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Bad Bunny: "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE"

Republicans:

Chicago's Puerto Rican Restaurants Were Slammed Sunday — Thanks To Bad Bunny Local Puerto Rican restaurants saw customers lining up outside, and some got so many takeout orders they had to turn off their delivery platforms. It was a welcome rush for businesses during the slow ...

Puerto Rican restaurants across Chicago had a rush of orders ahead of Bad Bunny’s halftime performance Sunday at the Super Bowl, with one restaurant owner calling the upswing in business a “madhouse.” blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/10/c... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social #BenitoBowl

Not the point, but “nannies?”

heheheheh

National Guard soldier leaves AR-15 in French Quarter bathroom The incident is particularly concerning given last year's Bourbon Street terror attack is still fresh on people's minds.

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard confirmed Monday that one of its soldiers left an assault rifle in a Bourbon Street bathroom while on patrol in the New Orleans French Quarter.

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.

Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.

Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.

NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness. 
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

A coyote walks through the Streeterville neighborhood Monday evening in Chicago.

2/6 PM UPDATE: Joining the list of AJC layoffs is Taylor Croft, a breaking news/ general assignment reporter.

As you can see from this thread, of the names we know so far, every single journalist laid off in one of the largest non-unionized newspapers in the country is a woman or a person of color.

No. We're not doing redemption arcs.

Elon Musk: Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another. There must also be things that make us super excited and inspired about the future. This is one of things. Bigtime. Elon Musk • @elonmusk. 26m SpaceX will build a system that allows anyone to travel to Moon. This will so insanely cool 12:59 PM • 2/9/26 • 543K Views

"Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another," says the man responsible—directly or indirectly—for like 90% of the sad things that happened in the past year.

I literally said that about her in a DM to my friend 😭😭😭

GIRL

“Voodoo” at 26: Yesterday was crazy... — Faith Pennick Faith Pennick, author of the 33 1/3 book about D'Angelo's Voodoo album, reflects on the 26th anniversary of its release and what it means to her after D'Angelo's death last year.

Today is the 26th anniversary of D’Angelo dropping his magnum opus, Voodoo.

While listening to the album yesterday & early this AM, I was not only mourning D’Angelo. 2 songs put the brave actions of Alex Pretti in clearer focus.

#blacksky #musicsky

www.orgchaos.com/news-1/2026/...

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

Skyscrapers and river at night

Chicago

The mayor couldn't be bothered to deal with the snow in the neighborhoods. Everyone had to reschedule for WIC appointments, we all have to wait until March and lose benefits in the meantime.

The host church's steam heating froze up during snow & has to be replaced & the preschool had to shut down.

A Letter From the Internet People to the Democratic Party Establishment To: Democratic Party Donors, Strategists, Campaign Managers, and Party Leadership including DNC Chair Ken Martin, DSCC Chair Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, and DLCC President He...

Bluesky peeps: if you are a social media strategist or content creator that makes things that Dems might, you know, message with, check out this sign-on letter encouraging the party to put aside some of that giant ad budget & invest in organic content creators (like us).

Literally said this today!! Serious cultural literacy gaps.

An illustration of Surya Bonaly skating with one leg stretched out behind her screen in the Netflix docuseries “Losers”

Just FYI: The 2019 Netflix docuseries “Losers” (hate the title but appreciate the series itself; it should have gotten more than one season!) has an episode about Surya Bonaly called “Judgement” in which she talks about her experiences as a figure skater and the lead-up up to her famous backflip

A fantastic opportunity for budding writers!

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Tomorrow, February 10: The forecast 😎

#NationalDayCalendar #CelebrateEveryDay #CelebrationNation

Exciting 2026 Book Releases According to Chanda! This year there will be an incredible array of books by Black and/or queer scientists, and more!

Reminder that I made a list of exciting 2026 book releases that you should take to your local indie bookstore in person or online and shop!!

bookshop.org/lists/exciti...

Breaking the Mother Code It's time for the media to stop using "moms" as shorthand for women

Yes and -- using "moms" and "women" interchangeably is problematic. My too frequent repost: nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/breaking-the...

The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield. Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.

“'They called us the "suburban housewives" in 2020. We’ve been the "Chardonnay Antifa." Now they’re saying the "wine moms" are paid protesters. We’ve been "soccer moms" and Zoom moms." I think all of that is meant to reduce us, as a group of women who actually do have political power,' Paris said."

The announcers just said the music for these ice dancers is AI generated and I'd like to personally disqualify them

Picture of Ricky Martin yesterday

Picture of Kid Rock in June 2025

I just found out Ricky Martin and Kid Rock are the same age…wut

😭😭😭 PLEASE STOP