Watching "La Notte," directed by Michelangelo Antonioni of L'Avventura fame. Been watching moody foreign films lately

Honey wake up, 606 river bridge render just dropped. Maybe we can get the state or feds to fund it one day.

In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps: How dumplings spread around the world (tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)

i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.

This is wow. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

had a very respectful chat about theology tonight

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

The Chilterns

Milwaukee (and county): pretty great!

The Cabinet this week *RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat *Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island *Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims *Noem blanket *Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it *Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

I aspire to this level of parenting, what a legend

everyone shut UP it's gromit's birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROMIT

GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

UTK arts and architecture building r/brutalism

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport. One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions. Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people. www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"

The best guest host for the Muppets would be Werner Herzog

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

the "personal life" section in Lindsey Vonn's wikipedia page really takes a turn (complimentary) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...

Not a dunk but an observation: Broad, holding-power-to-account journalism like the Post's -- and countless regional newspapers that have been decimated or shuttered -- is a public good and we're gonna have to support it as such. The days when newspaper empires were wildly profitable are long gone.

jesus christ that's foreboding

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932

The real reason why the groundhog wanted six more weeks of winter is because he loves the heat lamps.

I would much rather live under the mayoralty of Mamdani, but Adams strikes me as *far* more likely to be able to speak with rodents. You know that Eric Adams knows words that are considered deeply offensive slurs to voles, he’s shaken down ferrets and flattered raccoons.

I think about strategic nonviolence like this: you are trying to defeat the greatest chess grandmaster in world history. The good news is you get to pick the game. Don’t pick chess.

Sometimes I cannot believe Milwaukee is a real place. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Current* conditions near St. Ignace, MI:

What would your state curry be? I am confident here in Wisconsin it would be some sort of beer cheese.

are people ok

I too 💚 Galewood

Current* conditions near St. Ignace, MI:

Judith Shklar’s essay Liberalism of Fear concisely describes my views — I have been deeply inspired by her writing. My concern is it still feels too tepid in the face of other forces. It is the right direction to aim, but how do we get there? speculativematerialism.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

I REQUIRE A PILOT

Dined with Mr. Coventry at Sir J. Minnes his lodgings, the first time that ever I did yet, and am sorry for doing it now, because of obliging me to do the like to him again.

My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE www.economist.com/united-state...

Lake Light. Wicked winter nights in Chicago.

Incredible lead anecdote on the backlash at r/catbongos

Current* conditions near Holland, MI:

the damned is so important right now

Now do Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem.

Who’s next? One demotion cannot detract from accountability. Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.