Brian Urrutia

Photo of a red highland cow laying down in hay bedding outside looking up at a white woman’s hand that is holding a fig Newton in front of her.

“A fig newton? Pour MOI??”

Keystone Kash Busted Celebrating in Olympic Locker Room on 'Work Trip' His assistant public affairs director insisted the FBI director was not in Italy for the Winter Olympics.

His assistant public affairs director insisted the FBI director was not in Italy for the Winter Olympics.

A anthropomorphic ice cream with hands, legs and little red boots eating a smaller ice cream. He's outside an ice cream shop.

Thinking about this ice cream shop which dared to ask "what if we crossed Mr Whippy with Goya's 'Saturn Devouring His Son'."

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested The Weird History of Archival Film Formats

Great new Adam Savage Tested episode on deep-archival film storage
youtu.be/YY8r8jOOIVg

Panda skating

Panda beaten up but spiderman and mortal kombat

Panda spun by mortal kombat dude

Panda hugging Jackie Chan

Okay guys.

Kazakhstan’s Shaidarov just did Kung Fu Fighting in a panda suit, got his ass kicked and then spun by Mortal Kombat dude and Spiderman, finished to Hit Me Baby One More Time and then hugged Jackie Chan.

(Not a MadLib)

"We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done," journalist Garrett Graff wrote: "A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever." -Heather Cox Richardson

Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.

Another senseless decision to just punish people.
Pre-check and Global Entry require special screening and fees which serve to actually expedite TSA screening. Are they going to refund that money like they were ordered to stop/refund Tariffs?

Literally the only point of this is to punish the general public for the shutdown inconveniencing everyone and force an outcry.

If there ever was a reason to roll TSA into the DOT and sever it from DHS, look no further than the politically motivated stunts of a mil-sim cosplayer.

Like, do you think that I *wanted* to have sex/gender be such a part of my research (or life)?

thing is: IT’S ALL SEX/GENDER! AND RACE AND CLASS AND NOT SEPARATE & THAT’S JUST TO START.

sex/gender ideologies/practices are core organizing apparatuses of virtually all USA socio-cultural lives.

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

Not staged, we had this happen with our rental car last year while on vacation. I hope it’s a trend and not just one person.

Guys being Dudes

A digital illustration of a seemingly Kaiju-sized pangolin attacking a ant city. Cartoonish looking ants panic in the foreground, one is holding an ant larva.

#WorldPangolinDay

#2026sketches Day 8
#art #illustration

THIS TUESDAY! Join us at Obec Brewing at 6:30pm for our next round of Beer Reviewed Science! Sarah McCarthy will be joining us from King County’s Water & Land Resources Division to talk about restoration work. 🐟🐠🐡

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

Envelope with sender as Health Insurance Marketplace, US Dept of Health & Human Services, in London KY Addressed to a random person Says on the envelope “ important tax or health coverage information inside”

Seeking advice from folks who know more than me about health insurance fraud. We moved in to a new house last summer, it had been on the market awhile. Since then I have been receiving LOTS of these in other names, like maybe a dozen or more 1/

MAHA Moms Turn Against Trump: ‘Women Feel Like They Were Lied To’

“Invoking the Defense Production Act to spur the domestic production of glyphosate is a gross abuse of presidential authority,” said Lawrence O. Gostin... “There is scant evidence that the United States’ agricultural sector and its ability to ensure a stable food supply is at risk.”

Trump administration losing credibility with judges and grand juries – a former federal judge explains why this is ‘remarkable and unprecedented’ John E. Jones III, _Dickinson College_ _The word “unprecedented” is getting a workout after a_ _grand jury in Washington on Feb. 10, 2026, rebuffed_ _an attempt by federal prosecutors to get an indictment against perceived enemies of President Donald Trump._ _It began with an_ _unprecedented video in November 2025_ _featuring six Democratic lawmakers alerting members of the military that they had the duty to disobey illegal orders. That enraged Trump, who in an unprecedented move said the lawmakers were_ _guilty of sedition, which is punishable by death_ _. The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, made the unprecedented attempt to indict the lawmakers. The final element in this drama – the federal grand jury’s rejection of Pirro’s request – wasn’t itself unprecedented. That’s because it’s only the_ _latest in an unprecedented string of losses_ _for the Trump administration before grand juries._ _Dickinson College President John E. Jones III_ _, a former federal judge, spoke with The Conversation politics editor Naomi Schalit about the role of grand juries, why a grand jury would not indict someone – and how all of this is a reflection of the administration’s remarkable loss of credibility with judges and the citizens who make up grand juries._ **How does the grand jury process work?** The grand jury really dates back to before the Bill of Rights, but for our purposes it’s memorialized in the Fifth Amendment within the Bill of Rights. It is meant to be a mechanism that screens cases brought by prosecutors. Ordinary citizens, not fewer than 16 or more than 23, have the facts presented to them by a United States attorney or assistant United States attorney. They must make a determination as to whether or not there is probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed. It is not the purview of grand jurors to determine guilt or innocence, but merely to determine whether there is probable cause sufficient to indict. **So that means that a prosecutor will come to a grand jury and present them with the facts that they have chosen to present them with. There’s no defense at that point, and the grand jury then, relatively routinely, says OK, “Indict that person,” or “Indict those people”?** ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

Dickinson College President John E. Jones III, a former federal judge, speaks about the role of grand juries, why a grand jury would not indict someone – and how all of this is a reflection of the administration’s remarkable loss of credibility with judges and the citizens who make up grand juries.

This is the worst #drought in 25 years in much of #Florida. We are a foot behind since Sept 1. It’s the driest such period on record! The good news: we may add an inch Sunday night. We’ll take it… But clearly it’s nowhere near what’s needed. Gonna be a tough spring as we head towards fire season.

ICE has completely broken our social contract.

They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations

A patch of fine, plump moss about 10" x 5" and 1/2"+ tall on granite. It is light gray green and has the appearance of velvet

Any mossologists know what this guy is? A lot of the rocks in my neighborhood have lichens etc but only a few have this plump cushiony moss. I wish to Know More. North Central Colorado, ~8k feet

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained.

The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.

That's 416,000 a bed.

And yet more reporting showing the gravity of the problem when federal agencies terminate grants or return applications without review for reasons unknown. The absence of public accountability continues to have cascading impacts on science and scientists.

www.science.org/content/arti...

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Most of the time things make more sense when I think of this administration by their names rather than their titles, but I think this quote captures the zeitgeist better when attributed to the Director of Health and Human Services.

The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.

We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.

Bright orange sunset over a prairie river with bridge and city skyline.

Bright orange sunset clouds and purple and pink reflections in the icy river below.

Memories of sunsets past. When I think of the number of photos I’ve taken of this river valley...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) V. PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!

Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel 1 Case 1:26-cv-00081-RJL Document 37 Filed 02/12/26 Page 2 of 29 decisions are exempt from judicial review and, in any event, that Senator Kelly should first be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment rights. I disagree. This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it! Senator Kelly's First Amendment claim is not only justiciable; he is likely to succeed on the merits. He has also shown irreparable harm, and the balance of the equities fall decidedly in his favor. As such, his motion for a preliminary injunction on his First Amendment claim is hereby GRANTED.

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.

"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...

Ring’s national expansion closely tracked Amazon’s own established growth strategy: ignoring near term profit to secure platform dominance. It did this by subsidizing the devices through police-driven distribution (literally free giveaways for people willing to download its neighborhood snitch app)