mercredi 18 février 2026
Ukraine, Iran : le chaos d’une double négociation de façade (Mondoscopie 110)
Paix et Guerre par Caroline Galactéros
136 k abonnés
https://youtu.be/gw2RgKWkiwI?si=hBFkOwswirvUyeV1
Big Tech Turns To Uranium As Data Center Power Demand Soars
Big Tech is considering supporting new uranium mining projects as companies need additional reliable power capacity for their huge data center expansion, according to the top executive of Canadian uranium miner NexGen Energy.
“It's coming. You've seen it with automakers. These tech companies, they're under an obligation to ensure the hundreds of billions that they are investing in the data centres are going to be powered,” NexGen Energy’s CEO Leigh Curyer said at a Melbourne Mining Club luncheon on Wednesday, as carried by Reuters.
As OilPrice reports, NexGen Energy, which is developing Canada’s largest uranium project, Rook I in Saskatchewan, has held early talks with technology companies over potential financing from data center developers, Curyer said.
The uranium developer has also discussed long-term uranium supply with data center firms.
Yet, potential funding or supply deals will not involve any changes to the control of NexGen Energy, the chief executive told Reuters.
Global electricity demand increased by 3% annually in 2025, following growth of 4.4% in 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its recent Electricity 2026 report.
Between 2026 and 2030, the annual average growth rate would be 3.6%, driven by higher consumption from industry, electric vehicles (EVs), air conditioning, and data centers, according to the agency.
Artificial intelligence, data centers, and advanced manufacturing support the return to growth in power demand in advanced economies, the IEA said.
U.S. electricity demand rose by 2.1% in 2025 and is expected to grow by nearly 2% annually through 2030. The rapid expansion of data centers will drive half of the increase, the agency noted.
The U.S. is backing nuclear power generation to help meet rising electricity demand.
Nuclear energy will be one of the winners of the U.S. AI and data center boom, as Microsoft and other hyperscalers have been looking to purchase zero-carbon electricity to power up their data centers, which are consuming growing amounts of electricity.
(Wells Fargo qui passe son temps à voler ses clients. note de rené)
Wells Fargo Sees 'YOLO' Trade Driving $150B Into Bitcoin & Risk Assets (USA)
Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com,
US tax filers may see bigger refunds in 2026 compared with previous years, a development one Wall Street strategist said may boost risk appetite for digital assets and tech stocks preferred among retail investors.
In a note cited by CNBC, Wells Fargo analyst Ohsung Kwon said the coming refund wave may help bring back the so-called “YOLO” trade, with as much as $150 billion potentially flowing into equities and Bitcoin by the end of March. Kwon said the extra cash could be most visible among higher-income consumers.
“Speculation picks up with bigger savings…we expect YOLO to return,” wrote Wells Fargo analyst Ohsung Kwon in a Sunday note seen by news outlet CNBC.
“Additional savings from tax returns, especially for the high-income consumer will flow back into equities, in our view,” he added.
Kwon said some of that liquidity could move into Bitcoin and into stocks popular with retail traders, including Robinhood and Boeing.
Cointelegraph contacted Wells Fargo for details on the assumptions behind the $150 billion estimate and how much of that total the bank expects could go to digital assets, but had not received a response by publication time.
Bitcoin demand depends on sentiment
While some of the taxpayer funds may flow into Bitcoin and digital assets, it’s important to consider the higher inflation and consumer spending compared to the period during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicolai Sondergaard, research analyst at crypto intelligence platform Nansen, told Cointelegraph:
“If sentiment starts to come around and retail sees positive upwards momentum in crypto assets, I see that as increasing the likelihood of funds flowing in this direction.”
Conversely, retail investors may opt for other assets with “higher momentum and social stickiness,” if digital asset sentiment doesn’t improve in the near term, he said.
The larger tax returns are due to the passage of US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which included numerous favorable provisions for 2025 tax filings.
Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, saying it would cut as much as $1.6 trillion in federal spending.
Smart money bets on crypto market downside as whales quietly accumulate
Meanwhile, the whales, or large investors, continue their quiet spot accumulation of the leading cryptocurrencies, while the most profitable traders by returns, tracked as “smart money,” are betting on more crypto market downside.
