I’m bummed that da Bears weren’t in the superbowl and I’m glad that the Seahawks beat the Patriots.

Folks! We're putting on a queer horror film festival with a bunch of amazing people here in Montreal this October and it's called FAGTASIA If you're a queer or trans filmmaker with horror to share, send us your films at filmfreeway.com/FagtasiaFest . We're looking for shorts and features alike!

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

Mission accomplished I guess? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

Arch of Hysteria, by Louise Bourgeois, 1993, 📸 by @jaredctilton

hmmmm… just heard a 77-year-old man refer to himself as middle aged a while ago, a friend (38 year old) referred to herself as middle aged where to draw the line

I know in my heart I will only truly ‘win’ this quiz by getting 0 out of 11 correct. For now, I got 10 out of 11. NYT news quiz: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is an occasional reminder to follow @victoriastrauss.com and subscribe to Writer Beware if you're a writer, trad or indie published, for invaluable info - Unhappy Returns: Harper's Bazaar Short Story Contest, America Star Books writerbeware.blog/2026/02/06/u...

It weird when you do do that, though.

Itsa me

You can even write a book without the intention of having it published. You can just do it if it’s something you want to do.

“The excavation work at the site began last July, 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless found there were no burial records for almost 800 infants and children who died in the Tuam home.”

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

Dave has been *relentless* in his federal courthouse coverage of the fallout of DHS cases against Chicagoans. Much of his reporting is done at great personal cost. Please support him today:

Loot that drops after beating me: - 10 uni-ball pens, all in different colors - a small tube of good hand lotion - a packet of microwave popcorn - an e-ink book reader on airplane mode with 100 library books on it

oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...

don’t even get me started on calculating the percentages based on 1/7ths

Incredible stuff happening at Spencer’s Gifts

me: I’ve really got to stop reading so many books about WWII also me:

surely the leopard wouldn’t eat *my* face www.msn.com/en-gb/pets-a...

Lady in Moscow, 1912 #expressionism #vasilykandinsky

i set up openclaw on my work machine to have it get my apes back from gas town but instead they are partying with said stolen apes on moltbook, this is the last time i'll ever listen to jimmy fallon

Some good news: @cydharrell.bsky.social is hiring, and the work is really meaningful Btw, Cyd and I have worked together: A+++++, would work with again

BTW, if you’re negotiating a right of first refusal (aka ROFR), this is what it actually is ⬇️ Many companies try to sneak in a right of *last* refusal (ROLR)

laughter as emotion, laughter as language, laughter as a cognitive achievement

whoa

logging on

🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 it 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

This fellowship is one of the greatest things I've ever had the opportunity to do. I learned so much, pursued a project that otherwise would not have been possible, and love keeping up with the work the other fellows continue to do, too. Highly recommend applying for this:

10 years and several lifetimes ago

"Organizers say the effort is very real." missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-m...

incredible

in case you don’t know who Julie K Brown is: “best known for pursuing the sex trafficking story of Jeffrey Epstein, who in 2008 was allowed to plead guilty to 2 state-level prostitution offenses” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_K... Perversion of Justice (2017-2018) www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...

I'm gonna become the first guy to walk out of family court sentenced to death

👇

this is so wholesome

Apply now for "Big Data, Great Lakes," a journalism workshop exploring data centers in southeastern Wisconsin by @ijnr.bsky.social. The deadline for applications is Friday, February 6th www.ijnr.org/upcoming-pro...

“France plans to remove American video-conferencing tools including Zoom and Microsoft Teams from government departments and replace them with a domestic alternative.”

when I think of Good and Pretti and others (known and currently unknow) who have been harmed by ICE, I wonder if kids today know about the Kent State massacre in 1970 and the unarmed protesters who were killed (and the aftermath) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...

imo The King Oak should be listed in this wikipedia page on individual trees en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Just in case anyone thinks Bovino is ‘gone’ - he’s back in Los Angeles where all of this started back in June 2025. It’s been an onslaught.

My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream

“When Ali started selling newspapers in the 1970s, about 40 street hawkers were working in Paris. Now he’s the last one. The sole survivor of a tradition that once made news a physical, communal experience rather than something you scroll through alone on your phone at breakfast.”

Neighborhood climbing gym is closed on Friday for the general strike. I hope this means normies and the offline have heard about it

wait what?

Goodnight. Midnight Owl "Bubo" Transistor Radio 1960s. www.bidsquare.com/online-aucti...