This is also a story about caste! Hindutva apologists are far more likely to buy into this kind of MAGA-adjacent eugenicist horseshit if they are also caste supremacists! (Special fuck you to Gavin Newsom for vetoing the bill that would have banned caste discrimination in California.)

aaaaaand: 175 entities in the network were sanctioned today by the UK.

This is amazing.

I heard people got weird about this and tbh the fact that any film distributed by Netflix gets a physical media release is a cause for joy no matter what label does so I don't get why folks are so precious about Criterion lol

@netflix.com Bravo 👏👏 ‘Not a political deal’: Netflix boss rejects Trump’s call to fire Susan Rice www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Disgusting display by the US men's hockey team as they laugh along with a violent misogynist as he mocks the women's team. No solidarity among Olympians with these guys.

Actually Congress was even more forceful pre-Watergate in many respects. Hill committee chairs were far far more powerful and influential in policy setting….

God damn!

Excellent! Revenue sharing for WNBA players... It's about time! 💞🏀

I ate some of this cake and can confirm it was ridiculously delicious

chat is that bad

The first photo I captured of the 9-23-23 Ada, OK supercell (after a few test shots). Yes, all three lightning strikes were captured in a single image! From my distant vantage point, this intricately-structured supercell gracefully danced under a sky full of stars with unmatched beauty. #Photography

“What if we let the rangers plan the Big Week?”

the rules are clear: Ryan Coogler gets to keep shooting until he misses

Pro tip. Since Trump is denying that his favorite general is raising concerns about attacking Iran/ it must be true. Sorry- but I don’t make the rules

Absolutely disgusting behavior by this woman. Kudos to Mike Simmons for how he handled the situation.

Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right. Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on. The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

The National Public Housing Museum has been voted one of America's best new museums. blockclubchi.co/3MLTKxl

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Buena Park not beating the Emphasizing That You Live In Buena Park Rather Than Uptown Because You're Racist allegations

Reminder: There's No Such Thing As A Free Stadium indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/23/f...

Still true.

fuck you

Newsfeed Cleanser: 🥇Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 🥈Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 🥉Ami Nakai 🇯🇵

Anyone that hates this can go to hell.

When y'all are feeling scared to call out the shit, because it's *billionaires* tryna fuck us all, look at John Oliver. My man is telling the truth and shaming the devil.

The tragic part is that Powell was the one guy that could have put brakes on the whole thing. He had the respect, but not the confidence to say, "Nope, not doing this."

So in order to avoid a full scale war in Iran the trump administration is in talks to give Iran "a very limited nuclear enrichment program that they could carry out solely for purposes of medical research and treatments." You mean the fucking deal Obama made? That you fucking trashed? You suck.

"Using an administrative burden, like putting procedural hurdles in the way of allowing married women to vote...performs the role that administrative burdens often do: providing a plausible administrative rationale for the more profound and unpopular end goal...weakening women’s political influence"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026.... Of course. Academia is rife with money and power amongst a certain class. And deeply misogynistic

Indiana’s Bears offer ‘An absolute cornucopia of new taxes’

Niceness is a desire. Kindness is a duty.

Canvassing reminds me that people are bad at weighing risks and prioritizing. “I have children here” is not a valid reason not to engage in conversation about voting that will impact their future. It’s the reason to engage and tell others to do the same.

For $500m you could lengthen the Metra platforms at 18th and run 100 trains per hour for events.

Workers used to harvest the ice at Wolf Lake, where the Bears are looking at building a new stadium, to refrigerate the meat at the Chicago Stockyards back when the city was still the "Hog Butcher for the World." www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/los...

#art #acrylicpaint #newcontemporary

it’s wild that for all the titans in the fossil record, blue whales - who are with us right here and now - are, as far as we know, the largest animals that have ever lived

New blog post: How realtime transit data gets to you, the rider! A conceptual summary of how data is published and processed to hopefully help empower riders to better understand and diagnose issues they experience. lauriemerrell.com/posts/realti...

imagine another species dragging you like this in their news media

Cartoonist Morrie Turner (Dec. 11, 1923–Jan. 25, 2014), a WWII veteran & mechanic for the Tuskegee Airman. He created the comic strip Wee Pals, the first with an integrated cast. It ran from 1965-2014, and was adapted into an animated series (Kid Power) by ABC in 1972. #BlackHistoryMonth 1/2

Wilbert Holloway (Aug. 11, 1899-April 1969) was a cartoonist & illustrator who created the comic strip Sunny Boy Sam. It was the second longest running strip in the Black press, lasting 41 years. His 1927 editorial cartoon below is titled "Seeing Yourself as Others See You." #BlackHistoryMonth

Elton Fax (Oct. 9, 1909-May 13, 1993) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and teacher. He worked on pulp magazines and comic books, and in 1942, created the comic strip Susabelle, about a young girl. He wrote and illustrated over 30 books on various topics, including Black history. #BlackHistoryMonth

"In the first year of Trump’s second term, economic growth fell to a 9-year low, and domestic job growth fell to a 16-year low..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

#Stunday *prbly a most #stunning #capture* #dramatic #moment of #awe #wonder #thrill #paused #joy #astonishment #wilderness #wildernessphotography #thunderstorm #cumulus #geology #mesa #sandstone #redrocks #rockformation #strata #EastCoastKin #ColoradoPlateau #desert #desertphotography #westcoastkin

I've said this before but this country does not fear a Tariq Nasheed, but it absolutely fears a Fred Hampton.

In Geeta Gandbhir & Christalyn Hampton’s documentary short film The Devil is Busy, Tracii works tirelessly heading up security at an Atlanta women’s healthcare clinic, dealing regularly with protestors and ensuring that anyone who visits is safe. Now on HBO. #FilmSky #BlackSky 🌱

“Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek ‘likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.” “‘To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence ‘will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”

Over four years ago, Cato asked @raskin.house.gov & Rep. Nancy Mace to have GAO look at an insidious FBI investigative authority called an "Assessment." GAO completed the report in January but withheld it from the public as "Restricted." Racket News leaked it, & here's my take.

Dick Tracy 16 Variant Cover Concept was to homage a famous crime / noir movie poster. So I picked one of the best ever - Scarface.