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Monthly 2026 February

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Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
This idea that we’re going to be better off if we continue to be better liberals, and be truer and more dedicated to believing in this country, is still very much in place. As long as that’s there, people are not going to see and overcome and get out of this situation in the ways that they need to. It’s there for a reason: to keep people in this situation. It’s not tied to one party or the other; a lot of this is getting lost in, The Republicans are really bad, and if they were gone this wouldn’t ever happen! But all the stage-setting for this situation has been bipartisan.
This idea that we’re going to be better off if we continue to be better liberals, and be truer and more dedicated to believing in this country, is still very much in place. As long as that’s there, people are not going to see and overcome and get out of this situation in the ways that they need to. It’s there for a reason: to keep people in this situation. It’s not tied to one party or the other; a lot of this is getting lost in, The Republicans are really bad, and if they were gone this wouldn’t ever happen! But all the stage-setting for this situation has been bipartisan.
·thefirethesetimes.com·
Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Faced with this old antisemitic trope of a wealthy, sexually perverse Jewish cabal that controls the interlocking worlds of finance, media, academia, and politics, we can bring a corrective clarity by pointing instead to capitalism itself as the conspiracy; we can also locate Epstein within a much broader and not distinctly Jewish elite network that is bound together not by a shared identity but by a deep misogyny and desire to protect powerful men from accountability for sexual misconduct and crimes. What’s less clear, however, is what to make of the many banal markers of Jewishness that run through the story Epstein and his friends told about themselves. One can recognize a nostalgic, almost kitschy relationship to Jewish identity that plenty of ordinary Jews tend to indulge in.
Faced with this old antisemitic trope of a wealthy, sexually perverse Jewish cabal that controls the interlocking worlds of finance, media, academia, and politics, we can bring a corrective clarity by pointing instead to capitalism itself as the conspiracy; we can also locate Epstein within a much broader and not distinctly Jewish elite network that is bound together not by a shared identity but by a deep misogyny and desire to protect powerful men from accountability for sexual misconduct and crimes. What’s less clear, however, is what to make of the many banal markers of Jewishness that run through the story Epstein and his friends told about themselves. One can recognize a nostalgic, almost kitschy relationship to Jewish identity that plenty of ordinary Jews tend to indulge in.
·jewishcurrents.org·
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Why Are You Building Overrides for Systems That Keep Me Alive? [substack]
Why Are You Building Overrides for Systems That Keep Me Alive? [substack]

"It feels like every time I have been told “you are being too sensitive, you are too much, you are being dramatic”—only to discover, once again, that my body had been right all along.

We choose a different world.

A world where sleep is sacred — the deep, uninterrupted time the body needs to finish its stories and restore itself.

Where grief is held in warm community, given all the time it needs, until the heart has reorganized around the absence and can open again.

Where anger is met with presence, because a boundary that is honored keeps the self intact.

Where love is the quiet, daily co-regulation of living nervous systems choosing each other, growing stronger together."

