David Harvey
@topladave.bsky.social
I am ever curious, always learning, silly, smart, and creative. I've been everything from a museum blacksmith to an archaeologist, historian, conservator, museum consultant, author, videographer, teacher of online courses. I have walked a wonderful path.
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Tech companies are racing to build thousands of huge data centers to power the A.I. revolution. To find the land they need, they are barreling into rural communities across the U.S. with the promise of good jobs. But not everyone is buying that pitch.
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When A.I. Comes to Town: The Backlash Over Data Centers
How one county in Indiana has reacted to artificial intelligence projects in its community.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Tech companies are racing to build thousands of huge data centers to power the A.I. revolution. To find the land they need, they are barreling into rural communities across the U.S. with the promise of good jobs. But not everyone is buying that pitch.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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Henrike Naumann, a German artist who was set to grab the global spotlight in May when she represented Germany at this year’s Venice Biennale, died on Saturday in Berlin — less than three months before the art event is scheduled to open. She was 41.
Henrike Naumann, Artist Set to Represent Germany at Venice Biennale, Dies at 41
Her death from cancer was the second sudden loss for this year’s edition. Naumann’s exhibition will still go ahead in May, according to a statement.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Henrike Naumann, a German artist who was set to grab the global spotlight in May when she represented Germany at this year’s Venice Biennale, died on Saturday in Berlin — less than three months before the art event is scheduled to open. She was 41.
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Dana Eden, a co-creator and producer of the Apple TV show “Tehran” was found dead on Sunday in Athens, where the show’s fourth season was being filmed, according to the Greek police.
Dana Eden, Co-Creator of ‘Tehran,’ Dies During Filming of Fourth Season
Ms. Eden, 52, who was also an executive producer of the Emmy-winning show, was found in a hotel room in Athens. Greek police said they did not suspect foul play.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Dana Eden, a co-creator and producer of the Apple TV show “Tehran” was found dead on Sunday in Athens, where the show’s fourth season was being filmed, according to the Greek police.
Trump's Concentration Camps.
Cases of measles cropped up in two centers for unauthorized immigrants in Arizona and Texas last month. They are almost 1,000 miles apart, yet the centers have one thing in common: They are operated by CoreCivic, a publicly traded detention company with a checkered track record.
Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor
Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Trump's Concentration Camps.
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From @theathletic.com: "Oh my goodness! I can't believe my eyes!"
Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima's wild backwards finish has become one of the most viral moments of the Winter Olympics. nyti.ms/3Or1tBh
Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima's wild backwards finish has become one of the most viral moments of the Winter Olympics. nyti.ms/3Or1tBh
February 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
From @theathletic.com: "Oh my goodness! I can't believe my eyes!"
Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima's wild backwards finish has become one of the most viral moments of the Winter Olympics. nyti.ms/3Or1tBh
Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima's wild backwards finish has become one of the most viral moments of the Winter Olympics. nyti.ms/3Or1tBh
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“Migration is the only way forward.” At a time when many governments in wealthy countries are working to keep immigrants out — even as central bankers and economists urge them to let more in — Spain is taking a different approach. nyti.ms/4aCbaV9
How Spain Is Carving a Different Path on Immigration
The country is hoping its new amnesty for undocumented immigrants will avoid a public backlash.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“Migration is the only way forward.” At a time when many governments in wealthy countries are working to keep immigrants out — even as central bankers and economists urge them to let more in — Spain is taking a different approach. nyti.ms/4aCbaV9
We'll still have our Clean Air Standards in California.
With the EPA killing the “endangerment finding,” the U.S. will have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient passenger vehicles should be. If the decision holds, it could increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of global climate change, by 10% over the next 30 years.
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say.
trib.al
February 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
We'll still have our Clean Air Standards in California.
R.I.P. Robert Duvall.
Breaking News: Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Monday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4azCjbb
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
R.I.P. Robert Duvall.
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From @theathletic.com: Undefeated Team USA, which has run through this women’s hockey tournament in spectacular and untested fashion so far, is heading to the Olympic gold medal game with another one-sided win.
Unbeaten USA women’s hockey team advances to Olympic gold medal game after rout of Sweden
Team USA continued their dominance in the semifinals, steamrolling Sweden. They'll face either Canada or Switzerland for gold on Thursday.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
From @theathletic.com: Undefeated Team USA, which has run through this women’s hockey tournament in spectacular and untested fashion so far, is heading to the Olympic gold medal game with another one-sided win.
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Former president Barack Obama this weekend appeared to drop an otherworldly bombshell: extraterrestrials exist.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said in an podcast. The comments sparked an outsize reaction on social media.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said in an podcast. The comments sparked an outsize reaction on social media.
