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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over
An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 jour
www.avclub.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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Rep. Balint, granddaughter of a Holocaust victim, walked out after Pam Bondi’s disgusting suggestion that Balint was antisemitic. Bondi’s reaction: SHE LAUGHED.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Rep. Balint, granddaughter of a Holocaust victim, walked out after Pam Bondi’s disgusting suggestion that Balint was antisemitic. Bondi’s reaction: SHE LAUGHED.
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
don't even talk to me if you're not bigger than nine inches 🎣😔
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
don't even talk to me if you're not bigger than nine inches 🎣😔
the endgame for Cast n' Chill is kind of intense given what the game actually is, because I have been idle-fishing for weeks now and it's been a puzzle figuring out what sizes spawn where
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
the endgame for Cast n' Chill is kind of intense given what the game actually is, because I have been idle-fishing for weeks now and it's been a puzzle figuring out what sizes spawn where
annoyed that my order for two bulk animal food containers was cancelled but delighted to find out that when I went to reorder them, they were $20 cheaper
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
annoyed that my order for two bulk animal food containers was cancelled but delighted to find out that when I went to reorder them, they were $20 cheaper
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Everypony loves downloading malware and playing Doom and opening zip bombs on their synth friends, but have you made sure they're properly up to date on their firewall? Defragmented their hard drive? Done a virus search?
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Everypony loves downloading malware and playing Doom and opening zip bombs on their synth friends, but have you made sure they're properly up to date on their firewall? Defragmented their hard drive? Done a virus search?
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Working artists/designers didn't "prepare for" the airbrush or digital typesetting or Quark or whatever. You evaluate whether it's a thing and learn it, or not. "Do it ASAP so my boss can make a buck even though it doesn't work yet" has always been fraught
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Working artists/designers didn't "prepare for" the airbrush or digital typesetting or Quark or whatever. You evaluate whether it's a thing and learn it, or not. "Do it ASAP so my boss can make a buck even though it doesn't work yet" has always been fraught
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I'm going to continue to push back on the "you have to ~believe in~ amd ~prepare for~ AI" stuff. Working slobs like myself didn't have to "prepare for" computers or internet, either it becomes a thing in your industry or it doesn't.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I'm going to continue to push back on the "you have to ~believe in~ amd ~prepare for~ AI" stuff. Working slobs like myself didn't have to "prepare for" computers or internet, either it becomes a thing in your industry or it doesn't.
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Interesting detail:
In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US."
Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?
In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US."
Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?
First, the Trump administration said it detained Leqaa Kordia for an immigration violation.
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Then, they used her participation in a pro-Palestine Columbia protest to justify it.
Now, they say she supports Hamas because she sent money to family in Palestine.
She has been detained for nearly a year:
Why Has This Columbia University Protester Been in ICE Detention for Nearly a Year?
Leqaa Kordia's family worries about her health after she was briefly hospitalized last week. DHS refused to give them information about her condition and she is still 'very sick.'
zeteo.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Interesting detail:
In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US."
Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?
In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US."
Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?
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Oh yeah! K.A. Applegate is a wonderful person who wrote some of the most terrifying fiction in its class—I’m still thinking about some scenes from Remnants, like when:
- The asteroid impacts Earth and all the windows blow out in SF and a fireball wipes everything out.
- The baby.
- THE BABY.
- The asteroid impacts Earth and all the windows blow out in SF and a fireball wipes everything out.
- The baby.
- THE BABY.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Oh yeah! K.A. Applegate is a wonderful person who wrote some of the most terrifying fiction in its class—I’m still thinking about some scenes from Remnants, like when:
- The asteroid impacts Earth and all the windows blow out in SF and a fireball wipes everything out.
- The baby.
- THE BABY.
- The asteroid impacts Earth and all the windows blow out in SF and a fireball wipes everything out.
- The baby.
- THE BABY.
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Animophs are better, longer, and online for free by the author.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Animophs are better, longer, and online for free by the author.
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I talked to a bunch of doorbell-camera owners for this story a while back. Wild how many would just watch delivery drivers go by, or criticize them later on neighborhood Facebooks www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillance and turned us into a nation of voyeurs
People who own Ring, Nest and other Web-connected cameras say they've reshaped their daily awareness around what's going on at home. But all that added vigilance has come at a surprising cost.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I talked to a bunch of doorbell-camera owners for this story a while back. Wild how many would just watch delivery drivers go by, or criticize them later on neighborhood Facebooks www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Yes!! When they mentioned at the very beginning that the camera "was inactive due to being disconnected," and then we saw these pictures, I immediately thought the same!
These connected devices are non-stop data engines, supplying data to their real owners. We never own "our" data.
These connected devices are non-stop data engines, supplying data to their real owners. We never own "our" data.
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Yes!! When they mentioned at the very beginning that the camera "was inactive due to being disconnected," and then we saw these pictures, I immediately thought the same!
These connected devices are non-stop data engines, supplying data to their real owners. We never own "our" data.
These connected devices are non-stop data engines, supplying data to their real owners. We never own "our" data.
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But comms at Ring assured me it’s not mass surveillance 🙄
Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
But comms at Ring assured me it’s not mass surveillance 🙄
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Valentine's cards used to be fucking brutal lmao
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Valentine's cards used to be fucking brutal lmao
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A curious little velociraptor sculpture is ready for this next update! It’ll be available Friday, February 20th at 8pm Eastern time.
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A curious little velociraptor sculpture is ready for this next update! It’ll be available Friday, February 20th at 8pm Eastern time.
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Girls are bad at math but also only men can write sweeping narrative non fiction pieces for Important Magazines.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Girls are bad at math but also only men can write sweeping narrative non fiction pieces for Important Magazines.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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The dreaming chime is probably my favorite character in Qud that I got to write.
February 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The dreaming chime is probably my favorite character in Qud that I got to write.
I genuinely feel a kind of low-key anger at the status quo and it's like "you should care about other people" and more "why is it that even when it directly benefits people, a lot of people don't care about other people (in some capacity) until they are affected by those benefits."
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I genuinely feel a kind of low-key anger at the status quo and it's like "you should care about other people" and more "why is it that even when it directly benefits people, a lot of people don't care about other people (in some capacity) until they are affected by those benefits."
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ALSO while we’re being distracted from the US trying to get rid of our Section 230 rights. PLS read more here ➡️ badinternetbills.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
ALSO while we’re being distracted from the US trying to get rid of our Section 230 rights. PLS read more here ➡️ badinternetbills.com
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We take shortcuts for these sort of things
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
We take shortcuts for these sort of things
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Author's Note: a Benjamine is a $100 USD bill, named that way because of the picture of Benjamin Franklin on the front of it
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Author's Note: a Benjamine is a $100 USD bill, named that way because of the picture of Benjamin Franklin on the front of it