Friday, February 20, 2026
Art project that failed so far--I don't like plasticine due to oily smell--this air drying clay cracked.
I'm at another crossroads in life--making a new Village--
Supreme Court strikes down T's reciprocal tariffs--I look forward to getting Chinese sausages and bamboo shoots at Biden era prices--
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
He looked very defeated on AF 1, standing far from the reporters and lying that he was "exonerated" from the Epstein Files.
Another source says he was mentioned 1 m times.
There are still unreleased files.
This report above says businesses who lost money from the tariffs have already sued Treasury for compensation.
2-20-2026
Everything has become subscription only--one way to get independent news is to join
Substack--some articles will be subscription only, some free. You can also go on LinkedIn. X or Bluesky--I suggest Bluesky.
Everyone has to do this out of economic necessity.
So I will post less here.
Or you can just read the headlines.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
King Charles' brother Andrew Mountbatten--
Epstein was initially sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 2008 after pleading guilty to state charges—one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He was in custody once more awaiting trial on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors when he died in a New York jail cell in 2019.
https://time.com/7379650/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-prince-epstein-files-police-statement/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
2-19-2026
Andrew was famously interviewed on BBC’s Newsnight in 2019 and questioned over why he visited Epstein in New York in 2010.
The royal was accused of sexual abuse himself by one of Epstein’s most prominent victims, the late Virginia Giuffre. He strongly denied the allegations.
During his Newsnight interview, Andrew said he had no recollection of ever meeting Giuffre and seemingly questioned the veracity of a photograph of himself, Giuffre, and Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors.
1.8 m year old hominin fossils--
The exact date of the three Yunxian skulls, which were found between 1989 and 2022, has long been debated, but they were previously considered to be around 1 million years old based on the age of animal teeth found close by, although one study dated them to around 1.1 million years ago using electron spin resonance and uranium-series dating. So when the opportunity arose to try a new dating technique at the site, Bae and his colleagues thought it was a good chance to revisit the debate.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/absolute-surprise-homo-
erectus-skulls-found-in-china-are-almost-1-8-million-years-old-the-oldest-evidence-of-the-ancient-human-relatives-in-east-asia?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Their team used a technique called cosmogenic nuclide burial dating to determine the age of the quartz found in the sediment layers where the skulls were found. This dating technique measures the half-life of two chemical variants — Aluminum-26 and Beryllium-10 — to determine how much time has passed since the quartz was exposed to cosmic rays.
This dating method revealed the hominin fossils were approximately 1.77 million years old, which is about 600,000 years older than the oldest age proposed for the site previously, Bae said.
Because the new date is younger than the stone tools discovered elsewhere in China, there is still a large time gap of around 600,000 years between the earliest fossil evidence and the earliest tool evidence, he added.
. . .
By--
Sophie Berdugo
Staff writer
Sophie is a U.K.-based staff writer at Live Science. She covers a wide range of topics, having previously reported on research spanning from bonobo communication to the first water in the universe. Her work has also appeared in outlets including New Scientist, The Observer and BBC Wildlife, and she was shortlisted for the Association of British Science Writers' 2025 "Newcomer of the Year" award for her freelance work at New Scientist. Before becoming a science journalist, she completed a doctorate in evolutionary anthropology from the University of Oxford, where she spent four years looking at why some chimps are better at using tools than others.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Annette Gordon-Reed--non-fiction--The Hemmings of Monticello--
https://www.amazon.com/Hemingses-Monticello-American-Family/dp/0393337766/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_3/134-9485351-2647940?pd_rd_w=bYlFj&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=M3NM215ZXC02KGE9NHKC&pd_rd_wg=65vdb&pd_rd_r=4870ae17-5cbb-4e8e-bf4c-600ef077d3c6&pd_rd_i=0393337766&psc=1&asin=0393337766&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
I always wanted to go--but never got there--for lack of someone to drive me there.
She had 6 children--possibly by Jefferson--Sally Hemmings--J's slave mistress--
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hemings
Her earth floored BR next to J's was discovered--about 15 years ago--not mentioned in this wiki.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026
Sunday, February 15, 2026
The drama clips are hard to sort out--but this looks like a good one--still--as the saying goes
"don't be a Chinese daughter in law"--yes, it's racist, also "don'tbe an Indian'swife."
But I didn't make up these sayings--they were saying things like this forever--but NOT in my family of birth.
As a matter of fact, I don't even feel very "Burmese"--At this point in my life I have spent 50% of it + outside Burma
I was in UK for 3 years as a child and 8 months in Poland as an adult --
All this hyper "nationalist talk" means nothing to me.
Could not find the movie of 2 brothers --one brain damaged.
This is more like Love's Labors Lost--but the primary couple is very attractive and looks like a reak couple--
especially the actor who plays the younger step-brother--very appealing--a face that shows emotion every second-
Could not watch this to the end either--but amybe 4 out of 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29L1mrwNEw
More complex story and less stereotypes.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Real Simple recipes--I just made myself a baked rotini casserole with red cabbage, bayakyaw fragments,
small can of tomato paste, breadcrumbs, salt,pepper, garlic (powders), some meat loaf seasoning and grated cheese on top.
Boil rotini to al dente (not too soft). Drain.
Make sauce in what else, a saucepan. Add italicized ingredients except breadcrumbs.
Bring sauce to boil,lower heat and simmer, add pre-soaked dried mushrooms, mushroom soaking liquid--be careful--don't add soil from mushrooms to your sauce.
Wash about 1/4 to 1/2 of red cabbage,slice, add all to the pot, simmer till cabbage tender.
To make up--oil bakeproof ceramic dish.
Layer in rotini, whole wheat is best. Add breadcrumbs,bean fritter fragments.
Add about 2 cups of sauce which will be nice deep red color,top with grated cheddar cheese--1/2 to 1 cup.
Bake 350F 15 mins. Remove from oven with heat-proof gloves.
Remember to turn off oven.
Serve hot.
Nice with bread but I don'thave bread.
Rotini will provide starch. Very nice, mild flavor.
Copyright Kaung.
https://www.realsimple.com/our-most-popular-soup-recipe-of-all-time-11904763?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Untangling scam kingpins' ties to Chinese government
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/untangling-scam-kingpins-ties-to-the-chinese-government.html
In truth, these scam centers cannot exist without local, regional and national authorities being paid off.
You truly can't make up this Sh*t--it reminds me of Stephen King saying recently that things are much more horrifying than anything he ever wrote.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-juntas-anti-scam-czar-purged-in-bribery-scandal.html
Partial copy and paste follows:
Lieutenant General Tun Tun Naung, ousted as Minister of Home Affairs in late January, has now been reportedly expelled from the military for allegedly taking protection payments from scam syndicates, according to The Irrawaddy’s sources in Naypyitaw.
Tun Tun Naung had led the junta’s crackdown on the scam industry as chair of the Central Supervisory Committee on Combating Telecom Fraud and Online Gambling, formed in early December 2025.
However, he was investigated by the Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) after Beijing informed Naypyitaw that he was profiting from scam centers in northern Shan State.
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He has now been formally censured and dismissed from the military, according to sources.
“He was dismissed from the army after a probe by the Military Security Affairs unit, sparked by a tip-off from China, found that he had taken bribes. He won’t even receive a pension,” a Naypyitaw-based source told The Irrawaddy.
Ross Dunkley--last I "heard"from reading Sean Turnell's prison memoir, An Unlikely Prisoner--Dunkley was still in prison while Turnell was there--
I don't know if he was released. Apparently the Australian gov. did not work for his release. It makes you wonder why.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commentary/the-juntas-colorful-apologist.html
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