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It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
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The Trump administration’s lawless killing spree continues with three more maritime strikes—two in the Pacific and one in the Caribbean.
11 more people reportedly killed.
No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful.
11 more people reportedly killed.
No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful.
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Trump administration’s lawless killing spree continues with three more maritime strikes—two in the Pacific and one in the Caribbean.
11 more people reportedly killed.
No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful.
11 more people reportedly killed.
No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful.
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It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
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Really hope people understand these products as an extension of the overall authoritarian project. The goal is persistent surveillance of all public and private spaces. The devices exist to forward that goal.
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Really hope people understand these products as an extension of the overall authoritarian project. The goal is persistent surveillance of all public and private spaces. The devices exist to forward that goal.
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Daily reminder that Donald Trump is a monstrous racist and should be impeached for that alone.
February 7, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Daily reminder that Donald Trump is a monstrous racist and should be impeached for that alone.
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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Same set that told you shoplifting required a full police state.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Same set that told you shoplifting required a full police state.
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in 2023 when I was organizing parents against our archbishop’s transphobic new school guidelines, one dad asked how loud I thought it was prudent for us to be, given how punitive the Archbishop is. I was like “loud enough that all the trans/nb kids at your parish see it” and he was like “…. oh”
Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 AM
in 2023 when I was organizing parents against our archbishop’s transphobic new school guidelines, one dad asked how loud I thought it was prudent for us to be, given how punitive the Archbishop is. I was like “loud enough that all the trans/nb kids at your parish see it” and he was like “…. oh”
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it really seems like “entered politics during the Trump era” is a dividing line among Dems, it’s hard to write all of this off as a game when one of your very first political experiences was a literal mob invading the capitol at the behest of some of your colleagues
A lot of the '18 House members were personally shocked at seeing Republicans do exactly this sort of thing in the press, then say hello in the hallway and try to play it off like it was just all in the game.
February 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
it really seems like “entered politics during the Trump era” is a dividing line among Dems, it’s hard to write all of this off as a game when one of your very first political experiences was a literal mob invading the capitol at the behest of some of your colleagues
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What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
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A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy
How many followers for a prominent Bluesky elder to host Jeopardy
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy
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This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
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Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
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I wrote in Holding It Together that we should strive to live in "a world where we value care work on par with IT," but this wasn't the mechanism for getting there that I had in mind.
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I wrote in Holding It Together that we should strive to live in "a world where we value care work on par with IT," but this wasn't the mechanism for getting there that I had in mind.
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This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
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Popping up across Brooklyn... All of the people featured in the windows are Black people.
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Popping up across Brooklyn... All of the people featured in the windows are Black people.
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Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
gizmodo.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279
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Nothing but respect for MY president, wishing a happy Presidents’ Day to all 🇺🇸
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Nothing but respect for MY president, wishing a happy Presidents’ Day to all 🇺🇸
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I think it’s pretty cool, actually, to live in a collapsing empire. I didn’t even like having bridges or whatever anyway
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think it’s pretty cool, actually, to live in a collapsing empire. I didn’t even like having bridges or whatever anyway
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I saw this painting for the first time at Somerset House (Zak Ové's Get Up, Stand Up show) and it stuck with me.
The Cotton Bowl, 2011
Hank Willis Thomas 🖼🎨
The Cotton Bowl, 2011
Hank Willis Thomas 🖼🎨
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I saw this painting for the first time at Somerset House (Zak Ové's Get Up, Stand Up show) and it stuck with me.
The Cotton Bowl, 2011
Hank Willis Thomas 🖼🎨
The Cotton Bowl, 2011
Hank Willis Thomas 🖼🎨
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I keep seeing authors getting duped by AI users pretending to be artists (and then sadly realising it when everyone calls their book AI slop).
These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:
These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I keep seeing authors getting duped by AI users pretending to be artists (and then sadly realising it when everyone calls their book AI slop).
These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:
These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:
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it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM
it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric
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You will never run out of reasons to continue masking. A grocery store hasn’t seen my whole face since before 2020 because as a former theatrical lighting tech and near-sighted person with an astigmatism, I’ve almost always have my sunglasses on indoors.
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
You will never run out of reasons to continue masking. A grocery store hasn’t seen my whole face since before 2020 because as a former theatrical lighting tech and near-sighted person with an astigmatism, I’ve almost always have my sunglasses on indoors.
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This is a correct and historically well-informed take by AOC. It's so much better than the Democratic Party messaging which tries to talk about Republicans' authoritarian moves while completely ignoring the worsening material conditions that make right-populist movements popular.
AOC on why Trump returned to office: "when you have economic stagnation, for the working class that, especially in an environment where GDP is growing, that is the stuff of populist movement. The choice is what direction those populist movements can go."
February 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is a correct and historically well-informed take by AOC. It's so much better than the Democratic Party messaging which tries to talk about Republicans' authoritarian moves while completely ignoring the worsening material conditions that make right-populist movements popular.