What does that mean? It means that good writing is now cheap and ubiquitous. You don’t have to be a good writer to communicate. You don’t need good grammar or spelling or fluency in English. LLMs can take care of all that pretty reliably. niawag.medium.com/on-writing-f...

My favorite part is dutifully reporting the lies and deceptions of DHS flaks in response to each salacious detail. Noem & Lewandowski retreat to the private suite in the back of the plane for "executive time" according to 20 sources. DHS spokes said the door is always unlocked and there are 2 beds.

Saying the alliance is strong is a delusion or a fraud. Wishing it were true is not the same as truth.

USAID money that saved people’s lives now reallocated to create a paid entourage for the guy who promised to put federal employees in trauma

Now Bukele is counting on Trump to bail him out just like he did Milei. Some of us told the IMF, Treasury, and State Dept that this was going to happen if you gave El Salvador a $1.4 billion loan. Like a whole bunch of times.

Honestly, this is a big relief. He would have been in a position to do a lot of damage to international institutions.

Everything destructive thing these fascists do, we can reverse, repair, and improve.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI TO REINSTATE BUS AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES SCRAPPED BY ERIC ADAMS, INCLUDING OFFSET BUS LANES ON FORDHAM ROAD AND A TWO-WAY PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON ASHLAND PLACE, AS PART OF PUSH TO SPEED UP AND EXPAND CITY TRANSIT.

White supremacists are a pretty sad lot. This one is nominated to a high level State Department post.

How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad. In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with: "Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated." www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Great stuff from @dcopaken.bsky.social. Nina Schwalbe, public health scientist and vaccine superstar, is running for Congress open.substack.com/pub/deborahc...

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"Don't trust and also verify" should be the norm for dealing with this sociopathic administration, as well as the mantra for readers dealing with US corporate media.

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This is a good thread and a reminder the the anti-fascist movement in this country is just getting started. We have so much more strategic depth than we imagine. The muscle-memory has atrophied from decades of dis-use. But, it's coming back and is an unstoppable force.

US agriculture statistics have been the backbone of international analysis on ag markets and food security for years. They are important not only the US farmers and markets, but globally. We're losing an important international resource.

Imagine buying a gas-powered car. In 2026.

Imprison women should help with the male loneliness epidemic. Every fascist can have a prison pen pal.

The nexus between Trump and pedophiles is remarkable.

It's not just that you can fuel EVs with renewable energy. It's also that EV uses a lot less energy. Accelerating EV transition is doubly beneficial.

A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel. EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Our country needs a national reckoning with non-disposable wipes. "An overflow occurred late Monday night, when two pumps – clogged with non-disposable wipes – were taken out of service for cleaning and maintenance." www.popville.com/2026/02/cont...

Meanwhile, the Senate, in which DC has no representative, is about to rewrite DC's tax laws in the middle of filing season and, oh yeah, blow another hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars hole in DC's budget a year after Speaker Johnson's $1 billion hole in last year's. www.dcfpi.org/all/congress...

Hard to express how non-aspirational JD Vance's view of the world is. He could express even the smallest, slightest sympathy or solidarity with protesters being murdered in the streets. But, instead...

Gross incompetence at USDA, which would be bad enough. But it's also sending markets into chaos and, not coincidentally really hurting US farmers. bsky.app/profile/niaw...

Great stuff from @dcopaken.bsky.social. Nina Schwalbe, public health scientist and vaccine superstar, is running for Congress open.substack.com/pub/deborahc...

One of the signal traits of the Trumo administration is horrifically bad policy communications and coordination. They constantly announce stuff with no explanation or preparation, stonewall for 1 or 2 media cycles, then 50% reverse themselves, 50% send chaos monkeys on TV to act offended.

USDA statistics service lost 34% staff under Trump/DOGE cuts. Unsurprisingly, they are producing very poor data and analysis now. With significant market impacts. www.reuters.com/business/usd...

This is bad news for Republicans, especially if Democrats force party-line votes on the tariffs.

"Since Mr. Trump’s election, he has menaced Canada..." That's a good way to describe it. Just vulgar villainy.

Bloomington police have done it again. The the guy in charge of background checks for ICE recruits turns out to be a sex trafficker. Why aren’t more local police conducting these stings where ICE has invaded? It’s a target-rich environment!

Trump: "This is the greatest period of anything that we've ever seen"

The oligarchs are aware the Trump regime is massively unpopular; they're going to keep taking aggressive steps to control the media in the months before the election. They've taken out or have control over CBS, Washington Post, CPB, TikTok, Meta, Google, YouTube, Twitter...

HOOOOOO boy. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?" Lyons: "Yes ma'am." McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" "Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

Whoa.

Sen Bill Ferguson is the what people mean when they say Democrats aren't serious about fighting fascism. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

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DC community: From 12:30 - 1:30pm today WISCONSIN AVENUE will be closed between Macomb and the National Cathedral for the Walk for Peace pilgrimage. Come see these monks arriving after 2,300 miles. Will Aloka be with them?

Those are not from populations TED is interested in. They don't fit the bill of "a scientist" or "innovator." There are only certain things that Black people are supposed to talk about in front of white saviors.

I fear there is a massive wave of fraud and identity-theft coming. The combination of hacked data, DOGE carelessness, and improving AI strategies mean everyone is more vulnerable and, sadly, especially people who have been recently lost jobs or faced other life-changes.

Lutnick clarifies that he didn't leave any of this children with Epstein.

Could be awkward for Erik. Story from Sat: "The well-known US businessman Erik Prince (founder of the private military company "Blackwater") helped the Congolese army recapture Uvira, the 2nd most important city in the South Kivu province, from the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels (see Fides, 6/2/2026)."

Northbound lanes of 14th St NW, from L St to Thomas Circle, remain closed due to the risk of roadway collapse over an abandoned sewer tunnel. Detours are in place. Closure expected through the end of the week, weather permitting. Thanks for your patience. 🔗 www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat...

The decoupling of American tech by EU countries is going to be a far bigger deal than any press outlet is reporting on. It quite literally could decrease GDP by 50% over the next 5 years if EU countries find alternatives and support them.

Eyeballs emoji. kigalidailynews.rw/reports-emer...

Was truly hoping for a bigger middle finger from Green Day but hey.

It's not that I oppose concentrating camps, it's just that this one would be so disruptive to traffic and make parking a nightmare. Plus, the designs are not in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. Maybe if it were designed differently, it wouldn't obscure the views.

This singed my eyelashes off.

Getting a lot of questions that are answered by my ALL CAPS tshirt that says RUSSIA DOESNT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY PLANS TO ATTACK EUROPE EXCEPT UKRAINE BUT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS.