Now THIS is funny! Cops like spying on others, not so much being spied on! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The banality of evil (gift article) wapo.st/4kM4qbF

“The Southern leaders have unquestionably the whole responsibility of this fatal step. The blood which has at length begun to flow must be upon them... They originated the quarrel by their passionate desire to extend the shameful institution of which they are so proud." (The Economist in 1861)

Well here's an interesting development www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I do love a good marketing image. Came across this one looking for a hydration backpack.

This is your reminder that Republicans want to take away your right to stop data centers from raising electricity prices. Go out today and find a state-level Democrat to support! (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...

HOOOOOO boy. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?" Lyons: "Yes ma'am." McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" "Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

Some would assert this just proves that violent rebellion is the only way to have your voice heard in Trump's America (gift article) wapo.st/4r9FQnz

So now ICE is just outright falsifying documents. No surprise, really www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”

Ouch

Costa Rica is often held up as a massive success story, and model for other countries. The author puts a little more nuance into the picture. (Gift article) wapo.st/4qolCFk

The US is losing friends at a prodigious rate. Having a hostile relationship with our largest trading partner is bad for everyone. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Can Starmer just resign already? Do we have to do the 'all my underlings fall on their sword first' dance?

ICE-hole concentration is in retaliation for the 2024 election. #ICEout #ProudBlue #SheWon

This is an excellent overview of what's up in the UK due to Epstein. Spoiler: everyone's a pédophile, or a pédophile protector. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP892hr32/

Billionaires can't be happy with their money because it is impossible to become a billionaire without being a gaping sucking void of desperate ravenous mindless hunger. The only way to become a billionaire is by transforming yourself into a wendigo.

It goes without saying that the Trump administration has weaponized the government to trample the Constitution. However, many of us have been warning about this through multiple administrations. We need better guardrails, and we'll still need them after Trump leaves office. wapo.st/4rtfCw8

I'm in Arkansas, and the response to data centers here has been enlightening. Too many people got burned by crypto miners dumping a shipping container full of servers running 24/7 in their backyard, and now they want blood. It's a very broad coalition of people.

Cruelty is big business

remember back when we all doodled the current thing for warmups? we could bring that back, maybe, that was fun

Turns out, that Jesus guy was a bit of a radical. Today's Catholics aren't all on board (I know you're shocked) (Gift Article) wapo.st/3ZH9rsq

Bruce Springsteen is currently number one in iTunes in 19 countries.

Closing the Kennedy Center on July 4, the 250th birthday, feels too on the nose. Are we actually in a simulation?

Bringing Jerry back for Black History Month again, because too many still don't know about his innovative ideas.

Our top three Escape to the Country presenters: Alistair Briony Jules. Yours?

As someone who spent 20 years in IT, I'm now pursuing a retool after years of un- and under-employment. It's frustrating to say the least. (Gift Article) wapo.st/4qWsgnu

Amazon has changed their product subscriptions to make it much more difficult to cancel. If you use the service, consider yourself warned.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

A classic case of 'you broke the rules, but it's ok this time!' from Arkansas 'regulators'. Arkansans will, of course, pay the price. #arpx arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

International coverage of the Arkansas abortion lawsuit #arpx www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Good news for EV drivers (like me!) - Gift Article wapo.st/4tafEuE

I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.

Iconic.

I'm sure we differ on many things, but Chris Madel did the right thing today. I have nothing but respect for anyone who stands up for what's right in these troubled times. (Gift article) wapo.st/3O6qP7e

the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good

New Research JSSR White evangelicals are especially attuned to slights directed at a fellow Christian but significantly LESS likely to view same behavior as discriminatory with a member of a religious out-group. This pattern is unique to white evangelicals. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/AZGDYW...

You think you're cold? Try unblocking a frozen dam! "A team of divers was deployed into the frigid water with air compressors to try and clear the ice." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Of course

Apparently now guns DO kill people, all on their own

Given everything I've seen of Kier Starmer's "leadership", I assume this is going nowhere. He will burn the country down on his own fear. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?

Don't expect any justice or accountability.

Another American murdered by ICE www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

This extraordinary photo captures federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant into his face. It runs on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @startribune.com. It reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s.

ICE is being told they can’t use bathrooms in MN. Turn about is fair play on this topic - the best comment I’ve seen on this so far.

From The Economist: "A year ago, as Donald Trump was sworn into office for a second time, The Economist predicted that this term would be “more disruptive than his first”. That turned out to be an understatement."

Here's the plan: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fQmEcm/

It's painfully apparent that Trump's strategy of unrelenting law breaking is working. I think this points us to two specific areas we need to work on right now: