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Kinda weird that Elon is promoting Grok giving empirically less useful answers. All the others explain the context and the different viewpoints. Whereas Grok is trained to be "here's the bigot's view only."
February 18, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Kinda weird that Elon is promoting Grok giving empirically less useful answers. All the others explain the context and the different viewpoints. Whereas Grok is trained to be "here's the bigot's view only."
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Latest: The U.S. military says it killed 11 more people overnight in strikes on boats it suspects of drug smuggling at sea, this time bombing targets on both sides of the Panama Canal.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
February 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Latest: The U.S. military says it killed 11 more people overnight in strikes on boats it suspects of drug smuggling at sea, this time bombing targets on both sides of the Panama Canal.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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Teenager mit Schnapsgürteln, blutende Kölschglas-Schnitte, immer wieder Kreislaufprobleme: Der Malteser Hilfsdienst leistet Erste Hilfe im Kölner Karneval. Protokoll einer verregneten Schicht.
Rosenmontag in Köln: Wie Sanitäter von den Maltesern Zuhälter, Soldatinnen und die Freiheitsstatue behandeln.
Teenager mit Schnapsgürteln, blutende Kölschglas-Schnitte, immer wieder Kreislaufprobleme: Der Malteser Hilfsdienst leistet Erste Hilfe im Kölner Karneval. Protokoll einer verregneten Schicht.
www.spiegel.de
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Teenager mit Schnapsgürteln, blutende Kölschglas-Schnitte, immer wieder Kreislaufprobleme: Der Malteser Hilfsdienst leistet Erste Hilfe im Kölner Karneval. Protokoll einer verregneten Schicht.
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It's Stephen Colbert versus CBS lawyers – another sign of the Trump admin's intensifying pressure against broadcast TV networks – and we're covering it on CNN 📺 now, on cable and streaming, where FCC rules do not apply www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/m...
Colbert says CBS scrapped his James Talarico interview after Trump FCC’s threats | CNN Business
Stephen Colbert taped a “Late Show” interview with James Talarico, a candidate in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, on Monday. But CBS lawyers intervened before the interview could air on TV.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It's Stephen Colbert versus CBS lawyers – another sign of the Trump admin's intensifying pressure against broadcast TV networks – and we're covering it on CNN 📺 now, on cable and streaming, where FCC rules do not apply www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/m...
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Während Deutschland noch über die Wehrpflicht debattiert, ist sie in Nordeuropa längst normal. Und zwar für Frauen und Männer. Vier junge Menschen erklären, warum sie an der Waffe dienen – und sich über die Deutschen wundern.
Was Deutschland von Nordeuropa beim Wehrdienst lernen kann: »Wenn Gefahr droht, schaut ihr weg«
Während Deutschland noch über die Wehrpflicht debattiert, ist sie in Nordeuropa längst normal. Und zwar für Frauen und Männer. Vier junge Menschen erklären, warum sie an der Waffe dienen – und sich über die Deutschen wundern.
www.spiegel.de
February 17, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Während Deutschland noch über die Wehrpflicht debattiert, ist sie in Nordeuropa längst normal. Und zwar für Frauen und Männer. Vier junge Menschen erklären, warum sie an der Waffe dienen – und sich über die Deutschen wundern.
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After the Irish citizen detained by ICE for months despite having a work & residence permit, this is another report of US authorities turning against EU citizen living in the US, in this case from Poland.
Over 2,000 Polish citizens have received formal orders to leave the United States.
Poles living in the U.S. say they are increasingly worried about being arrested or deported under President Donald Trump’s strict new immigration policy.
Poles living in the U.S. say they are increasingly worried about being arrested or deported under President Donald Trump’s strict new immigration policy.
February 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
After the Irish citizen detained by ICE for months despite having a work & residence permit, this is another report of US authorities turning against EU citizen living in the US, in this case from Poland.
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Die AfD wird von Vorwürfen um Filz und Vetternwirtschaft erschüttert. Nun eskaliert der interne Konflikt, ein Bundestagsabgeordneter soll aus der rechtsextremen Partei fliegen. Dort wächst die Wut.
Filz und Vetternwirtschaft beschäftigen die AfD
Die AfD wird von Vorwürfen um Filz und Vetternwirtschaft erschüttert. Nun eskaliert der interne Konflikt, ein Bundestagsabgeordneter soll aus der rechtsextremen Partei fliegen. Dort wächst die Wut.
www.spiegel.de
February 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Die AfD wird von Vorwürfen um Filz und Vetternwirtschaft erschüttert. Nun eskaliert der interne Konflikt, ein Bundestagsabgeordneter soll aus der rechtsextremen Partei fliegen. Dort wächst die Wut.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump, his aides and many of his supporters haven’t purged contempt from our politics. They’ve mainstreamed it. Purified it. Industrialized it. It’s their push-a-button pushback against everyone who challenges them,” argues Frank Bruni.
“Trump, his aides and many of his supporters haven’t purged contempt from our politics. They’ve mainstreamed it. Purified it. Industrialized it. It’s their push-a-button pushback against everyone who challenges them,” argues Frank Bruni.
Opinion | Pam Bondi and the MAGA Brand of Insult Politics
Insult everyone. Answer for nothing.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump, his aides and many of his supporters haven’t purged contempt from our politics. They’ve mainstreamed it. Purified it. Industrialized it. It’s their push-a-button pushback against everyone who challenges them,” argues Frank Bruni.
“Trump, his aides and many of his supporters haven’t purged contempt from our politics. They’ve mainstreamed it. Purified it. Industrialized it. It’s their push-a-button pushback against everyone who challenges them,” argues Frank Bruni.
