Philadelphia City Council meeting on SDP’s facilities plan. Superintendent Watlington and Board President Streater are just right of center. The section behind me is standing room only.

The City of Philadelphia really needs to take further steps other than to simply put the exhibit back up. Tie it into some public school curricula, host local conversations, distribute free zines on the topic. Don't just stay at having gone to court.

Philly edu/teacher aux: I know too many good people working at public schools now threatened by our district’s strategic-planning closures and mergers. Here’s an updated list of petitions to save them, and info about the plan being proposed. linktr.ee/standupforph...

Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.

Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.

If an actual taxi tried to take me on the route given to my Lyft driver tonight, I’d have called the dispatcher from the back fucking seat. Scammy shit reminding me why I’ve avoided ridesharing forever. Sorry not sorry, gig economy.

Oh no, just caught it on YouTube, that could not have been @cbsnews.com 'Sunday Morning' doing a piece on the @philamuseum.bsky.social Surrealism exhibition and the reporter saying "Joan Miró" like JOAN instead of JUAN.

‘Twas a pleasure to write up the new Shackleton LP on @ad93rec.bsky.social for @treblezine.bsky.social. An immersive experience, early best-of-‘26 vibes for sure.

You’ve heard of “tl;dr”? Introducing ai;dr, coined by developer @minnigerode.org on Threads on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. You can say you were there at the birth of new slang/jargon.

Philly edu/teacher aux: Stand Up for Philly Schools (SUPS) has a clearinghouse of online petitions to save some of the city’s public schools from strategic-plan-driven merger or closure. linktr.ee/standupforph... [includes Harding, Fitler, Lankenau, Motivation, Ludlow, Parkway NW, and Overbrook ES]

The only really bad thing about Super Bowl LX: How did Seattle’s kicker not get MVP?

For more singing toilets tune into the Turning Point USA halftime show

Here’s the string duo who played with Brandi Carlile on “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl LX. www.sistastrings.com

This is an important read.

Why is the new Muppet Show on at 9pm when KIDS SHOULD BE IN BED? Why not have it at 8 so we can teach our children well on first run? Make it make sense, ABC/Disney.

"Education under Trump," my piece in the newest print issue of New Politics, is now on the website. (It contains research not in my adapted substack; and a colleague has said it would make a fine course reading.) As always, comments are welcomed, here or at NP: newpol.org/issue_post/e...

For absolute fuck's sake, am I the ONLY person who liked the rebrand?

What I love most about Steve Bannon's latest threat is that neither "immigration" nor "customs" have anything to with "enforcement" of free and fair elections.

New from me at @treblezine.bsky.social: @drewdaniel.bsky.social dives deep into chamber pop and modern classical on The Soft Pink Truth’s new album. [Attn: @thrilljockey.bsky.social] #musicsky

Philly edu/teacher aux: The Superintendent and Mayor wrote an Inquirer op-ed hard-selling the school district’s facilities plan. share.inquirer.com/EWf35R

Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...

Now Trump is closing the Kennedy Center for 2 years, as of July 4.

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TRUMP TODAY: There was an election in Texas? What? TRUMP YESTERDAY:

Streaming media in a nutshell: - period pieces - government conspiracies/dystopia - fish-out-of-water comedy - sci-fi/fantasy (including superheroes) - they-aren’t-who-you-thought-they-were thrillers - serial killers - Adam Sandler - Kevin Hart - stand-up specials - a combination of 2 of the above

lol, you know those shows and social media accounts that talk about spending a few bucks on something at a thrift store or Goodwill and finding out it’s worth a lot more? yeah, that just happened here.

I did not expect the latest Epstein file drop to end up applying the “every accusation is a confession” trope to QAnon’s Pizzagate theory.

Philip Glass is a real one for this. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/a...

I’m legitimately worried for this woman.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

Is this going viral for some reason? Because I’d be okay with that.

Trump’s fucking memory-holing has reached Independence Mall.

Philly teacher/edu aux: More than 2 dozen SDP public schools will disappear or move between now and 2034. Click on “School Recommendations & Guiding Themes” and the buttons therein to cut to the chase. … www.philasd.org/fpp/#fppthemes

Philadelphia teacher/edu aux: Announcements of public school closures and mergers per the district’s strategic plan may come as early as tomorrow (Thursday). Be sympathetic to students and educators in your spheres—and if you must, be ready to fight for them. #phled

Starting off my writing year for @treblezine.bsky.social with the return of post-rock project Pullman.

“Nonviolence — as it is discussed and fetishized in proximity to the poor and/or marginalized — is so often only dragged out in response to any uprising of those people.” medium.com/timeline/by-...

This “Board of Peace” bullshit feels like Trump thinking he can do the United Nations better than the United Nations.

This oped presents lies about "sanctuary cities." First, "sanctuary cities" are a local sovereignty issue. Arguing that you can punish local jurisdictions for polices you may not like is a neo-Confederate argument based on ideas that immigrants/ non-whites (+ supporters) cannot govern themselves.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Minneapolis AFL-CIO calls for a one-day general strike in the city. minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

The way I fell out when I heard our seniors’ graduation will be at the 2300 Arena this year.

Reporting from Reuters back in April of 2025: It’s not just Trump who wants Greenland but the usual suspects as well, using him as a conduit to get there. (Zoom in to read.)

The Black Panthers in Philadelphia have initiated armed community defense initiatives to counter ICE kidnapping raids within the city. (January 15, 2026) ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾

TIMELINE, uh, CLEANSE youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...

Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.

ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.

Helpful article and valuable history. Do share with people who still think police "unions" should be considered part of organized labor.

Eagles? Out? Yep.