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Wednesday, February 25, 2026


In the last few months, everyone on this thread will have read or heard someone saying something along the lines of “AI will take every job” or "UBI is coming to rescue us, we won't have to work ever again"I think it’s time we put science into the facts and think this through from an economist perspective (an European one) and not from the perspective of a handful of American tech nerds (and billionaires) who believe they understand how national treasuries are actually run.FYI I made ChatGPT do the typing and turn my thoughts below into actual sentences (including this one).________1. Modern countries run on tax payers. In the UK we all pay: Income tax, national insurance, VAT, payroll taxes. And we all should know that it is that money that funds our:-Defence-Police and security-Healthcare-Pensions-Infrastructure-Education-Welfare-CourtsNow, if you wipe out most jobs with AI, who exactly is paying for all of this?UK tax receipts = 40% of GDP. The majority of that comes FROM YOU. It does NOT come from corporations.Here's the biggest tax revenue contributors:1.Income tax £300bn+2.National Insurance ~£170bn3.VAT ~£160bn4.Corporation tax ~£90–100bnCorporation tax is only about 8–10% of total tax revenue. 4% of our GDP. Is that corporation tax what’s going to fund your UBI when we stop paying £300bn in income tax, plus National Insurance and VAT? Obviously not.I know you’ll say “just increase corporate tax,” right? Well, to replace those lost revenues purely through corporation tax, you’d need to multiply corporate tax receipts roughly 4–5 times.But here’s where reality kicks in.Money/ investment /profits are all mobile. If one country such as the UK massively hikes corporate tax to plug that gap, companies don’t just sit here and accept it. They move investment. They shift profits. They build data centres somewhere else. If we tried to heavily tax every corporation that adopted AI to close the gap they left with the loss of our tax payers **we'd simply end up with: -less investment from those companies (they'd go elsewhere)-less growth as a result-fewer jobs as a result -and ironically less tax**AND...an obvious contradiction nobody really answers:AI is supposed to cut costs and increase output.If the answer is for governments to heavily tax corporations to replace lost worker taxes, you’re just re-adding costs again and killing the incentive. You’re undoing the savings automation created. It kind of defeats the whole point. So from an economist POV, taxes to fund UBI will simply NEVER happen. It's an idea of as few lunatics like Elon Musk who seem to forget that capitalist billionaires don't like funding public welfare, they go Monaco, they go to Dubai, they go anywhere where they don't have to use their profits to fund your UBI. 2. The world isn't just America (or the UK). Let's zoom out to Europe.If France suddenly had 15–20% unemployment because AI wiped out jobs, that wouldn’t stay inside France. It would ripple and hit Germany. It would hit the UK. It would hit Poland.If Germany’s industrial base got hollowed out, supply chains across Europe would feel it immediately. Germany isn’t just another country, it’s the backbone of a lot of European industry.If Germany's economy weakened badly and couldn’t fund itself properly (eg. defence), do you think France and the UK would just ignore their fiscal time bomb too and say "NOT MY PROBLEM" ?These countries are economically and strategically tied together through trade, supply chains and defence. France, Germany and the UK wouldn’t just sit there and watch each others economies get wrecked by uncontrolled AI-driven unemployment. They know the moment ones starts spiralling, they all get hit next. Do you think Poland would allow AI deployment in exchange for weakening and tanking it's economy right in front of Russian eyes?NO! It will never happen.Here's what will happen: if unemployment starts going sustained double digits and tax receipts fall off a cliff, governments will not “let the market decide”. They’ll step in — pause or ban AI deployments, slap on emergency regulation, restrict certain use-cases, or even temporarily ban parts of it until the labour market stabilises. They’ve already shown in COVID they can hit the big red button when they think society is at risk. Same logic applies here.No government willingly lets itself become underfunded and fiscally unstable. That’s how you get thrown out of power.When pensions get shaky, healthcare gets rationed, defence budgets shrink and unemployment explodes, voters don’t shrug. They revolt at the ballot box. And when mainstream governments lose control of the economy, populists step in promising to “restore order” or “protect workers” or “take back control”.No ruling party is going to calmly oversee its own collapse while saying “well, the market decided”.They’ll protect the tax base. They’ll protect employment levels. They’ll protect fiscal stability. Not because they’re altruistic — but because political survival depends on it.So the idea that governments will just allow mass job destruction, watch revenues collapse, weaken themselves strategically and then hope UBI funded by corporate tax magically saves everything… that’s fantasy.States protect themselves. Politicians protect their power. And when stability is threatened, intervention always follows.3. The uncomfortable truth:Russia and China are widely seen as threats in the western world, right ? Well, when it comes to AI, they could end up being some of the biggest beneficiaries of aggressive automation.Why?Because of their heavy state ownership and strong state control over key industries, their profits don’t escape to an offshore island like ours. If AI massively increases their productivity inside state-backed or government funded firms, the gains flow back toward their government automatically.There’s no billionaire relocating from China to Dubai to avoid tax like they do here. There’s no giant shareholder base moving capital around globally quite like Western firms. There’s less reliance on personal income tax as the core pillar of the system.If AI boosts output there, the state captures a large chunk of the upside directly. That can then be redirected into defence, infrastructure, public spend, whatever the state prioritises.Meanwhile, Western economies rely heavily on wages and income tax. If wages disappear too fast, the fiscal model cracks. And once it cracks, everything else starts wobbling.That’s why this isn’t just a “tech disruption” story. It’s structural.Western governments are not going to allow uncontrolled AI deployment to hollow out their employment base while geopolitical rivals potentially strengthen theirs.Not with an active war in Europe. Not with defence budgets rising. Not with economies deeply interconnected.4. Remember the bottom line will never change:Companies need consumers. Consumers need income. Income generates tax. Tax funds the state.Remove one pillar and the whole thing gets unstable real fast.This isn’t some movie where all jobs vanish and everything magically balances itself out.AI won’t collapse every job market at once. It’ll hit unevenly. And the first major economy that sees real fiscal strain will pull the brakes — and others will follow.No tax base = no state.No state = no stability.No stability = vulnerability.And no major European power is willingly walking into that situation.I’m open to debating all of this, even the idea of a new economic model, but I don’t find it very probable. Yes, these countries cooperate on trade and defence, but they still protect their own political interests first. Europe isn’t one unified system — it’s monarchies, prime ministers, presidents, and on its edge authoritarian regimes like Russia and Belarus. Every government answers to its own voters (or power structure), so political survival will always come before experimental economic theory. via /r/ArtificialInteligence https://ift.tt/fbtjDxU

