WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel writes of her journey to find answers for a persistent itch that turned out to be cancer—and of learning about how medicine can miss women’s symptoms. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4scPmXn

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Around Portland... these may seem drab photos, but i have collected their unique history in the alt text.

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

Today is just merciless. Frederick Wiseman, a giant, has died at 96. @nytimes.com — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats. Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...

Floof Lump, if needed (Hamataliwa grisea) #EmotionalSupportSpood

Today's feel-good story: a tegu rescued from the snow by a kind person in Providence, RI, has been saved by ET Reptiles & New England Wildlife Center. Usually, pet reptiles die in these circumstances, but frostbite treatment worked. @rickclaypool.bsky.social even visited the tegu + took this photo.

I've thought about this guy and the model buses all week after reading this. Really cool story and RIP man from Leeds. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media. * Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...

This is delightful. Spielberg's choice is one of the greats but not one I'd have ever guessed.

Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind." This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

www.moma.org/calendar/eve... Preservation premiere Ken Jacobs's 1963 Baud’lairian Capers (fea Flo Jacobs & Bob Fleischner) & Ken's favorite Yiddish film Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik (His Wife’s Lover, 1931) w Ludwig Satz Intro by J. Hoberman (signing books pre screening) Thu, Jan 29, 7 PM MoMA, Theater 2

Alex Pretti’s dad: “He cared about people deeply & was very upset with what was happening...He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests” apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

if you enjoy these videos & would like me to make another one at some point (or even if you don't care about them at all & just want to support an incredibly urgent cause), please consider donating to my fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund! www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

1/22/41: High Sierra D: Raoul Walsh W: John Huston/ W. R. Burnett w/Bogie, Ida Lupino More: Imogen Sara Smith: www.criterion.com/current/post... Luke Goodsell/ @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/cteq/hi... @kristinmjones.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out. They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

Something a little different. Some cartoonists put out a call for comics about local ICE experiences. This one happened a few months ago so it's a little older than current events, but it's a story that I never stopped thinking about. #ICEoutcomics

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

A father says he was with his six children when they were hit by munitions deployed by law enforcement in response to demonstrations that turned violent in Minneapolis. Three of the children went to the hospital, including a 6-month-old baby, who stopped breathing after being hit by tear gas

Ahead of time, you first have to turn on full encryption on your devices, it’s not that cumbersome—a good guide here:

He needlepointed this himself. It's a needlepoint pillow of the actor Ernest Thesiger needlepoint. It took forever and is awesome.

More than 50% if Americans haven’t received their flu shot yet. It’s not too late. Do it for yourself and to protect your family and others around you.

The man takes one film, one that is dear to him and close to his art, then talks about that film with incredible eloquence for about three minutes. And leaves. I'm in awe.

Alright, marching back, just adding more harmonies as they go.

"What is there to explain, anyway? That life is infinitely inventive? That some of us are a little different? That some of us keep living while others do not?" www.awritersnotebook.org/p/words-and-...

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

Every woman has heard it. Your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife. We have ALL heard it.

"We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. ... "On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." —Becca Good

Timeline cleanse: the kindest town in North America is at it again.

I wrote about the incomparable Béla Tarr. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...

your moment of calm

“He described (Renee Good) as a devoted Christian who took part in youth mission trips to Northern Ireland when she was younger.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

it's evil, just evil. all of it.

Because it's a tough news day & also #caturday, I feel like you all just need to know about Romare Bearden's cat, Gippo. Bearden, one of the leading American artists of the 20th century and a steadfast chronicler of Black life, had a cat named Gippo whom he clearly adored

She stubbornly refused to follow popular artistic trends. Instead, she spent decades exploring the effects of light on glass. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...

The Cane Toad New Years Eve spa party was in full swing when Security spotted the camera. He then put a stop to the filming... #NaturePhotography #toads #AustralianWildlife #wildoz

Here’s an NPR explainer from Oct on the Post Office’s proposed changes to its definition of postmarks. *These changes went into effect on Dec. 24.* So, if you want to prove that you mailed a ballot (or sent a check) in by a certain date, it needs to be hand-stamped by a clerk. tinyurl.com/3bdu28ne