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A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Host: So when Donald Trump walked in, there were women in there who weren't fully clothed.
Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.
Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?
Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.
Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.
Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?
Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.
February 14, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Host: So when Donald Trump walked in, there were women in there who weren't fully clothed.
Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.
Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?
Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.
Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.
Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?
Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.
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Narrator: Barbara Pilling was a young model in New York. She first saw Donald Trump at a party in the late 80s. She's never spoken publicly about it before.
Pilling: He said, how old are you? And I said, 17. He goes, oh, great. So you're not too old, not too young. That's just great.
Pilling: He said, how old are you? And I said, 17. He goes, oh, great. So you're not too old, not too young. That's just great.
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Narrator: Barbara Pilling was a young model in New York. She first saw Donald Trump at a party in the late 80s. She's never spoken publicly about it before.
Pilling: He said, how old are you? And I said, 17. He goes, oh, great. So you're not too old, not too young. That's just great.
Pilling: He said, how old are you? And I said, 17. He goes, oh, great. So you're not too old, not too young. That's just great.
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Jack Smith was sent a copy of Volume II to prepare for his testimony on the Hill, though he told Congress he didn't open it. So I think he has a copy, unless it was some kind of temporary access to a DOJ system like the DOJ Epstein Files computer terminals.
JUST IN: Knight 1st Amend. Institute & American Oversight ask 11th Circuit to force Judge Aileen Cannon (Trump) to release Vol. II of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report AND to block her from ordering it destroyed as Trump's co-defendants have asked. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
2026.02.13--Smith-Mandamus--Second-Mandamus-Petition-FINAL PDFA
www.documentcloud.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Jack Smith was sent a copy of Volume II to prepare for his testimony on the Hill, though he told Congress he didn't open it. So I think he has a copy, unless it was some kind of temporary access to a DOJ system like the DOJ Epstein Files computer terminals.
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Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - photobook for Maxwell witnesses
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:48:38 +0000
Importance: Normal
H
MI
Following up on my conversation with
just now, would you please put together a photobook for us to show to trial
witnesses with photos and fillers for the following individuals?
. Epstein
. Maxwell
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M,
As I mentioned to
think it would be ideal to get formal photos like from a license or passport from the late 1990s or
early 2000s for each of these individuals. That way we can use the NYPD database to find fillers who appear similar.
Thanks,
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February 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Billionaire Leslie Wexner has been ordered to testify in a lawsuit brought by a group of former Ohio State University students who say they were sexually assaulted decades ago by a campus doctor and their alma mater did nothing to stop him.
Judge orders Leslie Wexner to testify in Ohio State abuse survivors' lawsuit
Wexner, who was on the OSU board of trustees when Dr. Richard Strauss preyed on students, is also scheduled to testify before Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
nbcnews.to
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Billionaire Leslie Wexner has been ordered to testify in a lawsuit brought by a group of former Ohio State University students who say they were sexually assaulted decades ago by a campus doctor and their alma mater did nothing to stop him.
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Corporate subsidy deals shouldn’t happen in the shadows. Check out our memo of support for S373 @sengianaris.bsky.social / A409 @solagesny.bsky.social which bans NDAs in corporate subsidy deals. No more secret giveaways. buff.ly/aGLKiYc
Reinvent Albany Memo of Support - Ban NDAs in Corporate Subsidy Deals - Reinvent Albany
MEMO OF SUPPORT S373 (Gianaris) / A409 (Solages) Prohibits non-disclosure agreements in corporate subsidy and economic development agreements TITLE OF BILL An act to amend the urban development…
reinventalbany.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Corporate subsidy deals shouldn’t happen in the shadows. Check out our memo of support for S373 @sengianaris.bsky.social / A409 @solagesny.bsky.social which bans NDAs in corporate subsidy deals. No more secret giveaways. buff.ly/aGLKiYc
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Russia appeared to confirm on Feb. 13 the existence of a sweeping U.S.-Russia economic proposal known in Kyiv as the "Dmitriev package," days after President Volodymyr Zelensky first disclosed it publicly.
