We don't know about you but we need some sunshine. Here's a view of the Hall in late summer just in case anyone has forgotten what blue sky looks like.

Bill Alert! US House Bill HR 7137 - To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, contract employees, and members of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes. https://hozzl.com/p/bill/congress-119-bill-number-hr-7137?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medi...

Bill Alert! US House Bill HR 7161 - To limit the use of Federal contractors to perform certain enforcement activities under the immigration laws, and for other purposes. https://hozzl.com/p/bill/congress-119-bill-number-hr-7161?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=autopost&utm_campaign=bill&utm_content=...

Bill Alert! US House Bill HRES 973 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the designation of the "Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" constitutes a violation of Federal law, and for other purposes. https://hozzl.com/p/bill/congress...

Bill Alert! US House Bill HR 6925 - Kennedy Center Protection Act https://hozzl.com/p/bill/congress-119-bill-number-hr-6925?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=autopost&utm_campaign=bill&utm_content=post Policy: Arts, Culture, Religion The Kennedy Center Protection Act, introduced in the 119th Congre...

Today's Most Popular US Bills! 1) Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. - https://hozzl.com/p/bill/congress-119-bill-number-hres-537?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=autopost&utm_campaign=bill&utm_content=post 2) Digital Asset Market Clarity ...

Reporting referenced in my statement: technopathology.substack.com/p/neil-gaima...

"Put another way, during the entire 20th century, U.S. publishers released an estimated 2.5 million titles. Since the millennium, that many new books have appeared every year or two." —Michael Castleman, "The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing"

NEW: President Trump is making new false claims about Tina Peters, calling into question whether Trump is aware of the basic facts about the case that has led him to repeatedly punish the State of Colorado

On December 16, 2025, #DraftKings donated $500,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a Super PAC dedicated to maintaining Republican control of the Senate.

Breaking: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset.

I hope they didn’t think we forgot about impeaching Kristi Noem. 181 cosponsors and counting, 40k+ letters sent, and countless calls telling Representatives to get on board. Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

BREAKING: Judge Cobb has barred DHS from preventing members of Congress from visiting immigration detention facilities without notice, saying the administration's policy likely violated the law requiring their unfettered access. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Our fight against Trump’s reckless threat to dismantle NCAR continues, and we are building a bipartisan coalition to stop it. I urge all Coloradans to make their voices heard during the NSF's public comment period. See the Daily Camera’s reporting 👇🏽

"[T]he administration has ordered more changes to other parts of Independence National Historical Park, including alterations to displays at the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall that address slavery and the broader struggle for civil rights by Black people." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

As a reminder, the #SaveOurSigns initiative is not over! As removals go into effect in our #NationalParks, please capture "after" photos as well as any sign-removal protest content. This helps us illustrate and document exactly what has changed. Learn more: www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help/

NEW: New York’s Sunrise Wind can keep building, ending Trump’s offshore wind ban — for now.

This was in Texas.

“The size of Operation Metro Surge is delirious, outlandish,” writes @robinks.com. “Neighbors juggling jobs, kids, and their own fears are up against three thousand federal agents.”

Posted 18 hrs ago "campbeasleywood: Jingle dancers at Alex Pretti memorial site" This is a beautiful dance 💙 RIP Alex Pretti 😢🙏😇

I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

Yesterday, in the reddest County in a red state a Democrat beat a MAGA opponent. There were no cries of voter fraud or a rigged election. The system held, just like it was supposed to do. So, hold that thought going into the primary and the mid-terms in November.

Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

February: you may proceed 💚

Last Sunday's new post - Pageant Stairs, Pageant’s Wharf, a Fire Station, Obelisk, and Bus Stop, Rotherhithe at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/p...

From Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis. The Self-Portrait... @adamzyglis.bsky.social #PoliticalHumor #Cartoonist

Goodbye and goodnight 💤🌙😴

Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30. 📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad

Snow & 2° (F) last week, like springtime today. Crazy weather, but beautiful. #DenverCityPark #Walking #Stream

Using generative AI to "enhance" images doesn't work, but people keep trying. Following the shooting death of Renée Good by ICE, social media users attempted to "unmask" the shooter with AI, resulting in numerous images that neither resembled each other nor the actual killer, Jonathan Ross.

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.

This as well

Key quote from the judge's order releasing Liam Ramos & his father: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."

When I write I like to use the environment - weather, sound, people - to build mood to draw the reader along. I also like to do the opposite. You know something is going to happen on the dark & stormy night. But the unexpected out of a clear, blue sky can be more shocking, thrilling & mysterious.

The Trump administration had another rough day in court trying to defend their removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philadelphia. www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust. #CharlesDickens #MartinChuzzlewit

The best, perhaps, of all Doyle's first lines. “My dear fellow,” said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, “life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” #SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle

Want to know about all of the initiatives related to federal data preservation efforts? @shadac.bsky.social at the University of Minnesota has created a great guide with lots of resources! 🛟 🔗

“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

“If you’re not going birding with me, I’m going to assume you’re birding against me”. -Napolean Bonaparte (maybe)

I just watched RED & RED2, so this is completely believable. "When they asked for his credentials, he told the jail workers he was in possession of weapons, which were determined to be a “BBQ fork and a circular steel blade resembling a pizza cutter,”

The Seine near Giverny - 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10104

Oo. Waves

Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social filed a critical brief on birthright citizenship in the circuit courts, showing how the story of free Black Americans' advocacy unravels the admin's lead justification for its executive order. www.brennancenter.org/media/14006/...

Two decades ago, the European Union got basically none of its power from wind and solar. Now, those are its leading sources of electricity.

A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, new research finds. The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. via @grist.org

Fifth Avenue in Winter https://www.wikiart.org/en/childe-hassam/fifth-avenue-in-winter