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Improv comedy groups can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game situations

The Mighty Milkshake Ducks

Student who punched another student holding pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School received 2-day suspension No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.

NO CHARGES for the brown hoodie kid. Two day suspension, is back in class. Best kid, an example and inspiration to us all. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/s...

"Consider this more efficient wording" consider this flamethrower, Google Gemini. Consider EMP weaponry. Consider Butlerian Jihad

Luthen again

I’m condemned to post the bullshit I used to look up to. I burn my decency for someone else’s giggles. I burn my life to put a smile on faces I know I’ll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never be free or satisfied or see the light of gratitude.

ok not to be a bore but I feel like maybe we should try not to mainstream the abstruse slang of a bizarre but decidedly disordered racist and misogynistic internet subculture just because the words are funny

can we get to 250? 😈

Frederick Wiseman - rare case where a 96-year-old filmmaker’s death feels tragic because they had so much more left to do. Uninterrupted streak of curiosity, empathy, wisdom, and quiet anger, ended only by the reality of living in a human body.

FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.

Someone in whistle chat called people saying “I love your work, but I just thought of this other, different work you should be doing too” idea fairies and it’s so accurate. Don’t be an idea fairy unless you’re also going to be the project planning and volunteer coordination fairy.

Shelf ice and pancake ice floats along the shore of Montrose Beach, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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Threw together a web app to convert 8 images into a 1 page pdf for classic 8 page zines.

#zines #indiecomics #comix

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Can confirm that the Quests from the Infinite Staircase art is sloppy AF. Heinous.

Don't forget about that entirely different artist, soulful country crooner Rob Ritchie.

YouTube video by Game Changer Wrestling [FREE MATCH] Invisible Man vs. Invisible Stan | #JJSB3

Best piece of theater you'll see on a Friday morning: invisible pro wrestlers. youtu.be/Cslu7zFmPjM?...

probably not great that every natsec-adjacent reporter has spent the last 24 hours going "ron wyden expert here, this is not cute, ron wydens only do this when they're very distressed"

“Olin Wilson-Thomas, a junior in high school, said he bikes to school everyday… and that he frequently sees cars parked illegally.

‘In the past couple of months biking to school I kept tally, 57 cars were parked in that bike lane… we need some concrete protection.’”

Like every artistic director in the American theater, Donald Trump has decided his performing arts organization needs a new building.

This is a skeet about Chotiner and it is correct.

holy shit they finally canceled Shear Madness

Sunday-first calendar of February 2026, neatly occupying four rows from Sunday the 1st to Saturday the 28th.

happy rectangular february, sunday-first world.

momentary exception to not posting to amplify how beautiful & powerful this Providence protest is #ICEout

At a certain point you have to respect it.

This is not a joke: I'm trying to set up a basic life support course for one of my workplace colleagues and the guy who administers the courses won't answer my emails.

He's unresponsive.

wouldn't necessarily assume inside information, but weiss is a reliable weathervane because she's a pure careerist and there has been a shift.

There’s a reason why Nazis fled to Argentina is all I’m saying