Social•Feb 19, 2026
Europe's Energy Storage GWh Investments Surge This Week
Gigawatt-hours of investments, tolls, optimisation and platform financing across Europe this week #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ypYzZ8xa8y
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 19, 2026
NASA Admits Starliner Missteps, Reclassifies Mishap, Vows Leadership Overhaul
News conf upshot: NASA acknowledges poor decision making thruout Starliner prog and esp while crew was on orbit. Now correctly classified as Type A mishap. NASA still committed to Starliner, but will be leadership and other changes at NASA. Rpt...
By Marcia Smith
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Starliner Crew Flight Test Findings Detailed in 312‑page Report
Here's the full, 312-page report of findings from the Program Investigation Team regarding the Starliner crew flight test. https://t.co/rd3RyEQ4YZ
By Eric Berger
Social•Feb 19, 2026
A Decade of Solar Growth Celebrated by SEIA President
Solar Energy Industries Association president reflects on decade of progress #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/tbHnPi0r3A https://t.co/0nNhikDzH0
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 19, 2026
US‑Israeli Strikes Will Hurt Iran, yet Conflict Persists
"They’ll definitely take terrible damage from combined U.S.-Israeli strikes. But that doesn’t mean it ends quickly, or clean — and they do have some ability to impose some costs in the other direction.” Our latest on the U.S. state of play...
By Dan Lamothe
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Blackburn's Raw Dev Diary on Delay Feels Ancient
Joe Blackburn doing that raw and personal dev diary to talk fans through The Final Shape delay feels like a lifetime ago https://t.co/aSJAcanmKV
By Ethan Gach
Social•Feb 19, 2026
JKB Journalist: Decade‑Defining Epstein Investigation
Practically the only journalist who just kept going…in the same way the Boston Globe and Marty Baron are recognised for a decade of work on abuse in the Catholic Church , @jkbjournalist is the journalism story of the decade for...
By Emily Bell
Social•Feb 19, 2026
US Must Test Agile Combat Employment Against Iranian Threat
If this goes down with Iran, the USAF should put its Agile Combat Employment (ACE) playbook to the test. Having billions and billions in hard to replace fighter aircraft packed on ramps at a couple bases is not a recipe...
By Tyler Rogoway
Social•Feb 19, 2026
CIOs Must Choose Cloud Strategy and Rebuild Capabilities
#CIOChat Q4: Endgame: Is the future cloud-first, cloud-smart, or cloud-selective? What does your next-gen operating model look like across on-prem, edge, sovereign cloud, hyperscale? What strategic capability must CIOs rebuild, refactor, or pay down tech debt to make it work? https://t.co/eKYQWD41ZW
By Dion Hinchcliffe
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Navy F-16Cs Set for Aggressor Paint Schemes
I would expect the Navy F-16Cs will finally be getting aggressor paint jobs now that they go through a tailored depot program. I have a feeling we will be impressed.
By Tyler Rogoway
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Sovereign Stacks: Balancing Scale, Regulation, and Control
#CIOChat Q3: Data residency, sovereignty mandates, and geopolitical risk are rapidly reshaping architectural decisions right now. Are we entering a “sovereign stack” era? How are you balancing hyperscaler scale with regulatory exposure and enterprise control? https://t.co/VK5lLC7gA0
By Dion Hinchcliffe
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Bluepoint's Missteps: From Remakes to Cancelled Live-Service
It's not a crime to acquire Bluepoint after they remade Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, have them make a God of War live-service game, cancel that game, and then close them down. But it fucking should be.
