Well, shit. Guess there’s a reason I haven’t been able to shake this cold.

I hate this more than Ahab hated that damn whale.

Thread of some services/software I'm using instead of various billionaire-owned surveillance/fascist/"A.i." trash products: For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)

You might want to read this after watching tonight’s Philadelphia-centric Simpsons, but @nanglish.bsky.social did a brilliant job paying tribute to the whole city and not just the tourist hotspots (one particular location made my jaw drop a little). Go Birds!

Somehow we all know which heritage they mean, and unfortunately not the good sides.

I might not believe in astrology or zodiac but I definitely believe in the surrounding art & festivals! 🧧🐴 www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

New from me: When it comes to sports and culture MAGA only has one tradition. Rooting against America. www.altrightdelete.news/p/maga-hates...

Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….

While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.

There’s always 5 guys. 3000 people on the internet can read a post and understand it but always 5 guys on the same internet determined to tell you how you’re dumb, wrong, saying something they only imagined you said, or, at the very least, should have said it differently in under 300 words.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”

I hadn't heard this shit until now and finding out Platner was all in on "black people don't tip" makes way too much sense. And it's a huge red flag for anyone who works in hospitality because it's not true. Everyone who's worked behind the stick knows who undertips and it's not the black community

You simply cannot say these things without acknowledging the media environment that had disdain for Biden and Dems from day 1

Lacy is a fantastic, experienced writer, and if you've ever yelled "now kiss" at a piece of media, this is going to be up your alley (or Lane)

This is hands-down the best thing I’ve read on Epstein‘s worldview and those of his fellow tech, finance, and academic elite. It’s a rough read, but at least every paragraph is a banger. 🔥🔥🔥😭

“Race science and rape apologetics” — the scholarship you hear about on “edgelord podcasts” They go together because babymaking is a duty of the edgelord class, which must ramp up the birth rate and gift their superior genes to the next generations… 🤮

*mötley crüe voice*:

Ah, my favorite part of Jurassic Park

“I’m 40 years old I can’t deal with this!!!”

The absurd hyperlocal drama I am in invested in: an LA bagel truck chain called (help) Yeastie Boys did a collaboration with the New York Post’s new California branch. Painted trucks red, handed out mock papers. You’re never gonna believe this but bagel truck patrons aren’t Murdoch fans, turns out

For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

lol, lmao even

roses are red violets are blue tom homan’s a bitch greg bovino, too

despicable scumbags

That Renee Good and Alex Pretti sign. Damn. #TalesofTeslaTakedown (Arlington, VA - February 14, 2026)

It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.

Until a couple years ago, when a friend was dealing with the condition, I had no idea how serious preeclampsia was. A drug like this could save countless lives!

ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown. But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.

It's been a minute since I talked about my volunteering!! Next Saturday, Feb. 21, the Oak Park Library is having our Black History Month celebration starting at 11am and our lineup is, as usual, phenomenal. Here's an interview that came out today with one of our star guests:

The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it. Seems kinda bad?

Not to overshare but maintaining sobriety in this country right now is A Lot, capital A capital L 😑

Murgatroyd, fetch my ear trumpet. And a Werther's.

This is blackout poetry to me

Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.    Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.     Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice

When we talk about the ~ozempic discourse~ it's easy to think about that as a kind of broad social or marketing pressure that's applied equally to everyone with a body. It's worth noting that it shows up in more acute & targeted ways, too. I'm getting more emails like this one than I have in years.

if you’re seeing this it was meant to find you today

“Ah, a proud assitarian,” the chatbot responds, before listing “Top Assitarian Staples,” which include “Bananas (firm, not overripe; peeled)” as “the gold standard. (Don't do this at home.) www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...

Hey I'm back! As some of you know, I experienced some scary harassment here last month when a user threatened me and the sanctuary I work for and I was shocked when they received only a 3-day suspension for that. I have now been assured that the offending account is permanently suspended, and

Today in "It's only okay when WE do it" futurism.com/future-socie...

they should sell chocolate covered almonds. that's what we did to raise money to make the nationals back in school.

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.

Every time I see a video filmed on those glasses I double down on my resolve to never go out in public again.

My dog looks like a medieval drawing of a lion

Welp I’m late to the party but ready to make up for lost time

Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.