In the last few months, everyone on this thread will have read or heard someone saying something along the lines of “AI will take every job” or "UBI is coming to rescue us, we won't have to work ever again"

I think it’s time we put science into the facts and think this through from an economist perspective (an European one) and not from the perspective of a handful of American tech nerds (and billionaires) who believe they understand how national treasuries are actually run.

FYI I made ChatGPT do the typing and turn my thoughts below into actual sentences (including this one).

________ 1. Modern countries run on tax payers.

In the UK we all pay: Income tax, national insurance, VAT, payroll taxes. And we all should know that it is that money that funds our:

-Defence -Police and security -Healthcare -Pensions -Infrastructure -Education -Welfare -Courts

Now, if you wipe out most jobs with AI, who exactly is paying for all of this?

UK tax receipts = 40% of GDP. The majority of that comes FROM YOU. It does NOT come from corporations.

Here's the biggest tax revenue contributors:

1.Income tax £300bn+
2.National Insurance ~£170bn
3.VAT ~£160bn
4.Corporation tax ~£90–100bn

Corporation tax is only about 8–10% of total tax revenue. 4% of our GDP.

Is that corporation tax what’s going to fund your UBI when we stop paying £300bn in income tax, plus National Insurance and VAT? Obviously not.

I know you’ll say “just increase corporate tax,” right?

Well, to replace those lost revenues purely through corporation tax, you’d need to multiply corporate tax receipts roughly 4–5 times.

But here’s where reality kicks in.

Money/ investment /profits are all mobile. If one country such as the UK massively hikes corporate tax to plug that gap, companies don’t just sit here and accept it. They move investment. They shift profits. They build data centres somewhere else.

If we tried to heavily tax every corporation that adopted AI to close the gap they left with the loss of our tax payers **we'd simply end up with:

-less investment from those companies (they'd go elsewhere) -less growth as a result -fewer jobs as a result -and ironically less tax**

AND...an obvious contradiction nobody really answers:

AI is supposed to cut costs and increase output. If the answer is for governments to heavily tax corporations to replace lost worker taxes, you’re just re-adding costs again and killing the incentive. You’re undoing the savings automation created. It kind of defeats the whole point. So from an economist POV, taxes to fund UBI will simply NEVER happen. It's an idea of as few lunatics like Elon Musk who seem to forget that capitalist billionaires don't like funding public welfare, they go Monaco, they go to Dubai, they go anywhere where they don't have to use their profits to fund your UBI.

2. The world isn't just America (or the UK). Let's zoom out to Europe.

If France suddenly had 15–20% unemployment because AI wiped out jobs, that wouldn’t stay inside France. It would ripple and hit Germany. It would hit the UK. It would hit Poland. If Germany’s industrial base got hollowed out, supply chains across Europe would feel it immediately. Germany isn’t just another country, it’s the backbone of a lot of European industry.

If Germany's economy weakened badly and couldn’t fund itself properly (eg. defence), do you think France and the UK would just ignore their fiscal time bomb too and say "NOT MY PROBLEM" ?

These countries are economically and strategically tied together through trade, supply chains and defence. France, Germany and the UK wouldn’t just sit there and watch each others economies get wrecked by uncontrolled AI-driven unemployment. They know the moment ones starts spiralling, they all get hit next. Do you think Poland would allow AI deployment in exchange for weakening and tanking it's economy right in front of Russian eyes?

NO! It will never happen.

Here's what will happen: if unemployment starts going sustained double digits and tax receipts fall off a cliff, governments will not “let the market decide”. They’ll step in — pause or ban AI deployments, slap on emergency regulation, restrict certain use-cases, or even temporarily ban parts of it until the labour market stabilises. They’ve already shown in COVID they can hit the big red button when they think society is at risk. Same logic applies here.

No government willingly lets itself become underfunded and fiscally unstable. That’s how you get thrown out of power.

When pensions get shaky, healthcare gets rationed, defence budgets shrink and unemployment explodes, voters don’t shrug. They revolt at the ballot box. And when mainstream governments lose control of the economy, populists step in promising to “restore order” or “protect workers” or “take back control”.

No ruling party is going to calmly oversee its own collapse while saying “well, the market decided”. They’ll protect the tax base. They’ll protect employment levels. They’ll protect fiscal stability. Not because they’re altruistic — but because political survival depends on it.

