idk I’ve seen a bajillion kids movies where the kids parents die & let me tell you, having a convo with my kid about how anyone can die at any time & it doesn’t matter if they’re someone’s mom or dad is way harder than having a convo about how sometimes someone has two dads or whatever. And yet

A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters. on.wsj.com/3PoQMj5

Investors: "Anyway, we were so impressed that we invested the entire planets' economy in this, if it fails you're all cooked."

Because we can all use some elderly bat love today:

These are the 4 things AI can do well: •Clean up your email inbox (badly) •Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party •Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself •Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday You can see why we need to base our economy around it

Could someone please tell me what imminent threat we were under from Iran that somehow justifies the mass murder of innocent children? Actually, scratch that. We're already seeing American kids being kidnapped and killed for no reason, so I guess this is just how we live now.

Trixie, Mabel & Millie celebrating Noem's firing like it's Xmas! #JusticeForCricket 🐶 🔫

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety. venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars. child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me. mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed. mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.

This is the tech equivalent of painting a picture of a lion, then fleeing in terror.

We’ve compiled every serious scandal the Attorney General has faced during his political ascendancy, and somehow managed to emerge unscathed from. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/k...

I love games and so many of the people who make them. It was an honor to accept the award on behalf of the team and a privilege to be able to speak to what I believe in. ♥️

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

NPR does a profile on a possible replacement for Kristi Noem at the head of DHS.

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

He should literally be impeached just for this.

Screaming

Environmental storytelling

That's what I’m talking about!

FIFA Peace Prize winner

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

congress needs to stop this madman

Any senator who votes for Mullin cannot be trusted.

more worried about radical alcho-fascism

Anyways.

A Marine Corps Veteran protested and said that Americans shouldn't have to die for Israel during a Senate committee meeting. He was beaten and dragged out by security then a Republican Senator broke his arm. While it was happening, not a single person tried to stop it.

ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural — theonion.com/ice-agent-in...

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

Fetterman just voted with every Senate Republican (except Rand Paul) to block legislation aimed at halting Trump's disastrous war of choice with Iran. @fetterman.senate.gov and his GOP colleagues now share ownership of Trump’s stupid, unpopular, unjustified and already tragic war — and the fallout.

The child care block grant gets less than $9 billion a year for the entire country

So vibes then.

War isn't cruel enough for MAGA, so pundits suggest more cruelty against Americans to woo the psychopaths.

1. In yesterday's primary elections, anti-transgender Democrats found out the hard way why you don't throw transgender people under the bus. Two anti-trans dems lost their primaries, including one that cast the deciding veto override vote, in blowouts. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Hegseth wants the people he sends to fight trump’s war of opportunity to die in anonymity.

BLUMENTHAL: Wouldn't you agree no citizen working lawfully should be arrested? NOEM: There are times when they may be arrested or detained until identity is confirmed B: Would you agree citizens should not be arrested? N: When there's probable cause ... B: They said, 'Get him. He's Mexican'

Hmm. It turns out that all those Gen X movies about high school being a nightmare were because our generation sucks.

Another one.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration: Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure. Its a horrifying escalation.

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Hats off to all those law firms that bent the knee immediately, handing Trump wins in a fight it turns out he wasn't willing to keep fighting.

Do not give this anti-human, anti-worker trash a single cent or click, ever.

"The Peace President."

This is worth mentioning to your friends who traded their ChatGPT for Claude subscriptions - Claude helped kill all of those little girls at school in Iran. Anthropic isn’t ethical AI.

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.