By Jeff Grubb
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Midsize U.S. Firms See Tariffs Triple, Squeeze Cash
Tariffs paid by midsize US companies tripled last year, a JPMorganChase Institute study shows. Pass the cost on. Layoff employees. And/or take profit hit. Cash squeeze to pay duties and invoices. https://t.co/iPsMW2h5iP
By Tom Craig
Social•Feb 19, 2026
SALD Unveils Large‑Area Sheet‑to‑Sheet Perovskite Tool
SALD launches large area sheet-to-sheet tool for perovskite solar pilot lines #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/1T4zFQX3n4 https://t.co/XXG8fpaR0N
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 19, 2026
US Strike Risk Adds Premium to Oil Market
Expectations of a possible US strike on Iran—currently oscillating between wait-and-see and watchful anticipation—have introduced a risk premium into an otherwise well-supplied oil market. My talk w/ @KellyCNBC @CNBCTheExchange https://t.co/XwyD5XmiRg
By Daniel Yergin
Social•Feb 19, 2026
ADS‑B: Essential Real‑Time Safety Standard for All Aircraft
ADS-B is a critical aviation safety technology, which allows aircraft to broadcast their location and trajectory in realtime and see other aircraft in realtime on a map. This is essential safety technology, table stakes for all aircraft.
By Blake Scholl
Social•Feb 19, 2026
CIOs Reevaluate Cloud‑First Doctrine Amid Rising Risks
#CIOChat Q1: For a decade, “cloud-first” was treated as doctrine. With the “public” prefix unsaid. Are CIOs now quietly reassessing that orthodoxy? What signals (cost volatility, lock-in, latency, resilience, or control) made you question assumptions we once considered settled? https://t.co/Eecmzn4rTh
By Dion Hinchcliffe
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Bluepoint Games to Close After Five Game‑Free Years
A source confirms reporting that Bluepoint Games will be shut down in March after five years without releasing a game. A live service project it was working on was canceled in early 2025. https://t.co/iDyik1yFVj
By Ethan Gach
Social•Feb 19, 2026
CAISO Hits >100% Renewable, Gas Share Drops Sharply
27th of 49 days in 2026 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the @CaliforniaISO grid. Gas own 54% in vs 2024 and 56% vs 2023 Batteries up 54% vs 2024 and 301% vs 2023 PV up 38% vs 2024 and 56% vs 2023 PV+Batteries displacing gas Imports...
By Mark Z. Jacobson
Social•Feb 19, 2026
SLS Core Stage Fully Fueled, Leak‑Free Progress
The SLS Core Stage is 100% full with liquid hydrogen, reaching that step without the leaks experienced in the first Wet Dress Rehearsal. Core stage LOX also full. Upper stage in progress. https://t.co/l57ViNyv7v https://t.co/osaGFUDs2r
By Marcia Smith
Social•Feb 19, 2026
EBV DNA Linked to Multiple Autoimmune Diseases in 800k Genomes
🆕@Nature Genome sequencing of >800,000 people finds Epstein-Barr virus reads and their association with other autoimmune diseases besides multiple sclerosis, including type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and hypothyroidism https://t.co/FKCV4OInT5
By Eric Topol
Social•Feb 19, 2026
China‑Iran Alliance Turns Regional Conflict Into Global Threat
When great powers align, regional conflicts become global risks. China’s support of Iran is shifting the escalation ladder—and changing the strategic balance of the world. Understand what this means before it happens. Full analysis on website #Geopolitics #China #Iran #GlobalPower #Strategy
By David Murrin
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Democrats Question Ellison Over Trump Ties in Warner Deal
Senate Democrats Demand Answers From David Ellison About Paramount Skydance’s Dealings With Trump in Warner Bros. Takeover Bid, Accuse CEO of ‘Pattern of Evasion’ https://t.co/jeeblW2lVw via @variety
By Todd Spangler
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Bank Relevance Demands Challenger Mindset, Not Just Tech
No amount of technology or marketing will make a bank relevant without a challenger mindset. Culture determines whether innovation ever reaches the customer. We discuss this with @EFulwiler, CEO of Rival. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/Y31f7tnfQ6 https://t.co/hmRJoRouya
By Jim Marous
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Outthink Disruption: Leaders Build Tomorrow's Innovations
I’m excited to keynote at @xRedThreadx on March 14, 2PM at the LINE Hotel. I’ll share how leaders can outthink disruption—and build what’s next. Looking forward to connecting with fellow Outthinkers and innovators. #RedThreadX #Innovation #Strategy #Leadership #Outthinker https://t.co/FwYxqch81L
By Kaihan Krippendorff
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Solar Plus Storage: A Viable Global Power Solution
"Solar and batteries can power the world" Tom Brown is mostly on BlueSky these days but this is a great blogpost so I'm sharing it here too. https://t.co/KU6aqsHfEZ https://t.co/1pVWCGUOKs
By Auke Hoekstra
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Solar and Wind Aren't Cost‑competitive; They Add to Power Costs
We often hear the claim that intermittent solar and wind are cost-competitive with reliable sources of electricity. This is an accounting fraud. The cost of solar and wind is paid on top of the cost of an on-demand power source, not instead...
