LEADS
A Timeline of the U.F.O.s That Were Shot Down This Weekend
https://www.nytimes.com/article/ufo-object-shot-down-when.html
The US has shot down 3 suspicious flying objects in 3 days. Here's what we know about the UAP floating over North America.
https://www.businessinsider.com/objects-shot-down-over-alaska-canada-ufo-interfered-f22-sensors-2023-2
What’s Going On Up There? Theories but No Answers in Shootdowns of Mystery Craft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html
NORAD Commander Doesn’t Rule Out Aliens in Spate of Unidentified Objects, New York Times Alters Story About It
https://www.mediaite.com/news/norad-commander-doesnt-rule-out-aliens-in-spate-of-unidentified-objects-new-york-times-alters-story-about-it/
UFOs over America spark debate over government faked alien invasion named ‘Project Blue Beam’
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/13/conspiracy-theory-project-blue-beam-boosted-by-weekends-balloon-sightings-and-shootings/
Drones, UFOs, & Chinese Spy Balloons: What Else Is Up There?
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/drones-ufos-chinese-spy-balloons-what-else-is-up-there/
A UFO invasion? Or shadow boxing with ‘sky trash’?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/a-ufo-invasion-or-shadow-boxing-with-sky-trash
No, these UFOs aren’t ‘aliens’. They’re Chinese balloons heralding a new era of warfare
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/13/no-ufos-arent-aliens-chinese-balloons-heralding-new-era-warfare/
Rishi Sunak says UK 'in touch with allies' after minister claims China may have sent spy balloons over airspace
https://news.sky.com/story/possible-that-hostile-china-has-sent-spy-balloons-over-uk-says-minister-12809936
Officials Confirm Suspicious Balloon Overflights of Japan, Won’t Say They Came From China
https://news.usni.org/2023/02/10/officials-confirm-suspicious-balloon-overflights-of-japan-wont-say-they-came-from-china
China says more than 10 US balloons flew in its airspace
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-high-altitude-balloons-in-airspace-8d8b9e7474027e1305264b2c7b8b04fb
China spots mystery object over waters near northern port city
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3209964/china-spots-mystery-object-over-waters-near-northern-port-city
Russia Said It Shot Down a UFO Just Last Month
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-ufo-shot-down-1780773
What Russia and China Have Learned From Testing U.S. Defenses
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/02/13/what_russia_and_china_have_learned_from_testing_us_defenses_881323.html
McCaul: China Used Balloon to Spy on Key Nuclear Sites, Prep for Potential Conflict Over Taiwan
https://cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/mccaul-china-used-balloon-spy-key-nuclear-sites-prep
Chinese military aircraft and ships cross the Taiwan Strait amid soaring tensions with the US after Navy and Marines held drills in South China Sea and fallout over Montana spy balloon
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11743773/Chinese-military-aircraft-ships-cross-Taiwan-Strait-amid-soaring-tensions-US.html
China’s Top Airship Scientist Said He Sent One Over North America in 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/world/asia/china-spy-balloon.html
Some Chinese Spy Balloon Parts Were Made in the USA; Six Companies Placed on Trade 'Blacklist'
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/02/12/some-chinese-spy-balloon-parts-were-made-in-the-usa-six-companies-placed-on-trade-blacklist-n702738
China Gears Up To Shoot Down US Drones
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2023/02/china-gears-shoot-down-us-drones/382731/
Pentagon Plans Dynamic Drone Swarms to Penetrate Enemy Defenses
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/02/08/pentagon-drone-swarms/
Why drone boats are an overhyped Achilles’ fleet
https://thebulletin.org/2023/02/why-drone-boats-are-an-overhyped-achilles-fleet/
Chinese patrol boat fires ‘blinding’ military-grade laser in clash with Philippines coast guard
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-philippines-ship-laser-light-attack-b2281001.html
Chinese satellite beams green lasers over Hawaii
