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These are our people
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
These are our people
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"She lit up telling me about how she had planned out a “101 Dalmatians” costume — she would be Cruella de Vil and her mom and stepdad the spotted dogs."
Instead, they landed in Miami and were detained.
Questioned for hours and held for nearly 2 days at the airport before being shipped off.
#Pinks
Instead, they landed in Miami and were detained.
Questioned for hours and held for nearly 2 days at the airport before being shipped off.
#Pinks
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"She lit up telling me about how she had planned out a “101 Dalmatians” costume — she would be Cruella de Vil and her mom and stepdad the spotted dogs."
Instead, they landed in Miami and were detained.
Questioned for hours and held for nearly 2 days at the airport before being shipped off.
#Pinks
Instead, they landed in Miami and were detained.
Questioned for hours and held for nearly 2 days at the airport before being shipped off.
#Pinks
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Really really nasty article. The closest it comes to actually describing Pepys's sexual violence are the euphemistic "licentious episodes" and "sexual behaviour", which might indicate a degree of embarrassment on the part of the author if I didn't think the whole thing was in entirely bad faith
Another ludicrous culture war piece from a newspaper that was great in the past
February 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Really really nasty article. The closest it comes to actually describing Pepys's sexual violence are the euphemistic "licentious episodes" and "sexual behaviour", which might indicate a degree of embarrassment on the part of the author if I didn't think the whole thing was in entirely bad faith
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I’ll admit that in the early days of Woke 1, I found some of the Singalesque views of gender-affirming care at least plausible. But then it became increasingly clear that for all their talk, the TERFs actually did not support gender nonconformity, either.
I don't think the Cass review is as bad as some think, it had been wildly oversold by GCs, but I do think a lot of the flaws originate in the view Cass articulates in this interview, namely that most trans people aren't actually trans, and that they are just gender non-conforming.
February 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I’ll admit that in the early days of Woke 1, I found some of the Singalesque views of gender-affirming care at least plausible. But then it became increasingly clear that for all their talk, the TERFs actually did not support gender nonconformity, either.
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Our nurses at NYP Presby Hospital are still on strike today!
6 weeks on Monday.
The hospital is a disaster without them.
Contact NYPH heads, CEOs, tell them to keep nurses and patients safe and give their nurses a good contract!
Nurses, patients and hospital staff deserve better than this!
6 weeks on Monday.
The hospital is a disaster without them.
Contact NYPH heads, CEOs, tell them to keep nurses and patients safe and give their nurses a good contract!
Nurses, patients and hospital staff deserve better than this!
Nurses at Mount Sinai and Montefiore began returning to work Saturday after striking on the picket line in the cold and snow for nearly a month. More than 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian, however, remain on strike.
Read more: http://specne.ws/F7LMpg
Read more: http://specne.ws/F7LMpg
Mount Sinai, Montefiore nurses begin returning to work
More than 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses remain on strike, according to NYSNA.
specne.ws
February 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Our nurses at NYP Presby Hospital are still on strike today!
6 weeks on Monday.
The hospital is a disaster without them.
Contact NYPH heads, CEOs, tell them to keep nurses and patients safe and give their nurses a good contract!
Nurses, patients and hospital staff deserve better than this!
6 weeks on Monday.
The hospital is a disaster without them.
Contact NYPH heads, CEOs, tell them to keep nurses and patients safe and give their nurses a good contract!
Nurses, patients and hospital staff deserve better than this!
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If I had a sign to tap, my sign to tap would say:
"Your experiences and living conditions, as well as those of your friends, family, and acquaintances, are not the same as the experiences and living conditions of everyone else."
"Your experiences and living conditions, as well as those of your friends, family, and acquaintances, are not the same as the experiences and living conditions of everyone else."
February 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
If I had a sign to tap, my sign to tap would say:
"Your experiences and living conditions, as well as those of your friends, family, and acquaintances, are not the same as the experiences and living conditions of everyone else."
"Your experiences and living conditions, as well as those of your friends, family, and acquaintances, are not the same as the experiences and living conditions of everyone else."
