UPDATE: I’ve been at the Northwest Detention Facility for over 3 hours and am still being denied my congressional duty to conduct oversight. What are they so afraid of that they won't let me meet with detainees? I will not give up.

Julia Farwell-Clay has a new sweater pattern www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... and a substack post When I started knitting, her patterns made me feel comfortable and confident ⭐️ #knitsky #knitting #knit #yarn 🧶

When you wonder why I castigate my fellow citizens more often than our leaders, consider that the United States is *this far* from war with a nation of 90 million people and no one seems to give a hoot. It's not like they don't know; ten minutes of watching the news would tell them.

Elisabeth of France, aged 13, in 1615. She is about to be traded to Spain for Infanta Anne of Austria. Will never see her family again. Life of a renaissance princess! Painted by Frans Pourbus, whose day is today.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

More than 50 hours of newly obtained footage from a joint operation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and ICE has revived questions about whether drivers were racially profiled as officers made more than 100 immigration arrests. (Part of a collab now publishing) 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Andrew Windsor, the brother of King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office because of Epstein emails Meanwhile in the former colonies, the John Roberts Supreme Court says Donald Trump has immunity for acts in public office Happy 250th Birthday America! #NoKings

Season One of Board of Peace begins today Trump expects ratings like nobody’s seen before youtube.com/shorts/3rK7N...

Okay, I admit not everything can be related to sports, but boy, writing can, hear me out There's a thing called chronic training load, and slowly increasing it, and maintaining a relatively high CTL, is a key way that human beings adapt to get better

Haven’t decided if I’ll get the audiobook or printed edition, but this title is on my “must get” list @philinvestigates.com know about it? If Phil writes a memoir, that will be on my list too.

Board of Peace - Season 1

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

NEW: Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments, by @megomatz.bsky.social

Starting this Friday, four separate #JWST programmes will be exploring physical processes in Jupiter's atmosphere and ionosphere. We're asking amateur astronomers to help provide context imaging over the next few weeks to understand how the atmosphere is changing with time. #planetaryscience

It's ok to speak the truth in whatever message you have. whether modulated so that the more skittish can feel more comfortable hearing it or a harsh, necessary wake-up Sometimes it's a shout Sometimes it's a whisper just please, say it -- especially now, in the time when lies reign.

Does that seem fair to you?

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Omg, I am addicted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpV1...

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."

Nowhere in #Gaza is safe. Not even inside a health facility. Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

If you bought a new TV for the Super Bowl, make sure you anchor it to the wall.

#RECALL: Little Cow Company Recalls 9 oz Candles in Glass Jars Due to Fire, Burn and Laceration Hazards. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Wowza $650,000 raised from a hat pattern that costs $5 #MeltTheIce indeed #knitsky #Minnesota

Boston’s young people will write the next chapter of our city’s future. If you live in Boston and are age 14-19, you’re invited to join us at our Youth Summit on Feb. 21. Get your ticket at boston.gov/youthsummit.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

With the last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty about to expire, "the world is about to get a little more dangerous this week," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/azdk6Duu

I've just found an old recording of July 2024 when there was a hardcore suspension bug in Gran Turismo 7. It's 16+ minutes of comedy gold. Imagine Gran Turismo meets Tony Hawk, with all the unintentional spins and none of the intentional tricks. I downloaded a sample to share here 😝

If you look at the difference in portraiture between the Roman republic & Empire it’s clear that the aesthetic changes from realism to idealism From life to an unattainable beauty This is what authoritarian art does (See Nazi art) under the guise of being aspirational it is punitively diminishing1/2

Btw👇 @lemonde.fr

It is impossible for any of us to be aware of every bit of evil & chaos being created by Trump & his evil minions That’s why we need important work like this from #NPR

Here's a link to the previous story which is definitely worth a read if you missed it! www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

Proposed New Hampshire law would require NH CITIZENSHIP to #vote Born in NH=NH citizen If you were born outside NH, you need to SWEAR AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO NH & GET A NH CITIZENSHIP CARD TO VOTE Xenophobic insanity #NHPolitics gc.nh.gov/house/legisl...

They had heard #winteriscoming , but had not read the novel. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) and Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) on #birdbath in Norman, #Oklahoma, US, Jan. 24, 2026 Camera settings I used are at: www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026Jan... #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography

A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”

This is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.

Three agents pointing their weapons at a woman sitting in a car Do police officers in the US draw their guns for every traffic stop? Of course not ICE & other DHS goons function like they are in a war zone Congress needs to shut this down

Will just be here watching this clip of Catherine O’Hara saying the word "baby" on Schitt’s Creek for the rest of the day….RIP 🥺🙏

SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. The full user guide here:

Seems like demands to divest would be appropriate here

The companies responsible for this need to be destroyed and the people carrying out these flights should be prosecuted.

For the last 4 1/2 years, I've been sending commentary at Life is a Sacred Text, week after week, Genesis through Deuteronomy-- and now, finally, after years and years and years, we've completed an incredible cycle. Even though everything's hard, we still gotta pause & celebrate:

WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users' purportedly 'private' communications," according to a lawsuit filed against Meta. www.courtlistener.com/docket/...

#RECALL Bazic Silicone Glue; The glue’s packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children. Get full refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social

Hey, political journalists on Bluesky: If you ever need to find a specific Trump Truth Social post—since searching through them is so difficult—one of my colleagues built this comprehensive database a few months ago. *Super* helpful. trumpstruth.org

Today, Rep. Castro and I visited precious Liam and his father, Adrian, at the Dilley Detention Center. My heart absolutely breaks for Liam, his family, and every person being wrongfully detained.

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

Like!!! We haven’t had songs like this in a hot minute!