it's probably a good sign for our democracy that every member of congress who has been in the secret epstein document room walks out saying stuff like "every powerful person in the country knew, they're all rapists and pedophiles, they should be tossed into a pit and crushed under boulders"

"Do you think Trump is covering up Jeffrey Epstein's crimes?" Yes: 52% No: 30% YouGov / Feb 9, 2026

if you remember the FBI + ICE + local raid on a horse race track in Wilder, Idaho that detained hundreds of families (including many kids & U.S. citizens) the @acluidaho.bsky.social just announced a lawsuit. The complaint is just as disturbing as previous reporting www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Almost 1,000 workers have been laid off as a result of the withheld funding Trump “floated” restoring in exchange for renaming Penn Station and Dulles after him

Describing the current administration.

That’s what’s up.

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...

Gun Owners of America is lobbying Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would require a majority of Americans to show a passport to register to vote. But GOA opposes any law that requires showing a drivers license to buy a gun. These are not serious people.

It will surprise y’all to hear that there are no “Muslims taking over the state” and there is no “sharia law” in Texas that threatens anyone. This is genuinely disgusting. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

😮 such a wonderful racket 😮

"Stop the Harassment of Mexican-Americans." Peg Averill artwork as seen in the alt-newspaper Borrowed Times of Missoula, Montana. February 1977... More by Peg Averill: www.sfmoma.org/artist/Peg_A...

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon

Post a banger not in English. youtu.be/CUn7L2Bnql0?...

Post a banger that isn't in English: youtu.be/Xm5XhxCrCxg?...

I am constantly amazed how many people collect Bing Crosby 78 RPM records. They don't go for a ton of money but still, why?

I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.

It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔

I always wondered how this happened and it is so effing cool 🥰

Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad

I'm ready for another fifth-place season. I'm ready to go to the ballpark and fill out my scoring sheets. I am ready to be hurt again.

I want to send someone a Valentine's Day card this year.

No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.

Le musicien ghanéen Ebo Taylor, pionnier du "highlife", est mort Cette grande figure de la musique d'Afrique de l'Ouest, dont les innovations ont inspiré de nombreux musiciens dans le monde entier, est mort un mois après avoir fêté ses 90 ans.

The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

Happy Keytar Day! ✌🏻 #synthsky

One of my releases sold on a Bandcamp Friday. Thank you @jimhaku.bsky.social ! I'll get it in the mail to you on Monday! I love it when one of my physical releases sells! Making a package to send across the country brings me much joy.

How did I miss this in the theaters?!? Great trailer for @thedeathsiren.bsky.social amazing documentary about an obscure noise artist in the Midwest, which, as far as I am concerned, is the breeding grounds for noise in the USA youtu.be/nUBxn3Mv7k0?...

“Across Mr. Trump’s administration, racist images and slogans have become common on government websites and accounts, with the White House, Labor Department and Homeland Security Department all having promoted posts that echo white supremacist messaging.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

I am sitting outside in a lite jacket on the warmest morning I've ever experienced in my 23 years of living in Denver. This winter's weather has been wild!

I would posit that this song captures what it is like to be an American with the most minimal amount of lyrics in any folk song ever: Over the hills, Down in the holler, All I want is a greenback dollar! youtu.be/XW1kB8BuO3c?...

But I don't want to buy a new laptop today 😩

"The White House has also launched a revisionist history account of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and has replaced the government's coronavirus resource sites with a page titled 'Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19.'"

Evilest court in the entire Circuit.

you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said. “Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back. “Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”

Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved. DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.

Today is the day I delete the 100 emails I get telling me it is Bandcamp Friday.

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

this is such a profound misunderstanding of what art is and what it means

The mainstream news media will never call Trump explicity racist. They'll always dodge the allegation. That's because the white people running the joints need to believe that there is a distinction between donig racist things and promoting racist polices, versus being *personally* racist.

This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.

Tucson on Feb 7 at 191 Toole we , Amor y Powers ( kid Congo Powers & @naimamor.bsky.social ) open for The Sadies ! A grand concert to behold! Please attend! Please tell your friends! @thesadiesofficial.bsky.social @kidcongopowers.bsky.social #Tucson

Much of this article is essentially cut-and-paste from GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's press release. What Boebert's press release (and therefore this article) doesn't mention is that she voted against three of the projects she's now claiming credit for. kdvr.com/news/politic...

I heard my mama cry I heard her pray the night BTC died

Here's a thing you could do instead of buying a book from an independent bookstore on Spotify: Get up off your ass and **GO** to a local independent bookstore. Here are two favorites to start you off: Chicago - Unabridged Bookstore (Lakeview) DC - East City Bookshop (Eastern Market)

Got my Memphis Jug Band record! It is their first record, recorded and released in 1927. Unfortunately, what the seller described as a hairline crack was really a crack (see the pictures in the post below). Oh well, it still plays for now...

Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening