I second this, as someone who was treated for cervical pre-cancer in my early 20s and again in my late 20s. Catch it early. I’m now 48 and haven’t had any further issues (KNOCKING ON WOOD VERY LOUDLY)

Tree of Life II, by Alice Baber, 1974 (rotated), 📸 by Mike Segar

U.S. women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight proposed to speedskater Brittany Bowe at the 2026 Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics #LoveWins #NOH8

I see we’re all aware of the misadventures of Mayor Dingus

Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs. By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social

ok had to draw this too

In 1942, over 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated in America's concentration camps and deprived of their civil rights and due process. Sadly, there is an absolute parallel between what happened then and what’s happening today to immigrant communities throughout the nation.

Award-winning Native American Hopi pottery artist Rainy Naha #WomensArt

If Biden had forgotten which country one of his ambassadors was assigned to it would have dominated the news for a month

Don’t be fooled by that face #cats

He was larger than life. I’ll never forget seeing him speak at a rally on the Berkeley campus in 1994 for Kathleen Brown’s gubernatorial campaign. chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

this is a metaphor for the internet.

Randy Fine, one of the most horrible people in public office.

Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith “Romancin’ is verra important, ye ken. Basically it’s a way the boy can get close to the girl wi’oot her attackin’ him and scratchin’ his eyes oot.”

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“Under the grant agreement from the state, the land cannot be heavily developed. Zoned for agricultural use, it will be kept as open space.” www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/11/t...

I got the new Mario Tennis Fever so I’m feeling pretty loved today 🥰

ICE is in San Francisco. The S.F. Rapid Response Network is here to help. sfilen.org/resources/sf...

Happy Death of James Cook day to those who celebrate. On 14 February 1779 British explorer Captain James Cook was killed as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii, and hold him hostage for the return of a cutter which Hawaiians had stolen.

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

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The dragon heard someone disturbing their hoard. Looking in, they saw a knight checking a bejewelled sword. "There you are! May I buy this?" "You have a sword," said the dragon. "It's for a valentine!" "A sword?" "What better gift to give?" "Hm. That one is blunt. I'll find a sharp one."

The Italian word for a female firefighter is evidently “una donna pompiere” and I just can’t LADY FIREFIGHTER 🤣🤣🤣

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Apologies to my neighbors, my dogs and anyone who walked past the house as I screamed: ‘I don’t want a fucking app for my fucking hair dryer!!’

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

For the Daily Beast, I wrote about the bitch below.

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at [email protected] to let them know what you think of this.

Humanity seems so eager to humanize AI and yet we still continually dehumanize actual humans

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

FREE BOOK OFFERS INCOMING! German teachers! I have a large pile of Death at Morning House in German! I only need one or two. If you teach German or work at a library where these would be helpful, I'd love to send them out to you. Just reply and let me know. Happy to send a box of 10.

RIP. www.kcra.com/article/greg...

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ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations reut.rs/46wwn1j

FREDDIE MERCURY: "I'm traveling at the speed of light... I wanna make a supersonic man out of you" ME: "How come you wanna make me go at like 300 meters per second, but you get to go at 300 *million* meters per second?" FM "They call me Mister Fahrenheit?" ME: "Just answer the question."

Widespread Twerking is my new band name.

I parsed through some of the emails in the Epstein files, and it’s very clear that Epstein was a eugenicist weirdo. Something he very much had in common with the billionaire class à la Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Donald Trump. New for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

$600,000,000 slashed from public health funding in four blue states, the vast majority targeting California. These cuts will hurt vital efforts to prevent the spread of disease. It's dangerous, and it's deliberate. The Trump administration's targeting of blue states is illegal and must end.

This is as if the entire population of Santa Barbara, California just vanished. Trump has been in office just over a year.

I misread this at first and was like “yup, it sure does”

ICE is killing, lying, and covering for itself. We must abolish ICE—and we need to make sure that no federal officer can ever kill and hide behind a would-be badge, a mask, or a lawless President and DHS Secretary ever again. That's why I introduced the Deadly Force Independent Review Act.

I’m giving away two copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social LOUDER THAN HUNGER in tomorrow’s newsletter. colbysharp.substack.com/p/our-first-...

We say "believe women" and "oh but his books are so important" in the same breath. "Believe women" and "that fourteen-year-old led him on, he's a genius, we need him." "Believe woman" and "we prefer the wolf."

One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.

This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

Incredible stuff happening at Spencer’s Gifts