It feels like every time I have been told “you are being too sensitive, you are too much, you are being dramatic”—only to discover, once again, that my body had been right all along.
·constructamiracle.com·
Why Are You Building Overrides for Systems That Keep Me Alive? [substack]
Abuse is still rife in dance music [substack]
Abuse is still rife in dance music [substack]
"In an ever-commercialising scene, protecting revenue is often the immediate and strongest impulse among those with the most to gain financially. This is why we often see festivals deciding not to take action without “proof” and clubs continuing to book popular accused abusers. It isn’t that every allegation should be accepted at face value without scrutiny, but multiple unrelated accusations should be taken very seriously, and in these situations the safety of patrons needs to be prioritised."
In an ever-commercialising scene, protecting revenue is often the immediate and strongest impulse among those with the most to gain financially. This is why we often see festivals deciding not to take action without “proof” and clubs continuing to book popular accused abusers. It isn’t that every allegation should be accepted at face value without scrutiny, but multiple unrelated accusations should be taken very seriously, and in these situations the safety of patrons needs to be prioritised.
·politicsdancingxyz.substack.com·
Abuse is still rife in dance music [substack]
Six years in, mental health care providers are still uninformed on Long COVID. And it’s making the crisis worse. - The Sick Times
Six years in, mental health care providers are still uninformed on Long COVID. And it’s making the crisis worse. - The Sick Times
"Six years into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people living with Long COVID still aren’t getting the mental health support they need. [...] People living with Long COVID are twice as likely to develop anxiety and depression compared to those who recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a 2025 population-based study published in the journal Discover Mental Health. And a 2023 study published in BMJ Open found that people with Long COVID can experience worse quality of life than those with other diseases."
Six years into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people living with Long COVID still aren’t getting the mental health support they need. This is the case for physical treatment, too, as there’s no dedicated therapy or cure. But when it comes to mental health, more options are available — at least in theory. People living with Long COVID are twice as likely to develop anxiety and depression compared to those who recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a 2025 population-based study published in the journal Discover Mental Health. And a 2023 study published in BMJ Open found that people with Long COVID can experience worse quality of life than those with other diseases.
·thesicktimes.org·
Six years in, mental health care providers are still uninformed on Long COVID. And it’s making the crisis worse. - The Sick Times
Don’t Talk Like That
Don’t Talk Like That
"even in the absence of an open war, the smothering of a language is a brutal thing. And it’s a brutality that cannot be imagined by those who only speak a language that is not in danger of disappearing, a language that thrives today because it has a powerful state that backs it, a nation-state that, in the interests of power, has destroyed a dense network of diverse languages in order to build a monoculture. Easy to rule, easier to surveil."
even in the absence of an open war, the smothering of a language is a brutal thing. And it’s a brutality that cannot be imagined by those who only speak a language that is not in danger of disappearing, a language that thrives today because it has a powerful state that backs it, a nation-state that, in the interests of power, has destroyed a dense network of diverse languages in order to build a monoculture. Easy to rule, easier to surveil.
·petergelderloos.substack.com·
Don’t Talk Like That
Metaphysical Activism - WILD12 Resolution
Metaphysical Activism - WILD12 Resolution

"2. Conventional activism has had undeniable value in progressively helping to mitigate or resolve said crises. Yet those crisis situations continue to worsen in nature and degree, indicating the urgent need for a radically different approach.1

  1. From the perspective of many [Indigenous Peoples], and a growing number of awakening and awakened non-[Indigenous] populations, these predicaments are seen as largely symptomatic of a fundamental underlying crisis, i.e. a crisis of consciousness, or of the spirit of a critical mass of humanity (which for the purposes of this resolution We shall call a [metaphysical] crisis) – both in terms of the cause, and people’s capacity to respond to remediate the situation."
Conventional activism has had undeniable value in progressively helping to mitigate or resolve said crises. Yet those crisis situations continue to worsen in nature and degree, indicating the urgent need for a radically different approach.1 3. From the perspective of many [Indigenous Peoples], and a growing number of awakening and awakened non-[Indigenous] populations, these predicaments are seen as largely symptomatic of a fundamental underlying crisis, i.e. a crisis of consciousness, or of the spirit of a critical mass of humanity (which for the purposes of this resolution We shall call a [metaphysical] crisis) – both in terms of the cause, and people’s capacity to respond to remediate the situation.
·wild.org·
Metaphysical Activism - WILD12 Resolution
No Lube So Rude, by Peaches
No Lube So Rude, by Peaches
"A brash, unapologetic blend of electronic, dance, punk, industrial, and pop music, No Lube So Rude exists at the intersection of the personal and the political, where the body serves not only as a sexual and spiritual vessel, but also as the front line in a battle for basic human rights."
A brash, unapologetic blend of electronic, dance, punk, industrial, and pop music, No Lube So Rude exists at the intersection of the personal and the political, where the body serves not only as a sexual and spiritual vessel, but also as the front line in a battle for basic human rights
·peachesofficial.bandcamp.com·
No Lube So Rude, by Peaches
Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again | Mehdi Hasan
Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again | Mehdi Hasan

"In Munich, in Germany of all places, Rubio delivered an encomium to five centuries of the west’s “missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers, pouring out from its shores to cross oceans, settle new continents, build vast empires extending out across the globe”. He lamented the “contracting” of the “great western empires” in the wake of the second world war. He decried the “godless communist revolutions” and “anti-colonial uprisings” which, for the record, helped free 750 million people across 80 former colonies since the founding of the United Nations in 1945.

