8 (Louisiana) case closed

definitely seems like you're safer from any kind of punishment for being in the Epstein Files than for, say, just to pick two examples totally at random, attending a college protest for Gaza or tweeting that you weren't very sad Charlie Kirk died

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.

Thank goodness the tech bros are coming up with stuff we really need, like the ability to have dead people post shit like “having fun in Tahiti!”

“I’m stepping down to spend more time avoiding consequences.”

what we allow is what will continue

it's an impeachable offense

The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn

how is an entire party this bad at politics

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

I don't know what the best is, but my favorite (from Ice-T):

Out my face, fool I'm the illest
Bulletproof, I die harder than Bruce Willis

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937

I wept before I even got to the end of it

I don't know where this is from, I can't verify it, but I've settled on believing that it's actually from his family and this is what he wanted

My reaction to the old high and mighty "I'm not voting for the lesser of two evils" is don't help the MORE evil one, you child, you dupe.

Pretty extraordinary statement from a US president. I know we're all numb to this shit but compare this to everything you know about every previous president and it becomes grotesque

If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...

Amazon corporate decided not to give their employees President's Day as a paid holiday.

That’s Dan❤️‍🩹🦅

If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

ai;dr

AI; didn't read.

A benefit of free buses I hadn’t heard enough about until this piece from @galvinalmanza.bsky.social

So good

CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.

My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity

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Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's giant slalom race, jumps in celebration on the podium flanked by second placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, left, and third placed Switzerland's Loic Meillard, at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(AP)

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

proud to have graduated from a school deemed Moderate to High Risk by one of the biggest dipshits in America

"why can't there be a White History Month?"

I'd guess Action Bronson but it's a little too metaphysical.