Where does one send condolences regarding the passing of Letters to the Editor of @newyorker.com ? Is it too soon?
One of the world’s great streets, is getting rid of cars: #London’s Oxford St. to be pedestrianized.
www.ft.com/content/37b3...
Managing small boroughs comes with high demands but also a sense of intimacy. Margaret Dobbs from Narberth Borough outside Philadelphia shares her experience. Here is a clip that highlights how sense of place can shift from Mayberry RFD to a more sophisticated but also expensive place to live.
The largest animal to ever live on planet Earth is alive right now.
This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen
This is not my joke, but very funny...this dress commemorates the Unredacted Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
Sunflowers, by Joan Mitchell, 1990-91, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
The use of the term "overton window" (spectrum of acceptability) has reached a crescendo that is truly annoying. Say what you mean, skip the fancy jargon.
Hispanic people make up nearly a third of the construction workforce. A builder in Portland, Oregon, told us it’s been hard to keep those workers as they face increasing harassment on the job.
Painting by Epstein victim Marie Farmer.
I was moved that DOJ yesterday released a document showing that Maria Farmer had filed an FBI complaint against Epstein in 1996. Shockingly, the FBI did nothing at the time.
Ok. Let's GO!
The FCC told Colbert he could not have Talarico on as a guest so he moved the interview to YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Tired of doomscrolling? Why not take a five-minute break to browse through this roundup of strangely pleasing architecture.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/02/14/oddly-satisfying-architecture-roundups/
A new legislative proposal has emerged to tweak the process allowing for creation of preliminary municipalities. https://ow.ly/mX6y50Ygkt5
Extrordinary interview. She opened the door for the world to see where the shame belongs. Without the tapes she might have been another victim not believed for lack of evidence.
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in California last year.
One of the most expressive singer-songwriters of her generation, Sarah McLachlan's deeply felt and virtuosic performance is miraculous. n.pr/3M9F0rT
Makes no sense. Testing our collective humanity. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
"...the dollar is fungible. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude is fungible.
...A mass of people bound together by years of shared context, inside jokes and collective memory is not."
"The GOP-led House...voted 219–211 to approve a Democratic resolution that would invalidate the emergency declaration that underpins Trump’s tariffs on Canada. Six Republicans broke ranks with their party in voting for the measure."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I wanted to see what all the fuss was about with the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
It's certainly spectacular, amazing choreography.
Anyway, here it is...
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Airline sources told Reuters the grounding of flights in El Paso was believed to be tied to the Pentagon's use of counterdrone technology to address Mexican drug cartels' use of drones of the U.S.-Mexico border.-Reuters
El Paso's closure of airspace - my guess is that this is for a military operation out of the nearby military installations. However, the fact that our congress and local officials are clueless suggests an attempt to distract us.
I like the idea of wayfinding instead of sensemaking. It reminds me that in unexplored territory a compass is more important than a map. I think we will all have to get used to a sense of disorientation for the time being.
"He is quick, thinking in clear images;
I am slow, thinking in broken […]
I remember it well and it has been many years. The emotional intensity is gripping!