So the idea that governments will just allow mass job destruction, watch revenues collapse, weaken themselves strategically and then hope UBI funded by corporate tax magically saves everything… that’s fantasy.

States protect themselves. Politicians protect their power. And when stability is threatened, intervention always follows.

3. The uncomfortable truth:

Russia and China are widely seen as threats in the western world, right ? Well, when it comes to AI, they could end up being some of the biggest beneficiaries of aggressive automation.

Why?

Because of their heavy state ownership and strong state control over key industries, their profits don’t escape to an offshore island like ours. If AI massively increases their productivity inside state-backed or government funded firms, the gains flow back toward their government automatically.

There’s no billionaire relocating from China to Dubai to avoid tax like they do here. There’s no giant shareholder base moving capital around globally quite like Western firms. There’s less reliance on personal income tax as the core pillar of the system.

If AI boosts output there, the state captures a large chunk of the upside directly. That can then be redirected into defence, infrastructure, public spend, whatever the state prioritises.

Meanwhile, Western economies rely heavily on wages and income tax. If wages disappear too fast, the fiscal model cracks. And once it cracks, everything else starts wobbling. That’s why this isn’t just a “tech disruption” story. It’s structural.

Western governments are not going to allow uncontrolled AI deployment to hollow out their employment base while geopolitical rivals potentially strengthen theirs.

Not with an active war in Europe. Not with defence budgets rising. Not with economies deeply interconnected.

4. Remember the bottom line will never change:

Companies need consumers. Consumers need income. Income generates tax. Tax funds the state. Remove one pillar and the whole thing gets unstable real fast. This isn’t some movie where all jobs vanish and everything magically balances itself out. AI won’t collapse every job market at once. It’ll hit unevenly. And the first major economy that sees real fiscal strain will pull the brakes — and others will follow.

No tax base = no state. No state = no stability. No stability = vulnerability. And no major European power is willingly walking into that situation.

I’m open to debating all of this, even the idea of a new economic model, but I don’t find it very probable. Yes, these countries cooperate on trade and defence, but they still protect their own political interests first. Europe isn’t one unified system — it’s monarchies, prime ministers, presidents, and on its edge authoritarian regimes like Russia and Belarus. Every government answers to its own voters (or power structure), so political survival will always come before experimental economic theory.

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Monday, February 23, 2026


I have a personal relationship with the founder of a US startup that recently got $5m in seed funding, and he really wants me to move to the US to work with him.How does my profile look for an O-1A visa?> High Salary Or Remuneration:- I have a SWE job offer from a US startup for $180k and 2% equity vesting over 4 years.- I also have no college degree so my compensation is unusually high compared to industry norms.> Original Contributions of Major Significance:- I built the MVP for this startup (though as a contractor abroad) from zero up to the company getting $5m in seed funding from angel investors.> Leading or Critical Role for Distinguished Organizations:- Along with building the MVP, I also continue to design and architect the entire technical infrastructure for this startup.> Other things that might be useful?- I hold a “Business Manager” visa in Japan currently (equivalent to an E-2 in the US), which is rare and hard to get. In Japan, only 688 Americans and 167 Canadians have this visa. Perhaps this could serve as some sort of recognition from the Japanese government?- As a side project in high school, I built the website for Dogecoin (dogecoin.com) that was live from 2014 to 2022. Dogecoin is obviously related to Elon Musk nowadays, which could have some sway?- We will use an immigration lawyer of course.- Citizenship: Canadian. Also born in Canada too. I have no degree nor enough work experience however so the TN visa isn’t an option. via /r/O1VisasEB1Greencards https://ift.tt/Yn9CJaB

I have a personal relationship with the founder of a US startup that recently got $5m in seed funding, and he really wants me to move to the US to work with him.

How does my profile look for an O-1A visa?

> High Salary Or Remuneration:

- I have a SWE job offer from a US startup for $180k and 2% equity vesting over 4 years.

- I also have no college degree so my compensation is unusually high compared to industry norms.

> Original Contributions of Major Significance:

- I built the MVP for this startup (though as a contractor abroad) from zero up to the company getting $5m in seed funding from angel investors.

> Leading or Critical Role for Distinguished Organizations:

- Along with building the MVP, I also continue to design and architect the entire technical infrastructure for this startup.

> Other things that might be useful?

- I hold a “Business Manager” visa in Japan currently (equivalent to an E-2 in the US), which is rare and hard to get. In Japan, only 688 Americans and 167 Canadians have this visa. Perhaps this could serve as some sort of recognition from the Japanese government?

- As a side project in high school, I built the website for Dogecoin (dogecoin.com) that was live from 2014 to 2022. Dogecoin is obviously related to Elon Musk nowadays, which could have some sway?

- We will use an immigration lawyer of course.

- Citizenship: Canadian. Also born in Canada too. I have no degree nor enough work experience however so the TN visa isn’t an option.

