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Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create.

As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”

Since then, the trend of Silicon Valley billionaires keeping their families away from technology has become even more pronounced, thanks in part to the rise of social media and short-form video.

At the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival, early Facebook investor and billionaire Peter Thiel joined Chen among the ranks of tech leaders who are setting strict limits on screens. Thiel said he only lets his two young children use screens for an hour-and-a-half per week, a revelation that prompted audible gasps from the audience.

Other tech CEOs, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, and Tesla’s Elon Musk, have also spoken about limiting their children’s access to devices. Gates has said he did not give his children smartphones until age 14 and banned phones at the dinner table entirely. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, in 2018, said he limits his child to the same 1.5 hours per week of screen time as Thiel. And finally, Musk, who bought the social media company X, formerly Twitter, in 2022, said it “might’ve been a mistake” to not set any rules on social media for his children.

Yet, as the trials against social media companies continue and country after country moves toward legislating what Silicon Valley’s billionaires have quietly practiced for years, the private behavior of the world’s most powerful tech figures stands in contrast to what they’re promoting and building

So named because her face looks like an ink blot test.

It's expensive to be poor. It's harder to get out poverty than to be born wealthy with family that has connections and opportunities. Spend your money extremely wisely, because it's the real way we vote in this system.

I've asked myself the question a lot lately, "What am I spending money on that's a waste perpetuating this broken system which I could stop spending today?"

The only way to rise is to be smarter than the systems designed to drag us down. If you need a clear example, just look at a casino.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/35939350

Airport advertising sign, looks like they forgot to make the looping video full screen.

I'm rebuilding a FE-AR La Peppina from the early 70's, and the boiler and piston seem badly corroded.

Am i gonna slowly kill myself if I use it?

Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 (AKA porsche unleashed) was released 26 years ago. It did something different from other videogames. You could drive across the beautiful European countryside, and explore this particular car brand and its history.

I haven't found other games that allow you to basically travel through europe's most beautiful landscapes with your car and just take in the scenery like that. It was right before the whole trend started with "tuning" culture, spurred by the fast and the furious franchise. (love or hate it, it changed the whole landscape)

What other games would you say are similar to this experience?

Trump calls for removal of Susan Rice as streaming platform pursues takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

Donald Trump has told Netflix to remove the Democratic foreign policy expert Susan Rice from its board or “face the consequences”, while the streaming platform is locked in an extraordinary corporate battle to take control of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

In comments posted on his Truth Social platform, the US president described Rice – who served as national security adviser to Barack Obama and UN ambassador and White House adviser under Joe Biden – as a “political hack” and accused her of having “no talent or skills”.

Trump’s comments herald a fresh intervention in the takeover battle between Netflix and Paramount Skydance for the studios and streaming businesses of WBD only weeks after promising not to get involved.

This kid:

The 'Will AI Kill Hollywood Narrative?' had a moment back in 2024 when OpenAI released their SORA video generation model. For the first time, people saw an AI-generated video that was nearly equal to what they saw on TV and in the movies. OpenAI didn't capitalise on that, but a new video AI model called Seedance looks like it might be about to fulfil that promise.

The US TV & film industry is already struggling. It rapidly expanded during Covid, but has now shrunk much to be smaller than it was before Covid. This isn't down to AI. The hours spent watching TV & movies are shrinking, as more and more people spend their time watching online videos. These are mostly made for free by other users, or in a content-creator ecosystem separate from traditional TV/movies.

AI like Seedance looks set to turbo-charge the online content-creator ecosystem. Soon they'll have (almost) all the advantages Hollywood has, but won't have its costs. It's hard to imagine that the era of movie budgets in the hundreds of millions can last much longer.

Seedance in Action - Tom Cruise Vs. Brad Pitt

Study: Social Video Beats Traditional TV for Young Viewers

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Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported a new lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths from its “kinetic strikes” on small boats to 142. The announcement comes as international legal experts and human rights organizations condemn this US policy, characterizing it as extrajudicial killings.

In a statement on Friday, February 20, SOUTHCOM reported that its Operation Southern Spear conducted a “successful kinetic strike” against a small boat suspected of drug trafficking. The operation resulted in three assassinations. There were no survivors of the incident, which took place in international waters.

