Germany's far-right AfD has scheduled their party conference this year for exactly 100 years since a major Nazi rally in 1926 - in the same location. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When it’s November or so and I have to go from farmers' market apples back to supermarket apples

New piece: on learning loss after immigration raids. Ignore news conferences and politicians. We will know the current horrors are over when kids come back to school. But getting kids back in school is just the first step. Then the real work begins.

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social this is my new favorite disambiguation page

Spain to declassify files that could shed more light on 1981 coup attempt reut.rs/4aKmXAx

A new Dutch coalition government led by Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ youngest premier, has been sworn into office.

this is the Purge of online discourse. for the next 15.5 hours, all takes are legal

We can flip the PA State Senate in 2026 and add to our 102-101 majority in the State House. If we do that, substantial policy improvements will happen.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

A networking event for marijuana and snake enthusiasts called “herps and terps”

There is a 90% chance that all 21 counties in New Jersey will see at least 12 inches of snow, officials said.

The proposed network would feature off-road paths on easements and rights-of-way, connecting communities, schools, downtowns, parks and existing trail systems.

"F-G-S-F-D-S!"

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How it started. How it’s going.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Important updates!

Czechs and balances

Spoiler-free? 1 sentence review of Wake Up Dead Man: Glenn Close is amazing and the movie would have been better in every way if she had more screen time

“Cats may hold clues for human cancer treatment,” but unfortunately they’re methodically pushing them off the laboratory bench and onto the floor, one by one, while maintaining unbroken eye contact with you.

There's got to be a better alternative to paywalls. Web publications need a working business model, but this obstacle-filled hellscape is more like hurdling than surfing. The faster the information landscape deteriorates, the harder publishers make it to access anything of quality.

From Venezuela to immigration, Project 2025 provided Trump's roadmap

US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations

Sharp media analysis from @sulliview.bsky.social — these underlying political-economic relationships explain so much of what’s driving today’s constant media failures.

New Jersey Democrats introduce a bill with the name: Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

Most of the kids shows on Apple TV are great. Sesame Street is great. But somehow Sesame Workshop and Apple got together to make the most annoying kids show possible.

Oh my god this is a seat targeted by national Dems and is only R+10

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

QTing because I don't want to inject this discourse into a thread of gift links but I do think there is *some tension* between the idea that you should subscribe to every news outlet you want to read and subscription rates that are several times what one would pay for, say, a streaming service

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NJ school budget deficits prompt plea for legislative action newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/20/n...

NJ Assembly panel advances state-level voting rights act newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/20/n...

We made it to the weekend, friends! What are we reading, watching, listening to, or otherwise doing for fun (or distraction)?

JUST IN: 5th Circuit sitting en banc rejects facial challenge to Louisiana law requiring posting of 10 Commandments in schools, but says it could fail if and when enforced. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: DOJ's OIL again apologizes to Maryland federal judge for inaccurate statements in immigration case. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Judge Rufe denies DOJ request for a stay of Monday's ruling in the case over the Trump admin's effort to erase slave-related information from the President's House in Philadelphia pending an appeal to the Third Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

NEW: In cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable. DOJ/DOE gave up the fight, dismissing the appeal and case in the Fourth Circuit and subsequently dismissing the the second case with a stipulation.

JUST IN: 9th Circuit expands block on CA anti-ICE laws. Law requiring officers display ID/badge number now blocked pending argument on 3/3. Judges Nguyen (Obama), Bennett (Trump), Collins (Trump). [fixing prior post] storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

“Today we celebrate the return of our history at this important site,” Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker said in a statement. From @iankarbal.bsky.social

NJ panel advances bills to strengthen immigrant protections, target ICE newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/19/n...

If the Wayne be Knight, you're in for delight If the Wayne be Gretzky, the political views be risky

The 6x scale minifigure we've all been waiting for! Here’s our review of the new #LEGO 40921 Up-Scaled Blue Astronaut Minifigure! #LEGO40921 #RLFM

Governor’s pick for education chief sails through confirmation hearing newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/19/g...

A 9-year old girl traveled to Florida for a vacation at Disney. Then, she spent four months imprisoned in Texas. Gutting story: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Philadelphia’s Managing Director Adam Thiel was once everywhere. Now, he’s largely faded from public view. His increasingly low profile in City Hall has generated frustration among some lawmakers and fueled questions about his performance.

If the Wayne be Knight, you're in for delight If the Wayne be Gretzky, the political views be risky