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Sunday, February 22, 2026


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Saturday, February 21, 2026


Purtle's Internet Lineup for February 21st, 2026 6:47PMPics or Text:Episode 148 "Look at All the Upah!" This episode was cute, but the only way its premise even works is if you forget that Sanae could have just recalled the Upah into their Monster Balls at literally any time. https://ift.tt/y5vrHsl, 15 years ago this would be absurd as a new yorker, but at this point when people post shit it's like "yeah that's some good ass looking pizza". The tech has escaped, and we are a better world for it. https://ift.tt/pXYUFjy on Reddit used shaders and overlays to recreate the glare on a Game Boy Color screen. They even have a version that completely negates the backlight, making it hard to see on purpose. 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They raised their concerns but the company ultimately did nothing, according to the reporting. https://ift.tt/512fMZO Ridge shooter's ChatGPT activity flagged internally 7 months before tragedy. It was identified in June 2025 for "abuse and detection and enforcement efforts" - globalnews https://ift.tt/2tEpmYF Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago - wsj https://ift.tt/YuLwKVp OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago - apnews https://ift.tt/F8fnKJp A.I. 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Why US military's lobster, steak feast might be bad for Khamenei https://ift.tt/BcGs9Od Students Chant Anti-Government Slogans, Clash With Security Forces In Tehran - rferl https://ift.tt/IFqnUki president says Islamic Republic won't yield to international pressure as protests resurface - jpost https://ift.tt/HgrnOm6: 'Cuba's healthcare system is being pushed to the brink by US blockades,' says health minister - euronews https://ift.tt/kXICRZH situation:Researchers discovered a publicly exposed frontend on a government-authorized server, containing 2,456 accessible files from the age verification vendor used by Discord. https://ift.tt/AIj7SXb Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open - ibtimes https://ift.tt/3tC7qHO retracts intel reports that agency says failed to meet standards for political bias - cnn https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1rahj4w/cia_retracts_intel_reports_that_agency_says/[clip] James Talarico tells Lauren Boebert on how conservatives/republicans are doing the things that they accuse liberals/democrats of over the years https://old.reddit.com/r/UnderReportedNews/comments/1ran5iq/james_talarico_schools_lauren_boebert_on_how/[clip] Lauren Boebert wants the Ten Commandments to be required in schools, and James Talarico criticized her, saying it's hypocritical for politicians to make everyone display them when they don't follow them themselves. https://ift.tt/XrnP6do Mamdani, City to Probe Businesses Where Most Workers Take Zero Sick Days - thecity https://ift.tt/l30GqMX Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia--by Elon Musk - newrepublic https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1ravg6l/turns_out_there_was_voter_fraud_in_georgiaby_elon/[clip] Pope Leo sets aside the invitation to the July 4th, 250th celebration in the U.S. that Vance hands him. Vance: "The U.S. people are extremely excited about you." Pope Leo smirks and says, "Hmmm." The Pope chose to spend that day in Italy with migrants instead https://ift.tt/vJgYOso the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras - bloodinthemachine https://ift.tt/XaGAYeu Tech still dreams of mass surveillance -- now people are pushing back - salon https://ift.tt/m5FIwU7 candidate said he thinks sending Elon Musk to prison would benefit humanity. https://bsky.app/profile/sfgate.com/post/3mfdaoqdkbu2a[clip] Daquain Johnson Murder by Grand Rapids Police. Execution Style https://ift.tt/RUVItHj chair wants the Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem on the airwaves every day. Brendan Carr announced a campaign urging broadcasters "to air patriotic, pro-America programming in support of America's 250th Birthday - ew https://ift.tt/l8RASUV CEO Ted Sarandos Says James Cameron Is "Part of the Paramount Disinformation Campaign" on Warner Bros. Deal | Cameron had claimed that Netflix will ultimately renege on a pledge to keep Warner Bros. movies in theaters for 45 days. - hollywoodreporter https://ift.tt/zJkC0fi matter': Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air - theguardian https://ift.tt/4RY0LBq Department says interim US attorney is fired hours after Virginia judges appoint him to replace Trump loyalist - cnn https://ift.tt/07NYQDA revokes visas for Chilean minister, two officials over China cable plan - business-standard https://ift.tt/D6JYAi8 park releases 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises on Floreana to restore the ecosystem - apnews https://ift.tt/ZBp0KSr administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes - apnews https://ift.tt/az6gS8B warrant officers will 'bid' against each other for their next bonus - taskandpurpose https://ift.tt/AerFjf8 discover new dinosaur species deep in the Sahara Desert - abcnews https://ift.tt/IzFEcR5 House passes bill to rename West Palm Beach International Airport after Donald Trump - theguardian https://ift.tt/aYk21GK lawyer just filed papers to require him be paid licensing fees from any airport that uses his name. 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While simultaneously withholding funding that congress had already approved unless things were renamed in his honor. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/19/trump-penn-station-naming#:\~:text=Trump%20is%20now%20eyeing%20yet,Jersey%2C%20for%20his%20personal%20glorification.Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect - apnews https://ift.tt/e8m034T government pushes Syrians to return to their homeland - dw https://ift.tt/e8tdqzD. military says it struck another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 3 - nbcnews https://ift.tt/z7XxK5b Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA's largest research library. - lithub https://ift.tt/Gbj2xQc Olympics: [clip] after 49.5km klaebo bursts up the hill https://ift.tt/9WuwsQO Hosflot Klaebo wins his 6th gold of 6 possible and 11th total. https://ift.tt/grHowW7 gold medals a new Winter Olympics record set by Norway in a single olympicsNathan Chen and Alysa Liu: First U.S. figure skaters to win Olympic double gold https://ift.tt/8YGWXZ3 is Norway's 4th medal record in the last 3 Winter Olympics. 2018: Most medals (39) 2022: Most Golds (16) 2026: Most golds (18+) and Most Medals (40+) https://ift.tt/79BWzps klaebo was a country he would be in top 20 of all time for winter olympics[clip] last couple minutes of the mens 50km - Johannes Hosflot Klaebo wins 6 gold https://ift.tt/FQwqO2S Preuss and Dorothea Wierer arrive together as they retire from biathlon https://ift.tt/Aw6rfX8 Sellier says she's doing ok after serious short-track crash yesterday https://ift.tt/qzZ0tFs BERGSMA wins GOLD for Netherlands in Men's Mass Start Speed Skate https://ift.tt/HUJSI1s to Denmark only their second winter Olympic medal all time and first since Nagano! It was a silver medal in women's curling, won at the 1998 Nagano Games. [clip] 40-year old Jorrit Bergsma celebrating second gold medal in his career down the final stretch https://ift.tt/jiO0kxE Skater Alysa Liu at peak bliss https://ift.tt/SAzbrhQ thread https://ift.tt/u2CbnhW Winter Olympic medal for Denmark in 28 years https://old.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1rav2nb/first_winter_olympic_medal_for_denmark_in_28_years/[clip] Marijke Grounewoud says yes to proposal, after winning Gold at mass start https://ift.tt/dCDGk9a Sakamoto selected as Japan's flag bearer for Olympics closing ceremony https://ift.tt/ydxYGSk with his 6 golds https://ift.tt/gx4pR3y the on-ice figure skating cameraman https://ift.tt/sJjDhBt Olympics Competition related/Videos:Ice Cold Focus and Weird Warm-ups: Olympians prepare for Battle [2:06] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUo0sjAj0JUNetherlands FLY to first-ever men's relay speed skate medal [8:02] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSN0pF_qbpwEvery gold medal performance from Day 14 of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics [8:05] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Cm3nVtPdcTeam USA's Corinne Stoddard races to 1500m bronze [3:41] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVupLgCjXe0Best of Team USA from Day 14: Ferreira flying, Hockey cruises [8:07] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4SSPhO0Xe4'FULL BLOODED BURST': Klaebo earns historic 6-for-6 gold medal Games [8:03] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-h1uj0gcYItaly takes GOLD AND SILVER for its first men's ski cross medals [4:51] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnW-ke3Jw0USA dominates in mixed team aerials for BACK-TO-BACK gold [8:04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j0azqH0g58Jorrit Bergsma soars to HISTORIC men's mass start win [8:03] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0hDJhUaLoTeam USA's Mia Manganello hangs on for women's mass start bronze [8:04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYrsO8N4_MEAmber Glenn MESMERIZES in show-stopping exhibition gala skate [2:40] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3XtombSEpo6-for-6: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's LEGENDARY Winter Olympics [4:42] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xXYiO1s2UINolte repeats two-woman bob gold, USA's Humphries takes bronze [6:20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIWHRhIBRCYGold medalist Alysa Liu has a BLAST in the exhibition gala [3:03] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThU6LK8xEdECanada beats Britain for first men's curling gold since 2014 [8:03] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGix9pBU0UFrance's claims gold in THRILLING mixed relay debut [8:05] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSW4fPzRnAEOceane Michelon blazes past penalty to 12.5km biathlon podium [8:00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_N589Dn95k via /r/Purtle https://ift.tt/MB9Rh0q