And the response to his remarks? Europe’s elites gave him a standing ovation, as if he’d just announced a cure for cancer rather than the literal return of empire. And in doing so, they made themselves shamefully complicit in the Trump administration’s rewriting not just of US history, but European and world history too." Also watch this great summary by somaya: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU1uixOj2Ub/

In Munich, in Germany of all places, Rubio delivered an encomium to five centuries of the west’s “missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers, pouring out from its shores to cross oceans, settle new continents, build vast empires extending out across the globe”. He lamented the “contracting” of the “great western empires” in the wake of the second world war. He decried the “godless communist revolutions” and “anti-colonial uprisings” which, for the record, helped free 750 million people across 80 former colonies since the founding of the United Nations in 1945.And the response to his remarks? Europe’s elites gave him a standing ovation, as if he’d just announced a cure for cancer rather than the literal return of empire. And in doing so, they made themselves shamefully complicit in the Trump administration’s rewriting not just of US history, but European and world history too.
·theguardian.com·
Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again | Mehdi Hasan
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities, and preached master-race science [thenerve]
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities, and preached master-race science [thenerve]
"Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability"
Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability
·thenerve.news·
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities, and preached master-race science [thenerve]
Palantir klagt gegen die Republik [republik]
Palantir klagt gegen die Republik [republik]
"Recherchen zum Unternehmen Palantir, die von der Republik und dem Recherche­kollektiv WAV gemacht wurden, haben internationales Medien­echo ausgelöst. Nun klagt das US-Unternehmen gegen die Republik auf Gegen­darstellung. Der Fall liegt beim Zürcher Handels­gericht."
Recherchen zum Unternehmen Palantir, die von der Republik und dem Recherche­kollektiv WAV gemacht wurden, haben internationales Medien­echo ausgelöst. Nun klagt das US-Unternehmen gegen die Republik auf Gegen­darstellung. Der Fall liegt beim Zürcher Handels­gericht.
·republik.ch·
Palantir klagt gegen die Republik [republik]
Adfichter (@adfichter@infosec.exchange)
Adfichter (@[email protected])

"The war waged by the tech authoritarian oligarchy against the media has reached a new level:

Palantir is suing us. Us, the Republik Magazin.

A small Swiss media company, funded by readers, founded in 2018 and free of advertising. I am not aware of any other media company globally that Palantir is currently targeting so aggressively."

