Days are longer naturally—no need for Daylight Saving Time!

And there it is.

WTF?

Sending love, hugs, prayers and healing thoughts to our friends in Canada today after a horrific deadly mass shooting in a school in British Columbia that left 10 dead including the shooter as well as dozens more injured. I’m so sorry. 💙🙏🇨🇦

SWALWELL: How many ICE agents have been fired for their conduct under their leadership? LYONS: I can get you that data SWALWELL: Is it more than one? LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far

The Economist/YouGov poll now has Trump at a -13% (40% approve, 53% disapprove) on immigration, the worst rating for him on this poll since the start of his term. They also polled on Minneapolis (40% say all ICE should leave, 14% say number should be reduced) and Abolish ICE (47% yes, 42% no).

🤔 #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

We found over 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount. In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.

My team @propublica.org is hiring. We're looking for a data reporter itching to do ambitious, impactful investigations that uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Maybe that's you? grnh.se/iunysgl96us

After months of attending screenings and talking about this film, I’m so excited that anyone can stream The Librarians now. 90 minutes that tell the story of the fight against censorship that has been raging for the past half decade. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...

They're building concentration camps and terrorizing people and killing people with our tax money @schumer.senate.gov. They're ignoring the Constitution. There is no reform. Abolish ICE.

He thinks China wants to eliminate the Stanley Cup? That's a new account of crazy from him and I didn't think that was possible.

Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on Legally Providing Abortions — ProPublica share.google/nxls6BDmysu6... #medsky

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Same

I saw it as a celebration of daily life. He said he was going to bring Puerto Rico to the super bowl and he did just that.

Same

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday

Here's Why,Vote No To The SAVE ACT......

Good morning & welcome to #Caturday Every day is filled with choices. Today, choose kindness & compassion Make it your goal to be the reason someone had a good day today.

I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/

I'm talking about friends these days. And loneliness. This watercolour print is called Friends Matter. Even animal ones. Look: we matter, and we matter to each other. Love is what connects us. To ourselves. To each other. To nature. To the animals. To the earth. Friends matter! You matter to me.

Thys Metric song was on repeat for me during the heaviest dayes of pandemic stay-at-home. It helped me get thrugh somehow. Now or never now. That synth! The endinge! "By cause the last tyme Ich let myselfe feele thys waye, was a long, long tyme ago..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cS...

A man of quality isn't threatened by a woman's equality. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love [twangy, jaunty lute arpeggio] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love

Good 🧵. Really long but good

It's Friday! You made it! I only have two ribbons. Grab the one that you earned. 🎉🎉 #Olympics

Happy birthday

4 February 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Stad, was born in Amsterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in the gas chamber. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

4 February 1891 | A Dutch Jew, Mozes Olivier, was born in Amsterdam. He was a merchant. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his wife Betje and their two daughters, Anna and Jeannette. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.

5 February 1937 | Dutch Jewish girl, Judith Gross, was born in Amsterdam (left). She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection together with her younger sister Elly (right).

6 February 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Aron Weisz, was born in Budapest. In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz, where he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

5 February 1919 | A Pole, Jerzy Radwanek, was born in Krakow. A pilot. In #Auschwitz from 19 December 1940. No. 7782 In 1944 transferred to Gross-Rosen. He survived. For helping Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz he was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations.

6 February 1936 | A German Jewish girl, Rut Mandel, was born in Berlin. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 March 1943 in a transport of 1,500 Jews deported from Berlin. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

The Mississippi Free Press is seeking a full-time Capital Bureau Reporter. Read more at mfp.ms/jobs. buff.ly/kbxgOA1

Last decade is the cognitive dissonance of discovering that a good chunk of the populace is far worse than you feared, and a good chunk are better than you might have hoped, but that most people just aren't paying much attention.

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday In every place you enter, try to give more than you take. Small acts of positivity can quietly build others up.

6 February 1942 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Levie Swart, was born in Amsterdam. In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber. His elder sister, Frouwke was killed with him.

Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day

The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%. (Published May 2025)

In 1886–87, Van Gogh painted over thirty self-portraits. The mirror was the cheapest model—and a laboratory where color and stroke rebuilt identity.

What if this started happening at every sporting event, live TV event, everywhere?

I will always respect him for his work at the Globe as editor when Spotlight did their work about the catholic priests molestation scandal.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Boom!