I have a new pastime.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

TIL Japanese didn’t have a word for the concept of “green” until recent times. (H/t to The Electric Typewriter for an awesome reading list.)

I learned the basics of Ruby on Rails deployment on Heroku. Corporate doublespeak for a shutdown. This sucks.

A fascinating story. Assad could’ve stayed in power if he listened. #syria

TIL why the Persian Gulf was once the world’s primary source of pearls.

The Wyden Siren: Senator’s Cryptic CIA Letter Follows A Pattern That’s Never Been Wrong | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2026/02/05/t...

Wowza! Dropping the hammer!

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

200K jobs lost. Are we winning yet?

No words. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

Surprise appearances by Dash Riprock, Bolt Upright, Blast Hardcheese, Big McLargeHuge, and more!

#goodreads #music #jazz www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/02/01/t...

“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

Yessssssss

Having lived in Austin for 30 years - this is WAY overdue.

“I'd be amazed if box office gets reported on this title."

I hope this is so.

Maybe less expensive for colleges, but NIL is still the gorilla. A combined number per school would be more illuminating.

Perfect!

😡😡😡😡😡😡

TIL Bricktop was from Alderson WV. www.facebook.com/share/1ZxBbo...

And this is why I just canceled my Plus subscription.

Canada, buy elsewhere. You’ll feel better.

This deserves a thumbs up. 👍

Fond memory: whacking crabs years ago with a mallet in Kuala Lumpur with two female colleagues. Both Muslim, full chador, and wicked senses of humor. I’d come a long way for a kid from the sticks. Now I’m afraid of being treated like a leper for the rest of my life by the people I call my friends.

Facts.

Moat? What moat?

#goodreads #russia

Someday this ****show will end. Then the rebuilding begins.

Woo, boy. Haven’t we all done this?

Job 1: lock yourself in a closet with a phone and a customer list.

I want them under the jail.

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There’s nothing else to do with that land. Might as well.

Well done fellas. Sane Americans salute you.

Perfect.

“The beings I admire exude a sense of knowing they are indebted, of resting upon a state thankfulness. They recognize they are at the receiving end of an ongoing lucky ticket called being alive.” #gratitude

“The more we rely on the transmission view of communication, the less incentive there is to treat other people with care.” Spot on.

Paying it forward.