Stephen Evans
@stephenevansphoto.com
Photographer. Sometimes a smart ass but never a dumb one. Raleigh, NC.
www.stephenevansphoto.com
www.stephenevansphoto.com
Should I finally watch “Queen and Slim”?
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Should I finally watch “Queen and Slim”?
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"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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🎶OH MAH GAWD!🎶
a man in a black coat is dancing in front of a crowd
ALT: a man in a black coat is dancing in front of a crowd
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
🎶OH MAH GAWD!🎶
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“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 7:31 PM
“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-...
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Look at my dawg face
🤣🤣😭😭😭🤣🤣
🤣🤣😭😭😭🤣🤣
Y'all. I been in here screaming laughing for the last 15 mins! Rest well, Rev. Jackson ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾😂
February 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Look at my dawg face
🤣🤣😭😭😭🤣🤣
🤣🤣😭😭😭🤣🤣
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Sad thing is, I watched it.
February 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Sad thing is, I watched it.
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I want to go home to Georgia. But I want to do a show in Atlanta too. Anybody got any insight?
February 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I want to go home to Georgia. But I want to do a show in Atlanta too. Anybody got any insight?
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The "is it cake" era was a pysop preparing us for the uncertain reality of ai images. In this essay...
February 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The "is it cake" era was a pysop preparing us for the uncertain reality of ai images. In this essay...
For the record, the only way I would trust ANY cocaine these days is if I got it straight from the source.
I’d be too afraid of what it would be cut with.
And that’s saying a lot.
I’d be too afraid of what it would be cut with.
And that’s saying a lot.
February 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
For the record, the only way I would trust ANY cocaine these days is if I got it straight from the source.
I’d be too afraid of what it would be cut with.
And that’s saying a lot.
I’d be too afraid of what it would be cut with.
And that’s saying a lot.
Not for $70-$90 a gram it’s not.
Not that I would know such things.
Only hearsay.
Not that I would know such things.
Only hearsay.
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Not for $70-$90 a gram it’s not.
Not that I would know such things.
Only hearsay.
Not that I would know such things.
Only hearsay.
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What a weird time to be alive
February 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
What a weird time to be alive
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Every time I approach an uber, I poke it first bc what if I pull on the door handle and a chunk of cake comes off in my hand? I’m going to get really upset.
February 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Every time I approach an uber, I poke it first bc what if I pull on the door handle and a chunk of cake comes off in my hand? I’m going to get really upset.
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BREAKING: Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
nbcnews.to
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM
BREAKING: Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84.
Jesse Jackson has left us.
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Jesse Jackson has left us.
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Linda Davis, a K-8 teacher in Savannah, Georgia, was killed in a car crash by a man fleeing ICE
Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said
www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...
Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said
www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Linda Davis, a K-8 teacher in Savannah, Georgia, was killed in a car crash by a man fleeing ICE
Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said
www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...
Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said
www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...
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Zo! & Tall Black Guy’s new album ‘Expansions’ is a filling synthesis of soul, house, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and Afro-Latin rhythms made cohesive through a unique musical kinship. Read our review by @markchappelle.bsky.social + listen to the album here: album.ink/expansions
@zo3hree5ive.com
@zo3hree5ive.com
Kindred Musical Spirits Zo! & Tall Black Guy Propel Their Sound to Inspired New Heights with 'Expansions' | Album Review
Rich with snappy drums, meaty basslines, and first-class arrangements, the duo’s new album ‘Expansions’ is a veritable playground of sound.
album.ink
February 17, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Zo! & Tall Black Guy’s new album ‘Expansions’ is a filling synthesis of soul, house, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and Afro-Latin rhythms made cohesive through a unique musical kinship. Read our review by @markchappelle.bsky.social + listen to the album here: album.ink/expansions
@zo3hree5ive.com
@zo3hree5ive.com
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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AOC: “You are the Attorney General of the United States of America & you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable — resign or be impeached"
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AOC: “You are the Attorney General of the United States of America & you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable — resign or be impeached"
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My brain couldn't come up with the phrase "wash the dishes" so I just told my wife I needed to "do the sink laundry"
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
My brain couldn't come up with the phrase "wash the dishes" so I just told my wife I needed to "do the sink laundry"
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Labi Siffre is experiencing a career resurgence thanks to TikTok.
Today the folk icon announced his first new album in 28 years and shared a rare live performance for BBC.
stereogum.com/2489375/resu...
Today the folk icon announced his first new album in 28 years and shared a rare live performance for BBC.
stereogum.com/2489375/resu...
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Labi Siffre is experiencing a career resurgence thanks to TikTok.
Today the folk icon announced his first new album in 28 years and shared a rare live performance for BBC.
stereogum.com/2489375/resu...
Today the folk icon announced his first new album in 28 years and shared a rare live performance for BBC.
stereogum.com/2489375/resu...