"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

How the fuck'd I miss this? *reads further* UM.

US job creation.

This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

One reason Republicans are so laser targeted on trans kids existing, is that trans kids existing requires accepting the bodily autonomy and consent of children. Which is something republicans absolutely can't do, since they are pedophiles. Their transphobia and pedophilia is them being consistent

“It’s a moral panic. A nothingburger.”

my favorite Robert Duvall role is where he appears as a priest on a swing for 2 seconds for no apparent reason in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Deeply ashamed to live in a country where tweeting this isn’t instant career suicide

Same is true for the arts Who taught people to expect something for nothing? The tech industry

#NowWatching Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie!

The Wayback Machine shows that the Katie Johnson document did in fact exist at this link and it is now gone completely. They are scrubbing files that implicate Trump. web.archive.org/web/20260131... www.justice.gov/epstein/file... @rokhanna.bsky.social #EpsteinFiles

"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work. www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Now with magnetized detachable beard!

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it. Seems kinda bad?

how we got here

Indiana Jones taught me that sometimes the Hard Right needs a Hard Left Hook

Insane, redditors find videos & audio hiding in plain sight in the DOJ’s online Epstein files due to .pdf files - congressional reps should check for the same ASAP before the DOJ scrubs them @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social

My buddy Jasmin is in the new Schoenbrun joint and I’m BEYOND excited

end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance

Was 99% of Return to Silent Hill shot on a Volume

Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.

So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA. Sounds like Hegseth! www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."

ICE just really not working out very well for the USA

Because none of that stuff -- other than voting -- is a right guaranteed to all citizens in the United States Constitution. You useless, hollow shitheel hack of a lying politician.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS aims for lush depravity that finds deeper kinship with Peter Greenaway than (from what I gather) Brontë. Even if Emerald Fennell's film doesn't strike the same depth as either, I'm still taken by how verdantly in love she is with the wild, petty messiness of human behavior.

Now Watching! #WutheringHeightsMovie

no eres mis casa bonita no eres mis esposa bonita

A mantra worth following, y’all

You know what I would LOVE? Box set of schlocky DTV found footage horror movies. St. Francisville Experiment Wicksboro Incident My Little Eye No matter how small, there’s always a deranged Internet corner that’ll give these titles their due. Put it all in one place and let that ingenuity shine.

It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.

It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all

If you’re an Austinite still in need of a reason to see IRON LUNG, please note that Markiplier shot it at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios. Not for everyone, but always great to support a production filmed here in town.

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Marshawn Lynch. Hell, a Bottoms reunion all around

Gotta love waking up in the middle of the night choked by allergies

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

"You would get fired for this at any other job" is so direct and clear.

👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it. What? x.com/sethharpesq/...

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

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