"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances. reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...

Goodnight Donegal, Ireland Joseph McKenzie, 1969

“An LLM’s words shape our beliefs, decisions, and actions, yet no speaker stands behind them.” Deb Roy on how AI might be training us to “accept words without ownership and meaning without accountability.”

What Would the First Week of World War III Look Like in Space? https://gizmodo.com/what-would-the-first-week-of-world-war-iii-look-like-in-space-2000721504

GIFT ARTICLE ... a new presence in the room, listening to her, watching her, tilting in her direction and talking to her unprompted every few hours to offer conversation, or breathing exercises, or obscure historical facts. “Hey Jan, do you have a moment?”

That plus the "working class" label (which the NYC seems to use as a sneer) is really telling...

#TheSimpsons' 800th episode featured a crossover with HBO Max's, The Pitt, with cameos from Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, and Taylor Dearden. 🩺

The European Parliament has disabled AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data protection concerns, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.

Very happy to announce the @raisingfilms.bsky.social creative residency is back again this year! uk based writers, directors & producers with caring responsibilities who would benefit from a week with fellow residents in the Yorkshire Dales please apply. All info in the cards attached. #RaisingFilms

NEW: Parents are getting pissed about how much time their kids spend on laptops at school -- so they're opting them out. I spoke with parents who challenged schools to put their kids back on pen and paper, and how they dealt with schools telling them they can't www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets. Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better. www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...

Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for the U.S. hockey team, has captivated her hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. “This ice rink feels so ordinary,” said Corrie Fleck, 10, “but then a superstar is from here.” nyti.ms/46TArJ7

A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous It will immiserate so many

www.littlechickltd.com/emerging-wri... #scriptsky #screenwriting

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

I just spent a full minute bouncing my eyes back and forth between "62-year-old Kansas man" and "18-year-old ex-wife"

It’s a very small way to be eco-friendly, but I love these mechanical pencils that have extra leads AND extra erasers… One of these can last for years.

"Often, the potential upsides and downsides are overstated." Note here that the "downsides" being discussed in this article are not worker rights, suicides of teens, damage to the environment, etc., but rather the ludicrous claims that AI is going to become an evil and malicious super being.

Disappointed to learn that someone has colorized "Guernica"...

Some of us had to work.

A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

US: Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday (10 February) that they said would eliminate the statute of limitations that has shielded sex traffickers such as the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Iceland has great and unique holidays. This one is my favorite: "After they unwrap presents with family and friends on December 24, they curl up with steaming cups of hot chocolate and read long into the subarctic night." www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/icela...

"By removing writing from reporters' workloads...." So reporters are just research machines? Not actual WRITERS? No human skill, judgement, or art should go into turning facts into articles?

How comfortable and ignorant do you have to be to say “art shouldn’t be political” with a straight face As if that in itself is not a political statement

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate! Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!

"implausible deniability" is a perfect way of describing the way Russia acts. Seen most often departing from a window, of course, but also anchors snagging communication cables, cyber attacks etc etc

That is not a photo of the Southeast.

Attorneys race to file refund claims after IRS loses court case. on.wsj.com/4rXi7Hm

AI video platform Seedance has caused a furore. Disney has unleashed its lawyers. Paramount has written a stern letter. filmstories.co.uk/news/disney-...

Same, 'lil owl, same.

It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍 #MosaicMonday

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there. n.pr/4rhf7Wb

I very much dig the idea of gladiator cupids...

Beyond natural curiosity I'm not usually heavily invested in internal theological debates within Chrisitanity, but they are once again affecting the safety of my own people. In that spirit, move past the headline and read this excellent article by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. ty for writing it.

Never vote for people who don’t want people to vote.

Disney sends cease-and-desist to ByteDance over AI-generated videos reut.rs/4aACJxZ

Oh damn episode 5 totally delivered on a ‘you can peacefully go fuck yourself’ and more. 😭 Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is clearly, already the best ever adaptation of GRRM’s writing.

One great thing though is it’s made for what the showrunner says is a 1/4 the budget of the other Game of Thrones, & to be fair this doesn’t even exist without the original show. But the scoping down, intimacy & continuity of character, and focus on personal stakes is what makes for the best tv.

Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

“A grand total of zero — zero — grand jurors agreed to return the proposed indictment. As a former federal prosecutor, I have never heard of this actually happening before.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The FAA warned the Pentagon that a new technology posed “a grave risk of fatalities” before closing airspace in Texas. Here is a close look at what happened. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The Guerrilla Girls are at the Getty Center! This new exhibition explores the anonymous feminist art collective’s 40-year career. Explore their eye-catching artworks & humorous public interventions that helped shake up the art world. #GuerrillaGirls #Art #Museums

Paramount Skydance sends cease and desist to ByteDance over AI models Seedance & Seedream. • Accuses IP theft of ‘SOUTH PARK’, ‘SPONGEBOB’, ‘STAR TREK’, ‘TMNT’, ‘THE GODFATHER’ • Says content trained models without permission • Demands infringing content removal #Paramount #ByteDance

As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event. They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.

OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.” You can’t trust chatbots.