magic rabbit
@magicrabbit.bsky.social
Eurovision, US politics/government, civic tech, cooking, and DMV-area news (based in Arlington). Fat, gay, and Jewish. Also on Discord. Languages: 🇬🇧🇪🇸, some 🇫🇷. Eurovision blogging here: https://magicrabbit84.substack.com/
goals for 2026:
Semore Manstaff
United States, Census, 1930
United States, Census, 1930
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
goals for 2026:
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really not wild about the hims/hers commercial getting into weird medbed conspiracy theory stuff
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
really not wild about the hims/hers commercial getting into weird medbed conspiracy theory stuff
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I am not seeing any reputable news article stating that was Liam Ramos at the Super Bowl but verified accounts with hundreds of thousands of people are spreading the rumor. Come on people.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I am not seeing any reputable news article stating that was Liam Ramos at the Super Bowl but verified accounts with hundreds of thousands of people are spreading the rumor. Come on people.
okay the ad where kathryn hahn is like popeye except powered by Greek yogurt was cute
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
okay the ad where kathryn hahn is like popeye except powered by Greek yogurt was cute
this dunkin donuts commercial is staggeringly, aggressively unfunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
this dunkin donuts commercial is staggeringly, aggressively unfunny
they really gotta stop playing the Lindsey Vonn comeback ad in these Olympic broadcasts
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
they really gotta stop playing the Lindsey Vonn comeback ad in these Olympic broadcasts
Peacock gold zone just replayed her run and she was FLYING down that mountain
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Peacock gold zone just replayed her run and she was FLYING down that mountain
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the hell did you just say to me you
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
the hell did you just say to me you
Ate and left no crumbs
Madison Chock & Evan Bates will take the ice again tonight for the Team Event Free Dance! 💃 #WinterOlympics
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ate and left no crumbs
YES! Ukraine is in it to win it this year
🇺🇦 Leléka has won Vidbir 2026 with "Ridnym" (Рідним) and will represent Ukraine in Vienna.
Leléka won both the jury and public votes and finished on 20 points, ahead of Laud with "Lightkeeper" on 18 and Jerry Heil with "Catharticus" on 16.
Leléka won both the jury and public votes and finished on 20 points, ahead of Laud with "Lightkeeper" on 18 and Jerry Heil with "Catharticus" on 16.
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
YES! Ukraine is in it to win it this year
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“I try to get all my schoolwork done on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, so that Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I can focus on the dog shows.”
The Westminster Dog Show’s Youngest Handlers Don’t Know If They Want To Do This Forever | Defector
When Emerson Jaquish’s mother decided 10 years ago to get a saluki, the contract for the dog said that the canine needed to be “shown.” In other words, if they were to buy the dog, they would be…
defector.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
“I try to get all my schoolwork done on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, so that Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I can focus on the dog shows.”
“Calvin Ball changed the rules” yeah I bet so
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
“Calvin Ball changed the rules” yeah I bet so
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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honestly feels unbelievable: Lindsay Vonn attempted and completed her training run today, a week after tearing her ACL, hitting a top speed of 74 mph.
They haven't fixed her ACL, it's just flopping around in there. And her other knee is made out of titanium. Very literally built different
They haven't fixed her ACL, it's just flopping around in there. And her other knee is made out of titanium. Very literally built different
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
honestly feels unbelievable: Lindsay Vonn attempted and completed her training run today, a week after tearing her ACL, hitting a top speed of 74 mph.
They haven't fixed her ACL, it's just flopping around in there. And her other knee is made out of titanium. Very literally built different
They haven't fixed her ACL, it's just flopping around in there. And her other knee is made out of titanium. Very literally built different
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
As someone in the Washington DC metro area, it really doesn’t feel great to see the local paper of record butchered like this. Honestly if you’re getting rid of Sports and Books and stuff like that, why even have a newspaper? Is it just going be all dumb op-eds? Who would read that?
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
As someone in the Washington DC metro area, it really doesn’t feel great to see the local paper of record butchered like this. Honestly if you’re getting rid of Sports and Books and stuff like that, why even have a newspaper? Is it just going be all dumb op-eds? Who would read that?
So many good ones. Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, I Could Have Danced All Night, but lately I’ve been obsessed with Jessie Ware’s newest single, I Could Get Used to This. Her performance on the Graham Norton show was perfection and I’m so excited to the album.
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 AM
So many good ones. Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, I Could Have Danced All Night, but lately I’ve been obsessed with Jessie Ware’s newest single, I Could Get Used to This. Her performance on the Graham Norton show was perfection and I’m so excited to the album.
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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
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!["On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreicrroq5taft777rmau2ffjlsphbcatlxnwwigf2yekoke533yycim@jpeg)
![has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreid3cmawech25ummuj2tjvgxsrvufma2kmrijlfpglalwddd3qkikq@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
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“She also shared another hilarious story where her husband roasted her after the doctor revealed her diagnosis.
"When the doctor told us that my heart was on the right side and my organs were flipped, my husband immediately said, 'No, her head's on backwards,'" O'Hara said with a smile”
"When the doctor told us that my heart was on the right side and my organs were flipped, my husband immediately said, 'No, her head's on backwards,'" O'Hara said with a smile”
Catherine O'Hara had a rare medical condition: What she said about situs inversus before her death
The comedy legend previously revealed she had cardiac inversus, or dextrocardia with situs inversus, meaning her heart and other internal organs were flipped.
www.yahoo.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“She also shared another hilarious story where her husband roasted her after the doctor revealed her diagnosis.
"When the doctor told us that my heart was on the right side and my organs were flipped, my husband immediately said, 'No, her head's on backwards,'" O'Hara said with a smile”
"When the doctor told us that my heart was on the right side and my organs were flipped, my husband immediately said, 'No, her head's on backwards,'" O'Hara said with a smile”
new zealand drag queen conspiracy theorist named kim trails
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 PM
new zealand drag queen conspiracy theorist named kim trails
current sinus status: attempted nasal lavage and felt the water go into my ears
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 AM
current sinus status: attempted nasal lavage and felt the water go into my ears
I reject this and refuse to believe it
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I reject this and refuse to believe it
Gotta be honest, it feels like this site has reached “bitch eating crackers” territory with Chuck Schumer (+Hakeem Jeffries, but maybe mildly less so) and that is a real indictment of the userbase
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Gotta be honest, it feels like this site has reached “bitch eating crackers” territory with Chuck Schumer (+Hakeem Jeffries, but maybe mildly less so) and that is a real indictment of the userbase