On this day in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed, forcing over 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps. #DayofRemembrance Among the internees were individuals who embraced photography as an important means of artistic expression in the 1920s and 1930s.

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

Blizzard days are sadly rarer now, but when they do come along they are magic. It also makes you do silly stuff, like Kid3 skiing through my legs (I did not think this would work - my high pitched laugh at the end is the sound of someone happy to be alive and unscathed)

Pre-sale promotion on "The Derbyless City. An Emotional Map of Berlin Football" still on. Stories from every level and every corner of football in Berlin, from the Champions League to the leisure leagues, from Hertha and Union to ethnic teams, from Bundesliga one-hit wonders to GDR strongholds.

Happy Birthday Paul R. Williams—the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings of our city. A very important 🧵.

When we‘re out and about skiing and someone asks us where we’re from, the first thing anyone says after we tell them is „Mikaela Shiffrin“. She is the GOAT

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

New sliding sport unlocked - the grocery run

MY BOBSLEIGH LADIES SLEIGHED AND TAKE HOME GOLD AND BRONZE,!!! 🥇🥉 Letz GOOOOOOO Elana Taylor Meyers and Kaillie Humphries,!! Elana,,, the most decorated black winter Olympian of All time finally takes her gold,!! So proud,!!!

She did it! And in a moment reminiscent of Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles with Rebecca Andrade at the Paris Olympics, the two athletes who tied for silver bow down to Federica Brignone.

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

Mom’s Club is a haunting piece of film that takes a vital look into where this country is heading, why and who is responsible. If you care about LGBTQIA+ protections or cinematography this should absolutely be on your list. There’s a virtual screening tomorrow and you should ABSOLUTELY check it out.

Self-Portrait (rotated), potential sketch for The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo, late 15th//early 16th c

Brasil!🥇

This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:

Yay Donovan Carillo! Always fun to watch him skate. www.latimes.com/sports/olymp...

These are the very limited edition pins your boy is trading out at the #Olympics

I wanted Chloe Kim to win (she started at the same ski resort Kid1 learned to ski at), but happy for the South Korean snowboarder too, she is adorable.

Jessie Diggins einfach im “Today We See God” Modus gefinisht. All Out und dann noch 10 Prozent mehr gegeben.

this thread is harrowing but these lawyers are fucking heroic

always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

Just lied to Kid2 that the only Olympics event on right now is ice dancing („oh no“ he said, and ran up to bed). I‘d be happy to have him watch hockey with me, but wake up tomorrow morning would be brutal

Entire world: welcome to the “decathlon,” ten classic athletic skills in one event! Finland: no. biathlon. Two things. Ski and gun

The Andorra skiers crash was even more horrific than Lindsay‘s. She does seem to be talking still, that is good.

That is so so bitter for Lindsey Vonn

AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past. It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.

The notorious "Irish episode" of Stargate is rarely broadcast #Olympics #OpeningCeremony

Manuela Di Centa!

Italian outfits proving very divisive in our house. I hate them, Kid1 and husband are arguing that the jackets are good (we all hated the US outfits)

Oh now Switzerland. Why would you do that to Marco Odermatt?

Husband, Kid1 and I are now arguing over what constitutes a parka. Husband says the German NATO jackets that were popular in the 90s are parkas, I say it has to have some more padding to be a parka

Very nice Mongolia. Hats look very warm

Germany *sigh* The poncho does look better in the snow though

The Czech knitwear looks extremely cozy (husband likes the boots)

Brazil understood the assignment

On Monday evening DB conductor Serkan C. was brutally attacked while conducting a ticket control and sadly succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. He leaves behind two children. The union has set up an account for donations (details in the linked article) www.mannheimer-morgen.de/metropolregi...

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

Absolutely massive my cousin vinny crossover is happening in real time

Launch delayed 'til March due to hydrogen leaks, a balky hatch, need to launch a crew to Space Station, & geometry with the Moon. Next opportunities: March 6, 7, 8, 9, 11. Sorry, families. Another month of training & preparation to get it all right. The Moon will patiently wait. (photo NASA KSC)

SCOOP: More federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned or are preparing to, in part because the administration has asked them to file charges against protesters without appropriate evidence, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Here's a long thread about how to find a real human accountant who doesn't suck, in case it's helpful:

From the Dumb Runner Comics Vault:

One year after the Bakersfield raids of January 2025. Kern County is no stranger to struggle. Just like the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s, our communities will not give up. Together we will continue the fight for justice and dignity. #WeFeedYou #ICEOut

Here’s a core part of the argument

If anyone doubts how prescient and important the German Constitutional Court‘s 1983 decision on self-determination regarding information was - the US offers a powerful example of how things can go wrong

"The order specifies the preschooler and his father be released 'as soon as practicable' and no later than Tuesday as their immigration case proceeds through the court system"

After eight years, I have finally found unflavored puffed rice in a store near me! Now to make some high-end Rice Krispies treats with fancy French butter…

Started wearing my headband indoors because it is like a weighted blanket for my head