L Laiken
@broaden.bsky.social
Native brooklynite; what the world needs now is facts, sweet facts; tv fiend.
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
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"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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The video of my "Puppet Pals" chat with A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS stars Dexter Sol Ansell & Peter Claffey finally went up and now the fans know what I have known for months (and published onsite over a week ago) because the clip is going viral in fandom circles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL11...
'AKOTSK' Stars Peter Claffey & Dexter Sol Ansell Craft Their Own Puppets
YouTube video by Decider
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February 14, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The video of my "Puppet Pals" chat with A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS stars Dexter Sol Ansell & Peter Claffey finally went up and now the fans know what I have known for months (and published onsite over a week ago) because the clip is going viral in fandom circles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL11...
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bonus musical theater pop quiz of the day
Let's hear all the musical theater songs that name-check department stores.
I can think of four off the top of my head, but let's see what ya got.
Mahler's Bakery does not count!
Let's hear all the musical theater songs that name-check department stores.
I can think of four off the top of my head, but let's see what ya got.
Mahler's Bakery does not count!
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
bonus musical theater pop quiz of the day
Let's hear all the musical theater songs that name-check department stores.
I can think of four off the top of my head, but let's see what ya got.
Mahler's Bakery does not count!
Let's hear all the musical theater songs that name-check department stores.
I can think of four off the top of my head, but let's see what ya got.
Mahler's Bakery does not count!
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On top of what Joe said, the proclamation as Newsom signed it, makes a VERY clear point differentiating between Reagan's view of immigration reform and the current Republican view. Basically, Newsom said, "Three cheers for Ronald Reagan, who offered immigrants a pathway to citizenship. Neener."
Newsom did what every governor of CA since Gray Davis has done, and what a literal California law--SB944--signed by Gov. Terminator dictates must be done: "The Governor shall annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day."
Lots of reasons to loathe Newsom. Him following the law is not one, IMHO
Lots of reasons to loathe Newsom. Him following the law is not one, IMHO
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
On top of what Joe said, the proclamation as Newsom signed it, makes a VERY clear point differentiating between Reagan's view of immigration reform and the current Republican view. Basically, Newsom said, "Three cheers for Ronald Reagan, who offered immigrants a pathway to citizenship. Neener."
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'The beacons were lit!' Scientists name merging supermassive black holes after 'Lord of the Rings' locations www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
'The beacons were lit!' Scientists name merging supermassive black holes after 'Lord of the Rings' locations
"Rohan was first, for Rohan Shivakumar, the Yale student who first analyzed it, and Gondor was next, because, well — the beacons were lit!"
www.space.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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This has been the coolest part of the last few months, all of these people stopping Kat on the street to just shoot the shit about what’s working and what’s not because they know her from Instagram or the TV. It happens… a lot. They’re usually people who say they don’t vote but now they will.
One person at a time. One tea stop at a time. One vote at a time.
Walks like this not only remind us what we’re fighting for but also how we can represent our communities better.
We’ll be on Devon again today! Hope to see you there 🧡
Walks like this not only remind us what we’re fighting for but also how we can represent our communities better.
We’ll be on Devon again today! Hope to see you there 🧡
February 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This has been the coolest part of the last few months, all of these people stopping Kat on the street to just shoot the shit about what’s working and what’s not because they know her from Instagram or the TV. It happens… a lot. They’re usually people who say they don’t vote but now they will.
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Putting the white Reddit homophobe with a nazi tattoo who hasn't won anything front and center over the Brown, Muslim NYC mayor who's possibly the most popular politician in the country is an interesting decision TNR made here
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Putting the white Reddit homophobe with a nazi tattoo who hasn't won anything front and center over the Brown, Muslim NYC mayor who's possibly the most popular politician in the country is an interesting decision TNR made here
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I think we need to be clear that breaking our elections is the goal. They're trying to find a predicate for tyranny, as if they need one.
And there's a non-zero chance Trump gets his way, especially with a standoff over DHS possible, Trump will push against the filibuster with all his gunt.
And there's a non-zero chance Trump gets his way, especially with a standoff over DHS possible, Trump will push against the filibuster with all his gunt.
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
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February 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I think we need to be clear that breaking our elections is the goal. They're trying to find a predicate for tyranny, as if they need one.
And there's a non-zero chance Trump gets his way, especially with a standoff over DHS possible, Trump will push against the filibuster with all his gunt.
And there's a non-zero chance Trump gets his way, especially with a standoff over DHS possible, Trump will push against the filibuster with all his gunt.
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I'm having a hard time reconciling the fact that the Appointments Clause is supposed to be an indispensable protection for liberty with the fact that DHS is operationally under the control of a special government employee who is not legally allowed to work more than 130 days a year.
There is so much crazy shit, outrageous corruption, and naked, hamfisted ambition in this WSJ piece about Noem, Lewandowski, and DHS. Gift link. Read and take note of the of eye-popping number of sources who have knives out for Kristi and Corey.
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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I'm having a hard time reconciling the fact that the Appointments Clause is supposed to be an indispensable protection for liberty with the fact that DHS is operationally under the control of a special government employee who is not legally allowed to work more than 130 days a year.
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On the anniversary of a dark day for U.S. science, please raise a glass for everyone who has come out stronger and encourage those who are still recovering. Here are five stories. 🧪 🔬 💪 www.science.org/content/arti...
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit
Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
On the anniversary of a dark day for U.S. science, please raise a glass for everyone who has come out stronger and encourage those who are still recovering. Here are five stories. 🧪 🔬 💪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Not surprising but incredibly disappointing to see COVID cranks rehabilitated by mainstream media
New Yorker & Daily Show Platform a Kook
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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February 13, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Not surprising but incredibly disappointing to see COVID cranks rehabilitated by mainstream media
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"Seventy-two percent of American teens have turned to A.I. for companionship."
