' In the wake of that win, the White House’s TikTok account published video of Tkachuk saying: “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating fuckers a lesson.” Tkachuk never said those words and the video [with 10m+ views] is labelled as AI-generated. ' /1

Learning a second language can be hard. Signing up for Pre-K and 3-K is easy. Go to myschools.nyc to apply today. Deadline is tomorrow at midnight!

This will be with us for a while, won't it? "Boycott" comes from the shunning of Captain Charles C. Boycott, and "Sideburns" grew on Ambrose Burnside... I predict that long after Patel is forgotten, we'll still be saying someone who ruined a great vibe had "kashed the party"...

' Jamie Fly, a former [CEO of RFE/RL], said that politicized content lacking balance would undermine the news groups’ credibility, hurting their mission to provide news suppressed by authoritarian governments. “Propaganda is not effective and ultimately a waste of taxpayer dollars,” he said. ' /1

'...a Sobeys-owned Safeway store just outside Edmonton advertised house brand Compliments avocado oil with in-store signage that included a red maple leaf and the statement, "Made in Canada." But the small print on the bottle revealed the product was imported.' "Made with Real Canadian Avocados"?

Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015), US photographer known for her documentary photography and portraiture #WomensArt

Meanwhile, in Canadian hockey... /1

'The old world order was definitively smashed on Feb. 24, 2022, the day Mr. Putin launched his invasion. The new world order, as we can see from Gaza to Venezuela to Greenland, is a place where the “rules-based international system” is long forgotten. Might makes right.' /1

Beautiful aurora last night on Maia’s aurora tour in Fairbanks, Alaska—the cloud forecast was 100% and for three guests, this was their last night here after three nights of snowstorm. This was a great first aurora for them and now they can go home successful!

I'll let you watch it

That Ayatollah (Khomeini) died in 1989— & this is what his wikipedia page says about him & nukes: “...Mohsen Rafighdoost, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1982-1989, insisted Khomeini had opposed his proposal for beginning work on both nuclear and chemical weapons by a fatwa…"

The licence issue is rightly the focus, but this mailing list also seems to show the state has compiled a list of each person who had their gender changed on their licence… …a list of trans people in the state… Did they do this in retrospect for this letter? Or were they building it all along…?

Kelly Pannek: “We all know being there what it felt like to have [the men’s team’s] support throughout the tournament, to support them and how great of a moment it was for everyone…The phone call specifically, it’s not surprising, to be frank. I don’t know why we’d expect differently.” /1

In a healthy society, this story would lead every newscast and be on every front page. Those responsible would also be under criminal investigation ― or already under arrest. So watch and see where this goes, and consider this case a diagnostic test of the health of a nation and its people..

My latest in the @thebulwark.com after last night state of the union address.

I'm glad to see accountability for academia's bad apples. But I also hope that resignations like this one won't be the end of the story. Because we still need to reckon with how the structures and cultures in "elite" academia have created ripe conditions for rot. 1/🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Finally finished the first draft of a book I've been working on since, well, before Feb. 24, 2022. I triumphantly convert it into a pdf to give it a proper read. Adobe's AI bot: "This looks like a long document. Want to see what a summary looks like?" No, you evil bot, I do not.

The real question for comp sci/tech education is why people who come out with comp sci/tech degrees are so morally and ethically vacuous and historically illiterate.

"We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news.” /1

The article is good, but the headline could be fleshed out just slightly. "...Over Epstein Ties" makes it seem like guilt by association or an apparel choice. This would be clearer: "...Over What His Epstein Ties Show About Him As A Man" It isn't about who Epstein was; it's about who Summers is.

This is an astoundingly clear-eyed piece that's also clearly expressed and readable. It condemns the past year's "great capitulation" by cowardly institutions, businesses and nations to the Trump regime, and insists liberal democracy's obit is premature ― if those who support it act with resolve. /1

Ukrainians are not just fighting these men. They're fighting so that their grandchildren and great-grandchildren won't be these men. Any part of Ukraine that becomes part of Russia becomes part of this.

...and their disrespect won't be forgotten, either. History tells us this.

