A male Eastern Bluebird looking like an angry bird in the blowing snow. I too am ready for the snow to be done and am ready for Spring!

Kash Patel is going to make history as the first FBI director to get medically evacuated from Burning Man

F.B.I. Director Celebrates Hockey Victory as Bureau Stares Down Crises

"F.B.I. Director Celebrates Hockey Victory as Bureau Stares Down Crises: Kash Patel’s trip to Italy came at a fraught and frenetic time for the bureau and Mr. Patel, who has shown little willingness to curb his jet-setting." -- www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

Still sort of astonishing how the men of a political faction so obsessed with masculinity will dutifully debase themselves and betray their principles to adopt the biases and obsessions of an 79-year-old demented clown -- in this case by performatively smearing the U.S.'s closest ally.

Just so it is clear, US disinformation networks and propagandists are helping a drug cartel / terrorist group spread panic during a nationwide government operation.

As it is customary, the CJNG are terrorizing civilians in retaliation for the killing of "El Mencho"; this is a tactic used to promote the idea that they are still "powerful" and create panic. As seen in incidents Puerto Vallarta.

Alleged Trump mistress Laura Loomer, called out by Mexico for spreading disinformation during a crisis. Mexico Embassy of Mexico in the U.S. @EmbamexEUA. 1h This post is false. The military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, aimed at capturing Rubén "N," alias "Mencho," was planned and executed by Mexican Special Forces. The action was carried out within the framework of bilateral cooperation, with U.S. authorities providing complementary intelligence. Mexican National Guard and Army troops are currently reinforcing security in Jalisco and neighboring states to maintain order. Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer X.com BREAKING: After the US eliminated a top Cartell leaeder in News Mexico today. Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has retaliated by storming the Guadalajara Airport with armed gunmen. They are now taking American tourists hostage at nearby highways and hotels.

Trump propaganda networks quickly moved to spread disinformation during the Mexico operation against the CJNG, creating panic amongst the population and tourists.

The Mexican embassy to the US had to intervene and call out Trump's alleged mistress for spreading disinfo.

an orange cat reclining in a pile of blankets in a dark room. he is absolutely screaming

It is between late night and early morning. Time to sing the song of my people to make sure everyone knows nothing is wrong

The other day I saw a video of an historian (maybe?) saying he didn’t understand why billionaires are opposed to being taxed more because “taxation is the compromise.” And that last ~500 years teaches us what happens when that compromise is not struck.

Can’t stop thinking about it.

I don’t know enough about the different strains of Catholicism to say much, but I’ve been reading America, América by Greg Grandin and it feels significant that the “first American pope” is very much of the Americas, in all their pluralities

Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

Great and informative interview of @andreapitzer.bsky.social by @jamellebouie.net.

The term "concentration camp" has become calcified into a single referent, but as Andrea makes clear, it is more useful to think of it as a process, and its history begins well before Nazi Germany.

Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military Some senior officials resisted the decision to approve the major military spending increase, people familiar with the matter say.

Reading this story—about how the Pentagon has been given so much extra money it's struggling to spend it all—while thinking about the formerly homeless tenants I've spoken with in recent weeks whose housing vouchers are being discontinued for "lack of funds."

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

Senate G.O.P. Faces Pressure to Force ‘Talking Filibuster’ for Voter I.D. Bill

i say let them do it. if i were a senate democrat i would relish the opportunity to let the country know that republicans don't think you should vote if you are a married woman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/u...

The arrested state senate staffer is the chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans—or was until the news broke yesterday. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

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This week @jamellebouie.net had some questions for me about where the US is at now and why the term "concentration camp" might be a useful way to think about the crisis. (He interviewed me eight years ago for Slate on a similar topic. Let's hope we don't end up having the same discussion in 2034.)

a chair covered in slobbery bites from a box of tissues and a roll of toilet paper. no cats are visible so we don’t need to make accusations

So, early reports show someone dragged a roll of toilet paper AND a box of tissues onto the chair and took one million bites. We need more facts before we jump to conclusions

A painting of a bird beside the text "looks like I got here just in time for the stupid shit"

extremely funny to see all the pundits like “SCOTUS just did Trump a favor” as if Trump will respond reasonably and rationally to this rather than just double down and cause an even bigger clusterfuck

Wait this is absolutely insane

this is why it's imperative to make the whole project politically toxic. cut off the money, and you cut off the camps. so imo we should work to end this before 2029 by pushing back on facilities wherever possible. detention camps have their own gravitational and financial pull on society and warp it

Two issues I'm pondering. One is that you can't move this many people without inflicting tremendous physical and psychological harm on those deported and on society itself. The second is that left in place for years, mass detention on a whole new level will be normalized. It rarely vanishes. [1/3]

A recreation of a basketball hoop at Manzanar, with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background

A park ranger holding up a photo of gardens at Manzanar during WWII, up against where the gardens would have been

A view from camp, with huge, snowy mountains overlooking Manzanar

The Manzanar monument to those that died at camp, just beyond the camp grounds. Barbed wire is in the foreground of the photo.

In 2019 I had the incredible opportunity to visit Manzanar concentration camp with other young Japanese Americans. Feb 19th marks the day FDR issued orders removing and imprisoning 120,000 Japanese Americans, and my trip is especially top of mind today. I took these photos—more details in alt text.

Don't Help Trumpism Survive Trump Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · February 19 · 34m

Don't Help Trumpism Survive Trump

Andrea Pitzer warns that quick fixes to ICE brutality can be dangerous.

Even reforms in good faith run the risk of entrenching what we want to stop and tacitly endorsing an archipelago of little Gitmos across America.

Close up of a Tufted Titmouse

A skater coming off the ice and saying “THAT’S WHAT I’M FUCKIN’ TALKIN’ ABOUT!” makes me so happy, given how punishing the ladylike discourse of my youth was when it came to this sport.

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