Doug Coulson
@dougcoulson.bsky.social
Rhetoric professor at Carnegie Mellon. Lawyer, bold wordsmith. Exploring how legal language shapes justice, identity, and power. Latest book Judicial Rhapsodies: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/b2773z23s
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At least seven people have been killed in a school shooting in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police said. https://cnn.it/4aHdN97
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
At least seven people have been killed in a school shooting in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police said. https://cnn.it/4aHdN97
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As a child sexual abuse survivor I demand that Pam Bondi be impeached for he disgusting protection of her child rapist friends and associates. Reprehensible. Impeach her now.
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
As a child sexual abuse survivor I demand that Pam Bondi be impeached for he disgusting protection of her child rapist friends and associates. Reprehensible. Impeach her now.
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The Trump admin has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. apnews.com/article/ston...
Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. That's angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument...
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Trump admin has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. apnews.com/article/ston...
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BREAKING:
The Trump admin just tried and *failed* to secure an indictment in connection with that video featuring Democratic lawmakers urging military members not to comply with unlawful orders.
The Trump admin just tried and *failed* to secure an indictment in connection with that video featuring Democratic lawmakers urging military members not to comply with unlawful orders.
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
BREAKING:
The Trump admin just tried and *failed* to secure an indictment in connection with that video featuring Democratic lawmakers urging military members not to comply with unlawful orders.
The Trump admin just tried and *failed* to secure an indictment in connection with that video featuring Democratic lawmakers urging military members not to comply with unlawful orders.
"From the perspective of the operational definition and tests of ideas, ideas have an empirical origin and status. But it is that of acts performed, acts In the literal and existential sense of the word, deeds done, not reception of sensations forced on us from without." ―John Dewey
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
"From the perspective of the operational definition and tests of ideas, ideas have an empirical origin and status. But it is that of acts performed, acts In the literal and existential sense of the word, deeds done, not reception of sensations forced on us from without." ―John Dewey
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In the rural Maryland county where an ICE concentration camp is planned, the county commission board voted unanimously to back it.
One board member, Derek Harvey, has an interesting resume: He was Trump’s top NSC Middle East adviser in 2017 + later worked as lead investigator for Rep Devin Nunes 🙃
One board member, Derek Harvey, has an interesting resume: He was Trump’s top NSC Middle East adviser in 2017 + later worked as lead investigator for Rep Devin Nunes 🙃
Washington County Backs ICE Detention Facility, Then Cuts Meeting Short Amid Protests
Board votes unanimously to support immigration enforcement, then clears room as demonstrators respond with shouts and whistles
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
In the rural Maryland county where an ICE concentration camp is planned, the county commission board voted unanimously to back it.
One board member, Derek Harvey, has an interesting resume: He was Trump’s top NSC Middle East adviser in 2017 + later worked as lead investigator for Rep Devin Nunes 🙃
One board member, Derek Harvey, has an interesting resume: He was Trump’s top NSC Middle East adviser in 2017 + later worked as lead investigator for Rep Devin Nunes 🙃
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A federal judge — appointed by Trump — has blocked a bid by Trump's Justice Department to get a complete copy of Michigan's registered voter list.
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A federal judge — appointed by Trump — has blocked a bid by Trump's Justice Department to get a complete copy of Michigan's registered voter list.
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The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
www.inquirer.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
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It's such a red flag for misogyny in some form, when colleagues or managers describe a woman as "difficult", without any kind of evidence of any serious misconduct.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Thinking about the time I was at a quantum gravity meeting and the man across from me was talking to me and a man next to him turned and said in all seriousness “don’t talk to her, she’s difficult” and it was because I had reacted ”badly” to racism. Meanwhile their heroes were hanging with Epstein.
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
It's such a red flag for misogyny in some form, when colleagues or managers describe a woman as "difficult", without any kind of evidence of any serious misconduct.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
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(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
Bezos could have saved WaPo’s sports and local journalists. He laid them off instead.
“The equation isn’t adding up.”
www.theverge.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
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Somebody stole her entire livelihood. L.A. puppeteer is devastated — but not beaten
Somebody stole her entire livelihood. L.A. puppeteer is devastated — but not beaten
Jackie Smook has spent years crafting characters and props for “Dilly’s World.” Her life’s work was stolen when thieves swiped a shipping box from outside her apartment.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Somebody stole her entire livelihood. L.A. puppeteer is devastated — but not beaten
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Excellent piece. In any case, the 'trilateral peace talks' are a grim farce: Putin is only interested in coercing Ukraine into surrender, & the US seems content to go along. It makes no sense for Europe to try to join in; it should focus on strengthening UA & weakening RU, militarily & economically.
Once again European leaders are trying to reach out to Moscow, as part of a 'diplomatic solution' or 'peace process', but as long as we keep approaching as supplicants begging the king for an audience, these efforts are doomed to fail
pascallth.substack.com/p/dialogue-w...
pascallth.substack.com/p/dialogue-w...
