Conservatives spent years complaining about ”safe-spaces” and “liberal snowflakes” only to turn around and show they are absolutely terrified of ideas they don’t like (“racism is bad” “gender is fluid”) and willing to use state power to avoid the slightest discomfort. The snowiest of flakes.

The left doesn't hate technology, we hate being exploited: aftermath.site/anthropic-clau...

rare positive journalism news story

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It's that time again. It will be hard to let go. From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywa... #poem #booksky #writing

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Protesters may have helped drum Palantir out of Denver. Next objective: drumming it out of our lives denverite.com/2026/02/17/p...

Student used ChatGPT just to send me a message to let me know they were sick and wont be in class. My frustration towards student ChatGPT use is more heartbreak than anger. I could talk about this for hours

Right wing media has dominated the info space about trans issues. Fox News alone writes more stories about trans people than even LGBTQ news outlets. That doesn't even take into account the influencer space where algo engagement favors this kind of narrative. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/fox-...

Anyone have a NYT sub? would appreciate a gift link to “The Physical and Spiritual Art of Capoeira”

“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.” Sounds accurate to me.

"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Watching last season of The Wire. Loved this show but man their use of the habitual be is atrocious

“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)

Every semester, seems like students want to talk less and less. Not sure what to do to encourage conversation in my classes.

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

Wonder Man is what happens when you treat the story you create as if it is more important than an IP you have to produce. Might be best thing Marvel has made so far for tv.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people have attempted to distance themselves from Jeffrey Epstein. But document releases and other revelations over the last several months has underscored the depth, intensity and persistence of Epstein’s connections to the global elite.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.

Eagerly awaiting a Harpers Letter

The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK to target Black journalists and activists.

Breaking news: The former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested on charges connected to a Minnesota church protest, people familiar with the matter said.

"Major figures in right-wing media have made clear that they see Pretti’s death as justified, and their reasoning consistently abuts the idea that Pretti wasn’t just acting illegally but against the interests of his group. In other words, Pretti is a race traitor."

A new U.S. TikTok spinoff is set to be owned and overseen by a tight-knit consortium of megabillionaires, many of whom have had direct business relationships with Trump and his administration. The deal puts Trump-aligned tech barons in control of nearly all major U.S. social media platforms.

Watching ”The Wire” (missed it growing up). On season 3. Pretty great show. Biggest criticism so far is the way dudes use the “habitual be” is atrocious.

If you havent, would be good to follow @startribune.com for news about #Minnesota

Powerful letter from Tehran taking stock of the violence of the last weeks and the mood on the street: "When politics lacks depth, spectacle rushes in. When history is erased, myth rushes in. When education fails, fantasy becomes governance." www.equator.org/articles/teh...

“I didnt care until it affected me personally” scares me. It is an unfortunate, but common political phenomenon for human beings. But as a psychoanalytic phenomenon, it scares me to think about how contingent, particularist, and maybe even random political persuasion is.

The Politics of One Piece: Morality over Ideology journojoshua.medium.com/the-politics... #anime #onepiece

As we come up on MLK Day, still relevant colorlines.com/articles/mar...

snort-laughed in the way only dystopic humor can get you

They always use pathology to address dissent. “brainwashing” “radicalisation” “ideological capture” Once beliefs are framed as pathology, the author no longer has to argue against them. Disagreement becomes evidence of illness.

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

The ER waiting room is such a irony of modernity. Waiting hours to be seen during a medical emergency is both a miracle (in the context of human history) and a failing.

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

Biologist Eduard Batlle used to spend his weekends at his parents’ confectionery. Now he’s one of the six inventors of petosemtamab, a revolutionary experimental treatment for tumors that’s been acquired by a Danish company english.elpais.com/science-tech...

NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase. "It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.

“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”

The scale of the unrest now gripping Iran is the largest since the demonstrations of 2009. Some veteran observers reckon the protests are the biggest since the overthrow of the shah 30 years before that econ.st/4qcWIt0 Photo: Getty Images

We need each other

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.