I'm rereading the first Murderbot book since the show came out and I seem to have completely forgotten what the world used to look like in my head! It's all the TV actors and sets now.

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

Milkshake puck

They absolutely would not 🫡

In a week and a half, seven teams from the West + Texas will compete for bids to US Quadball Cup at Kasch Park in Everett! Get tickets online: givebutter.com/pm4FAC

Everything Carly writes here is correct. There's a reason I and a number of others have basically given up on trying to place fandom coverage in mainstream pubs. And I'm hopeful that we get at least a decent level of subscriber support for @fansplaining.bsky.social to try to help remedy this! BUT—

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Is it just me or is Justice Kavanaugh's dissent in the tariffs decision nakedly partisan?

This is THEEEE year for Seattle sports!

I've always said the biggest problem with journalism is that it isn't a gambling addiction

I had a hoot talking to fellow goth millennial and confirmed cutie patootie jamie campbell bower about his fav records for @thequietus.com!

I'm reading the Atlantic's latest article on gender affirming care and I STILL cannot help wincing at the supposed concession that an ACLU lawyer made before the Supreme Court, that technically this treatment doesn't prevent suicides but it prevents suicidal thoughts... THAT IS A GOOD THING IMO.

Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.

Read the piece that made a stranger in a pub ask me last week if I was a reporter! (I told him yes but only in the broadest sense of the word)

Robyn 🤝 YouTube. It's finally happening. 😅 I'm hosting the #GGS1upChallenge workout demos on YouTube this year so they're more accessible to everyone. 7 days of equipment-free, geeky workouts via email (keep them for life). Donation-based and open to all! Only 2 days left to join: bit.ly/1up26

PubliCola confirmed this morning that the city settled with Jaahnavi Kandula's family for $29,011,000. The added $11,000, which the family requested in their lawsuit, is a reference to then-police guild vice president Daniel Auderer's "joke" that Kandula's life was only worth that much.

It used to be Adam Lambert but Usha Vance might have eclipsed him.

A newbie's guide to ice hockey at the 2026 Olympics, introducing some of the main storylines, rivalries and star players: www.patreon.com/posts/newbie...

I built this raised bed about 4 years ago. Earlier this winter, it got damaged when a big branch fell on top of it during a storm. I finally fixed it today! 🌱

For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.

NEW! Happy National Women and Girls in Sport Day. www.beyondthebig5.com/articles/202...

you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast, Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex-husband, Bill Gates, being mentioned in the most recent release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. See the clip.

If you've read NY Mag's meticulously detailed reporting in their 2024 cover story on Neil Gaiman and the allegations against him, you know he's lying through his teeth here. Stay gone, Neil. Stay gone. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

It’s hard to focus on one thing to be appalled about, but these stories out of Minnesota are awful. (And, of course, on the other hand, very encouraging.) I cannot believe you can wrongly grab somebody, transport them, and then leave them where YOU took them.

Retail Therapy, ‘Fuck ICE’ Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books by Zach Rabiroff www.tcj.com/retail-thera...

art shanties. so odd and so delightful and so minneapolis.

Today, February 2nd, I must speak my truth: As a child in upstate New York, I was always baffled by "six more weeks of winter" being the bad one since we often had snow on the ground until May. Decades later, I still struggle to wrap my head around the groundhog's forecast options. 🥲

Please call your legislators and urge them to advance legislation fixing the annual levy cap. The fix is soooooo easy. Just make the cap 3% + inflation instead of 1%! Hell, make it 1% + inflation. Right now the system means property tax CANNOT KEEP UP with service delivery costs.

Previously most of the Willows I would meet on a regular basis were terrier mixes

For Beyond the Big 5 I wrote an article about how two sports in the US are pushing back against the crashing wave of trans athlete exclusion.

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

variety.com/2026/tv/news... Brimpers, it's your time to shine.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)

I somehow missed that the Seahawks were having a great year and this is such a treat! Though I could do without the fireworks.

Why vote on the funding bill then???? It's the most bizarre move.

What a weird way for Brady to describe the 12th man in Seattle. Huh.

The Cleveland area has gotten at least half a foot of snow this morning. It was mostly fine driving from my airport hotel to Lakewood. Honestly the hotel parking lot was the worst of it! Grandpa's funeral is still on but it's been moved to the funeral home instead of the church.

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it. News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

someone like this is either not following the news at all, a troll, or legitimately illiterate. there’s no reason to let this stuff bait you in any case.

They messed with Texas Monthly’s James Beard Award-winning senior taco editor (truly one of the best job titles in journalism) www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

Winter storm FERN huh?

It's 4°F right now at the Cleveland airport and dunno if I've been at this level of cold before! Brrrrrr.