Crime headline of the day. Man arrested after 16 years on the run when he returns to Italy to watch the Olympics

Adding this to my stupidly huge folder titled, "If I Put This in a Thriller I'd Get Laughed Out of Town." Subtitle: YOU GOTTA BE EFFIN' KIDDING ME

And the president talked about how much he liked him

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Again it’s important to remember the context of these chats is that a woman was shot five times in her car as she was attempting to donate clothes at a church.

(AXIOS) - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times." @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...

It’s unethical for journalists to treat early prediction-market odds as meaningful information. That’s like quoting a fortune cookie commissioned by millionaires.

“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.

The wedding was real!!

Fantastic

Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy

What limits AI is the same thing that inspires real artists: failure. Everyone starts off trying to copy the things they love, and their distinctiveness begins where that imitation falls short.

Need a mood boost? Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl

IN. BUSINESS. TOGETHER.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2035: Knowing where to start a book is as tricky as knowing where it ends. It can take pages of scaffolding before you reach a strong starting-point. Kick away the scaffolding when you don't need it any more. You're building a self-supporting structure.

This was me age 12, excitedly pulling those anthologies from the library shelf

Crime headline of the day. Central Florida man caught in ‘sexual performance’ with vacuum, deputies say (via @craigtimes.bsky.social)

Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.

Please. I’m having breakfast. It’s too early for this level of philosophical inquiry

CBP shot this woman and then defamed her using every means at their disposal. In a just world they would have to turn their whole yearly budget over to her for punitive damages

UPDATE: these events really happened... in Florida... but at Walmart...

Y’all—here’s the real story, via a real Florida journalist, about a real Florida woman really doing this

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

That's just how she rolls (this could mean 3 different things)

And that, kids, is how i met your mother

God forbid a woman has hobbies.

The charge is living her best life.

Crime headline of the day.

Wanna go into Monday with the energy of my favorite 3-year-old singing this with her arms in the air

Little kids writing about their 5-year-old classmate who was grabbed off the street and flown across the country to be imprisoned. What the fuck are we doing here

Sleep and Dreams Res Gestae Divi Augusti Faulkner The Symphony American Economic History (I was an Econ major)

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

For Liam.

"And when you saw only one set of footprints, that was the Sand People, who walk single file to hide their numbers."

a tribute to everyone who hasn’t forgotten how to love their neighbors 💙 www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

the practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn't mean the action isn't a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn't know what to do but spam its only attack

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

Holy hell, yes

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls for the Secretary of Homeland Security to resign. Also, one of Alaska's most prolific TV personalities, Jackie Purcell, celebrates 40 years. Listen: https://akpub.io/4a4Nrwp

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. -W. H. Auden

Concur

Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."

No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

The gaslighting is not effective. It doesn’t work on this, especially when it’s coming from the likes of JD Vance, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and Todd Blanche. Disgusting liars, all of them.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

We're not crazy. We see people being gunned down in the streets, and hear the administration's nauseating lies.

Y'all, I'm logging off for today. I am enraged + sickened. Non-radical me—daughter of a church organist, mother of a cheerleader + two Eagle Scouts—I'm incandescent with anger. I'm going to hug my loved ones, plan how best to take action, + above all keep in mind those who are risking their lives.

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.