https://thehill.com/homenews/3854939-chinese-satellite-beams-green-lasers-over-hawaii/
Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites light up Metro Detroit sky, will return
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/13/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-satellites-metro-detroit-trail-of-lights-michigan/69897855007/
Twitter user wonders if Elon Musk is an alien, here’s the billionaire’s reply
https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/twitter-user-wonders-if-elon-musk-is-an-alien-8442507/
Under Elon Musk, Twitter is running corporate ads alongside tweets from Holocaust deniers
https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/under-elon-musk-twitter-running-corporate-ads-alongside-tweets-holocaust-deniers
Microsoft’s new AI didn’t want to talk about the Holocaust, but I persuaded it to
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/10/2023/microsofts-new-ai-prometheus-didnt-want-to-talk-about-the-holocaust
Microsoft CEO Pretty Sure He Can Keep AI From Escaping Human Control
https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-ceo-ai-ecaping-human-control
AI and the Transformation of the Human Spirit
https://quillette.com/2023/02/13/ai-and-the-transformation-of-the-human-spirit/
Can AI Improve the Justice System?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/ai-in-criminal-justice-system-courtroom-asylum/673002/
Rethinking the future of AI-powered warfare
https://asiatimes.com/2023/02/rethinking-the-future-of-ai-powered-warfare/
The caucus trying to prevent AI-pocalypse
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/13/2023/the-members-of-congress-trying-to-prevent-ai-pocalypse
POLITICS and FLEAS
George Santos and the Case of the Missing $365,000
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/george-santos-campaign-money.html
Steve Bannon Ran Up Huge Legal Bills and Stiffed His Lawyers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-ran-up-huge-legal-bills-and-stiffed-his-lawyers
Legal experts mock Trump lawyer’s “really weak defense” of classified-marked folder found by his bed
https://www.salon.com/2023/02/13/legal-experts-mock-lawyers-really-weak-defense-of-classified-marked-folder-found-by-his-bed/
One More Sign That Special Counsel Jack Smith Is Dead Serious
https://www.thebulwark.com/one-more-sign-that-special-counsel-jack-smith-is-dead-serious/
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS
Tens of thousands rally at Knesset against overhaul: Worried for Israel’s future
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-rally-at-knesset-against-overhaul-worried-for-israels-future/
Knesset Law Committee passes first stage of Israeli judicial reform
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-731416
Israeli Parliament Committee Faces Shouting, Singing and Dramatic Exits
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/13/israeli-parliament-committee-faces-shouting-singing-and-dramatic-exits/
Palestinian outcry over Israel’s illegal home demolitions in Jerusalem
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2249826/middle-east
Regional monarchs nervously watching events in Israel-Palestine
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/02/13/how-regional-powers-are-reacting-to-increasing-violence-in-israel-palestine/
AID AND ABETTING: Israeli Army Battalion Puts U.S. Ban on Funding Abusive Units to the Test
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/11/israel-idf-netzah-yehuda-accountability/
The Truth About US Support for Ukraine, But Not Palestine
https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/the-truth-about-us-support-for-ukraine-but-not-palestine/
"Pacifism Is Not An Option" — Meet The Anti-Putin Russians Supplying Drones To Ukraine
https://worldcrunch.com/focus/anti-putin-russians-no-pacifism
Russians abandon wartime Russia in historic exodus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/russia-diaspora-war-ukraine/
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER
Disappearing Saint-Louis: If there is a war against climate change, the UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is on the front lines. And the ocean is winning.
