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  • The most useful indicator of your overall health

    02/21/2026 8:07:01 PM PST · by SeekAndFind
    The Economist ^ | 02/21/2026
    Modern smart watches can measure an array of health indicators. Step counts and heart rates sit at the simpler end, while VO2 max and blood-oxygen levels are mainly of interest to committed health nuts. The newest addition to the category is heart-rate variability (HRV).As its name suggests, HRV measures not how quickly the heart beats, but how regularly spaced those beats are. With heart rate a lower score is usually better, other things being equal, since it suggests a high level of cardiovascular fitness. When it comes to HRV, though, a higher number—that is, a more irregular pattern—is generally what...
  • The Bottled Water Brand People Seemingly Won't Even Buy When Prepping For A Snow Storm (Dasani)

    02/21/2026 8:04:14 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 1 replies
    Foodie ^ | January 31, 2026 | Dennis Lee
    In preparation for the massive snowstorm that hit much of the country in the past few days, many people made runs to their local grocery stores to stock up on basic essentials like canned food and bottled water. But during that shopping blitz, some social media users noticed that though every other water brand sold out, one remained nearly untouched. Based off its reputation, I bet a few of you know exactly which one it is. According to photos posted to Reddit, Dasani, the bottled water everyone loves to hate, seems to have never left many store shelves. (Aquafina is...
  • ICE Preps Deportation of Dem Ex-Mayor for Immigration Fraud - He's like a perfect hybrid of Obama and Bill Clinton.

    02/21/2026 6:32:11 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | 21 Feb, 2026 | Daniel Greenfield
    Can we deport mayors? Apparently we can. And the more, the better. Police officers who were actually illegal aliens have been caught and prepped for deportation. The campaign manager of a California mayor turned out to be a Chinese spy. And now a Florida ex-mayor is being prepped for denaturalization and deportation after allegations of immigration fraud and bigamy. Exciting times. Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of former North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime, alleging he concealed key facts about his identity and immigration history to obtain naturalization. Prosecutors allege Bien-Aime used the name “Jean Philippe...
  • Air India Update — Captain Breaks Down the Fuel Switch Controversy

    02/21/2026 6:18:46 PM PST · by TexasKamaAina · 4 replies
    YouTube ^ | 02/20/2026 | Captain Steeeve
    A video about the Air India fuel switches has been circulating online — and a lot of people are drawing big conclusions from it. But what do airline pilots actually think when they watch it? Captain Steeeve reacts to the viral clip and explains how fuel control switches really work in the cockpit, why they’re designed the way they are, and what many viewers may be misunderstanding. Using real-world airline experience, he breaks down the aviation context behind the headlines while respecting the ongoing investigation.
  • Backlash Erupts Over Disney’s New ‘Captain Durag’ Cartoon Character for Being ‘Stereotypical’ and ‘Offensive’

    02/21/2026 5:49:53 PM PST · by dynachrome · 18 replies
    Gateway pundit ^ | 2-21-26 | Cassandra MacDonald
    Disney is facing intense criticism for introducing a new cartoon superhero named “Captain Durag” on its Disney Jr. show “Hey AJ! The character, who debuted in the middle of Black History Month, has been slammed by leftists as tone-deaf, stereotypical, and disrespectful to black culture. Captain Durag is depicted as a black superhero fighting “grime” in Slime City, with his durag serving as both his cape and a mask that covers the upper part of his face. The concept of Captain Durag is wildly tone deaf. A black superhero with a durag as both his cape and mask, with a...
  • TRUMP NAMED THEM: The Real "Foreign Interests"

    02/21/2026 4:47:59 PM PST · by cuz1961 · 17 replies
    Promethean Updates ^ | 2/21/2026 | Susan Kokinda
    Trump’s response to the Supreme Court tariff ruling points beyond China to “foreign interests” tied to the British Empire's Adam Smith free-trade ideology, defended by the US Chamber of Commerce and Cato Institute. She cites Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ambassador Jamieson Greer framing the administration’s approach as Hamiltonian economic sovereignty, and says tariffs will continue under other laws, including a new 10% global tariff. She contrasts this with Thursday’s Board of Peace meeting, where 60 nations backed “peace through construction,” funding housing, security, and development, rejecting Kissinger-style managed conflict. She warns midterm demoralization risks ending Trump’s agenda. RT 14...
  • 16-year-old mauled to death by pack of dogs while fishing in private pond