The war waged by the tech authoritarian oligarchy against the media has reached a new level: #Palantir is suing us. Us, the Republik Magazin. A small Swiss media company, funded by readers, founded in 2018 and free of advertising. I am not aware of any other media company globally that Palantir is currently targeting so aggressively.
·infosec.exchange·
Adfichter (@[email protected])
The Children of Dilley [propublica]
The Children of Dilley [propublica]
"ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next."
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
·propublica.org·
The Children of Dilley [propublica]
Credit Suisse verheimlichte Nazi-Konten [daslamm]
Credit Suisse verheimlichte Nazi-Konten [daslamm]
"Die von der UBS übernommene Bank Credit Suisse soll jahrzehntelang Konten der Nazis während der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs verheimlicht haben, zeigen neue Untersuchungen des US-Senats. Eine laufende Untersuchung habe Hinweise auf 890 Konten mit potenziellen Nazi-Verbindungen ergeben. Darunter befänden sich Konten des wirtschaftlichen Arms der Schutzstaffel (SS), die für zahlreiche Verbrechen der Nationalsozialisten verantwortlich gemacht wird, sowie einer deutschen Rüstungsfirma."
Die von der UBS über­nom­mene Bank Credit Suisse soll jahr­zehn­te­lang Konten der Nazis während der Zeit des Zweiten Welt­kriegs verheim­licht haben, zeigen neue Unter­su­chungen des US-Senats. Eine laufende Unter­su­chung habe Hinweise auf 890 Konten mit poten­zi­ellen Nazi-Verbin­dungen ergeben. Darunter befänden sich Konten des wirt­schaft­li­chen Arms der Schutz­staffel (SS), die für zahl­reiche Verbre­chen der Natio­nal­so­zia­li­sten verant­wort­lich gemacht wird, sowie einer deut­schen Rüstungsfirma.
·daslamm.ch·
Credit Suisse verheimlichte Nazi-Konten [daslamm]
Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead [arstechnica]
Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead [arstechnica]
"thanks in part to trees planted in areas where the two fungi don’t grow well, the American chestnut isn’t extinct. And efforts to revive it in its native range have continued, despite the long generation times needed to breed resistant trees. In Thursday’s issue of Science, researchers describe their efforts to apply modern genomic techniques and exhaustive testing to identify the best route to restoring chestnuts to their native range."
thanks in part to trees planted in areas where the two fungi don’t grow well, the American chestnut isn’t extinct. And efforts to revive it in its native range have continued, despite the long generation times needed to breed resistant trees. In Thursday’s issue of Science, researchers describe their efforts to apply modern genomic techniques and exhaustive testing to identify the best route to restoring chestnuts to their native range.
·arstechnica.com·
Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead [arstechnica]
Wissenschaftskritik: Zeit, den Oligarchen die Stirn zu bieten [woz]
Wissenschaftskritik: Zeit, den Oligarchen die Stirn zu bieten [woz]
"In «Zeit der Oligarchen», spürbar geprägt vom Horror der US-Atombombenabwürfe über Hiroshima und Nagasaki, warnt Huxley vor der Machtergreifung einer Handvoll Techoligarchen, die im Stil von Gangstern eine Welt regieren werden, in der sich das Kapital in den Händen weniger konzentriert und Politik zum Faustrecht des Stärkeren verkommt, begleitet vom primitiven Gedöns nationalistischer Parolen. Wer da nicht gleich an die USA seit dem Amtsantritt von Donald Trump denkt, hat das vergangene Jahr womöglich unter einem Stein vergraben verbracht."
·woz.ch·
Wissenschaftskritik: Zeit, den Oligarchen die Stirn zu bieten [woz]
Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in January 2026 [ncei]
Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in January 2026 [ncei]
"January 2025 ranked as the fifth-warmest January in NOAA’s 177-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.02°F (1.12°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline. All 10 of the warmest Januarys on record have occurred since 2007, with the most recent five years (2022–26) among the top 10."
January 2025 ranked as the fifth-warmest January in NOAA’s 177-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.02°F (1.12°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline. All 10 of the warmest Januarys on record have occurred since 2007, with the most recent five years (2022–26) among the top 10.
·ncei.noaa.gov·
Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in January 2026 [ncei]
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world [substack]
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world [substack]
"Epstein has given us an extraordinary portal through which we can now see how hostile state influence, criminality and the impunity of the billionaire class are intimately enmeshed. That’s the piece I still want to write. But we can’t understand any of this until we realise that Epstein isn’t just a doorway, he’s also a mirror."
