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Three good things: 1. Stargate SG-1 2. The sky in New Mexico 3. A fresh box of dark chocolate buckeyes

Here's my bottom line: Much of what they are doing is bad. Much of what they are doing is unpopular. Pushback is working. We are winning. Keep fighting. Be creative. Push for what you'd want. Allow for insiders and outsiders. Realize that change takes time. Reduce harm in the meantime.

If only this world were the kind of place where this man (Husted, not Chris) would have to experience the reality of poverty. I suppose there's still time to make it happen 🤞

NEW: DOJ sued Washington State for access to the state's unreacted voter data. However, it failed to file proof that it served the complaint. So now the federal judge has asked DOJ to show cause as to why this case should not be dismissed. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

There are now more kids with measles in Texas than children who have ever had transgender surgery

All my friends and family just constantly believe ai stuff is real and send it to me with zero skepticism but then if I try to send or tell them anything absolutely real they'll be like "well everything's ai these days, how can you be sure" it is driving me insane

Fucks’ sake. Even Kaiser Wilhelm II wasn’t this erratic.

Looks like one side of this bullshit war actually has a strategy!

I've been watching The Hollow Crown in bits and pieces over the past few weeks, and jeezohman. The Calamitous 14th Century (to steal from Tuchman), and the attendant 100 Years' War, feel extremely relevant at this specific moment. Not great.

I have consistently, since term 1, used the "family annihilator" framing when discussing the MAGA movement. Once you realize it, it's impossible to miss seeing it in everything they do.

"I considered going to a protest downtown. But that seemed a little far, so I am crossing the ocean to Europe."

I'm shocked

"No testing, no cases" but applied to the threat of reprisal for an illegal war levied without consent of the People and assassination of foreign head of state and massacre of schoolchildren

A rough beast? Slouching toward Jerusalem? In this economy?

We're all riding shotgun on a suicide-cult stagecoach and getting closer & closer to the cliff 🫣

After a decade exploring Tokyo, I know that the best photographs come from following your curiosity, paying attention, and finding the unexpected. I lead photo walks built around exactly that. All levels, all cameras. Link below, shares appreciated.

The guy who designed the DHS Sex Plane

And under no circumstances recall that Reagan sent Oliver North to Teheran with chocolate cake and missile parts.

honestly, this goes in the war crimes prosecution file, a pretty clear declaration that the mission is not guided by rules rooted in the law of armed conflict

I mean what the fuck. Our taxpayer dollars funded Iran, and this was THE biggest political scandal of that decade. We were NOT at war with them. We TRAFFICKED ARMS to them. COME ON. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2...

Someone get Jack O'Neill, Anubis is jumping hosts again

As I have said in the past - Ohio is not a state. Ohio is a hostage situation.

Platner’s got a real “middling Earl’s third son” vibe. Sent to elite schools, ended up in the army and then the imperial mercenary corps, play acts as a gentleman farmer, picked to run for Parliament from a rotten borough. Jack Aubrey probably slept with his wife.

To be clear, Kansas Republicans rushed through a confusing and disastrous bill, created a panic, and wasted untold number of tax dollars all to target 300 out of the nearly 3 million people in the state.

Right? This isn't just Congress either - it's school boards, city councils, mayors, levies and bond issues (including for police and fire depts!) Not denying he's crazy enough to try it, but... in what world is this going to even be feasible?

The fact we don’t have dozens of non-profit newsrooms seeded across the country by progressive billionaires tells you everything you need to know about the capability of billionaires to actually act on progressive values.

“We are taking back your papers, you have no papers now” is even more chilling than “show us your papers”

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school. They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

Good roundup here. The good news is it can all be turned off (literally, zeroed out) with one (1) reconciliation bill. Throw anyone involved out on the street, liquidate or destroy any material purchased, and start the criminal investigations. There are also ample options for executive-only action.

For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks. lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0...

I know there is a lot, but this really does break a part of me. It is so lawless on so many levels — and each individual boat strike is a choice.

In just 25 hours, the U.S. has had four tariff regimes: 1. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) 2. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs 3. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10% 4. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10% + 5%

New series: "Fugue Terrain" uses experimental techniques to investigate the relationship between movement, time, and landscape. Series page coming soon, and these four images now available as prints at drm.darkroom.com As always, shares appreciated

It's worse than that. The American public paid the $175B in tariffs. Trump & his clan spent/stole that money. Now, the regime will use tax dollars to pay an additional $175B back to corporations to fulfill the SCOTUS order. So, the people pay twice.

1. Trump was ridiculous and offensive. That's a given. 2. His tariff comments are not saying he's ignoring the Supreme Court. Anyone who tells you that is not a serious person. 3. There have always been other tariff authorities. There are, however, limits to the tariffs under those authorities.

The reporter makes an important point: Not only does this ruling undercut his economic agenda, it undercuts his entire foreign policy, which is based on threatening other countries with tariffs.

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Andrew's arrest (for "providing sensitive information while UK envoy", not, you know, statutory rape or sex trafficking) proving once again that if you're powerful enough, you can commit whatever crimes you want, as long as you don't mess with /other/ people in power.

Oh yes. Oh hell yes. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

Ohio State, Leslie Wexner, and John Zeiger have buried their Epstein problems for 20 years. The university has created "Jeffrey Epstein guidelines" for employees handling angry callers, with Ohio State to debut its opulent new University Hospital on the Wexner Medical Center's campus on Sunday.

This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...

A year ago, I was learning how to use my left leg again. A year before that, I was using a wheelchair full time, after my fourth surgery. Today (very slowly, and with my cane!) I climbed almost all the way to the summit of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. This is the first spot I burst into tears 😭

Any European leader who applauded Rubio after that speech is a foolish appeaser. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Here I am. Come and get me. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

The company spokesperson told me that there are no plans for a Torment Nexus for now. "The feature was designed for this use only," they said. It is not designed to implement a Torment Nexus."

The sudden Alito retirement rumors feel like a signal that the GOP is worried about losing the Senate in the midterms. One way to read this is that this summer/fall is the last *guaranteed* window where Trump/GOP senate could confirm a far-right Justice. (eg what RBG could’ve done in 2012.)