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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

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well. The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions. We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media

ausmashmash Ashley Photographer East Coast of Australia "Here's a little #wildlifewednesday moment for you, filmed only an hour ago, as this gorgeous humpback descends into the water right on sunset, ready for the night to take over"

"If we are so smart, Why are we so stupid?" -- Yuval Noah Harari We can split the atom but not distinguish truth. Our information is failing us | Yuval Noah Harari youtu.be/thZUMaGEE-8

New rule. You post AI images or video without marking it as such, you get blocked. People are already having a hard enough time as it is, and the quality is only get better. #aislop #stopaislop

Bro-caster is a dem.

Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

Whenever I see such beauty, I can’t understand why there is so much hate and evil.

@mcuban.bsky.social @jay.bsky.team Really? What now?

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The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds.

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

One consequence of the resistance to established science is the way it forces scientists and journalists to re-prove and remind people of what is true. NPR has a story noting why measles are a big deal: It's one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. loom.ly/WMZO9pw

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae. (imgCredit: Clint Shimer). #Astro #Astrostills #Astromeka #Astrordinary #Astropix #Astropixels #Astroshot #Astrophoto #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Galaxy #Nebula #HorseheadNebula #Spacephotography #Spacepics #Stars #Celestron #HyperStar #Milkyway #Nightsky 🌌🪐💫🔭

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Dark Pence is back.

NEW 👀: As predicted, Judge Ho has ordered a hearing for 2 p.m. this Wednesday to explore why the DOJ has moved to dismiss the charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

They got us #fuckedup. youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...

8. The White House says it will be up to Musk to decide whether his work at DOGE conflicts with his business interests. “If Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, then Elon will excuse himself,” the White House said on Wednesday.

#gobirds #hungrydogs @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social

Visit me in the camps

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU PHILLY!

The Eagles will play the Chiefs in #SuperBowlLIX in New Orleans tonight. Brandon Graham will play after being activated from injured reserve Saturday. Saquon Barkley is on pace to break a 27-year old NFL rushing record. Live updates ⤵️

Quintessential Philly. #gobirds @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social

Rare, massive Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars appear to explode in slow motion. "So tumultuous and hot, they are slowly disintegrating right before our telescopes" WR 124 can be seen in the centre of this image. Credit: #Hubble, #NASA, #ESA, Judy Schmidt 🔭 #Astronomy #Space

The scream. 🔭

@aoc.bsky.social #constitutionalcrisis

#ConstitutionalCrisis

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Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary

A toddler, his mother, and his grandmother — all American citizens who were born in Puerto Rico — were detained and taken to an immigration detention center by U.S. officials in Milwaukee after they were overheard speaking Spanish.

"Donald Trump's administration is lying to you." Gov. J.B. Pritzker slammed the White House for saying the freeze wouldn’t affect Head Start and Medicaid. This is how we do it. Call out Trump’s lies to the camera, bold, strong action. Hold him accountable, every single time.

Welcome to the decentralized web @ema.europa.eu

This seems fake, but you can make it real: ICE tip reporting by phone US and Canada: (866) 347-2423 Or if someone you know in #SanFrancisco is taken by ICE, e actually have a crisis response team that will HELP them: Report ICE enforcers to SFGov!

This is still true right??? @nglwithkylie.bsky.social

Truly disgusting shit.

Hey @fladems.bsky.social , tell us you are rushing to offer town halls for all Colombians and to be on every podcast tv and radio station popular in the community, and ASK them, ASK them how you can help.

For anyone interested there is a Tuskegee airmen documentary available for free in places: Watch it with your kids. #tuskegee #noterased #UShistory

Go Birds.