European stocks fall sharply as markets react to U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran | CNBC @cnbc.com

Not a fan, and even less of one now. Tom Cruise Was Reportedly 'Furious' With Netflix's Warner Bros. Bid And Stepped In To 'Save The Day Again' | @yahoonews.com

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

I've seen enough. Clearly this experiment is working. It is time for a Michael C. Jordan.

Starfleet Academy has grown on me a bit, but one liability of having Holly Hunter running scenes with Paul Giamatti & Robert Picardo is that when it jumps to heavy drama between the 20-somethings it’s awfully hard not to notice the gap in craft & experience, even though many of them are pretty good.

"Leo" is pruning pistachios trees. I earn minimum wage. "This job is tiring. I use large shears that become heavy working all 8 hours with my head looking up and my arms in the air. I am very tired when the day ends." #WeFeedYou

Charlie Kirk dropped out of community college and made money spreading conspiracies and hate against the marginalized. I can't wait for this regime to go down in flames.

And yet he, his billionaire broligarchs, and others in the Epstein class can't tolerate telecommuting for working people.

“I am the son of the guy whose secret police force used to terrorize you, please install me or my friends, for democracy” is an amazing pitch from the shah’s son

"Camilo" sent this from where he is harvesting cauliflower in Santa Maria CA. "The recent rains have made the grounds extremely slippery so we have to be very careful not to slip. It makes the hard work we do even harder." #WeFeedYou

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

This would make Pravda blush.

The illegal Iran war is the product of two constitutional democracies succumbing to leaders that gleefully sow discord to their discrete advantage. Legislative and judicial checks on executive power are enervated. Popular opinion is irrelevant. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Even by cult standards, this is just bonkers.

This is what these liars promised and what tens of millions of marks swallowed.

Anyone not running on accountability and delivering results will be failing Americans. Will be a huge factor for the upcoming elections, assuming we have them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

*In a functional constitutional democracy...

The tepid response to Iran demonstrates that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are latently incapable of providing the Democratic Party—and the larger nation—the leadership it needs at this urgent moment. Democratic Leaders Face Backlash Over 'Cowardly' Responses to Trump War on Iran

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Anybody who tells you they know what happens next is lying to you.

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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

The government illegally took your money. They won’t give it back.

Don't support any elected officials who take money from OpenAI. Their lobbyist Cheri Bustos, ex DCCC chair, is now President of Next America Era that is taking money from all these freaks to promote "pro growth" ads ahead of 2026 and 2028. www.axios.com/2026/02/08/c...

valencia oranges, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914

“The Wrap” is a cruel, inhumane tool used to oppress, torture, and injure all those DHS considers public enemies.

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees. "The new policy turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote. Tonight, at Law Dork:

There's no reason for Glen Kuiper to call games for the Giants this year. Let @seankeane.bsky.social tell you why

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

Neil Sedaka was so talented, and he inspired me to follow my dream of being a songwriter. With love and gratitude and condolences to his family. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

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“Trump seems to have a special loathing for our allies. He has used some of these appointments as a middle finger to states & organizations that he does not understand” MAGA doctrine @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

“ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said Michelle Brané, a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.” (Published Oct. 2025)

Wake up, Murica. #quotes

"In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works . . . These books are slim and ephemeral . . . Most other repositories of rare books in the Muslim world don’t think they’re worth collecting."

Expect Ellison to destroy Warner Bros with the same speed he has demolished CBS. The company will have a massive, unsustainable debt overhang and is likely to implode completely before Larry is called to his maker. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/w...

NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @professorshaw.bsky.social for @thenerve.news which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

10-year yields going out at the lows:

It's as if he doesn't have phalanx of "government" attorneys working for him.

Here’s a story way more people should be talking about. Donald Trump is about to try to ram through another massive tax break for the super rich. Hell no. Not one more cent for the Epstein class.

Suffice to say, the mood inside CNN is not good tonight. “We are doomed," one staffer texted me. “The panic at CNN right now is off the charts,” an insider added. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

"Raul" has driven a tractor in Salinas, CA for 25 years. "My work is part of the harvesting of lettuce, broccoli, mustard greens, and strawberries. I work 10 hours a day, most days of the week. I'm lucky my work is year-round." #WeFeedYou

Interviewer: "What's your take on how he's framing the economy?" Me: "It's that he's lying."

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

I've given "Thank You and OK!" to non-Zen readers. It's an engaging and witty travel memoir. He was a colorful character in person, too. I finished "Crooked Cucumber" during Sangha Week at Tassajara in 2010. Recalling Zen historian David Chadwick | Monkey Mind

my mum lives in Gorton and Denton and funnily enough you could predict this result simply by looking at my tweets about her political feelings over the last year.

Once in decade I might say something nice about a WSJ editorial or the right-wing Manhattan Institute. Today is that day for both of them. This is an excellent op-ed about the failure of drug prohibition. Well worth reading! www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Every stage of this process - his arrest, spending a year in jail, being dumped on the streets to die - would be deeply shameful in a society that actually valued human life.