Meanwhile in H5N1 news: The "lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California," killing 30 so far. Since 2024, the CDC has noted 70 human... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/s...

Fifth Colorado child dies from flu this season www.cpr.org/2026/02/26/f...

Rad. Radically awful... The US has surpassed 1,100 measles cases in two months. Statistics indicate that more deaths are expected. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/h...

I'm checking out a new platform called HomeGround., a place for civil discourse and not dunk QTing people for clicks. We'll see how long we can be nice, so if you'd like to join in, here's a link. Let's do good things. members.homeground.global/share/lJsX4W...

Kids are fantastic. Feeling blue? Find a kindergartener and ask them their favorite dinosaur. And tell them yours (which is obvi spinosaurus). Cute kid story courtesy of my little brothers. We were playing the game Taboo one day with friends. I'm the oldest of three. The youngest was 5. 1/4

Hiya, @tnicholsmd.com! 😀

Uh @jtrebach.bsky.social. This seems like your wheelhouse of things not to buy at a gas station.

But guess what: another judge said it's okie dokie to keep sharing info with DHS. Especially if it means rounding up immigrants **WHO PAY TAXES**. You cannot file taxes without a TIN (taxpayer ID #), which is your social security number. Federal wallet doesn't care who pays into it.

1/ @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social have drafted a seminal brief: (a) that centers Black American beliefs on birthright citizenship and (b) uses a set of primary sources, such as speeches and Colored Conventions, fought for (and won) broad birthright citizenship for everyone.

Host an End ICE camps event on February 28th.

You know, Morgan -- we've got a guy for this. 😉 I'm sure he'd be more than happy to give a tour.

Oh heck... Glad I picked up a bit of Farsi. I guess, @kavehmd.bsky.social. Not great. aje.news/87scpe

Hey, @hartzell.bsky.social -- we gotta help this guy.

Currently tearing my hair out because I adopted an urgent rent need for a family that needs to pay $3050 RIGHT MEOW to stay out of eviction court and then I got an urgent request from another rent fund and there’s $320 left in my Venmo account. So much need and I wish I could be everywhere at once 😭

Y'all know this: it is FAR less costly to keep people housed than it is to get back into housing, if they can get back in at all. $3,050 is very doable. Ten times that to get back in is not. Please give and share generously. Tent life sucks. Especially in Minnesota winter.

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cc @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social, did DOJ take down the whole library from search functionality?

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump is plotting to steal the 2026 election and his buddy David Ellison and Bari Weiss just won control of CNN. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and pro-democracy. No corporate investors. It will never back down. Support it by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

A senior CBS News staffer expressed sympathy for employees at CNN who are frustrated and upset over the Paramount news. "I need to keep reminding myself it can - and will - always get worse," the staffer told me, adding that CNN staffers "should" be freaking out since "it's hell over here."

Raise your hand if you're okie dokie with this. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 Exclusive: ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows - www.reuters.com/world/ice-st...

Hey, where the heck is @pastorrob.bsky.social? I've got a confession, and he's the guy for the job!

we just lost the post’s international desk — one of the best — and now we’ll lose this. and after the pentagon kicked out all the actual correspondents. right as the nation/mad king is on the brink of another illegal war. yeah, this is bad

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English. He spent a year in jail for this.

Butt wait! Here comes Palmer Freaking Luckey with a metal folding chair, ready to sell us all out to an insatiable war machine! Seriously, though, that dude is scary. Very young and borderline amoral. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

But Bill Gates said he's sorry and it weighs heavily on him. Makes it all better, doesn't it.

Dave Matzek gave his blood to keep others safe. I like to image he fought his colleagues for an hour and forty five minutes to make this bold sacrifice. May this bold brave soul's heroic deed keep many more generations safe! Or his thumb removing clownery. We honestly don't know which it was.

Donetsk region: "In the Kramators'k direction, the russian occupiers launched two attacks in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bondarne." Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 26 February 2026 regarding the russian invasion

Wow, MLB. That's the best decision since Pepsi Clear. 🙃

One Ring cam and streaming service to rule them all in a horribly exploitative and authoritarian regime. What could possibly go wrong? We need an escape in this mess we made, but we can't freeze to catch up on Bridgerton. Let's go fight this first.

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Oh but no worries! Palmer Luckey (who scares me in many ways) is glad to do this dirty work.

Border Czar Tom Homan and Archbishop Wester are both Catholics. The similarities end there. @mikeoloughlin.bsky.social excellent column looks at two very different ways of being a Christian.... which one works for you? #ICE #Trump #Catholic #immigrants www.ncronline.org/news/border-...

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL My dude, my dad has been a rural hospital administrator since before you were born. Take a seat. In the quiet section. Never move.

I don't agree on anything with former VP Mike Pence. OK, one thing we do agree on: #CaseyMeans should not be US Surgeon General. The #GOP does not have the votes right now to get her nomination out of committee. Let's keep it that way. Write to your senators now. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Can comets be different colors? You bet! To learn more about comets, read Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs Comet! a.co/d/0jbtWVx4 #astronomy #astrophotography #kidlit #booksky

Bomb boats that pose no threat. Keep bombing (illegally). Bomb Houthis, stop in strategic failure, lie that it was success. Bomb Iran, stop in strategic failure, lie that it was success. Special ops raid in Venezuela, little follow-through, leave regime intact. A pattern. Iran can see it too.

Cuba's government said the majority of the 10 people on the boat "have a known history of criminal and violent activity." https://to.pbs.org/4scUCtJ

New— A Columbia source tells me internally they’ve been told DHS officers presented themselves as “police,” but not NYPD specifically, which has obviously created public confusion. This might be, at least according to this 2020 story, technically allowed: www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2020/...

The Guardian has identified the Columbia student abducted by DHS as Ellie Aghayeva. She posted the IG story below: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality. Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:

As transgender Kansans grapple with a challenging new reality today, and the rest of the nation watches what’s happening in the Sunflower State, here’s a thread of @kansasreflector.com stories and opinion pieces about SB 244. (1/15) #ksleg #trans #lgbtq

Meanwhile, this from yesterday: "The White House is pushing to rescind tenant protections codified after the pandemic to make it easier to evict residents late on rent."

Hey, fam. Let's play a fun game of buying 1,842 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from Elijah, who is too sick to sell in person. Why does she love scouting? It taught her how to count by fives! Way to go, Elijah! digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/elijah... 1/2

It's not just "don't be a kid," it's "don't be."

The US has lost factory jobs amid promises of a tariff-led renaissance

Many years ago! I decided to make my own version of Wonder Woman that takes inspiration from the comics! I love Wonder Woman and what she stands for. She's strong, kind, and believes in a fair world! #BlackHistoryMonth #28DaysOfBlackCosplay #WonderWoman

Are you KIDDING ME

HAPPENING NOW: Good morning from the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee. A federal judge is set to preside over an evidentiary hearing on whether the United States government is vindictively prosecuting Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Here's a post with my kiddo's site and some of her writing. bsky.app/profile/ksuz...