National Dems have historically failed to invest in Texas races; they like to mine our biggest donors for national contests and leave us high and dry for the local stuff that builds community and consensus in the longer term. Supporting Texas-based groups and candidates is The Way!

Every word that Rubio uttered has to be further contextualized by the fact he was there to tell Europe that they have to appease an actual invader. An actual invading army of tanks and missiles and death squads must be given territory and quarter and treasure for peace in our time. In Munich no less

actually a good question for a lot of things, is this actually rigorous or simply rigor shaped?

I can be angry about rising fascism and also angry about facial recognition built into surveillance glasses at the same time, not only because these things are directly related, but because I contain fucking multitudes and all them are mad all the goddamn time.

"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

The affidavit in the GA elections search warrant was unsealed. I did a short thread over on a competing social media platform yesterday with my thoughts. Tl;dr: I’m surprised the judge issued the warrant. federate.social/@mattblaze/1...

This hit me like a ton of bricks. @chrkrhc.bsky.social have you ever heard the like?

😞 stereogum.com/2488418/cake...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “It depends.”

Agree

Andre 3000

I do not know who this man is, but this is absolutely incredible testimony and remarkable political speech. This approach should be copied and replicated everywhere. This is part of how we win.

We dropped our paywall for this new piece. Court Watch picked one of the largest ‘news deserts’ in the South and examined all the new court dockets that went unreported to tell a larger story about the need for local journalism ‘Dockets Die In Darkness’ www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

Sometimes an answer just elicits a lot more questions.

Holocaust survivors asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.

I am really tired of the "unclear why" bullshit. They're a masked goon squad operating with impunity and ignoring court orders at the direction of an openly racist administration. That's the "why".

An excellent study of design www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obli...

Phishing site using Cloudflare to insulate itself from detection and analysis by security tools.

Some of the revolution will be televised.

I don't like that there is so much hate in my soul because of this nonsense.

Two ways to make an 8-page mini-zine using stuff you already have—and three reasons why you might do this. New post → With paper, glue & scissors: how little zines can make a big difference Read it on Improve Something Today. improvesomething.today/zines/

“Hero” is a word used perhaps too freely, but sometimes…sometimes someone will rise up when the situation calls for it.

Thanks to @adambonica.bsky.social for showing us what it would mean to just be average. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

When irony calls, you gotta answer.

Sometimes there are bugs.

i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo

Slightly diminish a band: A Band

/4 Trump and ICE and the rest of the fascist scum can murder and lie and oppress, but they can’t kill that decency that some real Americans have. They don’t have it, they are inadequate without it, and it infuriates them. But they can’t kill it.

Responding with attention, kindness & action as people return to work in difficult circumstances. New post → We have to remember this: notes for January 2026 Read it on Improve Something Today. improvesomething.today/notes-januar...

Neat github.com/abetusk/neat...

Ha Ha Ha

Today I learned about something that seems important: jitsuvax.info

This thread will amuse and inform you…

Neat. www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

The full video (18 min) is really sweet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9XN...

The responses are filled with people saying they didn’t expect to be crying at the video. I didn’t expect to be crying at the video.

For clever people we are not actually clever

Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.

Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner

This is art. So much captured in a single frame.

Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers. Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.

This is important, and you should know about it www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...

Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.

dear infosec awareness folks, please stop trying to make “smishing” happen.

I hope this is real.

Anyway this is me being mad

This should cost more than a few votes in deep red Texas: www.jalopnik.com/2036407/texa...

"Mishandling of exceptional conditions" is the story of my life.

“why the red team keeps winning: not because they are stronger—but because the blue team keeps mistaking comfort for capability.” — @treyka.bsky.social reveals wisdom in history, physics, & Rick & Morty in his brilliant Bsides Lisbon keynote youtu.be/egg_83hh0ZA