Rob Morgan

Process server hands over the lawsuits and says, "Kirkland Signature, bitch."

Whatever your views on trade, the idea that Trump needed to impose tariffs to address an “emergency” was always transparently ridiculous. He’s been unilaterally raising taxes on Americans based on his mood or who offends him.

And all for naught.

This is as astonishing as the first half was embarrassing.

If you told me 20 minutes ago AU would make this a one-score game I would have assumed an hallucinogenic was involved in your halftime pleasure.

Right? Get in his shirt, if he drives past you and hits a layup, fine.

More than enough time and can’t even get a shot up before the half. This is shameful. Team and staff should run stairs during halftime. It’s not like there are a lot of people to get in the way.

Hubbard might have seen better defense in the layup line than AU is playing right now.

That Florida win feels like a relic from ages past.

A crowd of dozens has AU rattled in the hump.

“We come for justice, not vengeance. Now them is two different things.” Rest in peace, Robert Duvall. I’ve met many people in my day—I’m proud he was one of them. If #Disney had any good sense they’d put OPEN RANGE out in #4K #UltraHD right now; it’s one of the best Westerns of the last 50 years.

This was a concern cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Kennedy v Louisiana in 2008, which declared the death penalty in these cases unconstitutional. There’s also the fear this will make it more likely for a victim to be killed by their abuser.

Traditional, romantic Valentine's Day dinner with @leslie4au.bsky.social

#laissezlesbonstempsrouler

A tiny Alabama town ran an outrageous speed trap. Now it will pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit. Brookside, Alabama, made national news in 2022 after investigations revealed it was bankrolling itself through predatory traffic enforcement.

Insane. Cops in this Alabama town systemically slapped people with fake traffic violations & bogus charges to bankroll the government—fines & forfeitures made up *50 percent* of the town budget, totaling $487 per person. Policing for profit. reason.com/2026/02/11/a...

Look, I abhor ICE as much as the next sane person, but this isn’t at all what happened reason.com/2026/02/11/a...

Less than inspiring first half.

If Jesus shows up, how do you collect on this

An infographic shows a drawing of an American football field and reads, "Length of American football field: 109.7 meters." Next to the grid is a line with a fish on the bottom with the caption "Alenka Artnik's deepest free dive: 122 meters."

The players at the Super Bowl are going long, but not as far as free diver Alenka Artnik.

She dived 122 meters on one breath to set a world record in 2021. That's the equivalent of 1.1 football field.

Take a dip into the Long Lead archives to read her story:
thedepths.longlead.com

LFG

The Hunter Where it all begins: The first book in the action-packed classic crime series that's the basis for the forthcoming film Play Dirty! Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classi...

Because I can tell y’all need some serious distraction:

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Hail, Caesar? Hell, No On Donald Trump and the names of things.

"Gulf of America." "Trump-Kennedy Center." "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace." These may seem like small things, even amusing. But they point to something larger, and unamusing. I have written a little essay. See what you think. www.thenextmove.org/p/hail-caesa...

Judge Fred Biery: "Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issue d by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It’s a great show but also need to watch puppy videos to recover from it.