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Friday, February 20, 2026


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Thursday, February 19, 2026


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Wednesday, February 18, 2026


https://ift.tt/gWBUaes, Feb 18, 2026 SummaryWildcard Desk: Two quirky highlights: Microsoft demonstrates a laser‑etched glass medium claimed to last 10,000 years, and a leaked Ring email reveals plans to morph doorbell cams into a neighborhood-wide search party.The headline story today is Meta’s expansion of its multiyear Nvidia deal to power hyperscale AI data centers with advanced GPUs. The pact deepens infrastructure ties and reshuffles the AI hardware landscape.Market-movingSaudi‑backed Humain invests 3 billion into xAI. This move injects deep-pocket capital into Elon Musk’s AI ambitions and signals sovereign-backed confidence as seen in this report.Quantonation closes 220M quantum and deep‑physics fund. Focused on bridging lab breakthroughs to industry, this fund signals aggressive capital deployment in breakthrough tech as detailed here.Platform riskMicrosoft Copilot bug exposes confidential emails. The inadvertent summarization of private emails underscores inherent risks in AI tools, outlined in this notice.Texas sues TP-Link over alleged security backdoors. Allegations of concealed China links and security flaws raise red flags for networking devices, as explained here.Strategic signalNvidia exits remaining Arm equity stake while keeping engineering ties. This strategic shift distances Nvidia from ownership yet preserves tech collaboration, as detailed in the report.Activist Starboard urges Riot to pivot into AI data centers. Leveraging power assets for AI hosting, the activist push reshapes strategy and boosts stock momentum, noted here.Product noiseAnthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with 1M‑token context window. Upgraded coding and agentic abilities tighten competition among AI models, as highlighted in this summary.Google unveils Pixel 10a with flat back and modest upgrades. A reinvigorated midrange handset with improved features rolls out as per the launch news. via /r/TechAfternoonReport https://ift.tt/gEuRnjA

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Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 Summary

Wildcard Desk: Two quirky highlights: Microsoft demonstrates a laser‑etched glass medium claimed to last 10,000 years, and a leaked Ring email reveals plans to morph doorbell cams into a neighborhood-wide search party.

The headline story today is Meta’s expansion of its multiyear Nvidia deal to power hyperscale AI data centers with advanced GPUs. The pact deepens infrastructure ties and reshuffles the AI hardware landscape.