Aliens are ‘real,’ Obama says, as Washington shrugs
The former president appeared to confirm decades-old conspiracy theories. Lawmakers say Barack Obama is simply saying what many Americans already believe.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Former president Barack Obama this weekend appeared to drop an otherworldly bombshell: extraterrestrials exist.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said in an podcast. The comments sparked an outsize reaction on social media.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said in an podcast. The comments sparked an outsize reaction on social media.
Yeah, Right. They're just going to continue doing the same thing.
President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that a “small” security force will remain in Minnesota to support immigration operations, even as the surge of federal agents there is set to end soon.
Border czar Homan says small security force to remain in Minnesota
Tom Homan did not provide details on the size of the force to remain, days after declaring an end to the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities area.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Yeah, Right. They're just going to continue doing the same thing.
This is the Predatory Elite's World View.
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
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Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This is the Predatory Elite's World View.
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When Stephen Spencer began setting his daughter’s surreal stories to music, he had 36 followers. Now his banging pop miniatures have been streamed nearly 30m times – and are making parents cry.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
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‘I love you twenty-sixty times’: how lyrics written by a three-year-old became tear-inducing viral hits
When Stephen Spencer began setting his daughter’s surreal stories to music, he had 36 followers. Now his banging pop miniatures have been streamed nearly 30m times – and are making parents cry
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
When Stephen Spencer began setting his daughter’s surreal stories to music, he had 36 followers. Now his banging pop miniatures have been streamed nearly 30m times – and are making parents cry.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
Little Marco Rube-io.
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the US secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the US secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why Marco Rubio’s ‘reassuring’ speech to Europe was nothing of the kind | Nathalie Tocci
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Little Marco Rube-io.
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the US secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the US secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away
Astronomers spot one of the largest spinning structures in the universe
This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away
www.scientificamerican.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away
Satellite sea surface temperature departure in the Pacific Ocean for the month of October 2015, with darker orange-red colors showing above normal temperatures - a clear sign of El Niño.
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El Niño May Be Brewing In The Pacific, Threatening A Worrying Trend For 2026 And 2027
What happens in the eastern tropical Pacific doesn't stay in the eastern tropical Pacific.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Satellite sea surface temperature departure in the Pacific Ocean for the month of October 2015, with darker orange-red colors showing above normal temperatures - a clear sign of El Niño.
www.iflscience.com/el-nino-may-...
www.iflscience.com/el-nino-may-...
Participants in this ancient ritual may have got high on a deadly fungus.
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Have We Finally Uncovered The Key To The Eleusinian Mysteries, The Most Fiercely Guarded Secret Of Ancient Greece?
Participants in this ancient ritual may have got high on a deadly fungus.
www.iflscience.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Participants in this ancient ritual may have got high on a deadly fungus.
www.iflscience.com/have-we-fina...
www.iflscience.com/have-we-fina...
Burying human remains in different locations has revealed a unifying feature.
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Decomposing Human Corpses Have Been Found To Share One Curious Characteristic
Burying human remains in different locations has revealed a unifying feature.
www.iflscience.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Burying human remains in different locations has revealed a unifying feature.
www.iflscience.com/decomposing-...
www.iflscience.com/decomposing-...
CAR-T cell therapy seems to have reset the immune system and eased severe symptoms in eight children and adolescents with autoimmune disorders
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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CAR-T therapy provides relief for children with autoimmune diseases
Symptoms and organ damage abated in young children and teenagers whose conditions had resisted other treatments.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
CAR-T cell therapy seems to have reset the immune system and eased severe symptoms in eight children and adolescents with autoimmune disorders
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature research paper: Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion
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Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature
A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Nature research paper: Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prepping for an interview with an author? Keep it simple, meet in person if possible, and stick to your subject
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How to wow a popular-science writer with your research expertise
Prepping for an interview with an author? Keep it simple, meet in person if possible, and stick to your subject, say five writers who regularly talk to scientists about their research.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Prepping for an interview with an author? Keep it simple, meet in person if possible, and stick to your subject
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In superconducting materials, pairs of electrons form a shared quantum-mechanical state
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Charge-neutral electrons are odd — except when they’re even
Electrons can seem electrically neutral in some devices. Neutral states can be distinguished in real time by a measure of their electron pairing called odd or even parity.
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
In superconducting materials, pairs of electrons form a shared quantum-mechanical state
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Book review 📚 ‘What are we doing here?’ The polymaths who searched for the meaning of life
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‘What are we doing here?’ The polymaths who searched for the meaning of life
An ambitious book unravels the common themes driving people’s thirst for knowledge — matters that still resonate today.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Book review 📚 ‘What are we doing here?’ The polymaths who searched for the meaning of life
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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