HUGE payrolls miss, wow
Feb Payrolls -92k vs +55k est/+130k prev
2m net revision -69k
Unemplomyent 4.4% vs 4.3% est/4.3% prev
Avg hourly earn YoY +3.8% vs +3.7% est+/3.7% prev
Jan Retail sales MoM -0.2% vs -0.3% est/0.0% prev
Control group est MoM +0.3% vs+0.3% est/-0.1% prev
Also, just to say it: OpenAI had nearly an entire week to respond to requests for comment for this article. They dragged and dragged and finally sent a small handful of bullet points "on background" at the very end of the day today, without making a statement on the record about any of this.
Sharpton: "The problem is not Trump. The problem is us. What happened to us?"
if you don’t know a lot of women you may not be aware… www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/g...
NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it.
We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."
On Monday at Law Dork, I covered DOJ’s decision to drop the law firm executive order case appeals and the SCOTUS oral arguments over the federal law barring gun possession by users of illegal drugs.
1996: My 6th grade english teacher was talking about various US military operations, and while I don't remember the exact material, I remember 1 student's reaction clear as day:
"It sounds like we (the US) are the bad guys!"
I think about that moment a lot.
To illustrate the disconnect between social media and the reality on the ground in Maine, look at the front pages of the two major papers in the state this morning.
Nothing about Platner's tattoo or the podcast he went on, despite Mills camp sending out an oppo blast meant to get more eyes on it.
Screenshot of a 3hr old post from the GW Hatchet: “BREAKING: GW sold its Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services, an Amazon subsidiary that manages the company's data centers, for $427 million on Friday. The deed, obtained by The Hatchet, authorizes ADS to develop the campus into a data or information technology center. STORY TK”
GW‘s student newspaper appears to have broken the story that the institution has sold a satellite campus to Amazon to be turned into a data center, which is just about chef’s kiss for the state of American higher education rn
Jesus Christ, and I mean that literally
An obituary for the short-lived DOE Climate Working Group, from Andrew Dessler over at The Climate Brink. It arose with a bang and died with a footnote in the EPA's endangerment finding repeal. www.theclimatebrink....
Mark Warner: "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States. None."
Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.
Polymarket listing for “US next strikes Iran on…?” and the volume is $54M right now
this is hell
A U.S. official said American military strikes on Iran were underway.
Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran?
Me neither.
Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.
Where the f*ck is Congress?
I'm in the midst of an(other) existential crisis.
Now, off to pilates! Because what else is there to do when the people who do have power aren't doing anything better.
Does anything but greed and power matter? Does it still pay to be good and moral? Did it ever?
Anyways. Yeah, i'm in the midst of an existential crisis this morning.
now, off to pilates! because, what else is there to do.
and the cycle continues.
Conde Nast just sold them.us to the parent company of Out, The Advocate, etc. so there goes like 95% of the trans staffers at the company (after they got rid of 2 of us in November <33)
BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.
February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including
It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.
"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"
Kansas just invalidated the drivers licenses of every trans person in the state. They’re being told to surrender their current licenses and get new ones listing their birth sex. No grace period. Get caught driving with your now-invalid license and you’re looking at jail and a fine.
Trump claimed that “we ended DEI in America,” but research indicates that’s not quite accurate. The majority of leaders and workers in the US still value DEI policies, according to a recent survey by the Conference Board.
@kris10p.bsky.social reports:
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
This is just open racism about Somalis. No other way to describe it.
the price of utilities is getting ridiculous. we're not using more energy but the data centers & people who think AI is useful are. every day Virginians are subsidizing the AI obsession
Attorney John Hayden: “This whole campaign of just going out and finding vulnerable people, good people, people who are following rules, it's just another example of blowing the pretext of this whole operation.” (2) share.google/6jLXKUEtusHJ...
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Who would've thought that getting Noah Kahan or Lily Allen tix would make Taylor Swift look like a cake walk?
Absolutely bonkers.
"Roughly half of Canadians are now turning to artificial intelligence for health information – and those who do are five times more likely to report experiencing harms to their health compared to those who don’t"
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
OMG the way i laughed out loud 💀