By Alex Epstein
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Neobank Middle Class Repriced: Acquisitions Turn Users Into Infrastructure
Two massive neobank acquisitions just happened. Stash sold to Grab for $425M (below its $747M raised) and Step got acquired by MrBeast. The neobank middle class is getting repriced: if you can't hit escape velocity, you become infrastructure for someone else's...
By Lex Sokolin
Social•Feb 19, 2026
China’s Factories Span From Ultra‑modern to Unsafe Extremes
True. Crazy what variety of manufacturing environments exist in China. From factories that are far more automated, clean, modern than any equivalent one in the US to ones that would get shutdown by a combined OSHA, EPA, NLRB squad in...
By Max Lobovsky
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Altesa Secures $75M for Lung Drug, Led by Ex‑Trump Official
Altesa, run by former Trump official, raises $75M for well-traveled lung drug https://t.co/bUx5dcvNJy by @gwendolynawu #biotech #startups
By Ben Fidler
Social•Feb 19, 2026
New Drug Development Reforms Aim to Match China
These proposed reforms to pre-clinical drug development and to smoothing the transition to first-in-human studies could be the most consequential steps toward leveling the playing field with China. https://t.co/oVY6N3xo9Y
By Scott Gottlieb
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Sandra Stern Exits Lionsgate After 40-Year Tenure
Sandra Stern to Depart as Lionsgate TV Group Vice Chairman After 40-Year Executive Career https://t.co/CZJTNhEDPP via @variety
By Todd Spangler
Social•Feb 19, 2026
White House Counsel Leaked Probe Details to Epstein
"'Doing fine,' she responded. 'Was talking to reporters until late in the morning last=night. Trying to isolate/contain wapo.'"
By Jason Kint
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Adding Fragmentomics Boosts GRAIL’s Multicancer Detection Accuracy
The most used multicancer early detection (MCED) blood test (liquid biopsy) uses methylation (GRAIL). But combining that with DNA fragmentomics, as reported today @NatureCancer, improves early detection https://t.co/VkNDR4XuW3
By Eric Topol
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Distribution, Not Creation, Is the New Attention Bottleneck
Distribution and the human attention premium That marketing and distribution become the principal challenges of scaling content in an attention landscape awash in it seems like an obvious outcome as production costs collapse. But it has not yet emerged as a...
By Eric Benjamin Seufert
Social•Feb 19, 2026
FDA Proposes Single Pivotal Trial as Approval Standard
FDA leaders say one pivotal trial, not two, should be ‘default’ for drug approvals https://t.co/ADRb1miphf by Kristin Jensen #biotech
By Ben Fidler
Social•Feb 19, 2026
From $4B Deal
He made $4B for his old firm and $900M for himself. Then sued to break a noncompete—and launched a hedge fund that gained 20% in year one.
By rich_toad
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Building Resilient Electricity Systems for Future Threats
Impactful discussion with 🇳🇱 @MinisterKGG, 🇬🇧 @Ed_Miliband, 🇦🇺 Stephen Jones, 🇪🇸 Sara Aagesen Muñoz & other leading figures on what is needed to ensure electricity systems can cope with the growing range of threats they are facing, both old and...
By Fatih Birol
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Silicon Valley's Private Shadow Grid Faces Skepticism
Silicon Valley’s energy appetite is so insatiable that it is now trying to build a colossal shadow power grid for itself nationwide. But will it work? Said @JigarShahDC : “This whole thing feels like a fairy tale concocted on...
