Seamus
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Long deep exasperated sigh-er.
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Vermont-born Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath heads into the final run of the slalom with a massive half-second lead, but misses one of the first gates, hurls his poles as far as he can, and lies down off to the side of the course
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Vermont-born Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath heads into the final run of the slalom with a massive half-second lead, but misses one of the first gates, hurls his poles as far as he can, and lies down off to the side of the course
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Your annual reminder that the appropriate way to honor Presidents’ Day is to read “The Barn at the End of Our Term” by Karen Russell granta.com/the-barn-at-...
The Barn at The End of Our Term
‘Eleven of the stabled horses are, as far as Rutherford can ascertain, former presidents of the United States of America.’ A story by Karen Russell.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Your annual reminder that the appropriate way to honor Presidents’ Day is to read “The Barn at the End of Our Term” by Karen Russell granta.com/the-barn-at-...
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Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
Every time I see a confederate flag or hear some asshole talking about "his culture" I think, "Ohioans should be allowed to embrace their culture every few years and march to a sea, burning down every house or car with a confederate flag."
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Every time I see a confederate flag or hear some asshole talking about "his culture" I think, "Ohioans should be allowed to embrace their culture every few years and march to a sea, burning down every house or car with a confederate flag."
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Bill Watterson could do Sin City, but Frank Miller could never do Calvin and Hobbes.
February 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Bill Watterson could do Sin City, but Frank Miller could never do Calvin and Hobbes.
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Unless the answer is that you don’t actually want the nominee to move left. That you’re fine with Newsom or whoever running as a moderate, and this is less about pragmatism and more about not wanting progressives to have influence over the platform. Which, if that’s the case, just say that.
February 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Unless the answer is that you don’t actually want the nominee to move left. That you’re fine with Newsom or whoever running as a moderate, and this is less about pragmatism and more about not wanting progressives to have influence over the platform. Which, if that’s the case, just say that.
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Rossetti kept a menagerie of exotic animals - and kept them very badly, it must be said. The raccoon was a particular menace. www.magnetmanchester.org/rossettis-wo...
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Rossetti kept a menagerie of exotic animals - and kept them very badly, it must be said. The raccoon was a particular menace. www.magnetmanchester.org/rossettis-wo...
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Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
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www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The latter means that you assume biobased materials are burned/ won't last 50 years. And mineral products last forever (Which is nonsensical).
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The latter means that you assume biobased materials are burned/ won't last 50 years. And mineral products last forever (Which is nonsensical).
This guy was the state representative for my district, didn't live in it (breaking election law), and managed to weasel his way into being Ohio's Secretary of State, overseeing elections. Just a garbage history in politics, along with zero morals.
Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) has a long-standing financial relationship with billionaire Les Wexner, receiving significantly more than $100,000 over his political career
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein files after donation from Leslie Wexner: Report - The Times of India
US News: In Washington, timing is everything — especially when campaign donations and controversial votes land on the same calendar.A Republican senator from O.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This guy was the state representative for my district, didn't live in it (breaking election law), and managed to weasel his way into being Ohio's Secretary of State, overseeing elections. Just a garbage history in politics, along with zero morals.
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Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) has a long-standing financial relationship with billionaire Les Wexner, receiving significantly more than $100,000 over his political career
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein files after donation from Leslie Wexner: Report - The Times of India
US News: In Washington, timing is everything — especially when campaign donations and controversial votes land on the same calendar.A Republican senator from O.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) has a long-standing financial relationship with billionaire Les Wexner, receiving significantly more than $100,000 over his political career
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
👉 Ohio Senator Jon Husted voted to block Epstein Files after donation from Les Wexner timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/ohi...
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if you sleep with your father's concubine you will be subject to a humiliating curse at his deathbed
but thousands of years later an incredible sandwich will be named for you, so it's a real mixed bag
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but thousands of years later an incredible sandwich will be named for you, so it's a real mixed bag
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Notable Sandwiches #138: Reuben
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
if you sleep with your father's concubine you will be subject to a humiliating curse at his deathbed
but thousands of years later an incredible sandwich will be named for you, so it's a real mixed bag
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
but thousands of years later an incredible sandwich will be named for you, so it's a real mixed bag
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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Beneath our feet, mycorrhizal fungi trade nutrients for carbon with plant roots — forming one of Earth’s largest carbon networks.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Mapping underground fungal networks: Interview with SPUN’s Toby Kiers
All around her, scientists had their eyes set on studying flora and fauna that lived aboveground. But Toby Kiers’s interest always lay in the oft-overlooked biodiversity that existed beneath it. It…
news.mongabay.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Beneath our feet, mycorrhizal fungi trade nutrients for carbon with plant roots — forming one of Earth’s largest carbon networks.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
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🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 AM
🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
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Eternally grateful for that time @brightwalldarkroom.com gave me the space to discuss Stalker.
Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' (1979): The Winding Road to the Interior
For all its discussions of morals and metaphysics, Stalker is ultimately a film about criticism—not in the sense of simply pronouncing something wasteful or worthwhile, but in the explicative sense, w...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Eternally grateful for that time @brightwalldarkroom.com gave me the space to discuss Stalker.
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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
- 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
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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
- 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
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." December 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865),
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." December 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865),
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Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
Veruca Salt should have had more commercial success than Weezer.
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Veruca Salt should have had more commercial success than Weezer.
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I personally do not take the hype seriously. I think the chance that AI will replace most white collar jobs is close enough to zero to ignore. I think erring in the other direction is a much bigger concern.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I personally do not take the hype seriously. I think the chance that AI will replace most white collar jobs is close enough to zero to ignore. I think erring in the other direction is a much bigger concern.
"we used Rovo* to determine the common cause in the defects"
*Atlassian LLM tool.
I feel like a better assessment would be to look at the errors, the related code, and the stories the errors were reported against but maybe the random text machine will be lucky?
*Atlassian LLM tool.
I feel like a better assessment would be to look at the errors, the related code, and the stories the errors were reported against but maybe the random text machine will be lucky?
February 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"we used Rovo* to determine the common cause in the defects"
*Atlassian LLM tool.
I feel like a better assessment would be to look at the errors, the related code, and the stories the errors were reported against but maybe the random text machine will be lucky?
*Atlassian LLM tool.
I feel like a better assessment would be to look at the errors, the related code, and the stories the errors were reported against but maybe the random text machine will be lucky?
The NBC "AI Mode" description of different downhill ski events could have been time that discussed fine nuances of an event and instead it's crap that's painfully obvious. The only surprise was that it wasn't outright wrong.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The NBC "AI Mode" description of different downhill ski events could have been time that discussed fine nuances of an event and instead it's crap that's painfully obvious. The only surprise was that it wasn't outright wrong.
I don't know what just happened, but my flight from Logan to O'Hare was *7 dollars cheaper if I flew first class*. I'm not going to look a gift first class ticket in the mouth, but now I feel like I need to see if United is in some sort of horrible financial situation due to their terrible pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I don't know what just happened, but my flight from Logan to O'Hare was *7 dollars cheaper if I flew first class*. I'm not going to look a gift first class ticket in the mouth, but now I feel like I need to see if United is in some sort of horrible financial situation due to their terrible pricing.