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‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 23, 2026 ~ Optimism bias

"A large majority of the experts – 80% – said large-scale violence caused by a food crisis was possible in the next 50 years, with 40% saying it could occur within the next decade..."

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Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

People's State of the Union alternative watch 8:30 p.m. est

Infographic: 40 to 50% of US Air power has been deployed in preparation of Iran strikes.

Bot activism: AI powered "Grassroots campaigns" for digital astroturfing. Non- paywalled article here: archive.is/ZYbjG

ANALYSIS | Once again, B.C. NDP frames budget as a ‘balance,’ but this time with more red ink | CBC News Some B.C. budgets have big spending announcements, tax cuts, or bold new directions that inspire excited press releases from different partisans or stakeholders. The 2026 budget wasn't one of them.

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Budget 2026 deepens austerity on climate and environment Despite claims about ‘securing B.C.’s future’, provincial budget passes the buck on protecting biodiversity and fighting climate changeVICTORIA/UNCEDED lək̓ʷəŋən TERRITORIES — Wilderness Committee is ...

Wilderness Committee: NDP minimizing investments in climate action. Even the wildfire budget is underestimated.

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BC Budget Brings a Record Deficit and No Big Changes | The Tyee ‘This is not an austerity budget,’ says Finance Minister Brenda Bailey.

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The NDP budget is 'flirting with austerity'...

it "forecasts a record $13.3-billion deficit...From the 2023 fiscal year, with its $5-billion deficit, until the 2028 fiscal year, the government plans six big deficits totalling more than $60 billion."

Margaret Killjoy reads her classic essay, "The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life". With text transcript.

a country of ghosts by margaret killjoy.

fourth book of the year finished.

if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.

thank you, @margaret.bsky.social

Lunar New Year, Fat Tuesday, Ramadan and Lent happening at the same time Four holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up. This doesn't occur very often.

Happy Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, Ramadan and Lent - all happening today.

Revisiting this bit.

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Republican 'family values'

Epstein The Switchboard Operator

4) "funded the AI and cryptographic research now deployed by central banks, and placed personnel into the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, NHS Digital, and Goldman Sachs.”
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Epstein The Switchboard Operator

3) "..., and the President of the UN General Assembly — who had designed the impact investing vehicle with JPMorgan’s most senior executives, specified the tokenised digital currency architecture to Summers, pitched sovereign digital currency to Dubai’s ruler..."

Epstein The Switchboard Operator

2) "...in regular correspondence with a former US Treasury Secretary, a former White House Counsel, a former Israeli Prime Minister, a former European Commissioner for Trade, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee..."

Epstein The Switchboard Operator

Follow the money. This is what Epstein was all about: "seated on the board of Rockefeller University, admitted to the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, embedded across three branches of the Rothschild dynasty..."

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Epstein as operator: a simply stunning exposition of the architecture of his brokerage.

“A cooperating Epstein...would have been the routing table documenting itself — every introduction, every strategic instruction, every intelligence flow, every career he sequenced, every deal he blocked"

Welcome The Stranger: Mamdani releases a public safety order.

Not what Stephen Harper would say.

Surveillance State: "This kind of face recognition feature would require the company to collect a faceprint from every person who steps into view of the camera-equipped glasses to find a match. Meta cannot possibly obtain consent from everyone—especially bystanders who are not Meta users."

"Disaster Industrial Complex": The Homeland Security secretary and others warn that consultants are slowing recovery projects potentially to “maximize billable hours.”

OpenAI’s president Greg Brockman and his wife Anna gave $25M to MAGA Inc— and $25 million to a bipartisan AI super PAC, Leading the Future, which plans to oppose politicians that jeopardize Americans’ “ability to benefit from AI.” The Brockmans pledged to give $25M to Leading the Future in 2026