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Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.

This is maybe the first decent profile of Rod Dreher (there have been many) because it captures what a toxic, insane piece of shit he is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

There's a reasonable argument to make for Platner: that he's got a better chance against Collins, and getting a Democrat in the seat supersedes concerns about his tattoo. That's the argument I'd make, were I so inclined. But this is something else.

lmao

"Douglas [sic] ... wasn't literate enough to understand that slavery was in fact in the constitution" is first ballot HOF. 🫡

oh, that's easy. Katie Heigl was in my class.

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Oh, it definitely taught him something.

I interviewed the guy for 75 minutes and it was utterly terrifying.

a guy who called the highest-ranking Jewish elected official "Fuhrer" should absolutely choke on his own vomit

Rick Jackson: We took the glass off of the sketch and there was an indentation that extended from the left edge of the mouth curled upwards. It was probably a quarter of an inch or three-eighths of an inch, which is significant when it's a small sketch, that were curled upward toward the ear, much like the Dahlia's body was found with the curled incised wound all the way up kinda toward her temple area on both sides. The right side of the sketch's mouth is covered with the hair. So you see nothing there, but it was definitely an indentation that extended from that side of the mouth. You can really see it under the macro lens, especially with the peripheral lighting from the side. Yeah, so it was intentional. It was almost like somebody had taken maybe a dull nail and extended the mouth a little bit right from the corner. The indentation is definitely there.

It looks like a shorter version of the incised wounds that went from both sides of Elizabeth Short's mouth by the killer. It was deliberately set right there. There's no doubt about it. It matches right in line with the curl smile. It's very, very clear.

photo of the "indentation"

Ninth episode dropped. Incredibly, the case gets even weaker. Rick Jackson was a damn homicide detective with the LAPD. This is mindnumbingly stupid.

These New Yorkers had homes. They died outside in the freezing cold. The cases show even those with stable living situations can be vulnerable to extreme weather.

These New Yorkers had homes. They died outside in the freezing cold anyway

We’ve found at least 5 of the New Yorkers who died outdoors during the recent cold stretch had permanent housing.

Our latest story for @gothamist.com @wnyc.org

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Yep. This was true of the assault allegations leveled at Trump. The first was huge. The second, even bigger. By the seventh, it was white noise.

This is how I feel about AI in the nonfiction/true crime space. If you're vulnerable to being replaced by a computer program, that's only because you're writing lazy, half-assed crap in the first place.

I'm sure people won't be conspiratorial about this.

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Gross.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance highlights limitations of police technology to solve crimes, experts say Many of the tried-and-true methods of modern crime-solving — surveillance cameras, cellphone tracking, license plate readers — have not led to any arrests.

As police increasingly rely on forensics and other technological advances, they've gotten worse at their jobs. www.newsday.com/long-island/...

Throwback to this nonsense that was all the rage on bluesky. forward.com/culture/6117...

Do not love the effects of the shutdown hitting the TSA at the exact time I'm supposed to head to Tucson. bsky.app/profile/elon...

Same, but there's little distinguishing her actions from others who made irrational short-term decisions after Kirk was shot. So I'm sympathetic, but it was her job to see beyond the news cycle.

Margo Shickmanter should be a laughingstock after this story.

TSA When airport security screeners start missing pay, many stop showing up to work, causing TSA lines to grow at hubs throughout the country. In prior shutdowns, that started happening about a month in. This time, screeners would begin missing full paychecks in mid-March, likely spurring longer waits during the peak of spring break travel. While DHS paid air marshals during the historic government shutdown last fall, that didn’t cover checks for the TSA screeners who keep people and their baggage moving through U.S. airports. One factor that could motivate TSA agents to show up to work anyway is the $10,000 bonuses DHS officials gave to screeners who demonstrated “exemplary service” after the funding lapse that ran through October and into November.

I wondered about this. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Probe linking Zodiac killer to Black Dahlia sparks LAPD revelations The LAPD is reviewing the findings of a new investigation into Elizabeth Short's murder, after the Daily Mail exclusively revealed the identity of a new suspect - and a shock link to the Zodiac killin...

The Daily Mail continues to fuck that chicken. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/crime-d...

‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up

My heart breaks for these parents. “He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Masked Person Came to Guthrie’s Doorstep Before Abduction, Images Show

He looks like an ICE agent. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Okay im going to say something that might sound hyperbolic or controversial but Tubthumping is #actually the best song I’ve ever heard. It should still be number one. I will apologize to no one.

But also? I don't find it burdensome at all to vote against fascists. It's a great pleasure that takes minimal effort.

No gods, no masters, no drafts

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia By Emma Copley Eisenberg. One of the best books I read in 2020; it's not without flaw, but Eisenberg can write. This stated first has some mild edgewear to the jacket, but is crisp and bright inside, ...

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he gets it