Read: This Is the Age of the Coward | The Index

The Age of the Coward is here, where America’s most powerful corporations, once eager to preach their values, now fold like cheap umbrellas at the first gust of political wind.

Read: Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine | BBC

Read: What Older Adults Should Know About Bluesky | AARP

Read: If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone? | The Conversation

Read: What key players want from Ukraine war talks | BBC

BBC correspondents analyse what key powers hope to gain from two days of intense diplomacy.

Read: I want you to do these four things right now | Werd I/O

Okay, friends. Here’s what we’re going to do. It’s not going to take long.

Let’s install Signal.

Read: 5 Reasons to Protect Your Privacy on Mobile Phones: Why Data Privacy Matters | e Foundation

Read: Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple | The Conversation

Read: Silk Road merchants may have introduced cats to China 1400 years ago | Science

Read: Trump wants to dismantle the agency that provides weather forecasts. It will make your life worse | Fast Company

Read: The Scottish site where bumblebees now thrive | Rewilding Mag

Read: US retail sales post biggest drop in nearly two years amid winter freeze | Reuters

Note: I keep looking for good news and I’m not finding it. Sorry.

Read: US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck | The Conversation

Watch: OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)

OK Go has done it again. A really good song with an amazing video.

Read: Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study | L.A. Times

the H5N1 bird flu virus is probably circulating undetected in livestock in many parts of the country and may be infecting unaware veterinarians.