Phoebe

You're absolutely right—that was not a command post, that was an elementary school. Those were not military leaders—they were schoolchildren. I said the opposite, and that's on me.

Good morning! Yes, this is he

RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets.

This moron has no idea how much of a third rail this is. If he goes through with a public fight with Dunkin he will never live this down. In the words of my people "fuck ya motha."

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

I once saw a large herd of whales in the east, all heading towards the sun, and for a moment vibrating in concert with peaked flukes.

An old time-y illustration of a Narcissus.

Today is Primidi the 11th of Ventôse in the year 234.
Ventôse is the month of wind.
Today we celebrate narcissus. #JacobinDay

More information on narcissus

Trump desperately tryna find another appellate body to run to like I know we said the Supreme Court is the highest but is it the _most_ high?

or is there a Crunchwrap Supreme Court I could speak with, maybe?

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

Finally, frosting for men.

Photo of Jesse Jackson speaking to a crowd at ALA's Rally for America's Libraries in 1991. Text over photo reads "Jesse Jackson and a Legacy of Library Activism" ALA150, American Library Association

Rev. Jesse Jackson has long occupied an essential place in the history of America’s libraries as one of the Greenville Eight, arrested for demanding dignity and respect in his community’s public library in Greenville, SC, in 1960.

Read about his decades of library advocacy: https://bit.ly/4aCSBBl

You know things are not good when World Central Kitchen is showing up in your area. (But now that I have power everything is great at my house!)

I am very happy that my power is back on!

instantly assumed this was a kaiju situation

at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology

pouring out some Iced Dunkies for the blizzard of ‘78 (now no longer the worst Boston blizzard, the one I was born in, my people of origin are not ok lol)

A blizzard is less fun when the power is out and you know it’s gonna be a day or two.

Although not as bad as January, we all know that February is still quite a tough month, so here's a Scale-Crested Pygmy Tyrant, showing off a bit but then, if I looked like that, I'd show off quite a bit too.

Gov. Healey, Mayor Wu in emergency fleeces

How serious an emergency? Both governor and #Boston mayor are in fleeces today.

The U.S. did another strike on February 20.

Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

I’m tired already.

National parks remove reservation systems despite crowds Visitors no longer need reservations for Yosemite, Arches or Glacier national parks.

They won't be happy until they ruin everything.

The sheer scale of the corruption - announced just today - is astounding and shameful.

The authorities have our support = normal
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself

Olympic highlight in this house.

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

"We are reviewing the ruling and weighing our options," a spokesperson for the FTC said. "The Chamber of Commerce is a left-wing, open borders supporting activist group.” The Chamber is the largest business lobby group in the U.S., whose board includes executives from FedEx, Sempra, Abbott Laboratories, Fidelity Investments, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Nasdaq.

libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...

historian here!

Yes

Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows "We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."

“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.”

www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...