I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
I have noticed that polarization, too, but I hope that the board knows what it has it mind as a replacement. The NY Times article said they wanted innovation - but that is often easier to say than to define. Nelsons had a busy schedule, but the best are always in demand.
His Shostakovich cycle with the BSO quickly became my favorite. Sheer brilliance. And all we get is “not aligned with future direction” or some such corporate-sounding nonsense. WTH is the board up to? Who do they have in mind who is better?
Screenshot of an X post by Rapid Response 47 quoting Secretary Rubio saying the president made a wise decision based on expectations of Israeli action and possible retaliation against American forces. Below is a Fox News video still showing Marco Rubio speaking to reporters near a staircase, with microphones in front of him and a “LIVE” graphic.
Read this carefully and assess who is really calling the shots.
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
Honestly a more impressive move would have been covering the missed income of transgender drivers now out of a job
Welp
Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed oceans to flee unimaginable violence, only to die here — where he should have been safe.
The cruelty is endless.
The screenshot of the release notes reads: A new version of TeX Live Utility is available! TeX Live Utility 1.55 is now available-you have 1.54. Would you like to download it now? Release Notes: Changes Since 1.54 • Fix bug 137, homepage link in Help Book. • First release in a long time, since I don't use TeX anymore and resent the very idea of paying Apple annually for the privilege of giving away free and open-source software. Also, I'm really lazy. Please accept my apologies for all the annoying issues you've encountered in this mission-critical software. • Updated mirror list, which was three years out of date. • Added missing legacy mirrors, which was even more out of date. • Added an alert on startup when user tries Homebrew's lobotomized MacTex, because those lunatics left timgr but removed its database. Thanks for nothing, guys. Bug 142 and 144. • Use a custom user-agent to work around the Anubis bot trap on texlive.info. Can't wait to see what else breaks because of this, thanks to the profusion of degenerate Artificial Insemination fetishists scraping websites to feed their models. • Lists of countries in Repository/Continent are now sorted. No idea how you people let me get away with that one for the last fifteen years.
There's a "is anyone even reading this" sort of honesty you get in the software update release notes from a project that's been around for a long time.
Genocide, or at least the attempt. I read an article a couple of weeks ago that said what is being done to trans people looks like the early stages of genocide.
Easy to use, indeed. Took less than a minute to donate. Hard to believe the 21st century would see the rebirth of the Underground Railroad, yet here we are. @sabsvp.bsky.social take a look.
The only point is deliberate cruelty. Sickening.
Ukraine’s flag flying over Whitehall, London.
4 years ago, putin ordered a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, a peaceful, democratic neighbor. Ukraine still deserves and needs our help! #standwithukraine 🇺🇦
Love Spanberger, but no. You lose your moral high ground if you start with cost of living. “Everything he claims is a lie, and you know that. Look at your gas prices. You know his claims aren’t true. But the problem that faces us today is one of saving democracy itself. …” 1/
Disgusting display by the US men's hockey team as they laugh along with a violent misogynist as he mocks the women's team. No solidarity among Olympians with these guys.
I heard (not confirmed) that Turner Classic Movies is showing “Gaslight” tonight.
A large blank place where an image would go. Tiny text reads “stay in the know.” There is no idea what we will know about.
It’s a lot easier to stay in the know when emailers don’t rely solely on images. Text works too, you know. And even then, put alt text in the image. Real alt text.
[image: a photo of a large blank screen, with tiny text reading “stay in the know” tucked way up in the upper left corner.]
Now I’m even more intrigued!
I have been meaning to get to that series. Hmm. I would ask how, but no - let me find out on my own. I suspect it has something to do with gravity?
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
Epstein survivors are sharing the most important ad you’ll see today. Please watch. Trump and his administration are trying to cover up this scandal, but we are not moving on from it.
Replaced by a finance person, not a journalist. Things aren’t going to get better. If I hadn’t cancelled my subscription a year ago, I would now.
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In this diminished form, I suspect the Post going forward will be political news, pro-Trump editorials, and little else. And that's really sad—for all of us. trib.al/tGSpjSJ
Democracy dies when billionaires find it inconvenient.
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
There is life after Twitter. I cancelled my account quite some time ago and haven’t missed it.
History is being erased.