Market-moving

  • Saudi‑backed Humain invests 3 billion into xAI. This move injects deep-pocket capital into Elon Musk’s AI ambitions and signals sovereign-backed confidence as seen in this report.
  • Quantonation closes 220M quantum and deep‑physics fund. Focused on bridging lab breakthroughs to industry, this fund signals aggressive capital deployment in breakthrough tech as detailed here.

Platform risk

  • Microsoft Copilot bug exposes confidential emails. The inadvertent summarization of private emails underscores inherent risks in AI tools, outlined in this notice.
  • Texas sues TP-Link over alleged security backdoors. Allegations of concealed China links and security flaws raise red flags for networking devices, as explained here.

Strategic signal

  • Nvidia exits remaining Arm equity stake while keeping engineering ties. This strategic shift distances Nvidia from ownership yet preserves tech collaboration, as detailed in the report.
  • Activist Starboard urges Riot to pivot into AI data centers. Leveraging power assets for AI hosting, the activist push reshapes strategy and boosts stock momentum, noted here.

Product noise

  • Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with 1M‑token context window. Upgraded coding and agentic abilities tighten competition among AI models, as highlighted in this summary.
  • Google unveils Pixel 10a with flat back and modest upgrades. A reinvigorated midrange handset with improved features rolls out as per the launch news.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026


An update from Senator Charlane Oliver The Boring Company — yes, Elon Musk’s tunnel company — is trying to lock in a $34 million, 40-year agreement at our airport with very little public accountability. And they’re hoping this slides through quietly.First: Wednesday, February 18 at 1:00pm — the Airport Authority Board is meeting at BNA to approve this 40-year agreement. Public comment sign-up is closed, but I will be there speaking in opposition — and your presence matters. When the room is full, power listens.Second: Thursday, February 19, at 4:30pm — there’s a special Metro Council Transportation & Infrastructure Committee meeting at the Metro Courthouse. The Boring Company will be presenting and taking questions. Let’s be clear: this meeting is only happening because Councilwoman Delishia Porterfield filed a resolution opposing this project. Community pressure works. The public can sign up to speak — and I encourage you to do so. via /r/nashville https://ift.tt/zMExnuQ

An update from Senator Charlane Oliver

The Boring Company — yes, Elon Musk’s tunnel company — is trying to lock in a $34 million, 40-year agreement at our airport with very little public accountability. And they’re hoping this slides through quietly.

First: Wednesday, February 18 at 1:00pm — the Airport Authority Board is meeting at BNA to approve this 40-year agreement. Public comment sign-up is closed, but I will be there speaking in opposition — and your presence matters. When the room is full, power listens.

Second: Thursday, February 19, at 4:30pm — there’s a special Metro Council Transportation & Infrastructure Committee meeting at the Metro Courthouse. The Boring Company will be presenting and taking questions. Let’s be clear: this meeting is only happening because Councilwoman Delishia Porterfield filed a resolution opposing this project. Community pressure works. The public can sign up to speak — and I encourage you to do so.

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Monday, February 16, 2026


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Saturday, February 14, 2026


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Tuesday, February 10, 2026


I learned today that Elon Musk has become the first person in history to surpass $800 billion in net worth, after SpaceX partnered with his artificial intelligence startup. via /r/u_GlitteringBadger9250 https://ift.tt/diApMT0

I learned today that Elon Musk has become the first person in history to surpass $800 billion in net worth, after SpaceX partnered with his artificial intelligence startup.

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Sunday, February 8, 2026


My parents (60m/49f) have always been conservative and very easily swayed by fear mongering. I (23ftm) don't know why I thought today would be any different...This is a bit of a vent. I'm new to this subreddit so I apologize if this doesn't fit here. I just don't know where else I can talk about this to people who'd understand my grief.For context, I had been excited to watch Green Day open for the Superbowl since I learned about it. My Dad is also into some of my music even though he clearly misses the fact the music is against his views... I came out into the living room to turn the TV to NBC just to find my mom asking Dad to find out what channel the alternative half time show was on. She had never been very internet conscious (besides Facebook) but she's a huge Trump supporter. I legitimately felt sick at the fact she fell so far down the pipeline that she actually knew about and preferred the turning point USA version. My Dad even defended it when I was not able to hide my disgust. I was too shaken up to properly explain why I was upset, not that they'd even care.But when I finally did got to see Green Day, I was worried they wouldn't be allowed to play American Idiot. I had finally calmed down and could just enjoy it, but afterwards My dad, faux savant that he is, couldn't help but point out that he couldn't believe that they got to play it and people actually cheered. He then looked at me and tried to mansplain the meaning behind the song to me as if his leftist punk kid wouldn't know...(He enjoyed the performance btw...)My father genuinely believes he is smarter than everyone else and feels the need to explain the depth of everything because obviously others can't understand it as deeply as he can. He claims he leans more towards independent then he does Republican but this is the same man that I had to argue with just to get him to not believe that nonsensical woman going around claiming Monster energy drinks are satanic like a decade ago.My mom on the other hand is legitimately undereducated and is incapable of understanding what she is even supporting. When Elon Musk did the N*zi salute, Dad and I learned that she legitimately did not know what a n*zi even was. Her pure ignorance on anything and everything is genuinely mind numbing at times. But she is too stubborn and bullheaded to change her mind on anything.I just feel so broken and lost anymore trying to even talk to them because they are so far gone. They only consume media they agree with and do not question their politicians, just those they disagree with. They raised me not to trust the government and that if the people have the right to overthrow the government if it becomes tyrannical...but they see no problem with what's going on. My mom is a mindless parrot and my Dad is too exhausted by everything in life to even care to actually educate himself.I've convinced myself many times in my deconstruction journey that I can at least get Dad to understand if I explain to to him properly...but I'm realizing just how far gone he is and it kills me. I have held onto hope for so long, but I'm losing it with every conversation.Bad Bunny has not played yet as of writing. I do not know if I will go watch the half time show, but either way I know my mother will be watching Kid Rock in her bedroom...I feel sick with the blatant hypocrisy they both are showing. I assume if I do go out there, it will just cause another argument. via /r/raisedbyconservatives https://ift.tt/T4D2Npl

