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Same quick13 you know from the other place. Salesforce consultant, Organic Gardener, Dual Citizen, professional pedestrian, Eldercaregiver, Dead Varmint Removal Specialist. Supposedly Elder.
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Okay another banger of a weather graphic and explainer from @chrisreecewx.bsky.social! This time: #Potholes! #Mnwx
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#JuanLeonofLeosTowing Minneapolis!!
There are angels among us. Juan Leon of Leo's Towing is one of them. 🙌🙏🫶💪👏✊️👇
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
#JuanLeonofLeosTowing Minneapolis!!
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One month ago, the Minneapolis Fire Department says that Renee Good was still alive after an ICE agent shot her in the head, even after ICE blocked a doctor and an ambulance for 15 minutes.
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
One month ago, the Minneapolis Fire Department says that Renee Good was still alive after an ICE agent shot her in the head, even after ICE blocked a doctor and an ambulance for 15 minutes.
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Any narrative that blames only inflation, OR only price gouging, for costs increases during the heart of the pandemic (and after), is a false one in my evaluation, as clearly BOTH were occurring.
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Any narrative that blames only inflation, OR only price gouging, for costs increases during the heart of the pandemic (and after), is a false one in my evaluation, as clearly BOTH were occurring.
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I think they mean US companies aren't gonna eat any more of the tariffs in 2026, and all of those extra costs will now get passed on to consumers
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I think they mean US companies aren't gonna eat any more of the tariffs in 2026, and all of those extra costs will now get passed on to consumers
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I love the U.S. press' paper thin coverage of "affordability" that somehow forgets to mention that grotesque levels of corruption have lobotomized all our consumer protection and antitrust regulators, like that's JUST NOT USEFUL CONTEXT
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I love the U.S. press' paper thin coverage of "affordability" that somehow forgets to mention that grotesque levels of corruption have lobotomized all our consumer protection and antitrust regulators, like that's JUST NOT USEFUL CONTEXT
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by "break" do we mean the rampant covid-era price gouging by companies that convinced our shitty press to lazily shift the blame to inflation? because I don't recall a break
WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
by "break" do we mean the rampant covid-era price gouging by companies that convinced our shitty press to lazily shift the blame to inflation? because I don't recall a break
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Despite the FBI refusing to allow access to their use of force investigations into the shootings of Alex Pretti and Julio Sosa-Celis, the HCAO and the BCA are committed to our work on these cases, as well as the in killing of Renee Good.
dps.mn.gov/news/bca/sta...
dps.mn.gov/news/bca/sta...
Statement from BCA Superintendent Drew Evans on Alex Pretti shooting investigation | Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Statement from BCA Superintendent Drew Evans updating the efforts to conduct a joint investigation into the death of Alex Pretti.
dps.mn.gov
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Despite the FBI refusing to allow access to their use of force investigations into the shootings of Alex Pretti and Julio Sosa-Celis, the HCAO and the BCA are committed to our work on these cases, as well as the in killing of Renee Good.
dps.mn.gov/news/bca/sta...
dps.mn.gov/news/bca/sta...
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Update: A spokeswoman for Cloudflare said there had been no outages on Monday, after the company posted on its website that it had identified an issue around 7 a.m. Eastern and that a fix was being implemented. nyti.ms/4aPdCZz
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Update: A spokeswoman for Cloudflare said there had been no outages on Monday, after the company posted on its website that it had identified an issue around 7 a.m. Eastern and that a fix was being implemented. nyti.ms/4aPdCZz
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On this win 1988, The Church released their fifth studio album “Starfish” featuring singles “Under the Milky Way" “Reptile" “Destination" and “Antenna"
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
On this win 1988, The Church released their fifth studio album “Starfish” featuring singles “Under the Milky Way" “Reptile" “Destination" and “Antenna"
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Let N+1 biking claim you & soon you’ll have a summer get-around bike, a summer road bike, a winter ice bike, and a cargo bike … and be looking at a gravel bike, a fat tire bike, etc. All adds up to cheaper than a car!
You have a SUMMER bike?
I have a bike.
I have a bike.
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Let N+1 biking claim you & soon you’ll have a summer get-around bike, a summer road bike, a winter ice bike, and a cargo bike … and be looking at a gravel bike, a fat tire bike, etc. All adds up to cheaper than a car!
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last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
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The Aeon option looks like a Trader Joe's parking lot. Which everyone knows are people friendly and useful :)
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The Aeon option looks like a Trader Joe's parking lot. Which everyone knows are people friendly and useful :)
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Here’s the 2 proposals for phase 1 of the Kmart site: www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/p...
New Nicollet development proposal feedback survey
Take our survey to share your thoughts on the Phase 1 development proposals for the New Nicollet site. Our survey is available in English with Somali and Spanish coming soon.
www2.minneapolismn.gov
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Here’s the 2 proposals for phase 1 of the Kmart site: www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/p...
