Karina Coombs
@karinacoombs.com
Writer in MA interested in pop culture, news, and books. Dog enabler. Mom. Little library curator.
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More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
I remember sitting in a Sociology class in 1998 and discussing vouchers. The professor asked everyone who would benefit the most from the program and after a dozen or so thoughtful answers shook her head and said, “families who already have their kids in private schools.” The rich always find a way.
The TN GOP doesn't want its constituents to know that most of the vouchers they are paying for are going to the affluent who already had their kids in private school and that what they said about what vouchers would do -- give parents "choice" -- was a lie.
Tennessee House panel kills private-school voucher transparency bill • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Rep. Jody Barrett is sponsoring a bill to reveal family income of kids receiving state voucher funds to attend private schools.
tennesseelookout.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I remember sitting in a Sociology class in 1998 and discussing vouchers. The professor asked everyone who would benefit the most from the program and after a dozen or so thoughtful answers shook her head and said, “families who already have their kids in private schools.” The rich always find a way.
And folks were worried about affordable housing bringing down their property values…
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
And folks were worried about affordable housing bringing down their property values…
Tonight I had to tell my 17 year old we can’t afford her dream college. This is a kid who struggles in school for a number of reasons and has worked her ass off to get accepted. I know *looks around* it’s not the end of the world and she’ll end up somewhere, but shitty parenting moment all the same.
a blue cartoon character is crying with tears coming out of his eyes
Alt: Pixar character “sadness” is crying with tears coming out of her eyes. She is blue and wearing glasses.
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Tonight I had to tell my 17 year old we can’t afford her dream college. This is a kid who struggles in school for a number of reasons and has worked her ass off to get accepted. I know *looks around* it’s not the end of the world and she’ll end up somewhere, but shitty parenting moment all the same.
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“Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance (‘¡Dios Mío!’ Cry Millions Of Panicking Republicans)
BOISE, ID—Crying out “¡Dios mío!” and “¡Ayúdame!” as soon as they heard the opening notes of the Puerto Rican superstar’s “EoO,” millions of terrified conservatives reportedly lost the ability to spea...
theonion.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance
EXACTLY. As someone who's loved Kpop since 2018 and speaks not a word of Korean, it's all in the vibe.
Let me tell you something bad bunny…
i don’t have to know what you saying
I KNOW WHAT YOU DOING TO ME!!!!
i don’t have to know what you saying
I KNOW WHAT YOU DOING TO ME!!!!
a woman wearing glasses is sitting in front of blue vases and a phillip network logo
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is sitting in front of blue vases and a phillip network logo
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
EXACTLY. As someone who's loved Kpop since 2018 and speaks not a word of Korean, it's all in the vibe.
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You don't bring a knife to a gunfight, and you don't bring Kid Rock to a culture war.
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
You don't bring a knife to a gunfight, and you don't bring Kid Rock to a culture war.
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This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
This is 20 min from my house. When I used to think of Burlington, it was for the mall. Now all I picture is a concentration camp in an office park and thinking of shopping and eating turns my stomach. The town needs to do much more to enforce its zoning and close this facility.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This is 20 min from my house. When I used to think of Burlington, it was for the mall. Now all I picture is a concentration camp in an office park and thinking of shopping and eating turns my stomach. The town needs to do much more to enforce its zoning and close this facility.
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Trump referring to the first Black President and First Lady in the history of the USA as apes is not a distraction. It is a major news story once again emphasizing how fundamental racism is to this administration and the Republican Party and conservative movement.
And right now media is ignoring.
And right now media is ignoring.
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Trump referring to the first Black President and First Lady in the history of the USA as apes is not a distraction. It is a major news story once again emphasizing how fundamental racism is to this administration and the Republican Party and conservative movement.
And right now media is ignoring.
And right now media is ignoring.
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Death Camp For Cutie over here
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Death Camp For Cutie over here
His lust for branding is pathological.
Punchbowl reports Trump will release Gateway funds if Schumer agrees to rename Dulles and Penn Station for Trump.
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
Trump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him
Trump offered to release the funding for the Gateway infrastructure project if Schumer agrees to support renaming Dulles and Penn Station after Trump.
punchbowl.news
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
His lust for branding is pathological.
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"The image of our neighbors shipped in a supply chain like patio furniture and disappeared into the bowels of a Big Lots warehouse should have all of us asking a fundamental question.
"What are we doing here?"
"What are we doing here?"
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"The image of our neighbors shipped in a supply chain like patio furniture and disappeared into the bowels of a Big Lots warehouse should have all of us asking a fundamental question.
"What are we doing here?"
"What are we doing here?"
“It will change the character of the community” for the win.
It's time for all the limousine liberal NIMBYs to use their obstructionist skills for good
“I imagine if this was a homeless shelter or a mental health center, you would find a way to stop it. You would pull out all the stops."
www.welcometohellworld.com/a-surprise-z...
www.welcometohellworld.com/a-surprise-z...
February 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
“It will change the character of the community” for the win.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
I really hate rich people. Just one of those days I’m reminded they create little for the world at large, but consume so much of what’s good.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I really hate rich people. Just one of those days I’m reminded they create little for the world at large, but consume so much of what’s good.
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
Ghouls. All of them.
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Ghouls. All of them.
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No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Roughly 19,000 Haitians in Massachusetts will retain Temporary Protected Status after a federal judge's ruling.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-02-02/haitian-immigrants-can-retain-protected-status-for-now-federal-judge-rules
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-02-02/haitian-immigrants-can-retain-protected-status-for-now-federal-judge-rules
Haitian immigrants can retain protected status for now, federal judge rules
TPS for Haitians had been set to expire Tuesday, with roughly 19,000 Haitian immigrants in Mass. set to lose their legal status.
www.wgbh.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Roughly 19,000 Haitians in Massachusetts will retain Temporary Protected Status after a federal judge's ruling.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-02-02/haitian-immigrants-can-retain-protected-status-for-now-federal-judge-rules
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-02-02/haitian-immigrants-can-retain-protected-status-for-now-federal-judge-rules
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you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
February 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?