Aaren
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Prairies and the Salish sea. Working on 49 words for rain, using technology for good, trying apartment life, 5th floor dog friend.
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This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)
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I regret to inform everyone that doing the physical therapy exercises as instructed actually works.
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I regret to inform everyone that doing the physical therapy exercises as instructed actually works.
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Getting so small he'll soon rename it The Washington Postcard
For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Getting so small he'll soon rename it The Washington Postcard
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
When my mom remodeled one and put a bar the old alter area us kids knew we’d never be able to sell it-karma
Yeah, my folks bought a cheap church like thirty years ago and it was way more than they could keep up, and impossible to heat.
February 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
When my mom remodeled one and put a bar the old alter area us kids knew we’d never be able to sell it-karma
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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TIL the Seattle Seahawks logo is not only inspired by PNW indigenous art but is probably based on a specific Kwakwaka'wakw eagle mask
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
TIL the Seattle Seahawks logo is not only inspired by PNW indigenous art but is probably based on a specific Kwakwaka'wakw eagle mask
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
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Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is good. Very much need this kind of talk.
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is good. Very much need this kind of talk.
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The crows cannot figure out the logic by which I dispense peanut largesse, so every day brings a new (hilarious) attempt by feathered extortionists to game the system.
Which is how I came to be scolding a pair of young ones while a collection of human schoolkids watched, apparently bemused.
Which is how I came to be scolding a pair of young ones while a collection of human schoolkids watched, apparently bemused.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The crows cannot figure out the logic by which I dispense peanut largesse, so every day brings a new (hilarious) attempt by feathered extortionists to game the system.
Which is how I came to be scolding a pair of young ones while a collection of human schoolkids watched, apparently bemused.
Which is how I came to be scolding a pair of young ones while a collection of human schoolkids watched, apparently bemused.
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From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
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oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
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Discontinuing antidepressants in pregnancy nearly doubles risk of mental health emergencies, study finds medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02... via @medical_xpress
Discontinuing antidepressants in pregnancy nearly doubles risk of mental health emergencies, finds study
Pregnant patients who stopped taking their antidepressant medication during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to experience a mental health emergency compared with pregnant patients who continued ...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Discontinuing antidepressants in pregnancy nearly doubles risk of mental health emergencies, study finds medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02... via @medical_xpress
I totally think we should close airspace’s for celebratory balloons - particularly anything coded gender reveal….
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I totally think we should close airspace’s for celebratory balloons - particularly anything coded gender reveal….
I just don’t get ice dancing….but that’s okay I can just wait until something else comes on.
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I just don’t get ice dancing….but that’s okay I can just wait until something else comes on.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Rockwell would have painted this.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Rockwell would have painted this.
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“The news is reporting”
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“The news is reporting”
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I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.