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A very dangerous ruling in New Orleans warns
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: "a divided Fifth Circuit panel has taken the minority view. . . If their view is affirmed, then Americans should prepare for the indefinite, mass detention of immigrants on a scale that we can scarcely comprehend."
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: "a divided Fifth Circuit panel has taken the minority view. . . If their view is affirmed, then Americans should prepare for the indefinite, mass detention of immigrants on a scale that we can scarcely comprehend."
Mass detention gets a lift from the courts
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A very dangerous ruling in New Orleans warns
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: "a divided Fifth Circuit panel has taken the minority view. . . If their view is affirmed, then Americans should prepare for the indefinite, mass detention of immigrants on a scale that we can scarcely comprehend."
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: "a divided Fifth Circuit panel has taken the minority view. . . If their view is affirmed, then Americans should prepare for the indefinite, mass detention of immigrants on a scale that we can scarcely comprehend."
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I want to accept 4 of the guest writer pitches for March but I need to raise at least $200 extra to do it
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February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I want to accept 4 of the guest writer pitches for March but I need to raise at least $200 extra to do it
If you want to be part of building new small business media or if you want to come to my Q1 Earnings Call, back Revenue Rulebreaker here ko-fi.com/lexroman
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Oof.
"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Oof.
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this is fine
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116080909947754833
> So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.
> I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116080909947754833
> So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.
> I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
Today in InfoSec Job Security News:
I was looking into an obvious ../.. vulnerability introduced into a major web framework today, and it was committed by username Claude on GitHub. Vibe coded, basic...
cyberplace.social
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
this is fine
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116080909947754833
> So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.
> I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116080909947754833
> So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.
> I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.
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Jezebel is expanding our freelance roster. If you have strong opinions, chaotic takes, or a deeply unserious ranking yearning for a home, we want to hear from you.
Email [email protected] with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
Email [email protected] with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
February 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Jezebel is expanding our freelance roster. If you have strong opinions, chaotic takes, or a deeply unserious ranking yearning for a home, we want to hear from you.
Email [email protected] with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
Email [email protected] with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
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I am pretty dumb but I am also pretty old and one of the things I’m confident about is that there is almost no chance that any given person being discussed as a leader for the 2028 democratic nomination will in fact be the 2028 democratic nominee
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I am pretty dumb but I am also pretty old and one of the things I’m confident about is that there is almost no chance that any given person being discussed as a leader for the 2028 democratic nomination will in fact be the 2028 democratic nominee
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30 minutes ago I got a corporate communications email from my employer about Gratitude Gift.
They are proudly giving us all NAIL CLIPPERS as a sign of appreciation.
I hate this world and want off this timeline.
They are proudly giving us all NAIL CLIPPERS as a sign of appreciation.
I hate this world and want off this timeline.
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
30 minutes ago I got a corporate communications email from my employer about Gratitude Gift.
They are proudly giving us all NAIL CLIPPERS as a sign of appreciation.
I hate this world and want off this timeline.
They are proudly giving us all NAIL CLIPPERS as a sign of appreciation.
I hate this world and want off this timeline.
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On enforcing the DSA:
“Brussels will have to choose either to pull the trigger on potential enforcement actions against some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names or admit that, for now, its digital rulebook must run secondary to the bloc’s wider reliance on the US”
www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-onli...
“Brussels will have to choose either to pull the trigger on potential enforcement actions against some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names or admit that, for now, its digital rulebook must run secondary to the bloc’s wider reliance on the US”
www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-onli...
The EU’s Online Safety Moonshot Is Losing Altitude
European policymakers must acknowledge that current birthing pains linked to the Digital Services Act are borne from within the bloc, writes Mark Scott.
www.techpolicy.press
February 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
On enforcing the DSA:
“Brussels will have to choose either to pull the trigger on potential enforcement actions against some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names or admit that, for now, its digital rulebook must run secondary to the bloc’s wider reliance on the US”
www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-onli...
“Brussels will have to choose either to pull the trigger on potential enforcement actions against some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names or admit that, for now, its digital rulebook must run secondary to the bloc’s wider reliance on the US”
www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-onli...
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Lake Superior moment of zen for everyone
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Lake Superior moment of zen for everyone
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I have two kids who are 16 and 19. And they have been having lessons their entire time at school about being safe on the internet, what to watch out for, how to observe what is weird, what to avoid, etc.. and what is also interesting is that none of the youth are on FB.
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I have two kids who are 16 and 19. And they have been having lessons their entire time at school about being safe on the internet, what to watch out for, how to observe what is weird, what to avoid, etc.. and what is also interesting is that none of the youth are on FB.
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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We are not a serious country.
Breaking news DPS “The FBI formally notified the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Feb. 13 that it will not provide the BCA with access to any information or evidence that it has collected in the shooting death of Alex Pretti…lack of cooperation is concerning and unprecedented”
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We are not a serious country.