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.

How hard is it to find an 85 year old woman? And why is the TMZ dude doing more than the FBI to find her.

Need more of this! Resistance and anti-war ballads were ubiquitous in the 60s.

I just for the life of me can't figure out why a large chunk of people are inherently hostile to new technology shaped by companies that actively support an anti-science, anti-humanist mass murder autocracy

BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies. Watch on our YouTube.

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...

When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years theconversation.com/when-ice-swe...

Yeah, so. . .I seem to remember in the past skaters reattempted a missed jump. They can't do that anymore?

It was working, so we don't want to do it anymore? keck.usc.edu/news/adoptio...

Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but: You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ. Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read. Read to improve your writing.

Who’s a good silver medalist?

This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful. And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent

Counterpoint: Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM. That’s fucking insane.

How about I put that yellow star on my arm? Like an identifying badge of sorts?

Not totally. Not actually at all.

If Trump's seizure of Venezuela's oil is simply "diplomacy," so were Bonnie and Clyde's visits to banks.

Can we PLEASE stop calling them “hallucinations.” A hallucination is a false sensory perception. LLMs don’t *perceive* anything. These are “CONFABULATIONS.” Thank you for your attention to this matter.

🟨 Print Edition — Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’ The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling…

What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar Daily

So, less economically well off people apparently live on air.

Theres a quiet myth that #climate adaptation is less contentious than mitigation. It isn’t Who's protected? Who pays? Who decides? If we can’t transform society to decarbonize justly, why think adaptation will be easier? Both hinge on fairness, equality &democracy Reminded of key Qs by @volts.wtf

Jasmine Crockett: “Other countries have CEOs that are stepping down & princes that are being indicted — in the United States, crickets. Nothing is happening — we have a president that says that the Epstein files are a hoax because his name is in there more times than I can count”

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Oh simple. You just have to file an affidavit. Easy peasy.

My football loving husband: "I can't watch any more figure skating. It's too stressful!

Just drove past a development called Pinnacle Heights, and after watching this season of Bridgerton, I can't stop giggling.

If only someone had mentioned this before the election. 🙃

Science communication is a skill that can be learned and improves with practice. To effectively communicate you need to be able to translate complex information into clear language, understand different audiences and adapt messaging appropriately, use storytelling, and more.

“That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.”

It’s amazing how little the GOP cares about health and wellness. MAHA, do you care that pollution causes asthma and COPD and a host of other illnesses? But, if there is no red dye in Skittles I guess we’ll all be okay. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

how we got here

If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one [researcher] said, ‘This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals? This is a generational loss of innovation, technology, and economic power.’” 🔗 archive.ph/2026.02.12-1...

Fantastic to see this. 👏 I've been arguing this for years. Glad someone finally did the research.

This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine. Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.

Kansas. Let that sink in (bathroom pun intended).

You might think that the inhumane conditions at America's concentration camps is because of this administration's usual lazy incompetence, but, no, it's because of this administration's usual vicious cruelty.

Thanks Ed. See our new op-ed (gift link): www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Reminds me of sandwich guy (although clearly more serious).

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

But we do know, it not good.

The questioning was sadly hilarious. "White culture" means nothing. There is no such thing. Everything white folks think of as theirs was brought to the US by immigrants. The Christmas Tree, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie? Germany and The Netherlands.

A few of JD Vance's online buddies are using (and twisting) NIH data to legitimize race science. It would be a weeks-long scandal in any other administration. badfaithtimes.com/jd-vance-is-...

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

I live in CT. I vote in CT. You cannot vote by presenting a debit card. That is a lie. Larry Kudlow is a liar. Fact: you must present verifiable evidence of living in Connecticut, proof of residency. You have to produce the same documents to get a gov't-issued photo-ID. They're all liars.

EPA claims repeal will be "de minimis." Based on our forthcoming work on wildfire smoke (below) and a back-of-the-envelope calculation from Table 1 in the final rule, I estimate this action will kill over *200,000 Americans* over the 21st century. De minimis indeed! www.nber.org/papers/w33829

Trump is great for business, they say. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/d...