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Farscape evolved. It started out very campy, barely took itself seriously then grew into itself.

10 Sci-Fi Shows That Shouldn't Be Remade Discover beloved sci-fi TV shows that fans agree should remain untouched and never be remade, including hits like Stranger Things, Dark, and Lost.

Two things can be true. Farscape was a masterpiece and should be remade. collider.com/sci-fi-shows...

This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.

Today as always, @citizencohn.bsky.social is a must read. Here he is on the massive danger to public health of the latest anti-vax actions by Trump’s and RFK’s FDA.

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Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order * Munich security conference live: Europe must be ready to fight Russia as ‘warning signs are there’, says Starmer The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has described America as “a child of Europe” and made an emotional but highly conditional offer of a new partnership, insisting the two continents belong together. In a much-anticipated speech at the annual Munich Security Conference, he said the US was intent on building a new world order, adding “while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe”. The US and Europe, he said “belong together”. Continue reading...

Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms

The Royal Brat A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is Daniel Ings’s third attempt at a George R.R. Martin adaptation, and he’s not wasting a single shit-eating grin.

The casting for Ramsay Bolton was perfect. Pedro Pascal was meant to play Oberyn. Daniel Ings was meant to play The Laughing Storm www.vulture.com/article/dani...

So if all those ICE agents are leaving Minnesota what is DHS going to do with them next? That’s a lot of people waiting for marching orders.

How scared are they by this upcoming DHS shutdown? Here's one possible answer.

The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow.

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Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.

Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage

Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here

@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...

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I’m getting Déjà vu. Didn’t they already say they’d do this?

RIP Dawson Leery.

Make a list!

‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.

The Fourth Amendment requires judicial warrants…what exactly is being negotiated? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Dunk before Egg?

I can’t think of a more fitting beer for a bunch of reporters in Cambridge to be drinking…

Okay so now that I’ve finally watched the latest episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms I can make this list with authority.

Best ASoIaF characters ranked:

1. Oberyn Martell
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. Lyonel Baratheon
4. Bronn
5. Hotpie
6. Jaqen H’ghar
7. Everyone else.

Read to the bottom (subscribe please 🙏) for a flashback with some reporting on what it was like during the first term when President Trump got booed at a sporting event and then he forced his staff to keep booking him to show up at live event til he got the cheers level he wanted. The problem was…

Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now

HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

Over a month later I’m still glad the Stranger Things ending was that it was all a story Mike made up to cope with Will’s disappearance.

A Night at the Tarn House by George R.R. Martin Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

In any case you should read the novella (novellete?). It’s good fun. clarkesworldmagazine.com/martin_10_13...

To put it mildly, this story didn’t quite back up its main thesis. Britt sounds like the most critiqued version of Susan Collins i.e. someone who’s very concerned but that’s it.

Earlier this week, I reported that some Dems were considering breaking out parts of the DHS funding bill (like TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard) and funding them while negotiations on ICE and CBP continue.

Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.

I’ve been reading one if GRRM’s old works outside of ASoIaF and…it’s 🔥.

He does like to use certain phrases across his worlds.

Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?

ICE agents hate being filmed Trump administration accused of trampling First Amendment by targeting Americans recording immigration raids

Critics fear these tactics have a “chilling effect”, discouraging people from filming. The result? “These agents get to effectively be as unaccountable as any group in the history of our country,” says David Bier, of the Cato Institute.

Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgR