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Axios: Big Thing: Brink of war

1 big thing: Brink of war   An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea late last month. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy The Trump administration is closer to a … Continue reading

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Axios: 1 big thing: How Trump saved TikTok

  1 big thing: How Trump saved TikTok   Obtained by Axios President Trump had just won reelection and was basking in the parade of congratulatory pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago. On this day in November 2024, an old friend and a first-time … Continue reading

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Mental illness and tragedies … that is what was reported in the Sunday papers. Time to look at Grok AI synopsis of the Vision for Change … all these years ie 20 and promises! If mental illness impacts your family please explore because in the U.S. President Trump has issued an executive order to open psychiatric hospitals … to get people off the streets. We know only too well his opinions about the mentally ill and constraint. Change lies ahead on the global stage and that includes Ireland. Be informed.

Vision for Change. a synopsis. What has been achieved in 2026? Thought for 1m 16s Synopsis of “A Vision for Change” “A Vision for Change: Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy” is a landmark Irish government policy … Continue reading

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Seabed zero … sabotage

Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure By Bruce D. Jones | February 13, 2026 Finnish authorities took control of the Fitburg and escorted it to the port of Kantvik after it damaged an undersea cable. Image: MKFI, … Continue reading

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Govt.UK: Ireland … on the shoulders of giants. Yes AI driven

UK to champion how AI can supercharge growth, unlock new jobs and improve public services at AI Impact Summit in India UK and international partners to redouble efforts for AI to transform public services, create jobs and drive renewal for … Continue reading

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SCIAM: Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists?

Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists? The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself By Dan Vergano edited by Clara Moskowitz Ethics Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice … Continue reading

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OCCRP: Much of the frenzied Jeffrey Epstein commentary over the past two weeks has focused on individual examples of moral depravity.But there’s a wider, more systemic story here.

February 13, 2026 Greetings from Amsterdam, Much of the frenzied Jeffrey Epstein commentary over the past two weeks has focused on individual examples of moral depravity. But there’s a wider, more systemic story here. As Seva Gunitsky, a political scientist … Continue reading

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Futurism: Data from TikTok to ICE is the question

Last month, the popular social video app TikTok finalized a deal with investors, including Oracle, to appease a bipartisan bill that called on the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest — or be banned in the United States. The deal … Continue reading

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The Journal Investigates: Suicide Prevention. Those who have made contact with HSE services yet go on to commit suicide. Tonight second part about mental illness, prisons et al in Ireland at 9.30 pm on RTE 1

Investigates Suicide Prevention Hundreds of people died by suspected suicide after recent contact with HSE services Almost 450 suicides were reported to the HSE between 2022 and 2024 by healthcare staff across a range of patient services, including Emergency Departments. … Continue reading

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Extra.ie. To those who have the courage to watch the second part of the Prime Time Programme on RTE 1 tonight at 9.30 pm. Mentally ill people were promised when the Institutions which at one time had 20,000 residents, care in the community. Community based on last night’s programme is more about care or non provision of care in prisons. Too many suicides never spoken about. Shame on us to have allowed such a deterioration in the provision for people with mental illness, left to predators and abusers but then this too is the untold story.

The number of acutely mentally ill and actively psychotic people in prison now far exceeds the number of available medical cells in these facilities, figures released to RTÉ revealed. In the last quarter of 2025, the number of people in prison waiting … Continue reading

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