    02/21/2026 4:35:18 PM PST · by crusty old prospector · 73 replies
    WTVY/Gray News ^ | February 20, 2026 | Ken Curtis
    <p>DALEVILLE, Ala. (WTVY/Gray News) - An Alabama teenager was killed late Thursday after he was attacked by a pack of dogs, according to authorities.</p><p>Dale County Coroner John Cawley said 16-year-old Gabriel Damien Barron was fishing in his private pond on his Daleville-area property when dogs described as pit bull mixes mauled the teen.</p>
  • ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ is a heartbreaking portrait of generational talent and trauma

    Director Amy Berg tells NME about the obsession that fuelled her 15-year quest to honour the singer-songwriter’s incredible legacy and complex personal lifeOn May 29, 1997, Jeff Buckley was en route to a rehearsal space in Memphis, Tennessee to work on his second album, tentatively titled ‘My Sweetheart The Drunk’. The follow-up to his acclaimed debut ‘Grace’, an alt-rock classic that eventually shifted two million copies, was not coming easily. Read More: ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ review: hallelujah, this moving rock doc is celebratory not sad Frozen by fame and the weight of expectation, he’d retreated into his...
  • Gallows Humour: Randolph Scott in Buchanan Rides Alone

    02/21/2026 2:12:00 PM PST · by Twotone · 5 replies
    SteynonLine ^ | February 21, 2026 | Rick McGinnis
    The real horror of most western movie stories is that the frontier exists in a lawless state that's particularly obscene as it's the leading edge of America moving west – a country founded on an almost divinely inspired Constitution and the expectation that law will create the conditions for democracy as the country fulfills its manifest destiny. I couldn't help but think of this during one particular scene in Budd Boetticher's 1958 b-western Buchanan Rides Alone – the fifth of six (or seven, depending on what you read) films in the director's Ranown Cycle (including 7 Men From Now, The...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Twilight with Moon and Planets

    02/21/2026 1:25:23 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    NASA ^ | 21 Feb, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN)
    Explanation: Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. Its nightside faintly illuminated by earthshine, the young Moon is joined by three bright planets in the mostly clear, early evening skies above the village of Kirazli, Turkiye. Inner planet Venus appears closest to the horizon. Near the beginning of its 2026 performance as planet Earth's evening star, brilliant Venus is seen through the warm sunset glare near picture center. Straight above Venus, innermost planet Mercury is easy to spot...
  • The D.C. Sewer Catastrophe Is Part of the Deconstructionist Plot

    02/21/2026 1:18:16 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 27 replies
    Red State ^ | 21 Feb,2026 | Chase Spears
    It’s the largest incident of liquid pollution in American history, with reports stating that roughly 250-million gallons of raw sewage has poured from the Washington, D.C., sewer system into the Potomac River over the last month. This biohazard tide infects much of the Chesapeake Bay, and will eventually make its way along the eastern seaboard via the Atlantic Ocean. Astute observers in times past noted how it seems as if the beltway deliberately craps on Americans. As it turns out… The national media has demonstrated remarkable restraint from reporting on this catastrophe as it continues in the national capitol region....
  • Former Illinois governor slams Pritzker for ‘malpractice’ as Bears look to flee to red state

    02/21/2026 12:44:15 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 47 replies
    Fox News ^ | February 21, 2026 | Madison Colombo
    Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued Gov. JB Pritzker got "outplayed and outflanked" as the Chicago Bears look to leave the state for Indiana. On Thursday, an Indiana House panel approved legislation to help finance a potential new NFL stadium for the team. The facility could be constructed near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana, just across the state border. "The Indiana legislature did what it did, and it caught our governor asleep," Blagojevich said Saturday on "Fox & Friends Weekend." "Governor Pritzker really is guilty of gubernatorial malpractice, and this isn't the first time a major business is about to...
  • Summerville bar owner accused of encouraging students in planned school walkout [arrested - mugshot]

    02/21/2026 11:48:38 AM PST · by simpson96 · 19 replies
    WCSC ^ | 2/18/2026 | P. J. Williams
    SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) — The Summerville Police Department has arrested a woman who allegedly encouraged high school students to protest in a planned high school walkout. Dinah Chollet, 44, is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the arrest warrant. An anonymous student alerted a school resource officer at Summerville High School of a planned protest called the “Summerville Walkout” that was going to occur on Friday afternoon. The incident report stated that the protest was publicized on Instagram and was an open account to the public. When the officer joined the group anonymously, he...
  • Quentin's death: four things to know about the Nemesis collective

