Carolina A. Miranda

these people should all hang

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86

“He was arrogant, literate, obdurate, revengeful, unable to accept mistakes, unwilling to make concessions and given to conspiracy theories.”

Sounds like Trump except for the literate part.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

Kinda like killing a cartel leader. There is always another more violent one to replace him.

the bombings will continue until peace improves

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

Vomitous.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Quick, someone in D.C. google De-Baathification.

Frieze LA Meets the Real World Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.

Moving non-profit collective AMBOS's booth out of the main fair with no notice is pretty crappy considering that Frieze was happy to beat their own chest about including the group in their press releases.

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What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...

"'You’ll never think alone again,' said one advertisement for an AI product called Cluely. The ad seemed confused about what thinking is and oblivious to why we might want to do it ourselves."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Noem’s luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.

SCOOP: Noem's DHS has acquired at least NINE new jets in recent weeks, with another one on the way.

Half are luxury jets.

gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...

episode 121

My main critique of Frieze is that they got rid of the Dobel Tequila booth.

USA Hockey on Instagram: "Lunch with @stanleytucci…an absolute dream for members of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team! 🤩 Watch the full segment on NBCOlympics.com" 116K likes, 949 comments - usahockey on February 10, 2026: "Lunch with @stanleytucci…an absolute dream for members of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team! 🤩 Watch the full segment on NBCOlympic...

So the women's hockey team had a delicious-looking lunch with Stanely Tucci instead of room temperature McDonald's with Cheeto Mussolini. Good werk.

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Everything is content in the clicktatorship.

Consumption's back on the menu, boys!

One of my solutions when I'm stuck on a piece of writing is to do some vaccuuming and talk it out to myself and I realize anyone walking by would just look in and see a deranged housekeeper blabbing about the forces of history.

where is this room? i need to soak in it!

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

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We need one of these for the Sixth Street Viaduct.

Today it is the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Tomorrow, they take arms against a sea of troubles.

US hockey star Hilary Knight responds to Trump’s ‘distasteful joke’ about women’s team The US captain said the controversy over Trump’s quip about inviting the women’s team to the White House has overshadowed the gold medal win

Because AI slop is circulating, here's a report on Hilary Knight's actual statement, made during an appearance on SportsCenter.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

This looks and sounds like AI.

Because cold McDonald's with gramps is defiitely leaning into masculinity.

MOCA acquires boldly transformed Stonewall Jackson sculpture from 'Monuments' exhibition MOCA has acquired artist Kara Walker's sculpture 'Unmanned Drone,' a reconfigured statue of Stonewall Jackson that's a key part of the museum's groundbreaking 'Monuments' exhibition.

Good.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Four dead after U.S. speedboat enters Cuban waters, opens fire: Cuba officials Cuba’s coastguard shot dead four people and injured six others travelling in a U.S.-registered speedboat in an exchange of fire off the Cuban coast, the interior ministry in Havana said on Wednesday.

Well this is gonna be a mess.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Also their returns policy is great, especially for hardware and appliances.

Meme of Trump-to-NYT translator: Trump: ... THE SOMALI PIRATES RANSACKED MINNESOTA ... EVEN AS HE WAS GUSHING BLOOD, WHICH WAS FLOWING BACK DOWN THE AISLE HELICOPTER LANDS AT A STEEP ANGLE .... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HAMAS WORKED ALONG WITH ISRAEL AND THEY DUG, AND THEY DUG, AND THEY DUG... I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR... NYT Translation: In his first State of the Union address of his second✩ term, President Trump offered a rosy portrait of a U.S. that has lost confidence in his leadership.

A painting evoking figures from Classical Indian painting shows a woman reclining, her eyes closed, around her are eyes that look at the viewer, arranged like butterflies.

My guide to Frieze Week is out! With handy Google Map, featuring fairs, galleries, places to eat and get your fortune told!

Start your journey with the absolutely DIVINE Hayv Kahraman show at Vielmetter Los Angeles.
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L.A. arts icon Judy Baca denies she used $5-million nonprofit grant for personal benefit Judy Baca's former staff members allege she used the nonprofit art center SPARC for her personal gain, which Baca strongly denies.

L.A. arts icon Judy Baca denies she used $5-million nonprofit grant for personal benefit

Great reporting from @jessicagelt.bsky.social:

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