Michael Salerno
@mikenjd.bsky.social
Broadway lawyer. Lover of entertainment, politics, and woefully, the New York Mets.
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The Border Patrol agents lied. They always lie. And they lie to destroy other people's lives for fun.
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Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The Border Patrol agents lied. They always lie. And they lie to destroy other people's lives for fun.
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Nate Newton was found in a van with 175 pounds of marijuana. I guess he’s lucky he wasn’t in a boat in the Caribbean or Trump would’ve blown him to pieces instead of pardoning him. www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players
Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nate Newton was found in a van with 175 pounds of marijuana. I guess he’s lucky he wasn’t in a boat in the Caribbean or Trump would’ve blown him to pieces instead of pardoning him. www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Reminder: Broadway employs more people than the entire US coal industry. Pretending that coal is a cornerstone of the US economy is silly.
Coal industry relishes a return to prominence in Trump energy policy - WV MetroNews
A day after Trump's White House announcement to revamp coal fired power plants across central Appalachia, the West Virginia coal industry said it's a new day for the industry after the Obama and Biden...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Reminder: Broadway employs more people than the entire US coal industry. Pretending that coal is a cornerstone of the US economy is silly.
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RAMPELL: “.. we had less job growth all of last year than we had in an average month during the Biden administration.”
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February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
RAMPELL: “.. we had less job growth all of last year than we had in an average month during the Biden administration.”
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The other night on Jeopardy, two players were tied going into final. The woman in third made a small wager and her answer was, "I hope they both bet everything." They both did, all three got it wrong, and she won. As if that wasn't already hilarious enough, turns out it was all a master plan!
Okay but she posted on Reddit after the broadcast that she realized partway through Double Jeopardy that this was her only way to win, and started deliberately picking clues/buzzing in to maximize the odds that they would be tied going into Final. Absolute galaxy brain.
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The other night on Jeopardy, two players were tied going into final. The woman in third made a small wager and her answer was, "I hope they both bet everything." They both did, all three got it wrong, and she won. As if that wasn't already hilarious enough, turns out it was all a master plan!
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POV you are about to lose at Guess Who
They’re calling it the baldest coaching staff in NFL history, folks.
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
POV you are about to lose at Guess Who
Huh. A bald eagle in Apex, NC. That’s new.
February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Huh. A bald eagle in Apex, NC. That’s new.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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gotta start using "goofy stance - regular stance" as a response scale on political policies
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
gotta start using "goofy stance - regular stance" as a response scale on political policies
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
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No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
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What a story:
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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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.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:56 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
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
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Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
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This is exactly what you'd do if you wanted to make sure that wrestling fans chanted "Fuck ICE" throughout the hours of live wrestling you air in prime time every week.
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what you'd do if you wanted to make sure that wrestling fans chanted "Fuck ICE" throughout the hours of live wrestling you air in prime time every week.
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Getting the Ick
Getting the Ick
A cartoon by Nick Anderson
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February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Getting the Ick
There's a Swiss curler that looks like Will Forte and it's freaking me out. #WinterOlympics
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
There's a Swiss curler that looks like Will Forte and it's freaking me out. #WinterOlympics
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I've seen the future and it works.
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I've seen the future and it works.
The #WinterOlympics are my spring training for "Working While Watching March Madness"
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The #WinterOlympics are my spring training for "Working While Watching March Madness"
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damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
First misstep Universal Orlando has made in a while.
Universal Orlando Resort and Elon Musk's The Boring Co. have officially entered negotiations for a major transportation project in Orlando.
Musk’s Boring Co. eyes Universal project
Universal Orlando Resort and Elon Musk's The Boring Co. have officially entered negotiations for a major transportation project in Orlando.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
First misstep Universal Orlando has made in a while.
I mean, the French judge really sandbagged us, but look at the Spanish judge. Had Chock & bates in third (come on now), but had the second US pair in TWELFTH?!?! The team that finished 5th, the Spanish judge has them in twelfth!!
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The best resource for Figure Skating scores and stats on the web.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I mean, the French judge really sandbagged us, but look at the Spanish judge. Had Chock & bates in third (come on now), but had the second US pair in TWELFTH?!?! The team that finished 5th, the Spanish judge has them in twelfth!!
skatingscores.com/2526/oly/sr/...
skatingscores.com/2526/oly/sr/...
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This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!