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Drinking game. If my crush mentions her home town team winning the Super Bowl, everyone on the TL has to take a sip of hibiscus tea. 🌺🫖🏈.

Decompressing. Hopefully.

Shades of Tristram Shandy, this and UH alum Donald Barthelme's I Bought a Little City among my favorite short fiction post modern works. You can hear Barthelme read said story on YouTub🙃 Highly recommended.

The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Putting favorite Bible scriptures by chapter, verse on Threads. Why not.

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Yes you may have white cake if you eat your mustard greens and turnips...

JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

Time for some John Barth

‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’ Yiyun Li on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

As always bless your week 🔵 🙏 ✨️

Morning.

BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.” @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

"It's a genocide. It just is. And you either believe in universal human rights, or you don't." @mizzwelch.bsky.social, co-host of @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social, shares with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how she learned the truth about Israel and Palestine. Watch now: zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...

NEW EPSTEIN SURVIVORS AD: “3 million files still not released — stand with us. Tell AG Pam Bondi to release the files. It’s time for the truth.”

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

To my mind, all these are masterpieces.

now playing: Level 42 THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP)

Is it true you can take a train from Houston to Vancouver? 🧳🧳🧳🚄🚃🚃🍁🍁🍁

A look at #Japan ‘s “iron lady” as the nation of 123 million heads to the polls on Sunday amid a cold snap and heavy snow in some regions.Why is #SanaeTakaichi so popular? What does she want to do? #France24 #F24 youtube.com/watch?v=_mVZ...

The University of Houston wants professors to sign an oath stating they don't *indoctrinate* students. Uber alles like a mfer. Sad.

Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure as NYC Faces Calls to Release Suppressed Files

Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.

Last year roughly around this time we were digging on Mother Courage. This year, it's Beckett's Endgame.

Famine Conditions Spread in Sudan Amid World’s Worst Hunger Crisis "Famine conditions have spread to two more areas in Sudan’s North Darfur region, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned Thursday," writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/famine-sud...

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The 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, captured by photographer Jamie Christiani. IT IS 85 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT. Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse

In the Doomsday Clock statement, the Bulletin's Science and Security Board states that increasing chaos, disorder, and dysfunction in the world's information ecosystem threaten society's capacity to address difficult challenges. Read more: buff.ly/17yAznF

Four major concerns—the possibility that scientists could create mirror life, the continued evolution of AI and biological weapons programs, and the rapid dismantling and degradation of US public health infrastructure—all endangered the world in 2025. Read the Clock statement: buff.ly/17yAznF

Bless your week! 🔴⚫️🟢

Michael Schultz says there are Easter eggs in Car Wash dedicated to Imgmar Bergman films.

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Or maybe a trip to Italy?

Where should the reading take us next? Stay in central Europe, or back stateside?

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America...

“What the United States is planning for Venezuela is basically to run the country as a vassal state.”

The families of 26-year-old Chad Joseph and 41-year-old Rishi Samaroo say the two men were returning home from fishing and farming in Venezuela.

Why did Jackie Robinson join the McCarthyist campaign against the legendary entertainer and activist Paul Robeson?

Howard Bryant's new book "Kings and Pawns" talks about why that happened and the intersection with Jackie Robinson

Romain Gary on bookstagram, must add to to be read list.

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Today is describe your crush in their own words using only emojis day. 🫧🫧🫧

We're having a Kent State every week.