By Evan Halper
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Tech Fails in Fee‑For‑Service, Aledade Shows Value‑Based Solution
What happens when you drop great tech into a fee-for-service system? Farzad Mostashari has a blunt answer—and it’s worth hearing. See what Aledade is doing to make the math work for value-based care: https://t.co/iMKzsdQSrl @AledadeACO #ValueBasedCare #HITsm https://t.co/lL49Ha2UHC
By Colin Hung
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Fox and News Corp Pledge $1,000 Match for Trump Accounts
Inbox: Fox Corp and News Corp (owner of WSJ et al) says it will match the U.S. government’s so-called Trump accounts with $1,000 contributions. https://t.co/jvxXALmJI6
By Ben Mullin
Social•Feb 19, 2026
3‑Minute Recap of Administration’s Legal Setbacks
Trying something new this week: instead of one legal win at a time or a long deep-dive, here’s a 3-minute roundup of the administration’s legal L’s — a concentrated shot of court losses, blocked policies, and judges saying “not so...
By JayJay Legal
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Leaders Chart Immediate and Future Solutions for Ukraine's Energy Security
Important discussions with 🇳🇱 @MinisterKGG, 🇺🇦 @Denys_Shmyhal, 🇱🇹 Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, 🇵🇱 @motykamilosz & others on Ukraine’s energy security Ukraine’s energy system is facing major challenges, but steps can be taken now to meet urgent power needs while preparing for the future...
By Fatih Birol
Social•Feb 19, 2026
ISF Multinational Deployment Begins, Hinges on Hamas Disarmament
Lots of updates about Gaza from the Board of Peace. One clear and consistent message: everything rests on the full disarmament of Hamas. International Stabilization Force (ISF), commanded by U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers, deputy command now Indonesia, ISF to...
By John Spencer
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Wells Fargo Confirms No Hidden Incentives in $1.4B Loan Sale
Finian O'Shea of Wells Fargo just asked this question on this morning's $OBDC conference call and mgmt confirmed nothing behind the scenes, no bonus economics or shenanigans behind the $1.4bn private credit loan sale at par value to 4 institutional...
By Julian Klymochko
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Deregulation Must Preserve Interoperability, AI Access, and Bulk FHIR Metrics
SMART Health IT team submitted formal comments on HTI-5. Feel free to read and borrow language. Briefly: Deregulation should not mean losing sight of whether interoperability is actually working. (HTI-5 risks eliminating the instrumentation ASTP/ONC needs to steer a successful...
By Josh Mandel, MD
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Solar Power Unreliable Even in Sun‑Rich Regions
No matter how sunny a region it is deployed in, solar is not a reliable source of power. Even in sun-drenched Arizona, a series of three low-pressure systems wiped out most of the state's solar energy for 6 days in January...
By Alex Epstein
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Airbus Space Rebounds 16% Revenue, Eyes Merger
.@AirbusSpace, after annus horribilis in 2024, reports 16% increase in revenue and return to profitability in 2025. Parent @Airbus says preparations for space merger with @Thales_Alenia_S @LDO_Space continue. @defis_eu @esa @EutelsatGroup. https://t.co/hqR8FTeOcS https://t.co/R22dQJ3mJk
By Peter B. de Selding
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Legalmiga Library Becomes Trusted Partner for Women Founders
Proud to share that The Legalmiga Library® is officially an Entreprenista Approved Partner. ✨ @entreprenistas supports ambitious women founders, and this recognition means our legal templates and resources are trusted to help real businesses protect what they’re building. The Library was created...
By Taylor M. Tieman (Legalmiga)
Social•Feb 19, 2026
AI Personas Turn UX Research Into Organizational Superpower
Most UX teams have a bottleneck problem. You've done the research. You know what users need. But every time someone across the organization has a question about users, they have to come to you. You become the gatekeeper. Not by choice. Just...
By Paul Boag