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well, that's what an AI wife is for. an actual human comes with emotions.

Georgia residents are fearing a literal sh*t storm if ICE expands near their town.

i have been an okay driver, and i was bad driving standard or "stick." i was so bad at it, my dad gave up on teaching me after about an hour, and i nearly drove a friend of mine and myself right into a telephone pole. the joke was on me, though, since the driver's ed car was an automatic.

Healey's OpenAI state contract and why it matters to you — Erika Uyterhoeven for Somerville

Last Friday, Gov Healey committed MA to a 3 year, multimillion-dollar contract with OpenAI, to deploy its AI tool for all 40,000 executive branch employees. She did this based on the recommendation of a task force dominated by execs w financial ties to OpenAI.

Read more at: bit.ly/3OdOC5B

Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!

I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.

www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

ICE detains New Bedford worker, leaving U.S. citizen wife to care for disabled family members - The New Bedford Light Darwing Xitumul Morales was arrested at Covell Street and Belleville Avenue and is being held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island.

"The operation took minutes, but two days later, the couple’s black Mazda SUV remained yards down the road, partially obstructing traffic near the intersection of Covell Street and Belleville Avenue."

This is a gut wrenching story. I do think we're seeing the start of a surge here in Massachusetts.

"you can go peacefully f*ck yourself" -an awesome kid

Laura’s teal Surly Straggler in front of a colorful mural of a bird and flowers

ICE is still here.

Our neighbors are still sheltering in place.

Keep showing up.

And if you’ve been at it for 2.5 months, find ways to rest so you don’t burn out.

Today I went on a joyride for the first time since early Dec and it was lovely. ❤️

get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship

These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.

today at work was a very friday the 13th kind of day: weird deadlines, spooky results from things that are slightly off. grateful to be able to go home and relax.

sorry about your depression. sending friday on a long weekend vibes.

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Maybe you all knew this, but TIL you can buy bike-specific, and indeed, e-bike-specific insurance.

Here's a brief guide to that kind of insurance from a neat 'e-bike library' that lets you borrow an e-bike to try it out for a week:

cpp.ebikelibrary.org/answers/insu...

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/...

Colorado has started putting polling places in prisons, and people have been voting at really high rates there!

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

Verge headline: ‘Shut up and focus on the mission’: Tech workers are frustrated by their companies’ silence about ICE by Hayden Field Photo illustration depicts a person in a window on a PC, typing at a laptop. Looming in the background are ICE law enforcement agents

“The dissent I’ve seen is like a whisper. It’s a fear-based culture right now.”

Across the industry, workers describe a ‘fear-based culture’ and pressure to ‘fall in line.‘

Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social: buff.ly/NArp66x

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Verge headline: This whistle fights fascists by Sean Hollister Photo: a pile of colorful 3D printed whistles

"I print whistles because reality still matters; whistles get neighbors to come running, make sure enough people are recording, so when the regime pretends there’s only one camera angle of Renee Good’s death, we know the truth."

Read more from @seanhollister.bsky.social: buff.ly/mZoMDUH

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

The worst people in the world doing evil and stupid things.

Chappell Roan continues to be a real one.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Anti-Abortion Groups Try a New Intimidation Tactic: Make Abortion Records Public Abortion rights opponents want Indiana to use reporting rules to expose abortion providers and recipients to targeting.

Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.

i live near a bike path and its mostly bell and a yell these days. if you dismount, you don't have to bother with either.

50 ft at pro speed 30 mph is ~1.1 s, 50 ft at 15 mph is ~2.3 s and 50 ft at 10 mph is ~3.5 s. At the very worst, passing one person might cost you 9-10 seconds and you'll get used to it. A 10 mph limit is reasonable.

Cycling Is Political (Whether We Admit It or Not) - Climate Ride People often say, “Cycling doesn’t have to be political.” Or, “Stick to watts, not politics.”But the truth is: cycling already is. Every time someone rides a bike—for transportation, for joy, for heal...

Worth a read. #activetransportation #Bicycling www.climateride.org/stories/cycl...