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AfD-Leute wie Björn Höcke benutzen »Simson«-Mopeds, um eine Art ostdeutschen »Way of Life« zu beschwören. Nun wehren sich die Nachfahren der jüdischen Simson-Gründer gegen die »Verhöhnung unserer Geschichte«.
»Wir empfinden jegliche Verbindung mit der AfD als als eine Beleidigung unseres Namens«
AfD-Leute wie Björn Höcke benutzen »Simson«-Mopeds, um eine Art ostdeutschen »Way of Life« zu beschwören. Nun wehren sich die Nachfahren der jüdischen Simson-Gründer gegen die »Verhöhnung unserer Geschichte«.
www.spiegel.de
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
AfD-Leute wie Björn Höcke benutzen »Simson«-Mopeds, um eine Art ostdeutschen »Way of Life« zu beschwören. Nun wehren sich die Nachfahren der jüdischen Simson-Gründer gegen die »Verhöhnung unserer Geschichte«.
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Das Ministerium hat Google, Meta und Co. laut »New York Times« Hunderte Auskunftsanforderungen geschickt, um Daten von Nutzern zu erhalten, die die Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde ICE kritisieren. Die Konzerne kamen einigen Anfragen nach.
Homeland Security jagt ICE-Kritiker in sozialen Netzwerken
Das Ministerium hat Google, Meta und Co. laut »New York Times« Hunderte Auskunftsanforderungen geschickt, um Daten von Nutzern zu erhalten, die die Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde ICE kritisieren. Die Konzerne kamen einigen Anfragen nach.
www.spiegel.de
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Das Ministerium hat Google, Meta und Co. laut »New York Times« Hunderte Auskunftsanforderungen geschickt, um Daten von Nutzern zu erhalten, die die Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde ICE kritisieren. Die Konzerne kamen einigen Anfragen nach.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Sie feiern zusammen, aber machen sie auch gemeinsame Geschäfte? Recherchen zu Jens Spahns früherer Luxusvilla in Berlin führen zum Milliardär Christian Angermayer – und zu einem bemerkenswerten Dokument.
Jens Spahn und seine Villa am Attersee: Neues Dokument zur Angermayer-Verbindung
Sie feiern zusammen, aber machen sie auch gemeinsame Geschäfte? Recherchen zu Jens Spahns früherer Luxusvilla in Berlin führen zum Milliardär Christian Angermayer – und zu einem bemerkenswerten Dokument.
www.spiegel.de
February 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Sie feiern zusammen, aber machen sie auch gemeinsame Geschäfte? Recherchen zu Jens Spahns früherer Luxusvilla in Berlin führen zum Milliardär Christian Angermayer – und zu einem bemerkenswerten Dokument.
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From @theathletic.com: The Olympics’ store has sold out of the T-shirt that features artwork from the 1936 Berlin Games, which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used to promote their antisemitic and racist regime.
Olympic store sells out of controversial T-shirt promoting Adolf Hitler’s 1936 Games
An IOC spokesperson said they "acknowledge the historical issues of 'Nazi propaganda'" related to the Berlin competition.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
From @theathletic.com: The Olympics’ store has sold out of the T-shirt that features artwork from the 1936 Berlin Games, which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used to promote their antisemitic and racist regime.
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A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. Southern Command said, raising the death toll in the Trump administration’s five-month-old campaign against suspected drug smugglers at sea to 133.
New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean
The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. Southern Command said, raising the death toll in the Trump administration’s five-month-old campaign against suspected drug smugglers at sea to 133.
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Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Interestingly, in England teenagers can technically self consent to receive the HPV vaccine. But this isn't common knowledge.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
![For optimal benefit, the preferred age for HPV vaccination is before sexual debut, and the schools-based vaccination programme in England is predominantly administered in Year 8 when students are aged 12–13 years. In England the legal framework allows adolescents to be vaccinated without parental consent if they are assessed as Gillick competent (believed to have enough intelligence, competence and understanding to fully appreciate what is involved in their medical treatment) [5] but written parental consent is usually sought [6]. Immunisation nurses and school staff have shown reluctance to allow girls to self-consent to HPV vaccination [7], [8], [9] and a qualitative systematic review and evidence synthesis found, in a schools-based setting, the requirement for written parental consent presented the greatest barrier to accessing of the vaccine for some young women [10].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreicrnhcmfhtegwfddjxieds55aq7yt5lpmvnkdz7ztohpclk7wy5se@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Interestingly, in England teenagers can technically self consent to receive the HPV vaccine. But this isn't common knowledge.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.
Kristi Noem’s Audience of One
The DHS secretary is suddenly talking about more than just mass deportations.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.
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DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Kanzler Merz sprach auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz über die Verwerfungen zwischen den USA und Europa und warb für einen Neustart. So ordnen internationale Medien seine Rede ein.
Pressestimmen zur Merz-Rede auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz: »Deutschland entdeckt die Machtpolitik für sich«
Kanzler Merz sprach auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz über die Verwerfungen zwischen den USA und Europa und warb für einen Neustart. So ordnen internationale Medien seine Rede ein.
www.spiegel.de
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Kanzler Merz sprach auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz über die Verwerfungen zwischen den USA und Europa und warb für einen Neustart. So ordnen internationale Medien seine Rede ein.
Digital Independence Day
di.day
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
FLASH: ICE says 2 of its officers are under investigation for apparently lying about Jan. 14 incident in Minneapolis where officer shot immigrant. DOJ abruptly dropped charges yday w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting
Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
