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NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Good grief - Sara Eisen on @cnbc.com saying overall affordability has improved under Trump citing gas prices, mortgage rates & eggs.

Average White Band’s classic “Pick Up the Pieces” hits #1 today in 1975. “.. The name of the band started out as an ‘in’ saying among us,” said bassist Alan Gorrie. “You know, we’d be listening to a track and say ‘not bad for an average white band.’ I guess it just stuck ..”

Really fascinating.

Hope this dental work gets covered by the Olympics and/or the NHL

And sure enough he’s won both. Seek this movie out when it opens in the US in April. Robert deserves an invitation to the Oscars next year.

In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

Let’s do a pre-snowfall AMA! ❄️ Have any (respectful) questions? Drop them here ⬇️

Well done, intertubes

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Financial markets feel increasingly fraught to me, with the elements for a meaningful selloff coming into place. This threat is highest for stocks and corporate bonds, but even crypto, gold, and silver remain at risk despite recent pullbacks.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo takes a selfie with his SIX GOLD MEDALS from #MilanoCortina2026 🤯 He became the first athlete ever to win that many Olympic golds at a single Winter Games.

That is amazing! Any chance you could boost us? digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop3... We're an all trans immigrant girl scout troop in Mpls MN & can't safely sell cookies in person this year because of ⓘⓒⓔ activity. All funds from purchases & donations go to support our hurting community 🍪💖

We should do everything we can to help Democratic politicians leave Twitter behind. Help the AG out!

I’m no cocktail connoisseur but shouldn’t the Margarita be given a day in a warmer month than February?

We are live streaming cartoons over at Instagram.com/fleischertoons

"Still punk as fuck" he whispered, reaching for his four string

not to be missed, though: her coach(?)’s literal cartoon-eyes awooga reaction

Pee Wee Herman explains Ash Wednesday and Lent

AMBER GLENN, EVERYONE 👏 Her final skate in the women’s singles free skate ends with a BANG.

The bastards

Bari Weiss’s lecture at UCLA on “the future of journalism” canceled

F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...

I respect his commitment to the bit

Saying Americans should “work a year longer to help the economy” ignores the truth: most can’t choose to work longer. Jobs, health, caregiving & a weak retirement system shape real outcomes. We need stronger retirement security & policies that match lived realities. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...

RIP Robert Duvall. I hope you and Jimmy Caan are mooning Marlon Brando, wherever you are now. www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/m...

Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.

Teddy Roosevelt's descendants lobby Republicans to stop mining of public lands (gift link):

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279

Thrilled that my latest piece was selected as today’s Forbes Editor’s Pick! My new piece is about the Dells’ $6.25B pledge to expand Trump’s child accounts — and why design flaws still leave many kids behind. Read the article here: www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...

The California billionaire tax isn’t just about revenue. It’s about belonging — and recognizing that giving back strengthens community, not just budgets. www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

They should just release Casablanca in theaters every year. Free money

NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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Let’s see those snots at Bon Appetit top this

"keep you doped with religion and sex and tv" John Lennon Working Class Hero

On this day in 1955... open.substack.com/pub/letterso... @lettersofnote.com

I am going to turn this into a daily inspiration calendar.

The great Sérgio Mendes would have turned 85 today. 🎂 His song “Mas Que Nada” (1966) was the first US hit to be sung in Portuguese. “It opened a lot of doors for me,” he said, “It’s a great, haunting chant that is fun to play .., but I had no idea it would become such a special song.” #RIP