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not AOC but...what the fuck is this a parody
February 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
not AOC but...what the fuck is this a parody
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a lot of ppl in the USA would’ve said this exact thing less than a decade ago, and a lot of ppl who live in countries with large far-right political movements rapidly gaining ground (often helped by the same tech billionaire players as here) seem too busy looking askance at the States to notice
It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
a lot of ppl in the USA would’ve said this exact thing less than a decade ago, and a lot of ppl who live in countries with large far-right political movements rapidly gaining ground (often helped by the same tech billionaire players as here) seem too busy looking askance at the States to notice
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Our ♥️ beats for public and active transportation. Here are some of our fave Valentine’s Day cards so far. We’re always on the lookout for ones that move us 😉 - thanks to Trap Bob and @51st.news.
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Our ♥️ beats for public and active transportation. Here are some of our fave Valentine’s Day cards so far. We’re always on the lookout for ones that move us 😉 - thanks to Trap Bob and @51st.news.
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It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
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This is sort of my median expectation for how this works out at the moment, although who can say exactly how the tech will advance in coming years.
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This is sort of my median expectation for how this works out at the moment, although who can say exactly how the tech will advance in coming years.
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I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
Why is the red line a mess rn
February 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Why is the red line a mess rn
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I have been thinking for a long time about the uses and more commonly abuses of the term “Western” in this broad civilizational sense, and a major conclusion I have reached is that it is paraphyletic. That is to say, it groups things together that are farther apart than things it excludes.
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Perhaps I’m too harsh but I don’t have it in me to sympathise with “roll the dice” voters anymore when the dice keep coming up snake eyes
🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
February 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Perhaps I’m too harsh but I don’t have it in me to sympathise with “roll the dice” voters anymore when the dice keep coming up snake eyes
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this exact phenomenon is currently crippling the Trump administration for those inclined to disagree
Really underrated how much of the Biden years flopping was about communications failures that stemmed from having a principal who was no longer an above average or even average political communicator. :/
February 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM
this exact phenomenon is currently crippling the Trump administration for those inclined to disagree
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Love the signs & banners at the @handsoffnyc.bsky.social actions? Many hands are needed to make them! Luckily @manyhandsnyc.bsky.social has launched a very cool workshop where you can help. Rosa found it, of course … and even got me in on the action (well, ok, I just held down the stencil).
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Love the signs & banners at the @handsoffnyc.bsky.social actions? Many hands are needed to make them! Luckily @manyhandsnyc.bsky.social has launched a very cool workshop where you can help. Rosa found it, of course … and even got me in on the action (well, ok, I just held down the stencil).
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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the "not everyone has to share an opinion" meme is the only real internet rule to live by
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
the "not everyone has to share an opinion" meme is the only real internet rule to live by
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There are still National Guard at some DC Metro stations and it’s so pathetic. They get dropped off in a van, stand around looking at their phones for 8 hours, then get picked up again by the van. It’s not even security theater at this point, just money being lit on fire.
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There are still National Guard at some DC Metro stations and it’s so pathetic. They get dropped off in a van, stand around looking at their phones for 8 hours, then get picked up again by the van. It’s not even security theater at this point, just money being lit on fire.
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"Our kids are afraid, our elders are afraid. That’s really what sparked the fire to get us out here, ” said Vin Dionne, a leader of the Many Shields Society, a community safety group that has been working to help both Native and immigrant neighbors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’
The American Indian Movement was established in Minneapolis more than 50 years ago in response to police brutality. After ICE agents flooded the city this winter, neighborhoods reprised citizen patrol...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Our kids are afraid, our elders are afraid. That’s really what sparked the fire to get us out here, ” said Vin Dionne, a leader of the Many Shields Society, a community safety group that has been working to help both Native and immigrant neighbors.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
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stancilism started with "vibes on social media matter more than people think and *that's* why people think the economy is bad" - it was originally a correct thesis about why perceptions of the economy were resistant to facts and now he's just mad that people aren't embracing facts
February 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
stancilism started with "vibes on social media matter more than people think and *that's* why people think the economy is bad" - it was originally a correct thesis about why perceptions of the economy were resistant to facts and now he's just mad that people aren't embracing facts
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At the expense of millions of people losing their healthcare coverage. That is social murder.
Instead of sending out fundraising emails they restored funding for the program! The used their power to resolve the crisis! How is this supposed to be evidence that they didnt care???
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
At the expense of millions of people losing their healthcare coverage. That is social murder.