Smart money trader positions through the Hyperliquid exchange, top tokens. Source: Nansen
Smart money traders were net short on Bitcoin for a cumulative $107 million, along with most of the leading cryptocurrencies excluding Avalanche, according to crypto intelligence platform Nansen.
Still, whales acquired over $41.9 million worth of spot Ether tokens across 22 wallets during the past week, marking a 1.7-fold increase in the spot purchases of this cohort.
Trump DOJ Blocks Largest Copper, Gold, And Silver Extraction Site In The US Over Salmon, Sending Stock Tumbling
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the mining industry, the Trump administration has blocked what would have been the largest copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum extraction site in the United States, after the DOJ filed a 143-page brief late Tuesday defending the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 veto of the controversial Pebble Mine project in Alaska's Bristol Bay region.
If built, the Pebble mine would produce 6.4 billion lb. of copper, 7.4 million oz of gold, and 300 lb. of molybdenum - along with 37 million ounces of silver and 200,000 kg of rhenium over 20 years, according to a 2023 economic study cited by mining.com.
The DOJ argues that the EPA correctly found that discharges from the mining operation would cause unacceptable adverse affects on salmon fisheries.
"This precedent will be used by future Democratic administrations to reverse all of the progress this administration has made with its pro-energy, pro-mining, pro-development agenda," said Northern Dynasty president and CEO Ron Thiessen, calling the move "surprising."
As a result, the stock (NAK) is down as much as 45% in Wednesday trade.
History:
2001: Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. acquires mining claims for the Pebble deposit, a large low-grade copper-gold-molybdenum ore body in the Bristol Bay watershed. PLP (Pebble Limited Partnership), a subsidiary, begins data collection for large-scale mining.
2010: The Obama EPA announces that it would be conducting a scientific assessment under the Clean Water Act to evaluate large-scale mining impacts on Bristol Bay's water quality and salmon resources.
2014: BLOCKED! The EPA issues a Proposed Determination under Section 404(c) to restrict discharges in Pebble area waters due to risks to salmon habitat.
2017: during the first Trump administration, the EPA reversed course - proposing a withdrawal of the 2014 determination, which was finalized in 2019 (the withdrawal).
2022: The Biden EPA hits back, reversing the reversal - essentially putting the project on ice again.
January 2023: The Biden EPA issues a final veto determination to kill the project.
July 2023: Alaska files a motion with the US Supreme Court to challenge the Biden EPA.
March 2024: Northern Dynasty files a separate complaint challenging the EPA.
June 2024: Iliamna Natives Ltd. et al. (Alaska Native Corporations) file a complaint challenging the EPA.
November 12, 2024: US District Court for Alaska consolidates the three cases
February 17, 2026: Trump DOJ files opposition brief defending the Biden EPA's final determination.
The longer version:
The story starts in 2001, when Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. acquired mining claims for the Pebble deposit, a massive low-grade ore body estimated to hold billions of pounds of critical metals essential for green energy transitions and national security. Early exploration revealed its potential to become North America's largest mine, but its location in the headwaters of Bristol Bay - home to diverse salmon populations and vital aquatic habitats - quickly raised red flags.
By 2010, the EPA launched a scientific assessment under Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 104(a)-(b) to evaluate the risks of large-scale mining on the region's water quality and fisheries, setting the stage for over a decade of scrutiny.
The environmental concerns crystallized in January 2014 with the release of the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment (BBA), a comprehensive study highlighting potential negative impacts from mining discharges, including habitat loss for salmon. This led to a July 2014 Proposed Determination under CWA Section 404(c) to restrict waste disposal in the area. However, pushback was swift: In November 2014, a U.S. District Court in Alaska issued a preliminary injunction halting the process amid lawsuits from Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP).
In 2017, Trump's first term ushered in what investors in NAK thought was going to be a slam dunk. By July 2017, the EPA proposed withdrawing its 2014 determination - which was finalized in August 2019, clearing a path forward.
Progress accelerated in 2020. PLP revised its "2020 Mine Plan" in June, outlining a 20-year operation to extract 1.3 billion tons of ore, but acknowledging significant environmental costs: the loss of 8.5 miles of salmon-bearing streams, 91 miles of supporting streams, and over 2,000 acres of wetlands.
The Corps' Final EIS in July detailed these impacts, yet the permit was denied in November 2020 for failing to comply with 404(b)(1) Guidelines and public interest standards. PLP appealed in January 2021.