My parents (60m/49f) have always been conservative and very easily swayed by fear mongering. I (23ftm) don't know why I thought today would be any different...This is a bit of a vent. I'm new to this subreddit so I apologize if this doesn't fit here. I just don't know where else I can talk about this to people who'd understand my grief.

For context, I had been excited to watch Green Day open for the Superbowl since I learned about it. My Dad is also into some of my music even though he clearly misses the fact the music is against his views... I came out into the living room to turn the TV to NBC just to find my mom asking Dad to find out what channel the alternative half time show was on. She had never been very internet conscious (besides Facebook) but she's a huge Trump supporter. I legitimately felt sick at the fact she fell so far down the pipeline that she actually knew about and preferred the turning point USA version. My Dad even defended it when I was not able to hide my disgust. I was too shaken up to properly explain why I was upset, not that they'd even care.

But when I finally did got to see Green Day, I was worried they wouldn't be allowed to play American Idiot. I had finally calmed down and could just enjoy it, but afterwards My dad, faux savant that he is, couldn't help but point out that he couldn't believe that they got to play it and people actually cheered. He then looked at me and tried to mansplain the meaning behind the song to me as if his leftist punk kid wouldn't know...(He enjoyed the performance btw...)

My father genuinely believes he is smarter than everyone else and feels the need to explain the depth of everything because obviously others can't understand it as deeply as he can. He claims he leans more towards independent then he does Republican but this is the same man that I had to argue with just to get him to not believe that nonsensical woman going around claiming Monster energy drinks are satanic like a decade ago.

My mom on the other hand is legitimately undereducated and is incapable of understanding what she is even supporting. When Elon Musk did the N*zi salute, Dad and I learned that she legitimately did not know what a n*zi even was. Her pure ignorance on anything and everything is genuinely mind numbing at times. But she is too stubborn and bullheaded to change her mind on anything.

I just feel so broken and lost anymore trying to even talk to them because they are so far gone. They only consume media they agree with and do not question their politicians, just those they disagree with.

They raised me not to trust the government and that if the people have the right to overthrow the government if it becomes tyrannical...but they see no problem with what's going on. My mom is a mindless parrot and my Dad is too exhausted by everything in life to even care to actually educate himself.

I've convinced myself many times in my deconstruction journey that I can at least get Dad to understand if I explain to to him properly...but I'm realizing just how far gone he is and it kills me. I have held onto hope for so long, but I'm losing it with every conversation.

Bad Bunny has not played yet as of writing. I do not know if I will go watch the half time show, but either way I know my mother will be watching Kid Rock in her bedroom...I feel sick with the blatant hypocrisy they both are showing. I assume if I do go out there, it will just cause another argument.

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Saturday, February 7, 2026


Good evening brothers and sisters. My name is TradeUnionistOhms, member #XXXXXXX. I've been meaning to make it to our meetings but life has gotten in the way the past few months so I apologize if there happenings I'm going to be asking about I'm not fully aware of.LU BM, and members of the board, I'd like to ask, and know, what is LU# doing to actively prevent Trump and his authoritarianism take over. Aside from endorsing Local Politician, what have we, as organized labor, as a union, been involved with to stop this fascist take over of our American government and our democracy?I'd like to ask the membership if we would be happy to promote anti-Trump and other adjacent protests on our billboard. It's time for the collective membership to stop pretending that work isn't political. However, the battle is top down, not left verse right. Unions were made for the workers, for the working class, for you and I, not for Elon Musk, Trump and his cronies.It's no coincidence that our out of work list is allegedly a two year wait, thank you tariffs and our unstable administration. Work is political. Yet again, the battle is top down, not left vs right. We swore an oath! It's time for LU# to enter this modern day class war if we haven't been active.On the first No Kings protest on June 14th, 2025 there were 5 million Americans that hit the streets, with foreign countries standing in solidarity with Americans, all over the world. "No Kings Round Two", October 18th. It's time for us to hit the streets again. I'd like LU# to put information on the billboard. We have a Bug at Local Recreational Center. We need the Bug on grassroots resistance organizations if we are serious about upholding our Constitution and Declaration of the IBEW. Indivisible and 50501 are organizations I'd like to see LU# cooperate with.*Pocket*This is the Constitution of the IBEW that we all swore an oath to. When we organize new members, under Art. 20, Section 4., page 66, Mr. LU President will read out the oath and have new members repeat it. We all know the one. "I, state your name, in the presence... Will bear true allegiance to it and will not sacrifice its interests in any manner"However, we never read out loud the Declaration. On the second page of our Constitution is the Declaration of the IBEW.Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security. We refuse, and will always refuse, to condone or tolerate dictatorship or oppression of any kind. We will find and expel from our midst any who might attempt to destroy, by subversion, all that we stand for.This Brotherhood will continue to oppose communism, Nazism, racism, sexism, fascism or any other subversive "ism.'We will support our God, our Nations, our Union. Our Declaration literally says, "Our cause is of human justice, human rights, human security. We reject fascism and Nazis... So what are we doing?Allegedly the regime is finally looking to take aim at US State with masked men with no identification after all the damage they've already caused. They've eroded our democracy and the Constitution of the United States of America. Children have died from the measles in the US for the first time in two decades. Remember in April ICE disguised themselves as union electricians; as us, down to our workboots, high vis vests and hard hats, to gain entry to homes in Arizona, under the guise of giving quotes?Trump and his regime are diametrically opposed ideologies to the Constitution and Declaration of the IBEW. The fascist kleptocracy is embarrassing the United States on a global platform. We're on government watchlists for human rights violations. By the Declaration on page 2 of your Constitution, our Constitution, they are actively spitting in the face of the Constitution of the IBEW and are actively sacrificing its interests, our interests."Human justice, human rights, and human security rights" are being violatedThe issue is, even those of us who are silent are unintentionally complicit... We swore an oath. By doing nothing we are still doing something. Our lack of action, our "inaction" is still a verb of "doing nothing"."The Brotherhood will continue to oppose, Nazism, racism, sexism, fascism"So again, LU BM and members of the board, what is LU# doing to actively stand against fascism? Again, besides endorsing politicians. The power is of the people. We are We the People. Or are we disrespecting our Constitution of the IBEW and sacrificing its interests in any manner by letting Nazis, racists, bigots and pedophiles exist in the White House?Drain the swamp, and grab 'em by the balls. via /r/MAGAtFreeIBEW https://ift.tt/FJTayBi