People are asking me, 'Please, Mr President, we're winning too much! We can't take it anymore!'"

' “It’s been so cold for the last month that you keep feeling that it must warm up soon… But there is still February, and March in Kyiv is cold too. There is no reason to think that it will get warmer…” Even the catastrophic early days of the full-scale invasion felt more hopeful, she said. ' /1

What if we were to sign a mutual "Won't Overrun Each Other" pact? We're good from our side up here. How about you folks down there? That way you wouldn't have to worry about it so much. We're free on Thursday. That work for you?

Everything was going so well... ...until Trump and his clowns shoved their way in. That's the lesson...yet again.

"Team environments depend on unity and belonging. Speaking up can feel like breaking ranks, while remaining quiet feels safer. Yet silence, even when unintended, communicates acceptance. Over time, these moments accumulate, reinforcing who is perceived as central and who remains an addition." /1

The YouTube channel AstronautiCAST has published a time-lapse filmed from aboard the ISS showing strikes on Kyiv. youtu.be/m5VHETDtQ_M?...

Bingo. One might also call it "Kashing in" ― none of this happens if they don't let him into the room.

Grey wolf

United States abstains in UN vote on support for peace in Ukraine. Fascist Russia voted against. The US objected to text in the resolution on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the need to achieve a just peace. Under Trump, the US has fallen so very far, so very fast.

A wonderfully cheeky and characterful face on the Church of St. Andrew in Orwell, Cambridgeshire 😄

"...and that's when he realized that the AR rifle he kept in the corner of his room was not there."

The most honest thing I can admit now is that I no longer know how this ends. Four years ago we believed in weeks, in seasons, in turning points. We were wrong — not only about the length, but about what this would become. War has settled into the structure of life itself.

Looking up at Jupiter surrounded by dancing #aurora.

Bright moonlight changes how you photograph the aurora. With a snow-covered foreground, exposure is a balancing act. Too long and the snow blows out. Too short and you lose the aurora structure. Aurora ribbons over Fairbanks, photographed under a bright moon #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights

Danny Gallivan was famous to Canadians coast-to-coast for his time on Hockey Night in Canada, and his use of "Gallivanisms" From the "Savardian Spinarama" to "cannonading drives", he was a beloved figure in the hockey broadcasting world. This is his story. 🧵 1/9

This reads like a year-long slow-motion disaster that could have been averted at any point by decent people behaving decently. The spectre of ICE so distorts the scene that this now seems too much to expect. I'd call this incredible, but it's very easy to believe when cruel and stupid team up.

Many people just blindly believe what Al tells them, they don't fact check the answer they get but also don't confront it when it's wrong or ask it why it's wrong so often. But you should, the answer it gives can actually be interesting & valuable, for a change ;)

Exceptionally cool.

Tommy Douglas was one of the most important politicians in Canadian history. The premier of Saskatchewan, he later led the federal NDP and was instrumental in bringing in Universal Healthcare. In 2004, he was named The Greatest Canadian. This is his story. 🧵 1/12

I wonder how many of these "canceled sales" involve an option fee that now gets paid out to the owner as DHS backs out of a "deal" that didn't make sense from the get-go. An option of 1-5% on $60-100m property you don't really intend to buy is a tidy way to channel heaps of public money to allies.

Four years ago, a promise: "And it will continue to be this way..."

Regarding the plans for the ICE human warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia… The community has thoughts…that seem pretty basic. Imagine the issues with planned camps in arid locales…Clint, Texas? Surprise, Arizona? Fiasco alert…

I've seen diagrams posted on here for a new ICE detention facility in a small town in Georgia. This update from that city is an interesting read: www.socialcirclega.gov/Home/Compone...

Well this says a hell of a lot! #CanadaSky #Olympics #Hockey #TeamCanada #TeamUSA

“There was no information about it. It never took place. It’s a lie.” Asked if the story came from Noem or the U.S. Marshals, one official was unequivocal: “Noem.” The senior official [said] Noem had crossed a line: “I cannot condone somebody making up a story that absolutely never happened.”