part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

I just said “woof. Woof. WOOF.” while walking in this wind, what is happening to me

is 50 first dates a rougelike

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

yoooo curling

it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for

I don’t need to be reminded that you appreciate me being on hold! Your appreciation means nothing!

who will run for senate on the promise of mandating that hold music not get constantly interrupted or cut off? I will listen to your smooth instrumentals but for the love of god the track always restarting mid-bar is killing me

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

They did a dance to Prisencolinensinainciusol??

I yearn for the Milano Cortina baked potato jacket.

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

You bet that now that I know there's a year stamped on blue mailboxes that I'll be looking at every single one I walk past.

So excited for the newest expansion team: the Bristol Dark Patterns

walking around in center city, just muttered “oh BOY it’s cold” like some kind of cartoon dog

On Feb 27th, 7pm ET, I'll do a public webinar Q and A, designed primarily for high school students and their teachers who may be using my translations of the Odyssey or Iliad in class. You can register here: www.emilyrcwilson.com/resources-fo...

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

This headline made me so dizzy

you personally have the ability to secure elections for yourself and your neighbors.

as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

What if Howard Hughes had social media?

There are no atheists in foxholes.

Getting rid of your photojournalists is a good sign that you’re turning to takes and not reporting as your bread and butter.

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...

yo wtf

The SOUND

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

whistles are loud on purpose and do not have a language barrier. they tell people who need to hide to hide and people who can get there to observe to do so, all at the same time, across languages. not a lot of other ways to do all that simultaneously!

Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet. But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...

It’s done.

Mad Men (2007)

Some really wonderful news today, especially for anyone who adores the Philly bookstore scene as much as I do. Congrats to A Novel Idea’s @christinarosso.bsky.social! Her debut is heading to bookstores in 2027.

stick around for the final seconds for a total perspective shift. a powerful short film, we should already be talking about it for next year's oscars

Oh but nooooo one’s mad that Odysseus has a Boston accent OKAY

No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Just so everyone is clear, Minnesota is still very much under siege by the federal government and their gestapo. My son's school had to lockdown today after threatening messages were sent to the school office. It's all absolutely fucked and there appears to be no end in sight.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

By this point it feels strange to say things like this and not reflexively end with a "Furthermore he should be impeached and removed from office"

Bright and bubbly as ever, Punxsutawney Phil trots to the podium and gives his signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!”

Around the turn of the 20th century there were probably 18,000 examples of this kind of local folkways bullshit across this country. Why this is the only one that survived and actually grew is beyond me, but hats off to the Gobbler's Knob Chamber of Commerce. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez should never know a moment's peace for the rest of their lives btw

Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.