People celebrating Lunar New Year welcomed the Year of the Horse with fireworks, festivals and temple visits. nyti.ms/3OtyyfV

On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

What Losing My Brother Taught Me About Addiction, Shame, and Love tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha

Rilke on the Relationship Between Solitude, Love, Sex, and Creativity www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Thich Nhat Hanh on True Love and the Five Rivers of Self-Knowledge www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze. 1923: Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus. #todayinhistory

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #7 - If there’s a chain of argument being put forth, then every link in the chain, from the premise to the final conclusion, must be sound.

The Middle Passage: A Jungian Field Guide to Finding Meaning and Transformation in Midlife www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Blue Is the Color of Desire: The Science, Poetry, and Wonder of the Bowerbird www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

File this under "duh".

They’re not even hiding it any more. Unfortunately, I think the midterms are fucked. This administration will never willingly cede power. The rest of the world will need to isolate and restrain the United States as best we can. 🇨🇦

Israel continues its land theft and ethnic cleansing in Occupied Palestine while the bigoted, racist west bends over backwards to defend and support it. So tired of this bullshit. Fck Israel and anyone who still supports their genocide and violence. #FreePalestine

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #6 - Don’t settle for a qualitative analysis of the issue. Be quantitative: ask and answer the key question of “by how much?”

How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #5 - Whatever your favourite, most preferred hypothesis is — especially if it’s your original idea — be its harshest critic. By attempting to poke holes in it, you’ll determine how well it stands up under scrutiny. (If you don’t, others will.)

Breaking the Cycle of “There’s Something Wrong with Me” tinybuddha.com/blog/... via #tinybuddha

Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Anaïs Nin on How Reading Awakens Us from the Slumber of Almost-Living www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #4 - Spin as many hypotheses as you can that are consistent with the data. Every possible explanation that isn’t ruled out or contradicted by existing data should be considered, and each hypothesis should be tested and examined rigorously.

858: Kenneth I of Scotland, King of the Picts considered the 1st Scottish King, dies around 48. 1258: Baghdad, then a city of 1 million, falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed. 1945: Allied planes begin bombing the German city of Dresden, destroying the city. #todayinhistory

Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

How Not to Be a Victim of Success www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG: “I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.” The ad aged. The internet remembers.

Hegseth's unconstitutional retaliation against Sen. Kelly was so brazen that an exasperated federal judge used more than a dozen exclamation points! Highlights from the ruling: "Horsefeathers!" and "Please!" "That is a troubling development in a free country!" buff.ly/YY60KWM

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

Universal basic income is not the ENTIRE solution. Of course we need other things too (like M4A) but it's the missing floor that can rise as GDP rises. Plus UBI will empower a lot of work, paid and unpaid, and create jobs by its spending. With that foundation we can better achieve what else we need.

Bring it on.

PAL PAC is thrilled to announce our endorsement of @katmabu.bsky.social (IL-09). Kat unapologetically speaks up for Palestinian freedom and against corporate interests. @katmabu.bsky.social is a candidate for the people and proudly has PAL PAC’s support! theintercept.com/2026/02/12/a...

1554: Queen of England for 9 days, Lady Jane Grey (17) is executed for treason at the Tower of London. 1809: Abraham Lincoln (16th US President) born in Kentucky. 1912: Last Qing Emperor, Puyi (6), abdicates after losing the support of the Chinese people and "mandate of heaven". #todayinhistory

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #3 - Don’t accept an argument from an authority because that person is an authority. Instead, judge arguments based on the merits of the underlying facts, and how experts scrupulously interpret those facts.

Impeach and Incarcerate

Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically & Knowing Pseudoscience When You See It

A "QuitGPT" campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/10/1... via @technologyreview.com #QuitGPT

Kurt Vonnegut on the Simplest, Hardest Secret of Happiness www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

The Three Elements of the Good Life www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Elvis Presley: The King Of Fashion champ.ly/0ERYq44M via @fashionbeans.com.web.brid.gy #TheKing

9 Minimalist Ways to Take Your Home From Cold to Cozy champ.ly/vk3SxL4h via #TheSimplicityHabit

660 BC: Traditional date for founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 1650: Philosopher "I think therefore I am", René Descartes dies at 53. 1945: Declaration of Liberated Europe signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin. 1990: Nelson Mandela is released after 27yrs in prison. #todayinhistory

Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #2 - Encourage substantive debate from all points of view by those with substantial, relevant expertise.

What to Declutter During the Winter: 7 Things to Clear Out champ.ly/NzYT2nfZ via #TheSimplicityHabit

Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older www.themarginalian.o... via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy‬

Trump is batshit crazy. 🤦‍♂️🤣

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Carl Sagan’s 9 timeless lessons for detecting baloney: #1 - Demand independent confirmation of whatever statements are asserted as facts.

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