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I posted a few weeks ago about a "too good to be true" battery which would be a game changer if true but has been met with scepticism so far...

https://idonutbelieve.com/

Donut Labs [the battery manufacturers] claim that they will start to publish proof of their claims next week on their catchily named website.

Not so much 🍿 but 🍩s.

A Different Bias - Is Europe Ready to Defend Itself Independently?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jgIct-Ob8

So much D0$H that needs to be spent...

Politics - Trump to hike global tariffs to 15% from 10%, ‘effective immediately’

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/21/trump-tariffs.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-21/trump-says-he-will-increase-global-tariffs-to-15-from-10

6 posts from postalot on a Saturday on a share suspended for 9 months... Are they about to relist and do a massive placing?

Long Bloomberg article: Bitcoin’s $1 Trillion Identity Crisis Hits From Every Direction

https://archive.ph/lh6z8

Boyle: Bitcoin Is Crashing and Exchanges Freezing Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhrzm4CmpEo

"The FT is somehow blocking Archive so no link to share for those who cannot bypass the paywall. "

'Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links'

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/

Even worse: "In the course of discussing whether Archive.today should be deprecated because of the DDoS, Wikipedia editors discovered that the archive site altered snapshots of webpages to insert the name of the blogger who was targeted by the DDoS. The alterations were apparently fueled by a grudge against the blogger over a post that described how the Archive.today maintainer hid their identity behind several aliases"

I am still going to use the service every now and then but its reliability has been drawn into doubt.

I do not always agree with what Zeihan has to say but he is a voice of reason and well worth a listen...

The Trump Report [The Times]: Peter Zeihan: Putin's shadow fleet could be wiped out in 2-3 months | Superpowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YuQ2HOhac

Long chat...

Yeah - the only master he listens to is the market. It is a win for the UK & EU; who wants to deal with such an unreliable partner?

Trump to Impose 10% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Ruling

Steve / Agenda Free TV doing his thing: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs - LIVE Breaking News Coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQu5QzrHo

How will Trump overreact?

FT: Why Iran is betting on war

https://www.ft.com/content/6432bedc-1d22-4e21-9d8d-04f38bcf579b

The FT is somehow blocking Archive so no link to share for those who cannot bypass the paywall. But it is on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IRstudies/comments/1r9k6cj/why_iran_is_betting_on_war/

AI summary:

Tehran has increasingly come to view diplomacy as a strategic trap designed to facilitate regime change rather than ensure regional stability. Drawing parallels to the fate of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Iranian leaders fear that accepting US demands for full disarmament would result in a "slow death" under economic pressure or a swift collapse. Consequently, they see an inevitable military conflict as more cathartic than a weak deal, believing that the current diplomatic path offers no real guarantee of security or the lifting of crippling sanctions.

The Iranian strategy is a high-stakes gamble: they hope to survive a "long war" by exhausting American resolve and inflicting enough regional disruption—targeting oil supplies and utilizing proxies—to force the US back to the negotiating table on more favorable terms. Additionally, the regime calculates that a war could spark a wave of domestic nationalism, helping to bridge the deep divide between the state and its disillusioned citizens. To Tehran, the devastation of war is a risk worth taking if it ultimately forces the West to abandon its pursuit of regime change.

Sounding like it is going to get very messy very soon.

'Gemini said:It appears that "Flaporonique" is not a standard word in the English or French languages. However, it looks like a stylistic or "Franglais" (French-English hybrid) play on the aviation term Flaperon.'

Are the markets going to fly today?

Kazakh President Tokayev: I would like to propose establishing a special President Trump’s Award of the Board of Peace to recognize his outstanding peacebuilding achievements.

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2024525996997672978

I have the max amount of cash I am currently prepared to put into a Kazak miner in EST... this brown-nosing is just what I want to see. And it fits in with Trump's critical minerals initiative [Project Vault].

Kazakh President Tokayev: I would like to propose establishing a special President Trump’s Award of the Board of Peace to recognize his outstanding peacebuilding achievements.

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2024525996997672978

I think EST has an outstanding future that is only limited by the geopolitics in the region. The pivot westwards is positive for shareholders and, it seems, a sign that top-tier mining companies have a bright future in the country regardless of the outcome of the 2029 elections. King Donald will take kindly to the idea of getting another peace award to add to his growing collection.

Spotted Owl - Stage 2: 'BREAKING: A MAJOR Credit Fund Just Blew Up, Here’s What They’re Not Telling You'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lymSKtR9Q60

A sceptic's take on Blue Owl's troubles... Private credit is showing growing signs of stress; it's worth a watch, as it is a sign of forced selling to come.

Spitting Image: The Andrew Arrest Special: The "Sure-To-Be-Shanked Redemption" Compilation | The Rest Is Bulls*!t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgr0XZGoTiA

A 'celebratory' compilation; they were quick off the mark.

Let them both face the consequences... And the public will now have to face the cold facts that we need 'reform' in politics. The House of Lords is not fit for purpose as an upper chamber [and think how many Farage will appoint, bearing in mind how few voices he has there]. And it gives the Republican-leaning part of politics ample ammunition to argue that we have no need for the royal family as it is currently structured and paid for.