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I know USA is a huge country and these sorts of things happen to only a tiny proportion of the population but the general fear and anxiety knowing it could happen to you is immeasurable. As Bentham pointed out: bad things happen only to relatively few, but fear of bad things affects us all.

Amazed at the number of people who believe “I’m not paying attention to politics” is a noble stance.

The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched. 1/8 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous & fiercely independent, & based on the author herself in a kind of characteristic self-portrait #WomensArt

"At some point, Putin will have to reckon with the failure of his strategic bombing campaign against Ukraine’s cities and the slow-rolling military failure that is Russia’s bloody ground campaign." An update of the big #Ukraine & Pacific issues this week. mickryan.substack.com/p/are-you-re...

Hillary Clinton: "Give the Ukrainians Tomahawks, give them more missiles for their Patriots, allow them to inflict more damage beyond the border into Russia. That’s when they actually started thinking about coming to the negotiating table—when Ukraine was able to reach targets inside Russia.

“failure to understand the roots of civic nationalism in Western civilization, however, is to deny a key comparative advantage — its ability to absorb others from across the globe. It’s an even cruder reductionism of “civilization” than Samuel Huntington’s version, and that’s saying something.”

We’re doing better than many feared in the Winter Olympics but just you wait until the Spring Olympics. We’re especially good at the Healthy Outdoor Walk and Bird Spotting events.

#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheWeek - Week of February 9 2026. #HoneyBee gathering nectar from one of Oona’s #Dahlias. From a September 2025 photograph. #BellinghamWA #Gardens #Flowers #Bees #HobonichiWeeks

But war is pain, and hate is woe.

Margaret Agnes Rope (1882-1953) British stained glass artist in the Arts and Crafts movement tradition #womensart

This is a good one and imho still reveals something important and fundamental about this thing

It’s becoming obvious i will accomplish nothing today

good luck FL and TX your real estate development economies are gonna collapse

this is really something

Come to Pasadena if you want to see a 22-degree halo

definitely the angriest look i have ever seen from @michael-feinberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This: youtu.be/uwoAFlIxvTI?...

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Portrait , a portrait capture of any #bird #photography This is a portrait of a Japanese temple #Crow looking every bit the part of #Yatagarasu the mythical crow and guiding god in Shinto mythology. Taken in #Kyoto, October 2029

This week's sunrises and sunsets have been absolutely stunning. I've even pulled over a few times (safely) while driving to get a good shot.

We've been hiking in the Lakes for over 25 years and today was one of our very best days. Feel very lucky.

ICYMI: Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, Troy Edwards, and Peyton Baker to discuss discussed the arraignment of Don Lemon, affidavits released for the FBI search of the Fulton County election office, and more.

I am making smittenkitchen.com/2015/05/lieg...

My 16-year-old Chilean nephew was curious about what’s happening with ICE. In Chile, the word “conservative” is associated with capitalism, and “liberal” is associated with communism. He observed that Trump says he’s a capitalist but doesn’t act like one. 1/ terikanefield.com/let-my-peopl...

🚨 @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org discusses his trip to #Ukraine and #ProjectBatteries with @timmiller.bsky.social on the #BulwarkPodcast ‼️ www.thebulwark.com/p/ben-wittes...

Lucy Jones, contemporary artist living and working in Edinburgh New Town, painting and drawing the surrounding Georgian Architecture #WomensArt

Perfect casting for this www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Also a great way to discourage some great officers not to remain in service.

WE ARE SO BACK, BABY!!!! #WITAOD

Second big appellate argument on Trump's mass-detention-of-migrants policy (which @kyledcheney has been writing about) is set for Thurs, 2/19, before the 8th Circuit. Judges are Shepherd (GWBush), Erickson (Trump) & Grasz (Trump). 5th Cir voted 2-1 to approve Trump's policy last week.

Can’t stop, won’t stop

Tim Cook has been more than willing to leverage authoritarianism in the PRC when it benefits his company; we should not be surprised that he is doing so here, too.

Here we go again

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca catch up and discuss the #media #ecosystems in #Canada and #Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLS...

AOC at the Munich Security Conference…👀

This is my 8th time in Munich, and I have NEVER see a night cap session- which starts at 10pm!! - be closed because there were too many people. Well AOC made it happen - and in a big room! 😳

a shame to let this @robgeorge.bsky.social post languish on another platform.

"Is it unbecoming a federal judge? Yes. Is it an intellectually compelling way for a judge to write? No. Is it adolescent? Yes. But it is arresting. It does make one stop and think." In The Situation @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org considers the role of the exclamation mark in a judicial opinion.

Judge Stearns really did not like the Government's answer that the Secretary of State wasn't responsible for consular officer decisions. "Now it is time for the government to make amends." "Respondents have confused the prerogatives of the Executive with those of the Judiciary."

We are doing @douglassday.bsky.social day with cake 🎂 and digital transcription! And of course a virtual visit from @profgabrielle.bsky.social.

The latest dispatch from #Ukraine by @lapatina.bsky.social yoursukrainian.substack.com/p/on-peace-b...

This is a major milestone on our pathway to developing Europe’s first sovereign hypersonic strike capability, Anglo-German company Hypersonica said after its successful missile test launch at Andøya, Arctic Norway

What a fantastic week

The US, the EU and the UK deserve huge credit for their combined onslaught of sanctions on Russia. The goal of these sanctions is to starve Russia of revenues, which is happening. If Putin runs out of money, the economy will collapse and the fighting ends... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-eu-can...

The US exorbitant privilege - the ability to issue debt more cheaply than others - ended about a decade ago. We're now issuing debt at a premium, the result of deficits and debt that are out of control. This change is slow, but it's happening. A warning... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-us-exo...