Chief Justice John Roberts has started asking Supreme Court staff to sign non-disclosure agreements after a pro-Donald Trump judicial decision and memo were leaked to the press. www.thedailybeast.com/roberts-scra...

When the day before Valentines is Friday the 13th.❤️💀

*makes a note to get some brandy this afternoon*

Sorcerers who attempt too much, especially apprentices, develop raging headaches. If they persist (say, in an emergency), they tap out. Resting (overnight or longer) is the only remedy.

That was a nail-biter of a game. Down 2-0 at the half, the boys’ #varsity #soccer team rallied and tied it up 2-2 with six minutes left. Spectators were treated to 5+ minutes of full-throttle play, both teams trying for a tiebreaker. It went to PKs, and Mason deflected two shots to win! (1/2)

Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six 'wealthy, powerful men' whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files: Leslie Wexner Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem Salvatore Nuara Zurab Mikeladze Leonic Leonov Nicola Caputo www.politico.com/live-updates...

Same and same.

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

For those with the Talent for magic, sorcery is an act of will. However, folk expect words and motions, so sorcery is partly theater.

In today’s Vatnik Soup, made together with chef invité @martinlaineolen.bsky.social , we discuss the extensive links between pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Russian officials and intelligence operatives, and how Western politicians reinforced these links. 1/23

Hmmmmm…

#winter #ducks #ice #snow

“And Art, since you have me blocked on here, I want you to know that you should have fucking killed me if you didn’t want me to talk!” On January 21st she was drugged by this man —his name is ART SANTANA and he lives in Portland, Oregon PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! — menopausemilitia 🙏🏼😡

Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...

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Instead of replacing #techcomm jobs, AI may make technical writers more essential (and visible!) than ever: www.cherryleaf.com/2026/02/5-re...

Even if you don't use AI, you can make it work for you…

Bubble about to meet pin?

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

Let's do this. The Kindle version is free.

I've shared this before but sharing again since a lot of y'all are going through it lately 🫂

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???

Maybe we should all sue Musk for Doge stealing all of OUR personal data, then. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

The Klan used to want to have marches here in the 80s/early 90s. The cops arranged to let them have their parade route in front of the county landfill. They gave up after two or three of those routes.

A former R lawmaker who claimed that trans healthcare “harms kids” has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for child sexual abuse material offenses. Robert John May III, SC House of Representatives, opposing LGBTQ+ rights, drag performances, and gender-affirming care to “protect children.”

Christ - the DOJ just released another tranche of the Epstein files which specifically describes Trump raping children. Are we in hell? How did this man ever get elected? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Warnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.

The worst… so far.

Here's the first one:

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”

Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week. No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media. Now imagine if this were done to Republicans. The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.

I'm German. I've been schooled in my country's history & crimes all my life. I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US. As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment. A 🧵

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Respectfully, ICE has surely killed more than nine people this year. There are nine documented deaths. With how many thousands of people have disappeared in ICE custody, we'll only find out their death toll years from now. ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Sun comes out, temperature plunges, but it did get rid of the ice on the trees. Lawn & roads… not so much.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

We've been above freezing since early afternoon, and it looks like most of the ice has melted off the trees. If we can get through the next freeze early in the morning, we might be OK. It's 37°F right now. #gawx

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

So far so good… no ice YET. The wind gusts could make this better or worse, depending: Better: winds blow water off the trees before it has a chance to freeze, or breaks up any accumulated ice. Worse: winds + accumulated ice make trees fall. TBH, I have no idea what we're going to wake up to.

So, @hootsuite.com just because @DHSgov ICE is observing your “terms of service” doesn’t absolve you from being complicit with their egregious behaviour. #ICE #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Vancouver

You’re right that oligarchs have their hands around our throats. But, it’s certainly not the first time that’s happened in this world. We’ve seen countries free themselves from oppressive regimes. We’re under siege but we’ve got freedom, still. When the tide turns, this time: No forgiveness.

I think we read this in junior high!

The Friday Digital Archive Dive wishes that the 🦈 theme from Jaws would play when you click on this photo. Taken #OnThisDay January 23, 2019 #photography #ferns #snow #otd

I just thought everyone should see this