Dialogue with Moscow is a trap for Europe
And it is our own fault
pascallth.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Excellent piece. In any case, the 'trilateral peace talks' are a grim farce: Putin is only interested in coercing Ukraine into surrender, & the US seems content to go along. It makes no sense for Europe to try to join in; it should focus on strengthening UA & weakening RU, militarily & economically.
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I parsed through some of the emails in the Epstein files, and it’s very clear that Epstein was a eugenicist weirdo. Something he very much had in common with the billionaire class à la Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Donald Trump. New for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Epstein couldn't stop emailing people about eugenics
In the latest files, the trafficker gives it a Silicon Valley–pilled name: "genetic altruism."
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I parsed through some of the emails in the Epstein files, and it’s very clear that Epstein was a eugenicist weirdo. Something he very much had in common with the billionaire class à la Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Donald Trump. New for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Aqa Mirak, Safavid Iran, 1530s: "Two Princes in Love"
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Aqa Mirak, Safavid Iran, 1530s: "Two Princes in Love"
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Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden.
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden.
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
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Krishna’s Victory Over Aghasura, Early 18th century. Indian miniature, rajasthani painting.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Krishna’s Victory Over Aghasura, Early 18th century. Indian miniature, rajasthani painting.
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Telegram, one of Russia’s most widely used messaging apps, has been malfunctioning for the past two days. Now, it appears the Kremlin may be moving toward blocking it completely. There’s just one problem: Russian officials rely on it.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Telegram is one of the last messaging apps in Russia that the state doesn’t control. Did the Kremlin just block it for good? — Meduza
Telegram, one of Russia’s most widely used messaging apps, has been malfunctioning for the past two days. On Tuesday, Russia’s federal censorship agency confirmed it was behind the disruptions,…
meduza.io
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Telegram, one of Russia’s most widely used messaging apps, has been malfunctioning for the past two days. Now, it appears the Kremlin may be moving toward blocking it completely. There’s just one problem: Russian officials rely on it.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Inside Russia's psychiatric homes, tens of thousands of people are declared legally incompetent and largely forgotten. A handful of volunteers are finding genuinely talented artists among them. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russia’s psychiatric homes are a ‘meat grinder’ that swallows tens of thousands. A small band of volunteers is pulling art — and artists — back out. — Meduza
Tens of thousands of Russians with psychiatric diagnoses are currently confined in state institutions, the majority of them declared legally incompetent, denied basic rights, and subjected…
meduza.io
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Inside Russia's psychiatric homes, tens of thousands of people are declared legally incompetent and largely forgotten. A handful of volunteers are finding genuinely talented artists among them. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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A military academy graduate. A sanctioned aerospace firm. A father already behind bars. The third arrest in the botched assassination of GRU Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev keeps revealing stranger layers. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The latest suspect in the failed assassination of a top Russian spy chief is a former military officer who allegedly tracked the GRU general alongside his own father. — Meduza
Russia’s Federal Security Service has arrested a third suspect in connection with a recent assassination attempt on GRU Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, the agency announced on Tuesday.
meduza.io
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
A military academy graduate. A sanctioned aerospace firm. A father already behind bars. The third arrest in the botched assassination of GRU Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev keeps revealing stranger layers. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Lost in Translation.
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Lost in Translation.
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Pine Needle Ski Slope, Studio City https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/40679
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Pine Needle Ski Slope, Studio City https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/40679
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Russia sentences 70-year-old pensioner from occupied Tokmak to 15 years for supporting Ukraine
khpg.org/en/1608815509
khpg.org/en/1608815509
Russia sentences 70-year-old pensioner from occupied Tokmak to 15 years for supporting Ukraine
All of Russia’s sentences against Ukrainian patriots are shocking, but here the aggressor state first forced Svitlana Loi to take its citizenship and is now almost certainly putting her life in danger
khpg.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Russia sentences 70-year-old pensioner from occupied Tokmak to 15 years for supporting Ukraine
khpg.org/en/1608815509
khpg.org/en/1608815509
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Thousands of people have been trafficked amid threats of murder by organised criminals to work in call centres targeting people with sophisticated scams, senior investigators in Interpol have said.
jrnl.ie/6952694t
jrnl.ie/6952694t
Interpol investigators on the gangs behind those +44 calls and how criminals are exploiting AI
Recently News Correspondent Niall O’Connor travelled to Interpol’s Headquarters in Lyon, France to meet international crime investigators.
jrnl.ie
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Thousands of people have been trafficked amid threats of murder by organised criminals to work in call centres targeting people with sophisticated scams, senior investigators in Interpol have said.
jrnl.ie/6952694t
jrnl.ie/6952694t
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The Mani Peninsula, off the southern coast of Greece, is home to a group of genetically isolated people called Deep Maniots.
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The Mani Peninsula, off the southern coast of Greece, is home to a group of genetically isolated people called Deep Maniots.
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k