"January 9, DHS began putting its changes to work, seeking out and detaining lawful refugees who have broken no laws and followed DHS’ processes to the letter. One moment they were law-abiding refugees, the next many were arrested, shackled, and interrogated."
01.03.2026 01:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Tori Bonidie and Magnus L’Argent: Giant mirrors in space to create sunlight at night and an AI data center made up of 1-million satellites are undergoing regulatory approval. How did we get here? ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/02/26/reflect-orbital-ai-data-center/
Trump ripped up the Iran nuclear deal and created this mess. Now, he's putting servicemembers in harm's way with no clear plan and no Congressional approval. The American people deserve answers — and Congress needs to do its job.
28.02.2026 23:11 — 👍 3287 🔁 1035 💬 156 📌 34Excellent points.
01.03.2026 01:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Or if they are high-res photo art books.
28.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have each of these books as ebooks, audio, and hardcopy. The reader for Swordheart is particularly wonderful.
We don’t buy hardcopy anymore because we have at least a thousand physical books. We only buy physical ones if we read them more than a few times as ebooks.
A photo from above my oven: T. Kingfisher's "Mammoth Garlic" print, with the hardcover first Penric & Desdemona book by Lois McMaster Bujold, and the hardcover Swordheart book by T. Kingfisher. In-photo caption reads "The White Rat, or The Bastard? Humans can't smell, and they have no hands but ours." -- which are quotes from those books. (Print legit bought from her website, in a frame I made.)
I can't decide, if I were in one or both of these worlds, which gods' service I would prefer to be in.
The White Rat?
The Bastard?
It's a puzzle.
@tkingfisher.com
Or "a photo of ...." But since the business with the monkey? orangutang? that took the photo some 10 years ago, at least in the US, animals can't hold copyright. Like AI.
28.02.2026 14:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“The president’s obvious contempt for female athletes was especially galling given that American women once again outperformed the men at the winter games, winning 63.6% of Team USA’s overall medals and 8 out of 12 golds.”
The Success of 'Heated Rivalry' Is a Lesson for the Men’s Hockey Team
The women's team has won more gold recently than the men's.
"The men's team seemed happy to serve as props during Trump’s record setting—for longevity—State of the Union speech."
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/olympics-t...
Good: she's suing,
"Nicole Cleland, who volunteers with a community group that monitors ICE and Border Patrol officials in their neighborhood, made the claim in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security."
I didn't know we were blockading Cuba.
"The US has cut off all Cuba's access to fuel imports. The situation is getting increasingly desperate."
siderea.dreamwidth.org/1897060.html
"What the Nature study reveals is something much more powerful and harder to fight: the _platform algorithm itself_ is a tool of ideological inculcation. This is much more dangerous than just a bot network."
www.facebook.com/choejoohn/po...
The perhaps similar game I'm enjoying is I Love Hue Too/Two. (Many free levels also)
23.02.2026 21:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic reads: Dear Democratic Senators, If you are forced into a filibuster over the SAVE Act, I suggest you use that time to read the Epstein files out loud into the Record.
The SAVE act is aimed at the 3-noncitizens-per-year who are voting.
It will disenfranchise most married women (only 14% keep their birth names), and other groups.
"2023: approximately 169,000,000 females in the US" = will disenfranchise 23,000,000 women for the sake of 3 votes per year.
Seconded!
22.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Did you know that Nancy Mace limited comments on her official IG?
Social media is generally considered a public forum and protected under free speech; it is illegal to allow some comments and not others.
You can report her for that. Whether this Administration cares is a different question.
Reading up: looks like the UGears hurdy gurdy kit will need cotton on the strings just like a real one, to sound decent.
I'm nearly finished with the kit (it's essentially a toy.) The one below is a kit for a real one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LP...
Yeah, we usually buy See's or Lindt... but there's nostalgia in some of the standard stuff.
21.02.2026 02:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I bought some today: definitely lower quality than several months ago. Much more like brown wax.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"“For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law.”
Colbert and CBS capitulation (despite saying it was only a financial decision, not a political one.)
publicknowledge.org/equal-time-u...
Useful rundown:
Resisting surveillance locally
Targeting of nonprofits
Phone and online surveillance
Opt-ins vs. opt-outs
Is this fight a lost cause?
Location settings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8g...
Better than death, but by no means safe:
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Have shared this to the expected person - thanks
14.02.2026 22:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“We are writing to update you about our masking guidance at Mass General Brigham clinics and hospitals. … since the fall. Respiratory viruses in our community have been decreasing for several weeks. As of February 10, 2026 we have returned to a mild/moderate level of activity.”
14.02.2026 18:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“ICE is leaving…” NO.
Don’t count your abusive thugs until they are actually GONE from whatever location.
Toy soldiers….
13.02.2026 03:05 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hello! I see you've decided to conflate a human being being an evil fascist apologist committing crimes and perpetuating fraud with (checks notes) being a woman. Perhaps you would like to not do this.
11.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 2619 🔁 383 💬 53 📌 11
Disagreement “between the military, which loaned Customs and Border Protection a high-powered laser to take out drones near the border, and the FAA, which had safety concerns over firing the device.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“There is broad agreement across parties in Wales that the current system offers few real consequences for dishonesty. As one Senedd member put it: “Lying flourishes in politics because we can get away with it”.
Wales is trying to outlaw political lying, without curbing free speech
