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Bad for the bottom line.
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Got an email asking me to find the backstory behind a strange, single-sentence law. Turns out it’s the remnant of a 63-year-old beef between lawmakers and a former FBI agent who was maybe the best checkers player in North Carolina history www.ncrabbithole.com/p/a-reader-f...
A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.
An old statue says the state DMV can't buy a plane without special permission. It came out of a fight between the Highway Patrol, lawmakers, and a former FBI guy who was frighteningly good at checkers...
www.ncrabbithole.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Got an email asking me to find the backstory behind a strange, single-sentence law. Turns out it’s the remnant of a 63-year-old beef between lawmakers and a former FBI agent who was maybe the best checkers player in North Carolina history www.ncrabbithole.com/p/a-reader-f...
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How Trump’s Immigration Crusade Is Endangering Black Americans talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
important reporting from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
important reporting from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
How Trump’s Immigration Crusade Is Endangering Black Americans
From what began as a routine traffic stop in Georgia, U.S. Army...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How Trump’s Immigration Crusade Is Endangering Black Americans talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
important reporting from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
important reporting from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
Giving my TT algo a run for its $ pt 1
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Pissed Jeans - Romanticize Me [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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February 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Giving my TT algo a run for its $ pt 1
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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This comes at the same time that the conservative movement is targeting young women more broadly—from tradwife bullshit to MAHA misinformation about birth control.
The goal is convincing the next generation that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political crisis, but a lifestyle upgrade.
The goal is convincing the next generation that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political crisis, but a lifestyle upgrade.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This comes at the same time that the conservative movement is targeting young women more broadly—from tradwife bullshit to MAHA misinformation about birth control.
The goal is convincing the next generation that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political crisis, but a lifestyle upgrade.
The goal is convincing the next generation that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political crisis, but a lifestyle upgrade.
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Bad bunnies from long ago
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Bad bunnies from long ago
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
(Don’t worry) if there is hell below, we’re all going to go — Curtis Mayfield
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzsm...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzsm...
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
(Don’t worry) if there is hell below, we’re all going to go — Curtis Mayfield
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzsm...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzsm...
My soul feels this dog deep
This is Thistle. She's having a great hair day. All five of them are going in the same direction. 12/10 (IG: thistlethegremlin)
February 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
My soul feels this dog deep
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"When in doubt, draw a distinction."
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"When in doubt, draw a distinction."
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
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From just north of me:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
The two-year-old son sat alone in the back seat for about 40 minutes, eyewitnesses said.
www.seattletimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
From just north of me:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
I don’t think this budget and infrastructure is just for “immigrants.”
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I don’t think this budget and infrastructure is just for “immigrants.”
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
As someone who has personal experience w abuse & coercive control, this political moment is psychologically brutal. To see dynamics across the nation that I recognize in my bones (& have carefully avoided in my personal life), to see the enablers telling me I don’t see what I see—baby, harrowing.
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
As someone who has personal experience w abuse & coercive control, this political moment is psychologically brutal. To see dynamics across the nation that I recognize in my bones (& have carefully avoided in my personal life), to see the enablers telling me I don’t see what I see—baby, harrowing.
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Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.
Disability groups are standing united for trans rights. That hasn't always been the case.
Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for tr...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.
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NEW: The College Democrats of North Carolina are fighting the removal of early voting sites on college campuses, claiming that the state’s election board is violating the 26th Amendment by abridging their right to vote based on their age. #nccourts #ncpol
www.courthousenews.com/north-caroli...
www.courthousenews.com/north-caroli...
North Carolina students decry removal of campus voting sites as age discrimination
One of the campuses that saw its early voting site eliminated is the country’s largest HBCU, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
www.courthousenews.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
NEW: The College Democrats of North Carolina are fighting the removal of early voting sites on college campuses, claiming that the state’s election board is violating the 26th Amendment by abridging their right to vote based on their age. #nccourts #ncpol
www.courthousenews.com/north-caroli...
www.courthousenews.com/north-caroli...
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
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Just deleted my TikTok account.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Just deleted my TikTok account.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.