The president has run amok. To our senators and congresspeople.

Mr Trump has engaged in a military action - again - against a sovereign nation (Iran) that has not otherwise provided a credible threat to the United States.

This is inexcusable and he must be held to account.

Do your job! Impeach and remove.

Colorado 12-year-old nationally awarded for invention | FOX31

This is the story about a boy named 

Anirudh Rao who has several amazing inventions. But the one that stands out is an early detection system for tornadoes. 

He deploys a series of drones that can detect changing weather patterns and can indicate a tornado brewing as much as 40 minutes in advance. Current systems allow for about 13 minutes; this invention could save lives. 

It's amazing what someone can do when they put their mind to it. 

 

https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-12-year-old-nationally-awarded-for-invention/

A continent-long “brown ribbon” has appeared in the Atlantic off Africa — and scientists say it’s not a good sign - Futura-Sciences

There's a brown streak that has appeared across most of the Atlantic. And this mass is … sargassum! 

The scourge is back and essentially worse than ever. But of course, we merely shrug. 

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/a-continent-long-brown-ribbon-has-appeared-in-the-atlantic-off-africa-and-scientists-say-its-not-a-good-sign_26008/

China's water battery hits 120,000+ cycles, can beat lithium by decades

Tofu for the win! These scientists have found a way to use a tofu brine as the means to allow batteries to conduct electricity - in place of lithium. 

It's less costly, lasts longer, and in-all safer. 

See? Even cars are going vegetarian. lol. 

 

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/chinas-water-battery-outlast-lithium

The Couple Who Wed During Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance Share Their Story - The New York Times

Such a good story. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/style/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-wedding-couple.html

Ford Has a Patent for a Shifter That Could Give the Manual New Purpose | Gear Patrol

With all the talk about moving away from computers, or even that ford is somehow abandoning advanced tech or EVs, this is an interesting twist.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/ford-ev-manual-shifter-patent/

Olympian Eileen Gu

As we bid goodbye to another Olympics, we can marvel at the (mostly) young athletes who got to do something amazing as a representative of their country - while the IOC makes a ton of money and leaves the host city holding the bag from a financial perspective.

But this item is about one of these youngsters - Eileen Gu, who is an American, but represents China at the Olympics.  She's a remarkable person and I thought it was worth commenting on her.

You see, Gu is a smart woman, and she figured out how to make the most of her opportunity and love of skiing early on.  She created a social media presence and got noticed.  And because she's of Chinese ancestry, she was invited to participate on behalf of that country.  They pay for her training and related expenses.  And yet they allow for her to continue to use her presence to maintain sponsorships, and continue modelling.  And she is able to remain in the United States and pursue a degree at Stanford. She's studying International Relations, but that hasn't stopped her from taking courses in Quantum Physics! (and as a few physicists have noted, that may help her perform better because she understands what it takes to make her successful at her sport.

She went on to win 6 medals across two olympics.  And yet, she is mostly humble and understands her place as a kind of leader - and took the high road when several knuckleheads tried to chastise her for not representing the United States.

Heck, she cried after her last event, while giving an interview, because she was informed her grandmother - an inspiration - had just died. 

I have so much respect for her and her intelligent approach.  Consider this quote:

"I'm an introspective young woman. I spend a lot of time in my head. It's not a bad place to be. I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I'm 22, so with neuroplasticity on my side I can literally become exactly who I want to be. How cool is that? How empowering is that, right?

"I get to become every day the kind of person that me, at age eight, would revere. I would be obsessed with me today. Are you kidding? I would love me and I think that's the biggest flex of all time."

We need so many more people like her in the world!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/22/eileen-gu-freestyle-skiing-halfpipe-gold-zoe-atkin-bronze-great-britain-winter-olympics