Russia confirms $12 trillion pitch to Trump tied to Ukraine deal — White House stays silent on proposals
Russia appeared to confirm on Feb. 13 the existence of a sweeping U.S.-Russia economic proposal known in Kyiv as the "Dmitriev package," days after President Volodymyr Zelensky first disclosed it publ...
kyivindependent.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Russia appeared to confirm on Feb. 13 the existence of a sweeping U.S.-Russia economic proposal known in Kyiv as the "Dmitriev package," days after President Volodymyr Zelensky first disclosed it publicly.
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Meta should be destroyed and the earth should be salted where it once grew.
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Meta should be destroyed and the earth should be salted where it once grew.
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New footage captures the moment USS Truxtun and USNS Supply collide in the Caribbean Sea.
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
New footage captures the moment USS Truxtun and USNS Supply collide in the Caribbean Sea.
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“When I sent you New Year’s greetings, I was blissfully unaware of the resurgence of tabloid publicity,” Botstein wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in early 2015, amid fresh allegations about the registered sex offender's relations with Prince Andrew.
Emails show Botstein knew of Epstein allegations while pursuing donations
Condolences sent after public reports of Epstein’s sex trafficking and his ties to then-Prince Andrew indicate the Bard president knew more than he now admits.
www.timesunion.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“When I sent you New Year’s greetings, I was blissfully unaware of the resurgence of tabloid publicity,” Botstein wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in early 2015, amid fresh allegations about the registered sex offender's relations with Prince Andrew.
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I will be holding AG Pam Bondi accountable in front of the House Judiciary Committee today. Epstein survivors deserve justice and I will fight for them, for accountability, and for the American people.
Oversight of the Department of Justice
YouTube video by House Committee on the Judiciary
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I will be holding AG Pam Bondi accountable in front of the House Judiciary Committee today. Epstein survivors deserve justice and I will fight for them, for accountability, and for the American people.
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Bard’s board of trustees went radio silent on the Times Union, but several students who spoke to our reporters made it clear that new revelations from the Epstein files about the sex predator’s interactions with president Leon Botstein were, in a word, gross.
‘Gross’: Amid silence from college, Bard students react to Botstein revelations
Amid silence from the college, many students disapproved of Leon Botstein courting a convicted sex offender for donations. But they don’t expect he will resign.
www.timesunion.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Bard’s board of trustees went radio silent on the Times Union, but several students who spoke to our reporters made it clear that new revelations from the Epstein files about the sex predator’s interactions with president Leon Botstein were, in a word, gross.
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We’re grateful to this whistleblower for speaking the truth and recognizing the power of our lawsuit against DOGE.
We will keep fighting to protect sensitive Social Security data from being unlawfully accessed and shared.
We will keep fighting to protect sensitive Social Security data from being unlawfully accessed and shared.
Whistleblower responds after DOJ confirms DOGE mishandled Social Security data
The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm...
www.pbs.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We’re grateful to this whistleblower for speaking the truth and recognizing the power of our lawsuit against DOGE.
We will keep fighting to protect sensitive Social Security data from being unlawfully accessed and shared.
We will keep fighting to protect sensitive Social Security data from being unlawfully accessed and shared.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Gabbard held this up for 8 months with a truckload of excuses from executive privilege to "It's too classified for Congress." They have FINALLY transmitted the whistleblower report to Congress. www.cbsnews.com/news/intelli...
Intelligence watchdog shares whistleblower complaint involving Gabbard with Congress after monthslong delay
The complaint was closed administratively by the intelligence community inspector general's office in June 2025, under prior leadership, watchdog says.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Gabbard held this up for 8 months with a truckload of excuses from executive privilege to "It's too classified for Congress." They have FINALLY transmitted the whistleblower report to Congress. www.cbsnews.com/news/intelli...
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This would be akin to President Biden speaking to the FBI agents right before they searched Mar-a-Lago. I'm sure Republicans would have been totally fine with that.
Breaking NYT:
Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard met with some of the FBI field agents responsible for the Georgia election office raid.
During the meeting, she called Trump.
Trump addressed the agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising them for their work on the inquiry.
Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard met with some of the FBI field agents responsible for the Georgia election office raid.
During the meeting, she called Trump.
Trump addressed the agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising them for their work on the inquiry.
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This would be akin to President Biden speaking to the FBI agents right before they searched Mar-a-Lago. I'm sure Republicans would have been totally fine with that.