On Feb. 20, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known… pic.twitter.com/PzWQFfNgHm

— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) February 21, 2026

Escalation of extrajudicial killings
While the US military calls these actions necessary counter-narcotics measures, US and international legal experts label the policy as a campaign of extrajudicial killings. Critics point out that the use of lethal force against suspects who do not pose an imminent violent threat violates international law, human rights, and the right to due process.

US organizations such as the ACLU have noted that SOUTHCOM is acting as “judge, jury, and executioner” on the high seas. Legal experts have highlighted that even under the premise of criminal activity, the summary execution of individuals on civilian boats lacks any legal basis in either US or international maritime law.

Statistical analysis of the extrajudicial murders
According to data tracked by Orinoco Tribune, the death toll from these operations has reached a grim milestone. Since the strikes began in September last year, a total of 142 people have been killed in 42 separate strikes.

The statistical breakdown of the fatalities reveals the geographical scope of the violence:

• Eastern Pacific: 88 deaths recorded in 29 strikes.
• Caribbean Sea: 54 deaths recorded in 13 strikes.

The deadliest day was February 16, 2026, when three separate US strikes across both regions resulted in 11 deaths in a single day. The data further shows a trend of “zero-survivor” outcomes, as search-and-rescue operations for those missing at sea are frequently terminated shortly after the strikes occur, with individuals later presumed dead.

Venezuela condemns renewal of US sanction framework
On Saturday, February 21, the Venezuelan government issued a statement expressing its categorical condemnation of the renewal of the US “national emergency” regarding Venezuela. This measure, which labels Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security,” was extended by the US government on February 18, 2026.

The renewal continues Executive Order 13692, originally signed on March 8, 2015, by then-President Barack Obama. The Venezuelan government noted that this measure lacks any objective basis or real justification, and violates international law. It serves as the legal base for the battery of sanctions designed by US imperialism to bring about “regime change” in Venezuela. Most of those illegal sanctions are still in force and have failed to achieve its main goal.

Cilia Flores’ Women for Peace Movement Demands Release of President Maduro

The unofficial translation of the Venezuelan statement follows:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the renewal of the so-called “national emergency” with respect to our country, extended on February 18, 2026 by the government of the United States, in continuation of Executive Order 13692, signed on March 8, 2015 by then President Barack Hussein Obama.

From its inception, this instrument was conceived without objective basis or real justification, based on arguments divorced from truth and international law, and labeling Venezuela as an “unusual and extraordinary threat.” Eleven years later, reality confirms what the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has consistently maintained: our country poses no threat whatsoever to the people or government of the United States, nor to any nation in the world.

The persistence of this measure, born under political premises that do not correspond to reality, only contributes to maintaining narratives of confrontation that do not reflect the true historical, cultural and human ties that should prevail between the Venezuelan and US peoples.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela urges the government of the United States to assume a constructive and respectful role in conducting its international relations, abandon unilateral approaches, and move towards a stage of mutual respect, frank dialogue based on sovereignty, non-interference, and the shared benefit of our nations.

Caracas, February 21, 2026

Special for Orinoco Tribune by staff

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I saw a sign for a convenience store when I was on the bus the other day and decided to go check it out since I never been there before.

I saw this face mask and decided to pick it up because I want to try snail mulch and the price was good too. My skin has been so dry lately and it just drank this right up! Plus, it didn't feel slimy like I was expecting the snail mulch to be.

I've haven't seen this brand at Walmart or Winners and the Reddit post mentioning it are from over a decade ago. The Startpage results are pretty lacking too. I don't know if they are a niche brand or just not very popular in the west. Regardless, I'll try out more of their stuff. When I was browsing I saw that they also had a rice or oat cleanser which might be from the same brand, my cleansers have been super stripping lately.

Defence minister rebuffs US president’s claim that Arctic islanders are ‘not being taken care of’

Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark has said, after Donald Trump said he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he wants to acquire.

“The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs. They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialised treatment, they receive it in Denmark. So it’s not as if there’s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland,” the country’s defence minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, told the Danish broadcaster DR on Sunday.

In Greenland, as in Denmark, access to healthcare is free. There are five regional hospitals across the vast Arctic island, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from all over the territory.