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"We have this narrative that explicit misogyny is something from the ’50s and ’60s, and what we have now is like implicit bias and microaggressions. I think this made clear that explicit misogyny is still out there in science and in academia, it’s just perhaps behind closed doors.”

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

The State of the Union used to be an opportunity for presidents to make a case to Congress about what they thought Congress ought to prioritize in their lawmaking. Trump isn't a president and this Congress doesn't make laws. So, what kind of pretending will happen at the SOTU?

Trump, July 19: "All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service." Witkoff, Sunday: "They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material."

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, appears to have deleted his tweet after these Democrats responded

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

As someone who had to suffer through endless incredibly boring school committee meetings in my 20s, no local coverage also means no young reporters are learning how to navigate city government, or to talk to pols, or to spot corruption.

"A Government Tariff Refund Bait and Switch" www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go... This x 10000:

For the first time ever, Team USA finished a solo 2nd place in both gold medals and total medals at the Winter Olympics. It's the best we've ever done. And U.S. women carried Team USA on their backs: 67% of gold medals, 61% of total medals. Thanks, Title IX!

Scientific American compiled a nonexhaustive listing of notable events related to U.S. public health policy since Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings in January 2025. spklr.io/6006DUjAg ✍️: @danvergano.bsky.social 📊: @unamandita.bsky.social

Make America Glyphosate Agribusiness

Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.

It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.

"Yoon claimed he was rooting out “anti-state forces” and alleged election fraud without providing evidence." Sound familiar? Kudos to the South Korea ppl & their justice system - Yet another country demonstrates that *no one* is above the law. (Take more notes, US 😡)

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

Everywhere but in America

So, the US govt approach is: *We are going to scan tourists social media accounts and deny visas because of content we dislike, like mocking Trump and *We are going to allow foreigners a work-around to consume social media content their governments have banned, including hate speech

In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.

This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Wow.

"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during WW II."

Treating your warriors like snowflakes with no mind of their own or capacity for critical thinking.

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full. They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency. Stay vigilant. Stay united. Keep fighting. We will win.

Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found. The government keeps doing it nonetheless. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

everyone shut UP it's gromit's birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROMIT

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Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

People have woken up to what Ring Door Bells are being used for. Sit down and let me tell you about Alexa

Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

one of music’s quiet tricks is that you don’t have to speak the language to feel the weight of it. free jazz figured that out a long time ago.

This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in: - Hagerstown, MD: $102 million - Surprise, AZ: $70 million - Hamburg, PA: $87 million - Tremont, PA: $120 million - San Antonio, TX: $82 million - El Paso, TX: $123 million - Social Circle, GA: price unknown This is unprecedented.

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

what a shot

Congress has the power to subpoena witnesses, hold public hearings, and establish an independent commission to review the Epstein files. What remains unclear is whether lawmakers have the political will to use those tools.

So, has the staffer who posted that racist meme been fired, or is he still the President of the United States?

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” @acyn.bsky.social

There are major federal tasks forces operating still in Memphis, New Orleans, Miami-Dade, Phoenix, South Texas, still raiding homes, kidnapping people, black-bagging people from courthouses. If ICE does controversial things but doesn't *say* controversial things, it disappears from the news.