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neurotic people who made being neurotic a lucrative business

yay love seeing my people in the news

what's your best media source on AI stuff?

I'm looking non panicked news, analysis and theory that provides a framework for thinking about and understanding AI, not just rage-baiting headlines

my feeling about the current state of the world is the same as when I realized that hatred of the other is an inherent part of humanity: relieved.

if evil and violence and injustice and impunity are the default, then the mission is to minimize harm, not to fundamentally change anything.

Fashion, politics, and feminism: The women’s magazines for a new generation In July, a Vice crew visited Umoja, a Kenyan village where no men are allowed. They were there to document the Samburu women who built Umoja to escape the strict patriarchal ways of their tribe, which...

Rereading this piece about women's media from 2015 and wow, what a different time.

www.cjr.org/the_feature/...

"לא אכחיש ולא אאשר": האיש שניחש את שעת התקיפה - והפך לוויראלי הצייצן ההיתולי האנונימי שמנדריק למאר הגיע לחצי מיליון צפיות והרוויח אלפי עוקבים חדשים ■ אנטישמים ברחבי העולם משוכנעים שהוא סוכן מוסד, והוא מסרב להכחיש

idk about the rest of this but Shemndrick Lamar is a GREAT name www.haaretz.co.il/tmr/captain-...

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

we really aren't making it to 2028 huh

fair

have you considered kdramas? The fluffy ones, not the made-for-Netflix highly produced poorly written ones.

I am reading a YA science fiction in Korean and suddenly discovered that my 5000+ vocab flashcards don't even scrach the surface.

Words I've learned so far:
spaceship
pirate
evasive maneuver
launch
supernova
orbit
stowaway
astronomer
wilderness
three-dimensional

YES

maybe wait until we see at least an inkling of justice or accountability before starting to whine about collateral damage?

cry me a river for Larry Summers sheesh

why are all the koreans on my timeline talking about 노동자?

Maria Elvira Salazar warns ICE directives could produce largest exodus of Christians ever from U.S. Ahead of the State of the Union, the Coral Gables Republican said Donald Trump can still change flawed directives and correct course.

glad we're focused on the real problems floridapolitics.com/archives/781...

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.

144 years later...

apnews.com/article/spai...

ICE deportation flight leaves NH after 31 hours, exposes chronic problems Local officials, activists and a former Omni flight attendant slammed the airline and ICE's decision not to cancel the scheduled deportation.

NEW FROM ME: The deportation plane stuck in the blizzard took off this morning after 31 hours, but not before exposing a much bigger problem with exceedingly long delays on ICE flights.

With exclusive interviews and photos taken by local ICE flight watchers. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-deportat...

also on overdrive terrace! Kids slip sliding to school.

I kind of want to try this.

good luck!

NYC Mayor Mamdani gives update on snow response YouTube video by CBS New York

They're actually shoveling the crosswalks?!
Amazing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQ6...

After 10 years and no evidence that it ever worked for crime prevention the Dutch police has decided to stop using their predictive policing system CAS!! amsterdam.raadsinformatie.nl/document/165...

Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

not the onion

www.404media.co/man-opposing...

Respondents engage in a deliberately dense three-step maneuver to reach their core absurd conclusion that no further relief is warranted.  Step 1: Identify an immaterial difference between two things that are functionally the same. [Opp. at 9; Dkt. No. 103 at 3].  Step 2: Insist that the immaterial difference is so consequential that it can violate separation of powers. [Opp. at 12; Dkt. No. 103 at 3]. Finally, and most importantly,  Step 3: Make sure to never mention the Constitution with the hope that a federal court will not notice. [See generally Opp.; Dkt. No. 103 at 3].

I missed this real banger of an opinion yesterday from judge sunshine sykes (the best-named judge), vacating the BIA ruling on mandatory immigration detention

Executives of Core Civic, the company that operates the Dilley detention center, receive cash bonuses that scale up based on company earnings.

CoreCivic's ICE revenues doubled in 2025.

Patrick Swindle is now CEO.

bsky.app/profile/pale...

Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.

Sunny's back with a bang (1 goal and 3 assists in 40 minutes) AND Arsenal tied wolves?

It's a good day!

Trump's Canada Bridge Tantrum Could Be Bad News For An International Bike Trail — Streetsblog USA A multi-use trail along the Gordie Howe Bridge would be a key component of an epic cross-continental trail route — if Trump doesn't prevent the entire structure from opening.

As soon as the Gordie Howe Bridge opens there will be a bike path between Detroit and Windsor for the first time! In the Motor City! You can walk or bike across *toll free*.

That's if Trump gets his hands off it.

usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/17/t...

speed skaters should be called blade runners