    02/21/2026 11:35:52 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 8 replies
    TV Monde 5 ^ | Feb. 15, 2026 | Vanessa CARRONNIER
    What is the Nemesis identity collective? What are his struggles? An update on this small group, after the death of Quentin, a 23-year-old student who participated in the supervision of a Nemesis action in Lyon, according to its founder Alice Cordier. Quentin, a mathematics student, died on Saturday after an attack on the sidelines of a conference of LFI MEP Rima Hassan in Lyon, against which members of Nemesis were demonstrating. However, his parents indicated through their lawyer that he was "neither a security guard nor a member of any security service". Alice Cordier (not her real name), 28, founded...
  • U.S. ambassador Mike Huckabee causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

    02/21/2026 11:30:59 AM PST · by Golden Eagle · 57 replies
    CNBC ^ | FEB 21 2026 11:00 AM EST | AP
    Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East. Huckabee made the comments in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday. Carlson said that according to the Bible, the descendants of Abraham would receive land that today would include essentially the entire Middle East, and asked Huckabee if Israel had a right to that land. Huckabee responded: “It would be fine if they took it all.” Huckabee added, however, that Israel was not looking to expand its...
  • Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold restock sold out in minutes Despite being $2,899.99 for the 512GB model, it sold out quickly — again.

    02/21/2026 9:20:17 AM PST · by dennisw · 38 replies
    The Verge ^ | Feb 20, 2026 | by Cameron Faulkner
    Samsung unleashed a new batch of Galaxy Z TriFold units after selling out initial stock of the behemoth foldable that turns into a 10-inch tablet. It took less than ten minutes to sell through today’s supply, which either speaks to the phone’s surprising popularity or, rather, just how few of them the company is making. The device launched on January 30th, and unlike most other Samsung phones, availability of this one was limited to the company’s own site. The TriFold costs $2,899.99 and comes with 512GB of storage (you’d think paying this much would get you at least 1TB, but...
  • Wow. Our military is even more powerful than I realized. This also explains the psychological and cultural warfare that’s currently taking place in our country…. (TRANSCRIPT of 1 minute video)

    02/21/2026 8:41:14 AM PST · by ransomnote · 35 replies
    x.com ^ | 2/21/2026 | Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV
    Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV15hWow. Our military is even more powerful than I realized. This also explains the psychological and cultural warfare that’s currently taking place in our country….VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~First man: We have the number one military in the world.But I don't think people really understand what that means. We have the number one air force in the world. Do you know what the number two air force in the world is? 2nd man: China? First man: The United States Navy Number three, China or Russia, if you believe their numbers. Number four/five? Space Force. Three of the top five air...
  • Tom Brady breaks silence over CONFLICT OF INTEREST concern with strong statement

    02/21/2026 8:17:11 AM PST · by DIRTYSECRET · 47 replies
    Brady was spotted in the coaches booth during the broadcast between the game between the Raiders and Chargers, and upon seeing that shot, ESPN's announcers revealed that Brady stays in regular contact with Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. That immediately led to conflict of interest concerns, with many noting that Brady could impart what he learns while preparing for games he's covering as a FOX announcer to his own team.
  • This is going to sound insane. That is because it is. JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS A CENTRAL INSIDER AT THE GATES FOUNDATION--CRITICAL TO ITS FINANCES AND OPERATIONS

    02/21/2026 7:41:47 AM PST · by ransomnote · 76 replies
    x.com ^ | Feb 21, 2026 | Kevin Bass @kevinnbass
    https://x.com/kevinnbass/status/2025133451242766572 Kevin Bass@kevinnbassTHE BILL GATES FILES.Over the past day, I have read some of the most insane things I have read in my life.I cannot believe it.Gates said he had "several meetings" with Jeffrey Epstein.The documents show at least 205 dates with meetings or dinners and at least 93 of Epstein's daily schedules with Gates on them.Gates said it was about philanthropy. At least 122 documents mention dollar amounts -- investment funds, hush payments, fund structures, reimbursements.Gates said it wasn't deep. Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff has at least 141 documents coordinating Gates logistics.Gates' own scheduler Larry Cohen has at least...
  • Pride, patriotism and gold: Alysa Liu shows us what real Olympic champions are made of

    02/21/2026 7:27:18 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 25 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 20 Feb, 2026 | Monica Showalter
    You never go wrong with competing under the American flag. She did it. After a string of wokester statements from other athletes, and way too much attention on American athletes who chose to compete for other countries such as China, the amazing Alysa Liu, who focused on her skating and delivered a stellar, watch-it-over-and-over-again free skate, has won Olympic gold, the biggest prize in skating. .....................SNIP....................... It kind of stands out that China, which doesn't have a high winter Olympics medal count, is apparently trawling the world for overseas Chinese athletes who fled the socialist hellhole to represent them since...