A close perusal of the factbook would allow readers to understand the massive failure of countries that pursued the same kind of economic policies and endured the corruption that Trump has thrust upon us. It’s really not too shocking they discontinued it. They don’t want you to learn from history.

A fascinating theory of legislative authority…

UK College Democrats KY-6 event…

I remain convinced that “biathlon” is just an elaborate front for recruiting Bond villain henchmen and nothing will persuade me otherwise.

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

FRIENDS is popular literally everywhere I've been. there are uncontacted tribes who have opinions about whether Ross and Rachel were on a break.

Read this terrific @ibishblog.bsky.social piece.

Breaking dishes: the space facility at Yevpatoriya www.thespacereview.com/article/5155/1

The Great Tolkien Reread: The Old Forest www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...

Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump administration to make climate change denialism official policy

I'm often mistaken for an adult because of my age.

On the Further Enshitiffication of Academia www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...

Please, Not Another Kennedy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Once upon a time I was taking a train from East Berlin to Budapest. It was crowded to start with, and I was sitting on the floor, but everything got worse in Dresden, when many rowdy young E. Germans got on. They spilled beer on my head. They tripped over me. It was 2am and I didn’t want a fight…

UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*

a friendly reminder that the economic impact of immigration (legal and illegal) is well studied and it is very clear that "even" illegal immigration is a net economic positive

Cruelty is the point etc etc. Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...

Bluesky’s advice “Just talk to your kids about the Internet” conflicts with Bluesky’s advice “go no contact with your parents about everything”

Tales from the Finance Domain: Bond Markets Are Now Battlefields www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/tale...

Pro tip: When someone here says "I just checked in on what folks at the other place are saying and it's [insert anecdote here]," what they mean to say is "I cherry picked a few unrepresentative posts from accounts that I never, ever, ever would have followed and tried to turn them into a trend."

A new scourge besets a Lexington that only barely survived the ice... www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...

This is exactly what I was saying on @stephaniemiller.bsky.social this morning. We used to pity athletes in countries like the USSR and China who couldn't speak freely about their country's problems.

⚡️ US boards Venezuela-linked shadow fleet vessel in Indian Ocean. The vessel is part of the "shadow fleet," a group of tankers used by Moscow to export oil in violation of international sanctions, according to Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR).

Just made all of my old courses more accessible by switching them to "unpublished." So now everyone has the same level of access.

"Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants", proving they unaccountably had no clue who they were voting for.

For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share. theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...

So... folks do understand that university-mandated accessibility rules almost always result in faculty refusing to post material on university sites and students having dramatically curtailed access to course materials, yes?

Tales from the Finance Domain: Bond Markets Are Now Battlefields www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/tale...

Progress!

Ah, back when blogging was fun... www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2009/10/no-s...

That so many of the folks who claimed to care so much about campus free speech in yesteryear are suddenly uninterested today when the problem is just flagrantly, obviously worse (but entails costs in their social circles) tells me they are hypocrites, and I will not listen to them again.

Can you have a censorious, hair-trigger climate around speech on campuses that is bad for the spirit of free inquiry on which both campus teaching and research rely? Yes. Is direct state repression of speech from the barrel of a gun worse? Also, yes. Obviously. I mean, c'mon.

Well that was terrific.

I get it… and at the same time I think it would have been immensely and enduringly destructive for 14 year old me to have access to social media.

Been working on this on the piano... I feel like it's a song that has found its moment... youtu.be/xEMy34qhQe4?...

The Tulsi Secret www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...

These people think there are only so many slices of American pie to go around.

What about that 5 year old citizen, Congressman? The five year old citizens who are Liam’s classmates want their friend to stay. The five year olds I know take matters of fairness very seriously, and want to grow up in a country that treats even people who don’t like like them as human beings. 1/2

LGM Podcast: The Superb Seahawks? With @erikloomis.bsky.social and @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/lgm-... @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social

LDP undefeated world champions of “everything is broken, vote for us to fix it, we’ve only been in power 90% of the time, we are the anti-system option”

oh hey a new frankenstein adaptation i wonder why that feels relevant right now?

The Eight Great Powers of 2026 - www.19fortyfive.com/2026/02/the-...

White House takes down racist meme of Obamas posted on Trump social media kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/06/r...

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Bond Markets Are Now Battlefields foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/f... @charlesdainoff.bsky.social @geoffreyfw.bsky.social

New by me, @charlesdainoff.bsky.social and @drfarls.bsky.social Some of our ideas from Waging War With Gold foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/f...

LGM Podcast: The Superb Seahawks? With @erikloomis.bsky.social and @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/lgm-... @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social

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