The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
In earnings calls earlier today, investors in GEO Group and CoreCivic criticized ICE. Their chief complaint? ICE's detained population, despite hitting record highs, still isn't large enough.
@elizabeth.weill.bsky.social has more: theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...
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Despite Increased Profits, Private Prison Companies Want to Cage Even More People
CoreCivic and GEO Group’s investors expressed frustration that ICE’s record immigration detention numbers aren’t high enough.
theappeal.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
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The Baltimore Sun’s most read story according to its website is a six paragraph AI-generated analysis of Wes Moore’s State of the State address
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The Baltimore Sun’s most read story according to its website is a six paragraph AI-generated analysis of Wes Moore’s State of the State address
Hell yeah, Starfleet Academy just introduced the Flickinger Field
February 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Hell yeah, Starfleet Academy just introduced the Flickinger Field
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working on a typology here
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
working on a typology here
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
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welcome to super bowl 60, celebrating 250 years of american prosperity. everything is gambling now except for your job, which is AI. don’t forget to sign your baby up for trump bucks.
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
welcome to super bowl 60, celebrating 250 years of american prosperity. everything is gambling now except for your job, which is AI. don’t forget to sign your baby up for trump bucks.
Puppy Bowl puppies respectfully heeling for the national anthem
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Puppy Bowl puppies respectfully heeling for the national anthem
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JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
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this is about to happen, folks
January 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
this is about to happen, folks
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i can't know how to hear anymore about cow tools
February 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
i can't know how to hear anymore about cow tools
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The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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In Maryland, where the upper bay is more likely to freeze, the state usually operates three steel-hulled boats that patrol the estuary’s icy reaches.
Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI
Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In Maryland, where the upper bay is more likely to freeze, the state usually operates three steel-hulled boats that patrol the estuary’s icy reaches.
Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI
Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI
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An Aerial view:
Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
Iron Age hillfort reused by Romans, then crowned with a Norman castle and the first Salisbury Cathedral.
2,000 years of power, faith and defence in one perfect circle.
#History #HistoryMatters
Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
Iron Age hillfort reused by Romans, then crowned with a Norman castle and the first Salisbury Cathedral.
2,000 years of power, faith and defence in one perfect circle.
#History #HistoryMatters
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
An Aerial view:
Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
Iron Age hillfort reused by Romans, then crowned with a Norman castle and the first Salisbury Cathedral.
2,000 years of power, faith and defence in one perfect circle.
#History #HistoryMatters
Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
Iron Age hillfort reused by Romans, then crowned with a Norman castle and the first Salisbury Cathedral.
2,000 years of power, faith and defence in one perfect circle.
#History #HistoryMatters
Inherited a manual Omni from my parents and drove it through high school. I don't remember it being anything but fine to drive. The only real issue: the headliner eventually disintegrated, which also seemed to happen to several of the other 80s cars my family owned (Chevette, Citation)
Heck YEAH Dodge Omni 🚗 What Are The Least Car-Enthusiasty Cars Would You Love To Drive? www.theautopian.com/what-are-the...
What Are The Least Car-Enthusiasty Cars Would You Love To Drive? - The Autopian
Car enthusiasts aren't required to just love Miatas and Lamborghinis. What are the least car-enthusiasty cars that you would love to drive?
www.theautopian.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Inherited a manual Omni from my parents and drove it through high school. I don't remember it being anything but fine to drive. The only real issue: the headliner eventually disintegrated, which also seemed to happen to several of the other 80s cars my family owned (Chevette, Citation)
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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Hey, look, it's GOOD media news. @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bannermoco.bsky.social are coming to Prince George's County. 🗞️
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The Banner announces expansion to Prince George’s County
The Banner announced it will take its award-winning journalism into Prince George’s County this spring, continuing its ambition to serve readers across Maryland.
www.thebanner.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Hey, look, it's GOOD media news. @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bannermoco.bsky.social are coming to Prince George's County. 🗞️
www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/th...
www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/th...
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old school climbers were hardcore, the first guy to climb Nanga Parbat (~27,000 feet) did it alone with no ropes or oxygen, just copious amounts of nazi meth
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 PM
old school climbers were hardcore, the first guy to climb Nanga Parbat (~27,000 feet) did it alone with no ropes or oxygen, just copious amounts of nazi meth
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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.’”
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MKBS, a proposed Soviet space station cancelled in 1974. This was to be the centerpiece of a broader initiative called MOK, which envisioned a whole system of orbital complexes with the MKBS acting as the central hub for crew transfers and control.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
MKBS, a proposed Soviet space station cancelled in 1974. This was to be the centerpiece of a broader initiative called MOK, which envisioned a whole system of orbital complexes with the MKBS acting as the central hub for crew transfers and control.
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