Epstein has given us an extraordinary portal through which we can now see how hostile state influence, criminality and the impunity of the billionaire class are intimately enmeshed. That’s the piece I still want to write. But we can’t understand any of this until we realise that Epstein isn’t just a doorway, he’s also a mirror.
·broligarchy.substack.com·
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world [substack]
Proto-Politics in Purgatory [ill will]
Proto-Politics in Purgatory [ill will]
"We are not winning. The lie that we are serves as an understandable, yet nevertheless compensatory fantasy, forged under truly heartless conditions of daily abductions and abuses, alongside the unremunerated drudgery of a resistance which we desperately hope will pay off. This copium of the masses, in which we all can't but indulge to varying degrees, offers a brief respite from facing the unbearable reality that resistance as we've been conducting it has not only failed to push ICE out, but even to keep them from killing our patrollers, while exposing many of us to the same risk."
We are not winning. The lie that we are serves as an understandable, yet nevertheless compensatory fantasy, forged under truly heartless conditions of daily abductions and abuses, alongside the unremunerated drudgery of a resistance which we desperately hope will pay off. This copium of the masses, in which we all can't but indulge to varying degrees, offers a brief respite from facing the unbearable reality that resistance as we've been conducting it has not only failed to push ICE out, but even to keep them from killing our patrollers, while exposing many of us to the same risk.
·illwill.com·
Proto-Politics in Purgatory [ill will]
Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics [the nation]
Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics [the nation]
"With so much money swirling around, it is no surprise that corruption allegations abound. The Italian government’s Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate found that “the Winter Olympics represent a significant event…for criminal syndicates interested in gaining a foothold in the tender awarding procedures.” “Open Olympics 2026” successfully fought for the creation of a portal to track costs related to the Games, but the group notes, “the portal does not indicate who is paying for the cost increases, because financing sources are missing.” This opens the door to “mafia methods” such as extortion, strong-arming, intimidation, and blackmail." The title kind of says it all, i am glad to boycott this farcical "sports" event. https://archive.ph/OFYir#selection-2329.0-2341.64
·thenation.com·
Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics [the nation]
Krasse Links No 77 [mspro]
Krasse Links No 77 [mspro]
"Die gesamte amerikanische Elite ist mit Kacke bespritzt und so verschiebt sich die Balance richtiung Aufklärungsinteresse, denn die meisten, die in den Files stehen, werden keine Verbrechen nachgewiesen werden können. Sie alle wissen, dass sie sich von dieser Shitshow nur „reinwaschen“ können (so richtig wird das natürlich nie gelingen), wenn alle Files released, am besten alle Verbrechen aufgedeckt und alle Täter benannt und gefasst sind." An overview after the recent Epstein files release.
Die gesamte amerikanische Elite ist mit Kacke bespritzt und so verschiebt sich die Balance richtiung Aufklärungsinteresse, denn die meisten, die in den Files stehen, werden keine Verbrechen nachgewiesen werden können. Sie alle wissen, dass sie sich von dieser Shitshow nur „reinwaschen“ können (so richtig wird das natürlich nie gelingen), wenn alle Files released, am besten alle Verbrechen aufgedeckt und alle Täter benannt und gefasst sind.
·mspr0.de·
Krasse Links No 77 [mspro]
Acht Jahre Haft für Antifaschist*in Maja T. [daslamm]
Acht Jahre Haft für Antifaschist*in Maja T. [daslamm]
"Dank euch begreife ich, es lohnt zu bleiben, es lohnt zu hoffen, und ich fühle dort Sicherheit, wo ich an eurer Seite stehe, dort wo es notwendig wird, dort wo kein Zögern bleibt. Und ich weiss, dort ist ein Ort, prachtvoll und lebhaft wie eine wilde Blumenwiese, da ist ein Ort jenseits der Verliese und weit weg von all der Gewalt, an dem du und ich Mensch sein dürfen unter Menschen."
Dank euch begreife ich, es lohnt zu bleiben, es lohnt zu hoffen, und ich fühle dort Sicher­heit, wo ich an eurer Seite stehe, dort wo es notwendig wird, dort wo kein Zögern bleibt. Und ich weiss, dort ist ein Ort, pracht­voll und lebhaft wie eine wilde Blumen­wiese, da ist ein Ort jenseits der Verliese und weit weg von all der Gewalt, an dem du und ich Mensch sein dürfen unter Menschen.
·daslamm.ch·
Acht Jahre Haft für Antifaschist*in Maja T. [daslamm]
The ghost of loss gets into you | The Gauntlet [substack]
The ghost of loss gets into you | The Gauntlet [substack]

"Since January 3rd, I’ve read Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, The Mercy Papers by Robin Romm, A Heart that Works by Robb Delaney, A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, and The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. I guess I’ve approached grief the way I approached the pandemic: with a hunger for more information."

·thegauntlet.news·
The ghost of loss gets into you | The Gauntlet [substack]