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A conversation with the UIC professor who heads up sports sciences for US Figure Skating
A conversation with the UIC professor who heads up sports sciences for US Figure Skating
Lindsay Slater Hannigan, who is director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Human and Sport Performance Laboratory, talks about her work with Olympic skaters.
trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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+1, @ballsandstrikes.org will never use generative AI in our work, we promise to get upset about awful people doing bad things in a 100 percent human manner
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Anthropic, the safety-focused A.I. company formed by former OpenAI executives, said on Thursday that it was putting $20 million into a new super PAC operation that will be in opposition to super PACs backed by OpenAI’s leaders and investors.
Anthropic Invests $20 Million in Super PAC to Counter OpenAI
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.

The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.

Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago, evidence shows
A trove of evidence was released Tuesday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last October, including a body-worn camer…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.

By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
‘Political Prisoner’ Leqaa Kordia Has Been Hospitalized, DHS Says. After Calling 16 Hospitals, Her Lawyers Say They Can't Find Her.
The Columbia University protester had a fever when lawmakers tried to visit her last month — and her health is declining fast.
thebarbedwire.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Trump will direct the DOD to buy electricity from coal power plants and subsidize upgrades to recommission five coal facilities in WV, OH, NC and KY... And repeal endangerment finding this week, according to @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback
The move would reverse a legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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H.R. McMaster: National Security, “Strategic Narcissism”, and the Mirror We Avoid

www.onestnetwork.com/post/h-r-mcm...

I would love to hear what you think 🙏
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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In a sea of crappy light bulbs, how can you find the right hue for you? After consulting various experts, our advice columnist has answers. nyti.ms/4ktRE1w
February 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Column: Both Olympic halfpipe skier Hunter Hess and Bad Bunny managed to get under the thin skin of America’s snowflake-in-chief for being themselves, and that’s something we can all be thankful for, writes Paul Sullivan.
Column: Olympic halfpipe skier Hunter Hess is easy to root for if you value freedom of speech in America
Little-known Olympics freeski halfpipe skier Hunter Hess enters the culture wars with a statement on the state of the U.S., earning the wrath of President Trump.
trib.al
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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"Trump for Europeans conjures up the pre-war era when what we now call populism but then was called fascism engulfed country after country and led to a continent-wide catastrophe that killed millions of people."
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
Regulating the industry is useful. Shaming it is crucial.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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The appearance of chumminess among the Epstein set has landed at an acutely populist moment.
Essay | Truth, Consequences and the Limits of Epstein’s Web
The appearance of chumminess among the Epstein set has landed at an acutely populist moment.
on.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments
Thanks to his relationships to tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Epstein had access to a number of lucrative tech investments. But he walked away from several deals with major startups...
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Trump reportedly told Schumer that he will unfreeze infrastructure funds for New York in exchange for support for renaming Penn Station and Dulles International Airport after himself.
Democrats Pushback Against Trump’s Reported Bid To Rename Penn Station And Dulles Airport After Himself
Trump reportedly told Schumer that he will unfreeze infrastructure funds for New York in exchange for support for renaming Penn Station and Dulles International Airport after himself.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Watch the full video here:

youtu.be/sDuv6yyixXc
Judge Luttig TEARS Into Supreme Court’s Trump COWARDNESS
YouTube video by Legal AF
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Art matters. Theater matters. Writing matters.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year—let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption is far deeper than even their deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM