Happt Pokemon Day! 30 years! I don't play but Pokemon made a profound difference in my kids' lives.

Oh no did someone steal from the thieves who stole from me awww that’s a shame

I am always so sad to see the Olympics end. I feel it particularly hard this year - it was a gorgeous respite full of celebration and friendship.

While we’re debating whether or not Trump called into C-SPAN using a pseudonym to rant about the Supreme Court, let’s not lose sight of how we’re all in agreement this is something he would do and this is the person with the nuclear codes.

Perfectly stated.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIXED FEELINGS?

Hellenbuyck for MVP

Explaining rules of sports to the five-year-old is usually a challenge but in shocking news she found the concept of the penalty box to be very intuitive

Connor Hellebuyck is unbelievable.

Spouse: For a pacifist, you sure do love your hockey fights. You can take the girl out of Hershey but you can't take the Hershey (Bears) out of the girl. So many nights spent in the Hersheypark arena, including one for the history books on October 14, 1981.

🌧️ Rain showers arrive late tonight 🌨️ Turns mainly to snow later Sunday ❄️ Accumulation likeliest Sun nite→Mon AM 📍 Heavier outside Beltway, as it looks now ⚠️ Winter weather advisory D.C.; warning near Bay 🌬️ Gusty, slippery late Sun night 📢 CWG.Live: Snow map, timing & impacts

And for real, even be careful when breaking up ice. I definitely messed up my shoulder chopping up ice this past storm.

The Italian pairs with all the memetic dances!

The Spanish ice dancers are adorable in the expo!

Let's get ready for #SGDQ2026!!!!!! Here are some important dates to be aware of! *SGDQ 2026 takes place from July 5-11 in Minneapolis, MN

NWS has updated their alerts for the storm: * Beltway area is now under a Winter Weather Advisory. * A more significant Winter Storm Warning for areas W, N, E, and SE of Beltway area, where NWS expects heavier snow that could reach or exceed 5" * Blizzard Warning on the Eastern Shore (yikes!!)

We love Bibi in my house.

Postscript: Also the budget shenanigans this year mean we're sending up fewer weather balloons so we get less data, which makes the models less effective.

When Minnesotans were talking about “not letting this happen to our neighbors,” this is the heartbreaking “this” they meant

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

Thank you, Bluesky friends, for hooking me on Clues By Sam.

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

Being Black in the Midwest is more than a notion. Pressure cooker of a region for us. It makes places like the Twin Cities, which have long had their own racial problems, all the more epic. Stories that need to be told outside of moments of acute crisis.

NPR continues to bring you all the news you can use about Nazgul.

I’ve just come back from a youth theatre performance of My Fair Lady. It was fantastic – the talent on show was spectacular, and the (full) audience watched entranced. A great reminder that humans making human things for other humans is something we have to keep striving for.

i've read this amazing thread more than once... it should be a film short at Sundance.

Today I learned...

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

"This country really dates back to 1965."

Tuning in to hear John Meachum at Sixth & i virtually. Missing being in the audience. Starting off well - "This is where I always spend Ash Wednesday is in a synagogue."

Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders. Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond. Now Herry is threatening me. 1/

The first presidential election I was eligible to vote in was the 1988 primary, and I proudly cast my vote for Jesse Jackson. Sad to hear of his passing. May he rest in peace.

I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.

Whenever you read a horrifying list like this about people who are critically ill or died in ICE concentration camps it’s important to remember that these are just the stories that got out because they were lucky enough to have lawyers who could tell their stories.

They think they have a right to impose their delusions on your kids. They are banking on the fact that liberal parents will be too nice to be as aggressive as MAHA. Prove them wrong. This should infuriate you and you must make sure your legislators hear that. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

Some Swedish hockey players demonstrate various winter Olympic sports. 😁 (sound on) #Olympics

Happy Black History Month! It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. These compression gloves are great quality and have helped so many people reduce their hand pain and swelling. It allows them to do things longer! Store: Bibipins.com

I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens

I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

The session by Jill Pelto is sponsored by @umd-arhu.bsky.social 's Arts For All and is virtual, free, and open to all.

The UMD Love Data Week site has this amazing Hidden Vizzes puzzle. While you are there register for tomorrow afternoon's session with climate artist @jillpelto.bsky.social . #TerpsLoveData Art by UMD undergrad student Olivia King. irpa.umd.edu/lovedata/abo...

I've got the best team in the world when it is #LoveData26 In addition to creative workshops and our party, our annual Meme'ing Your Data contest is going strong and has even leveled up thanks to this amazing creation (c/o Lauren Phegley). Soooo Gooood.😍

Happy Love Data Week to all of my data nerds out there. The theme this year is "Where is my data?" and you can be sure that @datarescueproject.org has some ideas. 😉 #LoveData26 ❤️🛟

Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

This is a good primer about the backflip. www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...

Hugo Awards nominations will open shortly, and I hope you'll consider my Eating the Fantastic podcast — which to my great astonishment launched 10 years ago today! — in the category of Best Fancast. Here's where you can taste all 28 of my 2025 episodes. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Hey there @phiala.bsky.social are you aware of this effort?