Picture of the Seattle Seahawks celebratory parade, with huge crowds lining the city's streets on a unusually sunny Wednesday afternoon, February 11, 2026.

Seattle, that oh-so-dangerous place, had a Super Bowl celebration with close to one million lining downtown streets and the City Center yesterday. Authorities and local media reported NO major incidents or arrests at the event.

Fuck Donald Trump's narrative about dangerous, crime-ridden cities.

Funny how the Irish are now being embraced by the "Anglo" culture.

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

Jello salad. <shudder>

DOJ ramps up AI for legal work, crime predictions, surveillance, inventory shows The agency’s 31% year-over-year surge in AI use cases includes work with predictive models and surveillance technologies that sparked concern from privacy and technology safety advocates.

“The concept of an AI that predicts the future in terms of whether somebody is going to commit a crime is fundamentally problematic,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @FedScoop.bsky.social. fedscoop.com/justice-dep...

30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data Are you a good bot or a bad bot? More than 30 malicious Chrome extensions installed by at least 260,000 users purport to be helpful AI assistants, but they steal users' API keys, email messages, and other personal data. Even worse: many of these are still available on the Chrome Web Store as of this writing.…

30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data

The dumbest people are in charge...

We have a perfectly livable planet that we could KEEP livable with investments in solar, wind, batteries, resilient homes, etc, but instead we fall for this fiction because a rich white supremacist is interested in the moon instead of mars 🙄

Senate Democrats block funding the Department of Homeland Security as lawmakers remained locked in a standoff that could shut down the agency this weekend. The bill contained none of the restrictions on immigration enforcement that Democrats have demanded to fund the department.

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"Julio" is harvesting mandarins in Reedley CA. "First we pick the larger mandarins. Then go back to pick the smaller ones. We earn min wage and work 8 hrs/day. The shears we need to harvest aren't provided. We have to buy our own which cost $15-$20." #WeFeedYou

Difficulties of building on Bainbridge Island are real, complex | Op-Ed A Bainbridge Island resident writes that sewage and septic, water and other considerations limit new housing on the island.

"I agree that affordable housing is an urgent need

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www.seattletimes.com/opinion/diff...

Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’ Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Federal Power Grab On Voting Still Flunks Basic Civics Test The proposed SAVE Act still doesn’t pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president.

"It’s as if the House Republican majority, upon taking over, learned nothing and cast its former scruples to the wind at the first opportunity." Full post here: /7, end

Federal Power Grab On Voting Still Flunks Basic Civics Test The proposed SAVE Act still doesn’t pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president.

New from me at Cato: The proposed SAVE Act still doesn't pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president. /1

Claudia Long, R.I.P. February 7, 1950 – February 11, 2026

thank you to the thousands of people who have posted, commented, private messaged, texted, and phoned to offer condolences over yesterday morning’s passing of my wife Claudia Long. I deeply regret that I can only reply to the smallest fraction of you, but I want you to know that ... [1/2]

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

#Musk posted about race almost every day in January - www.theguardian.com/technology/2... "Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white #supremacists, say experts" if it walks like a white supremacists, and quacks like a white supremacists...

Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
"I think the American people would agree that no one like Narciso Barranco, who raised three U.S. citizen Marines and has no criminal record, deserved the treatment he received,” Lisa Ramirez, Mr. Barranco’s lawyer, said."

This American agrees 100%.

Gifted article.

WCK Founder José Andrés sat down with @npr.org to discuss what it means to serve 1 million hot meals each day in Gaza and why increased aid is urgently needed. Listen: www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

#ChefsForGaza

Jan 6 apologist Jim Jordan mocked for warning against disrupting Congress House Judicary Committee chair’s remark raises eyebrows given his role in aftermath of 2020 election

Jim Jordan. No, he was not talking to Pam Bondi.

"You have a right to petition the government under the First Amendment [but] that doesn’t mean you can come into this room and start screaming at Mr. Raskin or me or anybody else and disrupt a congressional hearing,” he continued.

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Just in case, to spell out last line:

"Si monumentum requiris circumspice." Famous epitaph for Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's.

'If you seek his monument, look around you.'

Kavanaugh Stops are BK's monument.

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And let's not forget B Kavanaugh's historic role in empowering ICE to go "scouring the streets."

Susan "Concerned" Collins (plus all GOP Sens) and Joe Manchin were crucial votes to confirm him.

GW Bush called Senators for him. Yale Law prof Akhil Reed Amar celebrated him.

'Circumspice.'

Counterpoint:

-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.

The Mega-Rich Are Turning Their Mansions Into Impenetrable Fortresses Anxiety over high-profile violence has the wealthy spending big on armed security, bunkers and even moats to keep themselves safe from intruders.

True personal safety for the wealthy elite only comes from the elimination of wealth inequality.

www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Fannie Lou Hamer’s is Medal of Freedom Now Displayed at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Fannie Lou Hamer’s posthumously-awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Just before Biden left office in January 2025, he honored Fannie Lou Hamer, who died in 1977, with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. That medal now sits in a glass display case at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Hamer’s family donated the medal to the museum last October.

I'd also just add that "if we don't go after immigrants, the fascists will" is the precise language Palantir's CEO has used for years to justify letting the government use his company's authoritarian tech.

He is now an open, unapologetic supporter of this administration.

Free speech lawsuits mount after Charlie Kirk assassination Months after the killing of Charlie Kirk, a growing number of lawsuits by people claim they were illegally punished, fired and even arrested for making negative comments about Kirk.

Months after the killing of Charlie Kirk, a growing number of lawsuits by people claim they were illegally punished, fired and even arrested for making negative comments about Kirk. n.pr/46w2RJ6

This should happen.
#epstein
#bondi

Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.

I posted a different piece on this yesterday but the corruption is just so staggering and blatantly obvious that it deserves another go..
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As AI investors eye Montana for new data centers, communities brace for water impacts Massive data centers could more than double Montana’s electricity needs. Here’s what we know about how three are expected to impact local water supplies.

Massive data centers could more than double Montana’s electricity needs. Here’s what we know about how three are expected to impact local water supplies.

Opinion | ‘Something Will Go Wrong’: Anthropic’s Chief on the Coming A.I. Disruption

*Gift article*

Really thought-provoking article about the possible short- and long-term directions of AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...