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You didn’t say anything about a video!!! 🤣

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.

And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.

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Want to go into detail on the Bad Bunny performance? Becky is using her deep knowledge to decode it for those of us who loved it but aren’t steeped in the culture! Great read!

That was SO MUCH FUN, and some very poignant stage elements (like power poles). Man, it made me nostalgic for most of my college parties, which generally had a lot of Latin dancing…

Woah that staging!!! I don’t know his music much, but this is great and so catchy and danceable.

Finally halftime! lol

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Star of the Superbowl for me so far was the supercool Libertas Americana replica coin! Neat idea to use that historic medal for the coin toss!

❤️ Thanks!

Large vase with deeply carved wheat and tree pattern, with Panama Red glaze in the oxidation kiln.

A little ceramic robot with some underglaze details and high temp wire hair. Supposed to be Seaworld glaze, but it apparently got adulterated in the studio. I don’t mind - I actually really like it!

A little fanged monster with yellow tentacle eyes, a red nose, and bare clay fangs. Very unfortunate Charlie Chaplin glaze drip mustache. Sad, as the Dragons Breath glaze usually doesn’t run at all…

Another robot sculpture. I have some phone/clock/computer parts (some that my teacher gifted me and some that I scavenged from an old alarm clock from Goodwill) that I will glue on at the end of the process.

Finally back in the groove after a long long long winter break at the pottery studio. Picked three finished pieces up today - mostly happy with how they turned out! Made another robot with the last of my clay too.

Good luck! It is cooold out there…

Scoreboard with the players going to Milan

Overview of the rink with the players from the 400s. It’s 0-0 at this point, before the two goals by the Caps in the first period.

The three Olympic athletes on the ice with their flags. Willy, Marty, and Logan.

Fun night at the #ALLCAPS game so far! Thanks for having me, @msewb.bsky.social! Good luck, Olympians!!!

Property management companies are the devil.

There was about a decade in the 90s when any house party in Sweden had an array of candy spirits on offer. Every imaginable flavor! My fave was always PimPim boats and Djungelvrål!

Paranormal fun with @districtofkatya.bsky.social

You should try Tyrkisk Peber next time. The salmiak powder adds more oomph to the flavor than salt licorice alone, IMHO.

Absolutely. Someone has been indoctrinated and it’s not the Taiwan people. PRC and ROC can, by definition, never “reunify” as they were never one to begin with.

My eyes rolled so hard they almost fell out. 23 million people in Taiwan should apparently have no self-determination at all… (Also, using”reunification” should by itself be a red flag.)

YouTube video by DisneyMusicVEVO Catherine O'Hara - Sally's Song (From "The Nightmare Before Christmas")

We'll miss you, Catherine. Thank you.

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Hahahahah. Ahahahahaha.
Proud Swede with emigrated-long-ago relatives there. Way to go Minnesotans!

If your romantic partner purposefully breaks your gaming equipment, that's abuse A shattered Switch can be a big red flag

This is very true. From the excellent new @mothership.blog

If your romantic partner purposefully breaks your gaming equipment, that's abuse www.mothership.blog/if-your-roma...

People think I'm super uber weird for having a fox skeleton and a few fox and deer skulls around in a nice display table with some megalodon teeth and other natural ephemera. All I can say is "but it's so coooool! don't you see how cool they are?!!?!" Would love to have some taxidermy too...

Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

History never repeats exactly the same, which is how it can be hard to recognize when it is indeed repeating—too many little things may be different the second time around for subsequent events to be a perfect twin of the previous. But it's the big things that…

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.

They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.

They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

My essay "Spurring Lift-Off: Taiwan’s Indigenous Drone Industry" was published by NBR as part of a collection called "Taiwan at a Techno-Geopolitical Nexus" in the journal Asia Policy (vol. 21.1, January 28, 2026). Thanks to NBR for this opportunity to comment!
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Crosswalk in Dupont Circle. One of the most walked areas in the city, and the snow barriers were universally terrible. Didn’t help that cars would stop in the crosswalk so there was no place to go except out into the road… everyone at my meetings complained about it. Hard to do in heels!!

Driving in to work in Rosslyn today was fine. A few places with dodgy lanes, but generally ok if you stayed in the middle lane. DC walking was a different story. I had two meetings to get to in two well-trafficked places, and crosswalks were all blocked…

I’m not surprised. She is the target of a huge number of the far right spam emails I get at work, and the rhetoric against her is getting more and more virulent every day. More security is likely a good idea, please keep her safe.

S Columbus Street. Sidewalks are mostly cleared, albeit with some homeowners more lax than others. Saw a stuck post office van on the hill. Hope there is no need for fire hydrant access! And I would not want to try to dig out those cars.

South Columbus and 10th by the 7-11. Pretty bad for pedestrians, even with the sidewalks shoveled.

W&OD Trail somewhat plowed.

Crossing the Pike from the trail was pretty treacherous. That snow bank in the crosswalk goes to my knees at least. Saw a man trying to get across w a stroller - looked hard.

Took another walk on the icy roads today. Still a lot of sidewalks not shoveled in Columbia Forest. W&OD trail is partially cleared, but impossible to cross Columbia Pike safely… #ArlingtonVA

Entrance from around my outdoor parking spot to the garage. The garage door entrance for cars is well plowed. The pedestrian entrance next to it has barely been touched and you have to climb up a snow bank to get to it. The door doesn’t even open all the way due to snow piled next to it.

Walked for a bit around Columbia Forest. About 30% of sidewalks shoveled. I had dug out my car yesterday, but my asshole parking lot neighbor piled snow from his car behind mine, so I had to do it again! Also, my building cares about plowing for cars, pedestrians not so much… #ArlingtonVa