Ping Pong Intensifies
The tide turned again in October 2021, when a court vacated the Trump EPA's 2019 withdrawal, reviving the veto process. By January 2022, the Biden EPA announced a new 404(c) review, leading to a January 2023 Final Determination: a prohibition on discharges at the mine site in the South Fork Koktuli (SFK) and North Fork Koktuli (NFK) watersheds, and restrictions elsewhere in SFK, NFK, and Upper Talarik Creek (UTC) to protect salmon fishery areas.
Litigation intensified post-veto. Alaska sought Supreme Court intervention in July 2023 (denied January 2024), while Northern Dynasty filed its challenge in March 2024 (Case No. 3:24-cv-00059). The State of Alaska followed in April 2024 (No. 3:24-cv-00084), and Iliamna Natives Ltd. et al. in June 2024 (No. 3:24-cv-00132). The Corps denied PLP's permit without prejudice on April 15, 2024, citing the EPA's action. The EPA lodged its administrative record in August 2024, and the cases were consolidated on November 12, 2024.
Plaintiffs submitted summary judgment briefs on October 3, 2025, leading to the DOJ's recent filing backing the Biden EPA and sticking a fork in the eye of NAK longs.
Une femme au grand cœur, surnommée « Karen », adopte une migrante haïtienne et la fait travailler [non rémunérée] dans la cuisine.
Par Armageddon Prose
Il existe un terme pour désigner une domestique de couleur logée sur place qui effectue des travaux ménagers non rémunérés.
Bleeding-Heart Karen Adopts a Haitian Migrant, Puts Her to [Unpaid] Work in the Kitchen
Originally published via Armageddon Prose:
Like a drug addict who needs more and more quantities to chase that dragon, or a pornography monger who requires progressively harder content in search of prior levels of arousal, or a soldier no longer fazed by faces of death, constant exposure to leftist absurdity has rendered me desensitized to such an extent that nothing much in the genre much, sadly, titillates me anymore.
But this one I got an honest-to-God, genuine belly laugh out of.
My wife, in the other room at the time of the incident, surely thought I had gone insane — like Kafka, according to legend, laughing maniacally over the typewriter at the nightmarish absurdity of his own work and frightening his landlord.
Here we have Karen from Boston, speaking with local media, describing her experience acquiring her own personal Aunt Jemima — with a Caribbean twist for extra Diversity™ seasoning — to work in her kitchen.
Via NBC 10 (emphasis added):
“A migrant family from Haiti spoke exclusively with NBC10 Boston about their experience in the Boston area. They recently found a host home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and they’ve been searching for jobs.
It’s been an emotional few weeks for Wildande Joseph and her husband. First, they slept on the floor at Boston Logan International Airport and then in children’s hospital, with their 2-year-old daughter who got very sick.
However, things are now looking much brighter as they’ve been welcomed into Lisa Hillenbrand’s Brookline apartment.
She said her daughter is very happy. When she wakes up in the morning, she says, “Hi, Lisa” and everyone starts the day smiling.
“It’s a delight, and it’s really fun having them. What I realized is there’s so much prejudice against refugees mostly because people don’t know them,” said Hillenbrand.
Hillenbrand said she feels like she has her own personal chef as Wildande loves cooking. In fact, her goal is to open a restaurant.
The couple has their work permits and they’ve been taking English classes. They say they’re open to work anywhere to save money for their future. In the meantime, they’re enjoying their time with Hillenbrand, their new friend for life and their daughter’s new grandmother.”
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As an aside to Pam Bondi, on the off-chance Palantir, through some AI-powered keyword detection algorithm, picks this article up in the dragnet and refers it to the DOJ: I am not the originator of this hate crime.
Related: AG Pam Bondi Vows Federal Crackdown on ‘Hate Speech’
I wasn’t the one who invited a Haitian migrant named Wildande into my home, forced her to bake bread for no pay, and described her as my “personal chef.”
Rather, I’m a mere journalist.
Surely, I can’t be held responsible for a hate crime by simply reporting facts.
Now, there is a term — it’s on the tip of my fingertips but escapes me in the moment — for a live-in servant of the colored persuasion who performs unpaid housework.
…Somehow, it eludes me.
Maybe someone can help me out in the comments.
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