The horses got turned into GLUE ffs

crazy to me that no one at youtube or google is ever even, like, asked about this stuff anymore, let alone pushed to take responsibility. regardless of whether a PRMC/moral majority-type campaign would be a good idea, is the respectable center really so anemic/captured that it won't even try?

And today I broke the story that the WH will try to appoint Means via a pathway for which she is as equally ineligible as she is as a physician: by going through a category in which she has even fewer qualifications (i.e., none) than in the Medical category. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

People in Milan have to be absolutely SICK of Norwegians at this point

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Help Save Mercado Central -- now at 70%, next stop 3/4 funded, and you can help! This helps the Minneapolis coop keep the building open through utilities, property taxes, maintenance--and that building houses THIRTY FIVE different Latino-owned or -serving business. www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...

Price-is-Right-ass administration

Let's hear it for the federal district court judges. 6abc.com/post/slavery...

Once again I'm asking Democrats to take their messaging cues from the sitting Democratic Senator who is the most vulnerable for re-election in 2026

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And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting. In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

@humaimtiaz.bsky.social are there alternatives available for this Lincoln Rd NE project? Project site has nothing other than presentations from 9+ months ago.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

#ITeachPhysics another relative velocity video for you

The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape. After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.

Self-Portrait (rotated), potential sketch for The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo, late 15th//early 16th c

This account is an anti-ICE account. Come and get me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

Pigouvian taxes work and are broadly compatible with a strong view of personal liberty. We should use them more.

A US Marshal who is part of Trump's surge of feds in DC shot and killed someone in DC yesterday evening and there is barely any coverage and not a single post on here yet about it? wtop.com/dc/2026/02/u...

The DC residents who pushed Congress to overturn the DC crime bill are also to blame for opening Pandora's box

i think drafts was a good idea but i can’t say i’m in love with bskys new clippy integration

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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

No Kings includes Draft Kings

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More attention here, please.

Almost 4000 people have done this quiz so far, although younger groups still under-represented in case you know anyone who'd like to give it a go and see how they compare to others! probability.kucharski.io

I've wanted to make this graph for years, and we finally did it. Here's where all the government's money came from and went to for the last 30 years. Immigrants aren't the cause of the problem. cato.org/white-paper/...

@metrobusinfo.bsky.social stop running back to back buses on your routes! What is the point?

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Finally a proper use for AI antirender.com

This right here is the beginnings of the result of what DOGE was really up to. Not *really* slashing stuff, but getting access to as many government citizen databases and joining them to be able to target people quickly and comprehensively across all their exposure to the federal government.

Kinda wild to me NYT piece about people who basically DoorDash every day www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...

Today, Smart Cities Dive reports how this year's Surface Transportation Bill will shape the fate of public transit and passenger rail. You can hear from APTA leaders Paul Skoutelas and Ward McCarragher in this story > www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/congres...

In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

DC snow prep strikes again

Bring back stick shifts so people don’t have a free hand to text with

And the first NATO Peace Prize recipient is....

what do you MEAN Al Gore heckled Lutnick at Davos

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

The 100 VERY BEST RESTAURANTS ranking is HERE! washingtonian.com/specialty/10...

DC folks, is this on your radar and your calendar yet? Coming up Tuesday, Pershing Park ⬇️

Trump has a Nobel Peace Prize just like Putin has a super bowl ring www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/her...