https://apps.npr.org/saint-louis-senegal-climate-change/
Natural disasters, boosted by climate change, displaced millions of people in U.S. in 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/natural-disasters-boosted-climate-change-displaced-millions-americans-rcna69732
Skiers seek climate change moves: ‘The seasons have shifted’
https://apnews.com/article/sports-europe-mikaela-shiffrin-climate-and-environment-alpine-skiing-cebde053a3542ad096b194caa81f955d
THE MEDIA SCRUM
We Have Never Seen a Football Player Like Patrick Mahomes
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2023/2/13/23597254/we-have-never-seen-a-football-player-like-patrick-mahomes-super-bowl-57-kansas-city-chiefs
The Eagles Played Their A-Game, But The Chiefs Had Patrick Mahomes
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-eagles-played-their-a-game-but-the-chiefs-had-patrick-mahomes/
Eagles fans flood Philly streets after Super Bowl loss: ‘F–k the Chiefs’
https://nypost.com/2023/02/13/eagles-fans-flood-philly-streets-after-super-bowl-loss-f-k-the-chiefs/
I'll Say It: That Was the One of the Worst Calls in Super Bowl History, and It Handed Chiefs the Lombardi Trophy
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/02/13/ill-say-it-that-was-the-one-of-the-worst-calls-in-super-bowl-history-and-it-handed-chiefs-the-lombardi-trophy-n702938
That Super Bowl Call Was Fine, but We’ll Never Be
https://slate.com/culture/2023/02/super-bowl-chiefs-eagles-holding-call-refs.html
Nick Sirianni crying during the national anthem became a Super Bowl meme
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/nick-sirianni-crying-meme-super-bowl-eagles-coach
Sheryl Lee Ralph Belts Dazzling Rendition Of 'Black National Anthem' At Super Bowl
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sheryl-lee-ralph-super-bowl-2023_n_63e5be63e4b07f036b9bf33e
NFL fans deeply divided over black national anthem being performed at Super Bowl: 'America only has one national anthem'
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-national-anthem-super-bowl-twitter-reactions
Everyone Super Excited For Our Yearly Satanic Illuminati Ritual?
https://www.wonkette.com/everyone-super-excited-for-our-yearly-satanic-illuminati-ritual
Another Super Bowl Halftime Ritual?
https://welovetrump.com/2023/02/13/another-super-bowl-halftime-ritual/
Rihanna's Super Bowl Outfit Called 'Powerful' by Some, 'Satanic' by Others
https://www.newsweek.com/rihanna-super-bowl-outfit-powerful-some-satanic-others-1780707
Rihanna won big at the Super Bowl — and without losing her mystique
https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2023/02/12/rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-review/
Rihanna Quiet Quit the Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/2/12/23597197/rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-show-pregnant
Trump trashes Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance as 'single worst' in history
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-trashes-rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-show
Super Bowl 2023: AOC crucifies Christian Super Bowl ads as 'fascism'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/aoc-crucifies-christian-super-bowl-ads-fascism
The Best, Worst, and Possibly Most Evil Super Bowl Ads of 2023
https://slate.com/business/2023/02/super-bowl-ads-2023-best-worst-evil-reviewed.html
The M&M's Super Bowl ad is a massive anti-climax
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/mms-superbowl-ad
‘I JUST SCREAMED AT MY TV!’ Michael Keaton Returning as Batman in Super Bowl Trailer Has Twitter Gen X-ing Hard
https://www.mediaite.com/sports/i-just-screamed-at-my-tv-michael-keaton-returning-as-batman-in-super-bowl-trailer-has-twitter-gen-x-ing-hard/
The biggest star of Super Bowl LVII commercials? Nostalgia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-commercials-2023-clueless-safety-dance-the-matrix-nostalgia/
ODDS, ENDS
‘Only bones left’: Turkey families look for remains as hopes fade
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/13/370
'My mother died in front of my eyes': Survivors criticise Turkey earthquake response
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-13/my-mother-died-in-front-of-my-eyes-survivors-criticise-turkey-quake-response
Children orphaned by the quake in Turkey and Syria face an uncertain future
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/world/children-orphaned-earthquake-intl/index.html
States including North Dakota push to enshrine protections for tribal children
https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tribal-news/states-including-north-dakota-push-to-enshrine-protections-for-tribal-children/article_d1a63684-f1bf-51c9-a3c3-977c84977284.html
Oregon program that trains rural adults to combat child sexual abuse shows success, study finds
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/02/oregon-program-that-trains-rural-adults-to-combat-child-sexual-abuse-shows-success-study-finds.html
A priest scandal rocked the Belleville Diocese 30 years ago. How have things changed?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article269533642.html
Widespread child abuse by Catholic Church members in Portugal is tip of iceberg - report
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-abused-by-members-portuguese-church-past-70-years-2023-02-13/