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
"Seventy-two percent of American teens have turned to A.I. for companionship."
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
Grok creates propaganda fitting Musk's ideology. OpenAI's President is one of Trump's biggest donors, & now ChatGPT shows adds based on chat context
We are steps away from mass political manipulation of a generation
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Me and another car were trapped inside of a car wash bay for about 45 minutes. Why, you might ask…because it’s run by AI and it got confused when we both braked at the same time and it shut the entrance and exit doors. No panic/alarm buttons, but another customer alerted someone to let us out
February 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Me and another car were trapped inside of a car wash bay for about 45 minutes. Why, you might ask…because it’s run by AI and it got confused when we both braked at the same time and it shut the entrance and exit doors. No panic/alarm buttons, but another customer alerted someone to let us out
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somehow I get the feeling that if Mamdani had a nazi tattoo we'd have simply never heard of him again about 15 min after it was revealed instead of having to read a new piece every 5 days about how he's just a smol bean
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
somehow I get the feeling that if Mamdani had a nazi tattoo we'd have simply never heard of him again about 15 min after it was revealed instead of having to read a new piece every 5 days about how he's just a smol bean
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Only a few times a year, I take on a small group of writers to learn and improve the craft of writing short stories for three months. Applications for my April-June cohort are open through March 5. Learn more and apply to join the cohort here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...
February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Only a few times a year, I take on a small group of writers to learn and improve the craft of writing short stories for three months. Applications for my April-June cohort are open through March 5. Learn more and apply to join the cohort here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...
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Love this.
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Love this.
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This boy been waiting to haul off on somebody for 14 years and today he got to live the dream and stand on the right side of history. Friday the 13th is the greatest day of his life.
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This boy been waiting to haul off on somebody for 14 years and today he got to live the dream and stand on the right side of history. Friday the 13th is the greatest day of his life.
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People in 2026 treating Gavin Newsom as a foregone conclusion to be the 2028 Dem presidential nominee were also predicting in 1961 that Pete Best would be the glue that holds The Beatles together for the rest of the decade.
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
People in 2026 treating Gavin Newsom as a foregone conclusion to be the 2028 Dem presidential nominee were also predicting in 1961 that Pete Best would be the glue that holds The Beatles together for the rest of the decade.
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And people pay to be permanently surveilled by Ring
From Flock cameras to fusion centers, “free” surveillance equipment funded by tech vendors, federal grants, and private donors locks cities into recurring costs and long-term data‑sharing, including with ICE. The end result is an erosion of our civil liberties. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
“Free” Surveillance Tech Still Comes at a High and Dangerous Cost
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement “free” access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The
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February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
And people pay to be permanently surveilled by Ring
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To celebrate SHE IS HERE, I changed my avatar to “Happy Hound,” one of the drawings—all (very!) loosely based on Early Medieval images from the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, and Pictish symbol stones—in the book. Along with poems, stories, essays, and a new novella, “Many Things in Dumnet.”
She Is Here
She Is Here by Nicola Griffith includes essays, poems, and stories exploring themes of love, ownership, and disability fiction. Griffith’s powerful prose engages readers through fiction and p…
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February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
To celebrate SHE IS HERE, I changed my avatar to “Happy Hound,” one of the drawings—all (very!) loosely based on Early Medieval images from the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, and Pictish symbol stones—in the book. Along with poems, stories, essays, and a new novella, “Many Things in Dumnet.”
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This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
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In all incarnations, Charlie's Angels has only been successful in two of its six seasons and one of its three movies, that's a pretty low hit rate for something they keep trying to bring back
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
In all incarnations, Charlie's Angels has only been successful in two of its six seasons and one of its three movies, that's a pretty low hit rate for something they keep trying to bring back
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JUST IN: Republican Attorneys General of 21 states asked a judge to end telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills nationwide claiming FDA rules mean they can't enforce their restrictions/bans.
Hearing in Louisiana case against FDA is scheduled for 2/24
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Hearing in Louisiana case against FDA is scheduled for 2/24
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NEW: Louisiana and lawyer Erin Hawley of ADF just asked a federal judge to IMMEDIATELY end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone while their lawsuit against the FDA proceeds. They cite Fifth Circuit opinion and the Comstock Act of 1873
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**Second, the 2023 REMS is “otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). Under 18 U.S.C. § 1462** [NOTE: THIS IS THE COMSTOCK ACT. IT'S 18 U.S.C 1461-1462], Congress prohibits the use of “any express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service” for “any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion.” Because a federal agency cannot permit what federal law expressly prohibits, FDA lacked authority to permanently remove the in-person dispensing requirement.
For these reasons, and as set forth fully in Plaintiffs’ Complaint and supporting Memorandum of Law, interim relief is necessary and appropriate to mitigate irreparable injuries caused by the 2023 REMS. Interim relief will serve the public interest and will not harm Defendants.
This Motion is made on the grounds specified in this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of Law, the exhibits attached to this Motion, the Complaint, and the Complaint’s accompanying exhibits, as well as on such other and further oral or documentary evidence as may be presented to the Court at or before a hearing on this Motion.1 An exhibit list and a proposed order are attached.
docket here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71544002/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration/?order_by=desc](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreifj2cvzqbotkuyfhsv5afpnhcuxtrjy4fgad6otbbnex4dis76yhe@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
JUST IN: Republican Attorneys General of 21 states asked a judge to end telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills nationwide claiming FDA rules mean they can't enforce their restrictions/bans.
Hearing in Louisiana case against FDA is scheduled for 2/24
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Hearing in Louisiana case against FDA is scheduled for 2/24
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