⚡️🇺🇦President Zelensky says Ukraine continues preparations for more seemingly pointless trilateral meeting (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4096630-zelensky-ukraine-continues-preparations-for-trilateral-meeting.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Geneva
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

Breed for scrapie resistance in icelandic sheep

And general breeding programme
Jón Hjalti Eiríksson speaking
#scrapie #sheep #breeding #Iceland

Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.

After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #DHS #Texas #Immigration #Children #Immigrants #Family #Art

Hite Crossing Bridge
Colorado River, UT

The bridge was completed in 1966 and cost around $3 million to build. This bridge carries drivers on Hwy 95 over the Colorado River. It is the only bridge that crosses the Colorado River for nearly 295 miles and it sits approximately 200 feet above the water.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/utah/one-of-a-kind-bridge-ut

#ThrowBackThursday #photo #travel #landscape #Utah

"The women politely alerted the White House they would not be accepting any invitations to the State of the Union, because apparently they have a firm grip of what the state of our union really is right now.

And that important statement resonates far more loudly than any meaningless 'U-S-A ... U-S-A' chant ever will."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #boycott #WomensHockey #MensHockey
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https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/u-s-a-u-s-a

Phainopepla

Ilhan Omar’s Guest at Trump’s State of the Union Arrested: What to Know
https://time.com/7381328/ilhan-omar-trump-state-of-the-union-aliya-rahman-arrest/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-time

Do you love free speech, right to repair, and open source tech? If so, you should become a member of EFF today! https://eff.org/join

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling

The shipping company said it was owed refunds for any tariffs it paid under a rule the high court found exceeded the president's authority.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/fedex-sues-trump-over-tariff-refunds-rcna260350

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #tariffs

Me. I'm a mad scientist.

(Paul Noth cartoons)

Eagle's Back

The tip of Eystrahorn mountain rises above Hvalnes like the back view of an eagle preparing to fly away.

Cloud sits astride a peak and is gently pinched by it.
Scree slopes tumble towards the lagoon.
Small buildings nestle at the foot.
The white dots of swans punctuate the water's edge.

A sublime moment.

Víkurfjall in Lón, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, south-eastern Iceland.

#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Ukraine has liberated 400 square kilometers, 8 settlements on southern front since January, Syrskyi says
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-liberates-400-square-km-in-south-syrskyi-says/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest News @latest-news-KyivIndependent

EU fails to send Russia 'powerful signal' as Hungary blocks 20th sanctions package
https://kyivindependent.com/eus-powerful-signal-to-russia-stalls/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest News @latest-news-KyivIndependent

After 4 years of war, it's time to Ukrainize Europe
https://kyivindependent.com/after-4-years-of-war-its-time-to-ukrainize-europe/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest News @latest-news-KyivIndependent

Rock column
#silentsunday
#hvalfjordur #iceland #basalt

#Mosstodon

If #border walls destroy La Lomita, Santa Ana, Bentsen State Park, and the National Butterfly Center, they will not be magically resurrected when the White House has a less malignant occupant. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-new-wall-rio-grande-valley-protected-sites/

#Trump #fascism #SouthTexas #immigration #politics #USpol #news #Texas

We had a terrific visit from Jo Murray, bringing us an advance copy of her much-anticpated legal thriller, Dissection of a Murder (publishing May from Macmillan).

And she brought us a gavel! We may have to hide that from our Marie...

.

#books #livres #LegalThrillers #CrimeFiction #RomanPolicier #JoMurray #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

'Those who attack academic freedom often misunderstand who academic freedom protects: mistaking it for coddling of entitled professors when in fact it serves the common good.'

Excellent critique of the right-wing push for "viewpoint diversity" in academia. Can apply to teaching as well as to research.

https://stanforddaily.com/2026/02/17/viewpoint-diversity-betrays-common-good/

#Education #Universities

"One of the core goals of Wiki Workers United is to improve the Wikimedia Foundation's transparency and accountability toward the Wikimedia movement community.

This issue has been a long-standing concern for many workers at the Wikimedia Foundation, and a key reason for forming this union."

✊

https://wikiworkersunited.org

via https://federation.p1k3.com/@brennen/116094042817592498

#WorkersRights #unions #labor #wikimedia #WikimediaFoundation #WikiWorkers #WikiWorkersUnited