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Rufus's Person
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Dad, lawyer for the good guys, and person for the world's silliest greyhound. In the prisoner's dilemma, I always choose cooperation.
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Rufus's Person @mikesapoz.bsky.social · Jan 26
I've had this song running in my head since January 20, 2025.

I'll unpin this post when that's no longer true.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rFf...
♫ The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight ♫
YouTube video by AirAgent84
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anildash.com
A key challenge, and a huge source of the disconnect between Silicon Valley and the other creative industries is that, for coders, AI eliminates the drudgery so they can focus on the creative/expressive part. In every other creative discipline, it has the exact opposite effect.
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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robertbrydon.bsky.social
I think devs who (rightfully) see their work as creative, see LLMs smoothing tedious junk away, but don't realize in other creative fields there's less of that drudgery to begin with, and most of it has long since been automated without LLMs. No one is manually managing footnotes (I hope).
February 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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dungeonlust.com
Happy Valentines Day! ❤️‍🔥⚔️
February 14, 2024 at 3:42 AM
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amytheamazonian.bsky.social
WHAT TIME IS IT?

IT'S VALENTIMES!
February 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
I love that he loves his job and his city and people generally. Doing good things for people feels like a reasonable bar for electeds …
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18h
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies. 
 
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York. 
 
 Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com
Roses are red
Yellow is the color of lard
Writing good poetry is genuinely hard
February 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
This Song Sparrow was flitting about in the tall bushes of an oceanside field. The out of focus blue background is not sky, it is the Bay of Fundy.

L'Etete, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown and white/grey mottled songbird (song sparrow) is perching on a green bushy plant with a blurred blue background. The bird is facing to the right and looking at the camera.
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. A man shivers in bed while a smiling lady in a red mask shows off her bandage on her arm. Text: Noses are red Ice packs are blue I'm vaxed so miss me with severe symptoms of flu. A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Two lady scientists shrug lackadaisically. Text reads: My love for you can't be explained by science. Just like the new federal vaccine guidelines. A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Protesters in Minneapolis wear thick clothes and hold signs of support for immigrant neighbors. Text reads: To the health departments in the Twin Cities: Love unites us. Our hearts are with you.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Sent this one to my beloved @anarchocatfan.bsky.social.
A DS9-themed Valentine with Gowron's face framed by hearts. Text reads: "Glory to you and your heart."
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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phylogenomics.bsky.social
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Microbes are awesome
Even when they're in poo

#microValentines
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Portrait (a portrait capture of any bird) I'll share this photo of a Herring Gull from a session where it gave me pose after pose like it was a trained model.

#birds #photography
Close-up image of a white bird's head and neck (herring gull) with yellow eye and yellow bill with red and black markings on it. The gull is facing down and to the right and is looking sullen, like a fashion model might.
February 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Exclusive overnight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refu...
"The only time the presidential proclamation cited to justify rounding up refugees mentions refugees is to say the proclamation will have no affect on refugees." Chris Geidner Exclusive: DHS based its newest refugee attack on a Trump proclamation that stated it would not apply to refugees WWW.LAWDORK.COM
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DivingForFood (birds that dive under water for food). I managed to catch this Ring-necked Duck just as she popped up to the surface from a dive. I love that there is still a sheen of water on her back.

#birds #photography
Two brown ducks are on the water, facing to the left. The foreground duck on the left is is partially submerged and is covered with a sheen of water as she has just come back to the surface after a dive.
February 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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mattgertz.bsky.social
There’s a section of the populist left that wants to win internal Democratic Party fights by calling their factional opponents the “Epstein class,” and it just seems really obvious that the populist right is going to hear that as “the Jews” with some very bad results.
mattgertz.bsky.social Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 1d
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
At Law Dork, a big report on documents filed by DOJ in the Minnesota refugee case overnight: www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refu...
Exclusive: DHS based its newest refugee attack on a Trump proclamation that stated it would not apply to refugees
New documents filed in a key refugee case in Minnesota shed light on a broad, aggressive plan to review all refugees admitted since the start of the Biden administration.
www.lawdork.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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jonathanstegall.bsky.social
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
a facebook post from Ashon Crawley on February 13, 2021. It reads: i am sympathetic to folks that say *the* reason why the black panther party of self defense was a threat was because of the breakfast program. i am also sympathetic to the folks that say that is too reductive, that they were more than a breakfast progrum.* i think it’s in the middle: the BPP was a threat because they practiced care. and care showed up *as* a breakfast program, yes, but also as health clinics, as armed defense, as reading groups. care work as political organizing. care as the grounds for its emergence. care. one reason i’ve focused on care in my own work for years now is because black feminist thought informs my own, and black queer critique. and because care is often considered the antithesis of “serious things” and i’m just fundamentally against this. if care is soft or frilly or whatever, we need to have a preferential option for softness. care is something white supremacist capitalist patriarchy cannot give nor withhold, even when it tries to privatize care as an industry that is primarily about making money and exploiting workers. care is not private property, it only exists when it is shared. care is the antithesis and alternative to white supremacy, to riff on cedric robinson, because it must be. but it is so much more. it exceeds the logic of reactive response to practices of violence. it precedes the violence and political economy of extraction and exploitation. care, even if soft, ain’t easy. it takes courage. and conviction. and clarity. (i’m a former preacher, so the alliteration is a throwback lol.) you only have care when you share it. and sharing it is difficult precisely because the political economy of racial capitalism wants us to privatize and hoard what we consider it to be. care. let it flower and bloom. selah. 🌸💕
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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chenoweth.bsky.social
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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uarizonalpl.bsky.social
The biggest planet in our solar system is a little bit smaller and a little bit flatter than we thought. A new study involving LPL Professor Emeritus William Hubbard updates our understanding of the shape of Jupiter. lpl.arizona.edu/news/2026/ju...
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
Our Italian whistle designer just dropped the whistle he designed just for us, and my heart is very full today.

If you are doing printing for local events, check this one out! Designed to slice fast, pack a lot on a plate, be quick to print, and be easy to use!

makerworld.com/en/models/23...
February 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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cschaboo.bsky.social
“Exquisite Creatures: An Immersive Journey into Nature's Art” #Seattle bio-sculptural #nature #art #exhibition by artist Christopher Marley
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
Ominous bird valentines.
A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
mikesapoz.bsky.social
The most famous alum of my high school has got to be retired Maryland Supreme Court Judge Glenn T. Harrell
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Just kidding, it’s Tori Amos
williamadler78.bsky.social William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 3d
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
Two days in a row of hitting both #BirdOfTheDay themes in one image! Today's main theme is #Birds&Bugs (any bird and bug in one capture) and the alt theme is #EverydayBirds (birds you see often). Here's one of my backyard Purple Finches with what looks like a click beetle(?).

#birds #photography
A mottled brown and white songbird (female purple finch) is on a lichen-covered tree branch with a soft yellowish-green background. She has a smooshed bug in her beak and is facing toward the right while looking at the camera.
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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weirdlilguys.bsky.social
gold medal skippity paps
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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nicoleteburbach.bsky.social
Delivered with all the solemnity of a news reporter announcing a train crash
wafflecut.bsky.social Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 3d
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM