Makers & tech educators: It's that time of year! You can build a Lunar New Year box to stuff with goodies of your choice. This Instructable shows how it's done. With CircuitPython, of course. I'll drop media of the action when students arrive in class: www.instructables.com/Build-a-Luna...

GUNG HEI FAT CHOY SUN NEEN FAI LOCK SUN TAI GEEN HONG Happy Lunar New Year!

Gift article Columbia University has punished two people affiliated with its dental college after documents released by the Justice Department revealed that they had bypassed the normal process to help Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend gain admission.

Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing. 66 years old going 66 mph.

@flavorflav.bsky.social is doing the work and walking the walk. It would take a Nation of Millions to Hold Him Back from supporting U.S. Womens' Sports. The man is a King.

MY BOBSLEIGH LADIES SLEIGHED AND TAKE HOME GOLD AND BRONZE,!!! 🥇🥉 Letz GOOOOOOO Elana Taylor Meyers and Kaillie Humphries,!! Elana,,, the most decorated black winter Olympian of All time finally takes her gold,!! So proud,!!!

So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

We built Jikipedia, a new wiki that compiles Jmail data into exhaustive reports on key figures in the Epstein scandal. It lists all recorded visits to Epstein's estates, each person's possible knowledge of Epstein's crimes and laws that they may have violated.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Material objects, status, attention, call it what it is www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Here's an idea... Let's translate all of the Epstein files into Spanish so that the Republicans will finally be upset about them.

Dyscalculia messes with my ability to judge time: past, present, future

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

#Discord has decided to require face scans/ID uploads for full access. Might be time to start thinking about other options for #defcon community hangout. Suggestions welcome.

Yea so tell me again why I should "just trust Discord" and "It's just for your age" and "It's client side only, trust bro"

Your periodic reminder that almost 9 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still doesn't have a functioning power grid. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The best part of super bowl is the empty streets. #bikesky

H/t @jollygoodginger.bsky.social, OPERATION DILDO BLITZ IS A GO

ICE in Italy: When American Border Politics Hit European Streets

In October, Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, collided with a Border Patrol vehicle on her way to work. The situation escalated: agents drew their guns, pulled her out of the car and arrested her. She said it was an “assault” that left her emotionally scarred.

Saw this clip in October but reposting because I refuse to allow privileged people ignore facts or wear pretend blinders. It isn’t a one off, but is recorded. People do not have to be doing anything wrong to be attacked. It’s normal for a woman to wonder who the fuck is randomly snatching her.

The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

The Blacksky community votes on what features they want. They do it all out in the open and they make the code available for anyone who wants to run their own infra. They’re building what their members want them to build. And they want private community-only posts bsky.app/profile/rude...

Good for Rudy and blacksky. Bluesky ceo and devs wouldn’t accept feedback nor properly moderate racism since early beta days. The community that helped build deserve to have boundaries that bsky fails at repeatedly. People need to learn they’re aren’t entirled to everyone’s space.

Today will not be finding multitudes of solutions for others… I’m going to fixate on another problem. Below happened over the week, the end was firmly in place as per EOM but must have popped itself out from the heat. Am sad, crash course in ferruling but no tools for it right now.

Deleted. Tired of this place.

Studying at the Fountain. ⛲

Still boosting, Michelle Obama deserves better

I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo

BECAUSE #CelebrateBlackWomen #MichelleObama m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4GI...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

BECAUSE #CelebrateBlackWomen #MichelleObama m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4GI...

Feel this in the tech industry which has similar overlap in the files. Even men who aren’t total misogynists just do not credit and promote women the way they do each other. And the women who enable that inequitable behavior are numerous as well.

“…administrative subpoena was also used to seek information from Google about an American retiree within hours of him after sending a critical email to Homeland Security’s lead attorney Joseph Dernbach. The retiree’s home was later visited by federal agents inquiring about the email.”

Day 1315 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and this was one of a number of superb hellebores in a customers garden today 🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

Consoles are dead example #462,372

Eldritch bunny

Yes! They really are profiling with zero justification. (though they are knocking on doors too) If anything, no need to be embarrassed and hoping more people find clarity like Cooper.

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."

i had some posts go missing for unknown reasons - so you get extra this week! Enjoy! ---- www.distributedthoughts.org/2026-01-12-b...

I feel this in my core

Maybe I'm so loud now to make up for all the years I didn't have a voice.

hey yall you can buy filament from west3d.com

During Black History Month, we honor the legacy, resilience, and leadership of African Americans and the many ways Black history has shaped Los Angeles County.

Okay, long work day and now we can play some pinball. I am over on Twitch as UncleGutty, but if you prefer a YouTube viewing experience, you can catch me over here: youtube.com/live/yq5xCqF...

So much to say and no good way to say it right now. I won’t be intimidated into silence though. A closer knit coven would be nice but until then, buried in my thoughts and strategizing.