Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

SONA Festival 2026 at Carnegie Mellon announced this year's selection of VR storytelling showcase works and the creative teams behind them. April 2-4, in Pittsburgh: I really hope to be there again! #vr #storytelling

Opening Sat, Feb 14, I'll be there: Sopranos exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. At a Lincoln Film Festival interview, I remember Chase talking about how he didn't want to do any more TV, preferred movies. And then, he changed the game with his anti-hero. #sopranos #tvwriting

Opening Sat, Feb 14, I'll be there: Sopranos exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. At a Lincoln Film Festival interview, I remember Chase talking about how he didn't want to do any more TV, preferred movies. And then, he changed the game with his anti-hero. #sopranos #tvwriting

The Tech Jester has created @jmail.world, a Gmail-like simulator that turns the DOJ's chaotic and raw dump of Epstein emails into a much more organized and intimate experience—like, his inbox is your inbox. Journalists might actually find this prank useful. (Found it in CJR newsletter.)

Starting NOW

“Game On” is almost across the finish line! Following our #Kickstarter pre-launch page boosts momentum for launch day. Thank you for supporting #indiefilms and #games and helping us bring this story into the world! @brendaromero.bsky.social @johnromero.bsky.social gameonthemovie.com/kickstarter

9 pm ET TONIGHT! (virtual) Game On documentary features Brenda Romero.

Monday, Feb 16: Experience Design -telling stories with tech (free), at Lincoln Center (7 pm ET) "how story, tech, design, and business intersect, and how creators can navigate ambiguity, prototype ideas, and build virtual and IRL experiences that people care about." (I'm going!)

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential! gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

I met The Mayor of Meatpacking himself. Roberto Monticello, and had a big, long chat about Chelsea, where I lived in the 80s/early 90s. He's been here 60 years. Dig that sweater.

The golden ratio.

Monday, Feb 16: Experience Design -telling stories with tech (free), at Lincoln Center (7 pm ET) "how story, tech, design, and business intersect, and how creators can navigate ambiguity, prototype ideas, and build virtual and IRL experiences that people care about." (I'm going!)

"For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste... while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where. As [Dallas-Fort Worth] expands... people are now living and playing, in blissful ignorance, on top of what may be toxic waste."

Everyone, everywhere, please read about this wonderful, giving, kind and helpful man, and his family, and his death. And spread it far and wide? GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u... “It’s so clear as to what happened."

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says. The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp... By Julianne Le

"Mi familia:"

"Mi familia:"

Yesterday marked Stand Up For Science's first birthday! We want to keep fighting for science for years to come, but that comes at a cost. If you would like to make a birthday donation, please visit this link: standupforscience.net/donate Thank you for helping us Stand Up For Science!

Biz owner, married to US citizen, no criminal record, green card pending. He denies signing a deportation form (no reason to). Is the US gov forging documents?

Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/

Our tax dollars built this wonderful resource, so helpful to me and many others. That is the drum beat: destroy, dismantle, gut, undermine, data-pillage, all that we paid for, for the common good. Tax to the max those billionaire thieves and freeloaders.

"There was a moment when she appeared to no longer be able to follow a story... Then I began reading her Doris Lessing’s delightful memoir about cats and once again my mother, a great lover of cats herself, was fully engaged." The magic of cats. And reading. #dementia #alzheimers

"Why will football be featured during the Bad Bunny concert? The Bad Bunny concert is fantastic exposure for the NFL and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put the game of American football in front of fans of the biggest musical artist in the world." Your FAQs answered about tonight's big event.

So far, no charges have been filed against the thugs who cracked this man's skull in 8 places, causing permanent mental damage. Claiming he "ran into a brick wall," medical evidence to the contrary, means they're dumb on top of cruel, violent, racist, unlawful. Where's the justice? The humanity?

A non-journalist friend asked me — is losing 300 people from a newsroom a lot? I pointed out there are about 200 journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer and about 100 at the Baltimore Banner. Imagine losing both those publications in a day.

Who remembers these? (I do!)

Reposting because Tom's alt-txt photo essays alone have made me smile, smile, smile and want to live in rural England, but only if it's populated by sheep, trees, cats, and doors with complicated lives.

I'm one of the 375,000 subscribers who bailed, old enough to remember the Watergate glory days of investigative journalism. My sub $$ now goes to ProPublica, Frontline, others who are doing that good and vital work. Bezos sold his soul for personal profit. #journalism

What's so FUNNY? For anyone who needs a lift today, have a look and a listen to these babies enjoying their first belly laughs. Humor as a developmental milestone. (gift link) #laughing #laughs #babies #humor

What's so FUNNY? For anyone who needs a lift today, have a look and a listen to these babies enjoying their first belly laughs. Humor as a developmental milestone. (gift link) #laughing #laughs #babies #humor

Applications for the Lake George Games Expo - Summer Event are open! Apply to be an exhibitor, speaker, panelist, and more! Info on the event can be found at our website, lakegeorgegamesexpo.com Feel free to ping me or DM me with questions.

Big news, dorks: We're going NATIONAL! Join us for our National Day of Action on March 7th in Washington DC, or at one of our satellite rallies across the US. We're taking back our science, health, and democracy! Find or host your local rally! standupforscience.net/march7 (Link in bio!)

The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards are just two days away!

The mother was abducted while fulfilling her legal requirement to show up in court, having properly filed for asylum. Follow the rules, obey the law, get arrested anyway. She had no one else to care for her kids.

I do love a wild galaxy collision! And this one has a fun history… badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-galaxy-c... 🔭 🧪

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is such a damn good writer and has been right all along. open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

I'll be there! Join us! #NYMakesGames

Submissions for the Six One Indie Showcase 2026 are now open through February 20th! Everything you need to know can be found in the submission form. As always, there are zero fees and no paid or commercial slots available. We can’t wait to see what you’re working on! ➡️ www.sixoneindie.com/showcase

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...

The Grammys.

Watch the video. She's alone in her car. "Agents in three vehicles began chasing her and trying to force her to pull over. They box her in, get out of the car in front of her, with guns drawn... drag her out and force her to the ground... pin her down and handcuff her." cuts, scrapes, bruises

"Comedy and clowning begin not with jokes, but with the pleasure of being ridiculous... Of finding your idiot." One of my gigs me to Baraboo, birthplace of the American circus, and to Ringling rehearsals, where my guide was Peggy, the first female clown. What a fascinating (and ancient!) art form.

Gift link to "One judicial finger in the dike" case. First, they took his bunny hat and his Spiderman backpack, and then used him as bait to lure his mother to the door, and then detained him and his Dad in horrid conditions for 11 days. He got sick. One kid, one case, one story... among how many?

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Minnesotans on Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis. Photo credit WCCO-TV

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, excursion today turned up a giant pinball arcade a block away, Polish pierogi & red borscht, full moon, frozen water.

This trend is giving me life. College is cool, knowledge is great. The liberal arts is rad. Being well rounded is the GOAT. Fund all colleges and universities. We should be throwing money at them. Make it affordable for all. Let people take underwater basket weaving if they choose.

Announcing the IFTF x GDC Scholarship Program. We have a small number of passes to distribute amongst our community, so if you are interested, please visit this thread on IntFiction.org for details: intfiction.org/t/iftf-x-gdc...