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I am transfixed by this thread.

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

Omg this is amazing.

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

That was a fantastic halftime show. ❤️

Well, the Patriots literally allow their jets to be used for ICE deportations.

YouTube video by LifeIsSublime Muppet Movie 1979 camera test: The banter is so hilariously improvised.

While I don’t know if any Muppets break the second fourth wall on Television or Movies …

There is this one camera test where Kermit and Fozzie ad lib being abstract entities …

Pretty sure it’s still me, actually, since nobody is gonna come up to you at a signing and tell you how much your slop meant to them.

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

A blacklight-tinted photo of a grinning woman with glasses standing next to a glowing target. A small hand axe is wedged in the target, on the left side of the center circle.

Family axe-throwing outing today. Very fun! Not really stress relief in my opinion, bc you have to focus, BUT it’s very satisfying. Here’s my bulls-eye.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“What question are you trying to answer with this data?”

OMG!

A round knitting needle holding a ring of 2” of red ribbed knitted fabric, sitting on a green and white striped blanket.

More progress on the Feb project while rewatching the live action One Piece. Almost to 2” so far.

TWIN CITIES

Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.

No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.

Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."

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Bil Jac liver treats are very soft and well-liked by most dogs. (We always kept a carton on the counter when I worked at a pet store, to hand out to visiting pups.)

Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.

The DS9 pilot is so excellent, which I can’t say about all Star Trek series. Now I want to rewatch but I’m really trying not to pay P+ for streaming. 😞

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"

Suddenly all those fairytales about dragons kidnapping princesses and sitting on hordes of wealth seem a lot more relevant

YouTube video by Thunderful Games Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf - Release Date Trailer

Planet of Lana II is coming on March 5, 2026!

"As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her loyal companion Mui must stand together against the forces reshaping their world - struggling not just for survival, but for the very soul of their home."

Loved the first game. 👀

what happens if everybody wang chungs tonight

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

Mask up, midwestern babes!

A set of circular knitting needles (two knitting needles joined end to end by a cable) with a solid band of red yarn knitted onto it in a ring, about hat sized in circumference, and 1” of knitted length so far.

Continuing my new year’s resolution of a craft or art project each month: February’s craft is the Melt the Ice Protest Hat!

Also K1P1 ribbing is a PITA. IYKYK.

Hey Ohio, let’s get ready, eh?

You know ICE is coming because we are a state that welcomes ALL humans, regardless of skin color.

And observing and recording is our peaceful superpower against racism!

Details. 👇🏼💪🇺🇸 Spread the word

RUN. RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS CONTEST.

YESSSSS.

I love the delighted kids jumping up and down with excitement at the end. Science!