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There's alternative programming to the State of the Union Address!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 'The People's State of the Union.' Beginning at 8 p.m. on the National Mall, with speeches from Democrats not attending the SOTU! Watch on the PBS player below. #SheShed #DefendersofDemocracy www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Getting ready for #StateoftheUnion

Think twice before you mess with NJ.

*cough*

Good. Free to read. No sub needed. Peter Attia Leaves CBS News Amid Epstein Files Fallout www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/w...

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Widespread outages across several states on the East Coast left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity as power lines and poles succumbed to wind, snow and falling trees and branches. nyti.ms/4b4Hz86

THESE WOMEN RULE in more ways than GOLD. The women's Olympic hockey roster for Team USA rejected an invitation to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday.... https://www.rawstory.com/womens-hockey-team-snubs-trump/

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15 essentials to have on hand during a #winter #storm | @USAToday.com buff.ly/uKQNl85 #weather

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#FilmNoirClub returns this Wednesday at 8 PM EST. I’m hosting THE ACCUSED (1949). In the ‘30s, women were screwball heroines, liberating dumb men. In the ‘40s, they were femme fatales, *entrapping* dumb men. THE ACCUSED asks, “What the hell happened?” Join us! Link to view: ok.ru/video/371407...

We know that a lot of people avoid Instagram for valid reasons, but if you happen to maintain an account there would you consider following us? Exposure there is unfortunately vital to non-profits like us. www.instagram.com/merrymacfarm...

Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧵

In honor of the Olympics... Kay Nielsen, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (1940) #Art

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NEW: Another great day at the Olympics has me asking the question: How and why does Norway continue to dominate the Winter Olympics? The CBC Olympics and CBC Sports column for Day 14. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

it’s very difficult for me to reread old pieces of mine, but I am sharing this for the Olympics, for nostalgia, for Asian American women of a certain age, for little Asian girls everywhere gift link:

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I Ran 30 Miles Testing 5 Smartwatches to Find Out Which One You Can Actually Trust | @CNET.com buff.ly/OMEjHJo #smartwatch #wearable #workout #fitness #FitnessFriday

Who in Canada is surprised by this article? I think just about no one. I fully expect he is going to do this. A trade deal with the Demented Dimwit is not worth the paper it is written on. Zero trust & appeasement never works. He wants to break us so he can own us. Good luck. (Gift article)

To ugh loss for Canada's women's hockey team. They played hard & clean & brave. The puck doesn't always go your way. #BeProud

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ALL GLORY TO OUR LEADER~

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NYT with live updates over Andrew's arrest. (Gift Article)

Latvian model agencies. Hmmm. I wonder if any other Eastern European countries have similar agencies to investigate. www.reuters.com/business/med...

The parallels between Trump and Hitler are frightening. Greenland appears to have been a lifelong preoccupation of Adolf Hitler’s.

These virtual assistants that doctors are using are annoying as fuck. “Do you need surgery.” I don’t fucking know. I was hoping one of the humans who works there might be able to tell me. Jesus Christ

How to Avoid Making the Same Fatal Mistake That Led to the Demise of #Sears | @Inc.com buff.ly/z4vErBm #retail #business #innovation #success #WednesdayWisdom

But the geopolitical divide between the U.S. and China has made Canadians and Europeans look more like the children in a bad divorce, shuttling between two feuding parents, pleasing neither, and risking retaliation if they take sides. Carney said as much in a memorable speech last month in Davos.

#USBC cables aren't all the same, and it's costing you charging speed | Make Us Of buff.ly/tPz9a1C #USB #tech #TechTuesday

For those who aren't familiar with the plague of Private Equity, this is an excellent piece on how pervasive it's become in the US, but it's not only there. PE is strangling so many businesses and raising costs along the way while shitting on employees. yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/everything...

‘Show Up for Us’: 13 Democratic Voters on Trump, ICE and Their Frustrations With the Democratic Party www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

5 things I've been finding unbloggable. althouse.blogspot.com/2026/02/5-th...

From @theathletic.com: Canada advanced to a gold medal showdown with the U.S. at the Winter Olympics after a 2-1 win over Switzerland in the women's hockey semifinals. trib.al/cZdh3Xt

Remembering Robert Duvall. #RobertDuvall, 'Apocalypse Now' and #TheGodfather icon, dies at 95 | @USAToday.com buff.ly/UMHBlLt #legend #actor #movies #MovieMonday

imagine being a beautiful cow and ending up as a boxy, three-button USA flag sport coat with a collar gap and the bottom-most button fastened

#Banksy nails, USA! They are as popular as Israel at #Olympics JD Vance is crying..

Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn: “I know that a lot of people will say, ‘You’re just an athlete. Stick to your job. Shut up about politics,’ but politics affect us all.” www.outsports.com/2026/2/11/24...

Have I've been watching too many Olympics?

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The Prime Minister and other federal party leaders have just placed flowers at a memorial in Tumbler Ridge. Dear #America, this is what civility peace and unity looks like. #cdnpoli #Canada At

When you lose the medal but you're still a winner.

Deep bow to Canada~ #curling

This is an incredible woman. Read for free; no sub needed. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...