Absolutely horrifying. This refugee survived genocide and died because of the gross incompetence of federal immigration agents.

And the environmental impact?? Weird how quiet we've been on that I really like Moore, but this is a huge misstep

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Literally impeach every single impeachable person in the entire chain of command, including Trump.

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. RFK Jr. is a disgrace.

The only bad fruit is a red delicious apple. Y'all just aren't getting good/in season ones

Truly distressing number of people here and everywhere waiting impatiently to return to their treasured bigotries as soon as they no longer feel the kind of common threat that forces them into coalition building and solidarity

this is that democratic party social media venture kamala harris announced. this is their big idea to attract young voters.

NPR is usually pretty staid, this is an astonishingly blunt headline. www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g...

Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word “fascism” during press junkets in 2025. Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

Why isn’t the right excited about technology?

Every billionaire in the Epstein files could drop dead tomorrow and the world would not only be fine, it would actually improve. The quality of our media would improve. Our environment. Our food. Our health care. Our technology.

the actual story of what happened at the National Endowment for the Humanities last year is even more infuriating than we thought

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there should be a microsoft office setting to warn people when your level of irritation is already dangerously high that day

there are no adults in the room societally

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Begging @jamesgunn.bsky.social to put this man in a purple derby and let him annoy Superman.

Ewwwwww what the fuck

2026 basically

When someone with truly terrible takes blocks you

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I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.

They've both been in jail since Monday. "State police said that a grand jury indicted the couple in late January for concealing the birth of an infant and reckless homicide, a charge used in situations where someone 'reckless[ly] causes the death of another person.'"

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Using AI makes science communication worse. Period. AI use necessarily reduces accuracy, transparency and authenticity. But sci comm *needs* to be accurate, transparent, and authentic. Otherwise you’re just goofing around, which will destroy your audience‘s trust in you and in other sci comm.

These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.

The company is facing a lawsuit from three detainees who allege guards beat and sexually assaulted them, then covered it up. Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty. https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/

100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday

I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast! Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.

We kind of had two! Back in 2016, we got together (as friends!!) on the 4th of July for a bite and some fireworks. I knew a spot in Alexandria by the river where you could see 4 different fireworks shows at once. It was humid and misty, and I swore it wasn't a date, but it absolutely was ❤️

This is just unconscionable man

“A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration "trampled" on Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment rights, blocking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's efforts to punish Kelly, a retired naval officer”. You’re damned right they did, go off Judge.

Do not forget this when they ask you to thank them for giving you a couple hundred bucks back on your tax return in April.

This is why you shouldn’t believe them when they say they are done with a place. We are still occupied, and at least two people have died due to it since DC was declared “crime free”

Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"

If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.

He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational

Most of the band Good Charlotte lol

Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,520 times (as of Feb. 1, 2026).

They have not withdrawn from DC. Source: literally passed a dozen armed NG troops three hours ago in the Dupont metro.