no you Foucault

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Barrett wrote in her Skrmetti concurrence that there wasn’t a history of de jure discrimination against trans Americans, and the GOP has relentlessly sought to prove her wrong.

Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts."

massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social

paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

We seem to be nearing the heart of the story, and a lot will depend on the nerve of the journalists--NPR, the NYT, etc--to stay on this story relentlessly. Will they give it the same kind of coverage they gave Biden's age--i.e., full bore, around the clock, 50 opeds?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

DOJ under fire for withholding Epstein files related to alleged Trump child sex assault “Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the president of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House,” said one Democratic congressman.

“Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the president of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House,” said one Democratic congressman.

Democracy Docket laid down a marker on the big take away from Trump's SOTU. Let's see what legacy media produces.

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Over-under on when Trump says "the communist mayor calls me a lovely word: Habibi?"

🚨🚨Check this out👇👇A French judge states that Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Le Pen’s trial for embezzlement. She says he’s done this to other judges around the world. What do you think he’s doing to judges in the US. This is madness‼️

you heard the man

excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants

With the distance of a couple of years, I think we can say that in the wake of the pandemic, conventional macroeconomic policy could only deliver either a temporary period of high inflation, or a prolonged period of slow growth and high unemployment. With standard tools, there wasn't a third choice.

horrific statistic i didn't know about: it's going so badly for russia that wounded troops are being sent back to the front line after recovery, including 80% of amputees

In 2025, the U.S. added 53 GW of new electricity capacity, the most since 2002. In 2026, it's on track for 86 GW, mostly solar/storage. To put that in perspective, the U.S. is expected to add more capacity in the next two years than it did in an entire decade of the 2000s combined.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files.

This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

I wrote about the background to this case last year.

It’s a grim story, but also an inspiring one. One lawyer literally stood next to the tarmac, warning any officials she saw that they’d be complicit in violating a court order if the planes took off.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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⚡🚗 New record BEV share in France 🇫🇷

January hit 28.3% BEV share, with 30,307 new fully electric cars registered.

Great to see one of Europe’s largest markets moving in the right direction 📈

notably *at the time* it was treated as a big deal, and then the media decided it couldn't be because that would mean doing work.

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Some takes age better than others.

The sad part is people still listen to and cite those who were wrong about everything

they executed herr sauber in '46, and not without good reason

¡Dios Mio! That The Dallas-Fort Worth shift is... surprising.

Non-nuanced take: this is a bad idea

More nuanced take: this is a really, really, ridiculously bad idea

the kind of tourette’s where you say “undialectical”

I was always confused by Prison abolition until I realised that its advocated by people who live on University Campuses where people are kicked out for bad behaviour.

Unlike X and Twitter before it, this site isn’t designed to snowball posts towards virality. Thus it’s more welcome for slow thinkers like the kind @beijingpalmer.bsky.social names and less useful as a one-stop shop for Today’s Zeitgeist—which has become an indispensable crutch for journalists.

Suozzi teamed up with Republicans last month to vote for more ICE funding. Shame.