@kbethany.bsky.social
Love scenic vistas, strong coffee, fluffy dogs and trash novels. She/Her
This is so my pup with all the folks using “road skis” in the summer 😂
February 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This is so my pup with all the folks using “road skis” in the summer 😂
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Perhaps most telling is that by signing onto the WEXMAC TITUS program, vendors are contractually not allowed to refuse ICE jobs.
“So if there was a US citizen—a baby, or someone sick that clearly shouldn’t be there—the contractor can’t say they don’t want to take them," a fed worker told me.
“So if there was a US citizen—a baby, or someone sick that clearly shouldn’t be there—the contractor can’t say they don’t want to take them," a fed worker told me.
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Perhaps most telling is that by signing onto the WEXMAC TITUS program, vendors are contractually not allowed to refuse ICE jobs.
“So if there was a US citizen—a baby, or someone sick that clearly shouldn’t be there—the contractor can’t say they don’t want to take them," a fed worker told me.
“So if there was a US citizen—a baby, or someone sick that clearly shouldn’t be there—the contractor can’t say they don’t want to take them," a fed worker told me.
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
If the admin wasn’t uniquely stupid AND fascist, they’d realize they’re generating 🚨 Streisand Effect 🚨 on content that almost no one would have even noticed if they hadn’t interfered to censor it.
IMO it would be a lot easier to just mess with the White House feed so the toddler doesn’t see it 🤷🏻♀️
IMO it would be a lot easier to just mess with the White House feed so the toddler doesn’t see it 🤷🏻♀️
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
If the admin wasn’t uniquely stupid AND fascist, they’d realize they’re generating 🚨 Streisand Effect 🚨 on content that almost no one would have even noticed if they hadn’t interfered to censor it.
IMO it would be a lot easier to just mess with the White House feed so the toddler doesn’t see it 🤷🏻♀️
IMO it would be a lot easier to just mess with the White House feed so the toddler doesn’t see it 🤷🏻♀️
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how does someone mow down a family of four, blame the car (no issue was found), transfer real estate to Nevada LLCs to avoid compensating the victims' families, and then walk away with nothing more than probation?
Do YOU have an aging friend/relative who should stop driving? Tell them this story from San Francisco. Ask how they will feel if they kill an entire family.
But don't tell them that even then, they'll be forgiven and be able to drive again.
This verdict is obscene.
www.ktvu.com/news/woman-a...
But don't tell them that even then, they'll be forgiven and be able to drive again.
This verdict is obscene.
www.ktvu.com/news/woman-a...
Woman accused of wiping out entire family in San Francisco crash likely won't get prison time
An 80-year-old woman accused of driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into a family of four, killing them, at a San Francisco bus stop nearly two years ago, appeared in court on Friday. Mary Fo...
www.ktvu.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
how does someone mow down a family of four, blame the car (no issue was found), transfer real estate to Nevada LLCs to avoid compensating the victims' families, and then walk away with nothing more than probation?
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Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
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Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
I know it’s hard to tell what with all the plastic surgery but Mrs “tried to fire a pilot for leaving her blankie behind” is a 55 yr old mother of THREE adult children with 3 grandkids. She should absolutely be familiar with keeping track of a special blanket/toy/stuffie.
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I know it’s hard to tell what with all the plastic surgery but Mrs “tried to fire a pilot for leaving her blankie behind” is a 55 yr old mother of THREE adult children with 3 grandkids. She should absolutely be familiar with keeping track of a special blanket/toy/stuffie.
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"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Tragically, there is now considerable evidence that the administration is violating the Eighth Amendment at scale.
Opinion | A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Tragically, there is now considerable evidence that the administration is violating the Eighth Amendment at scale.
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First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now
Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act
joycevance.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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“Our affiant lied, of course, and we have now learned there’s video to contradict him.”
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“Our affiant lied, of course, and we have now learned there’s video to contradict him.”
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Hard to argue that we’re not in peak crony capitalism: “WBD reportedly wanted to avoid upsetting WWE Hall of Famer and United States President Donald Trump because of the pending Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition by Netflix, which still requires regulatory approval.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hard to argue that we’re not in peak crony capitalism: “WBD reportedly wanted to avoid upsetting WWE Hall of Famer and United States President Donald Trump because of the pending Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition by Netflix, which still requires regulatory approval.”
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
This is the stupidest timeline 😞
1) why is Bondi talking about military shooting down “cartel drones” in a hearing about her handling of the Epstein files
2) they were F-ing party balloons Pam!
1) why is Bondi talking about military shooting down “cartel drones” in a hearing about her handling of the Epstein files
2) they were F-ing party balloons Pam!
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is the stupidest timeline 😞
1) why is Bondi talking about military shooting down “cartel drones” in a hearing about her handling of the Epstein files
2) they were F-ing party balloons Pam!
1) why is Bondi talking about military shooting down “cartel drones” in a hearing about her handling of the Epstein files
2) they were F-ing party balloons Pam!
I keep thinking about how my great grandparents left a very lucrative business and all their net worth behind in Poland to come to America in 1932 and how their friends told them they were being ridiculous, waited too long, couldn’t leave and died in camps. (1/2)
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I keep thinking about how my great grandparents left a very lucrative business and all their net worth behind in Poland to come to America in 1932 and how their friends told them they were being ridiculous, waited too long, couldn’t leave and died in camps. (1/2)