brother is watching you
Homeland Security spies on Reddit users Ken Klippenstein
sports desk
5 takeaways from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance The Hill
Turning Point USA’s halftime show was exactly what we expected Wired
International opposition to Trump and ICE decide to open Milan Olympics WSWS
There is certainly a metaphor for the state of unions here. pic.twitter.com/kCc6o84Ytr
— Aaron Quinn (@AaronQuinn716) February 8, 2026
basil
Monopoly Roundup: $2 Trillion Bitcoin and the Frightening Collapse of a Software Company Written by Matt Stoller
Private credit worries resurface in $3 trillion market as AI puts pressure on software companies CNBC
What’s wrong with nonprofit organizations? National politics
class war
One of California’s first labor disputes over AI unfolds at Kaiser Los Angeles Times
My landlord remotely controlled my heating – it was so cold I could see my breath The I Paper
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