Good evening brothers and sisters. My name is TradeUnionistOhms, member #XXXXXXX. I've been meaning to make it to our meetings but life has gotten in the way the past few months so I apologize if there happenings I'm going to be asking about I'm not fully aware of.

LU BM, and members of the board, I'd like to ask, and know, what is LU# doing to actively prevent Trump and his authoritarianism take over. Aside from endorsing Local Politician, what have we, as organized labor, as a union, been involved with to stop this fascist take over of our American government and our democracy?

I'd like to ask the membership if we would be happy to promote anti-Trump and other adjacent protests on our billboard. It's time for the collective membership to stop pretending that work isn't political. However, the battle is top down, not left verse right. Unions were made for the workers, for the working class, for you and I, not for Elon Musk, Trump and his cronies.

It's no coincidence that our out of work list is allegedly a two year wait, thank you tariffs and our unstable administration. Work is political. Yet again, the battle is top down, not left vs right. We swore an oath! It's time for LU# to enter this modern day class war if we haven't been active.

On the first No Kings protest on June 14th, 2025 there were 5 million Americans that hit the streets, with foreign countries standing in solidarity with Americans, all over the world. "No Kings Round Two", October 18th. It's time for us to hit the streets again. I'd like LU# to put information on the billboard. We have a Bug at Local Recreational Center. We need the Bug on grassroots resistance organizations if we are serious about upholding our Constitution and Declaration of the IBEW. Indivisible and 50501 are organizations I'd like to see LU# cooperate with.

*Pocket*

This is the Constitution of the IBEW that we all swore an oath to. When we organize new members, under Art. 20, Section 4., page 66, Mr. LU President will read out the oath and have new members repeat it. We all know the one. "I, state your name, in the presence... Will bear true allegiance to it and will not sacrifice its interests in any manner"

However, we never read out loud the Declaration. On the second page of our Constitution is the Declaration of the IBEW.

Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security.

We refuse, and will always refuse, to condone or tolerate dictatorship or oppression of any kind.

We will find and expel from our midst any who might attempt to destroy, by subversion, all that we stand for.

This Brotherhood will continue to oppose communism, Nazism, racism, sexism, fascism or any other subversive "ism.'

We will support our God, our Nations, our Union.

Our Declaration literally says, "Our cause is of human justice, human rights, human security. We reject fascism and Nazis... So what are we doing?

Allegedly the regime is finally looking to take aim at US State with masked men with no identification after all the damage they've already caused. They've eroded our democracy and the Constitution of the United States of America. Children have died from the measles in the US for the first time in two decades. Remember in April ICE disguised themselves as union electricians; as us, down to our workboots, high vis vests and hard hats, to gain entry to homes in Arizona, under the guise of giving quotes?

Trump and his regime are diametrically opposed ideologies to the Constitution and Declaration of the IBEW. The fascist kleptocracy is embarrassing the United States on a global platform. We're on government watchlists for human rights violations. By the Declaration on page 2 of your Constitution, our Constitution, they are actively spitting in the face of the Constitution of the IBEW and are actively sacrificing its interests, our interests.

"Human justice, human rights, and human security rights" are being violated

The issue is, even those of us who are silent are unintentionally complicit... We swore an oath. By doing nothing we are still doing something. Our lack of action, our "inaction" is still a verb of "doing nothing".

"The Brotherhood will continue to oppose, Nazism, racism, sexism, fascism"

So again, LU BM and members of the board, what is LU# doing to actively stand against fascism? Again, besides endorsing politicians. The power is of the people. We are We the People. Or are we disrespecting our Constitution of the IBEW and sacrificing its interests in any manner by letting Nazis, racists, bigots and pedophiles exist in the White House?

Drain the swamp, and grab 'em by the balls.

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