newmethos
@newmethos.bsky.social
Freelance projection designer, climber, and hiker. Mixology is a habit and a hobby. Movies when I have time for them.
Hailee Steinfeld is quite the get for State Farm 🤣
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Hailee Steinfeld is quite the get for State Farm 🤣
I genuinely love that the reactions to this movie are all over the place
This kinky, silly, crowd-pleasing adaptation might make Emily Brontë roll in her grave, but honestly that sounds right up Emily's morbid, Gothic alley. Probably Emerald Fennell's best film to date (not that that's saying a lot coming from me). slate.com/culture/2026...
The New Wuthering Heights Is Gorgeous, Throbbing, and Proudly Idiotic
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in a tale of two hotties.
slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I genuinely love that the reactions to this movie are all over the place
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Have you ever wondered how they get those incredible drone shots at Milan Cortina 2026? Well I dove in for @sfchronicle.com and what it means for NBC going forward (gift article link):
Milan Cortina’s surprise star? How drones are changing Olympic sports coverage
After a limited debut during Paris 2024, first-person view drone technology is reimagining sports broadcasting at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Have you ever wondered how they get those incredible drone shots at Milan Cortina 2026? Well I dove in for @sfchronicle.com and what it means for NBC going forward (gift article link):
I really think these assholes do not understand the churn police states go through in their minor functionaries and apparatchiks. Like, you will be among those taken. Then you will just like the Stalin loving losers in the Gulag sadly thinking it was all a mistake BUT STILL IN THE GULAG
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I really think these assholes do not understand the churn police states go through in their minor functionaries and apparatchiks. Like, you will be among those taken. Then you will just like the Stalin loving losers in the Gulag sadly thinking it was all a mistake BUT STILL IN THE GULAG
Again, a ban on owning stock at all is preferable to whatever this mess is
The Supreme Court has adopted new rules "designed to support operation of newly developed software that will
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Again, a ban on owning stock at all is preferable to whatever this mess is
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this is the entire story on "prediction markets"
they are sports gambling companies. they run platforms where people gamble on sports. their revenues come from getting a cut of sports gambling bets. everything else is just window dressing.
they are sports gambling companies. they run platforms where people gamble on sports. their revenues come from getting a cut of sports gambling bets. everything else is just window dressing.
The non sports part of prediction markets is trivially small and economists should stop being excited about it. - www.ft.com/content/1aa7...
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
this is the entire story on "prediction markets"
they are sports gambling companies. they run platforms where people gamble on sports. their revenues come from getting a cut of sports gambling bets. everything else is just window dressing.
they are sports gambling companies. they run platforms where people gamble on sports. their revenues come from getting a cut of sports gambling bets. everything else is just window dressing.
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Hope you'll read my report the upcoming trial — I'll be watching closely. www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.
A July 4 shooting at an ICE detention center could change the way the federal government prosecutes activists.
www.ms.now
February 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hope you'll read my report the upcoming trial — I'll be watching closely. www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
I think the coming court reform package needs to include a flat out ban on Supreme Court justices owning individual stocks
JUST IN: In bid to aid checks on conflicts due to justices' stock holdings, #SCOTUS to require litigants to submit stock ticker symbols in court filings. Release: www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p... Rule changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Press Release of Supreme Court of the United State
www.supremecourt.gov
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I think the coming court reform package needs to include a flat out ban on Supreme Court justices owning individual stocks
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
Oh, I was wondering what those Paczki donuts were at the grocery store!
Happy lunar new year & Chinese New Year & Mardi Gras & Paczki Day & Pancake Day & Huey Newton's birthday & eve of Ramadan & eve of my birthday. Yes, I know those aren't paczki in the picture but what do you even want from me.
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Oh, I was wondering what those Paczki donuts were at the grocery store!
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jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
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Ireland and Spain starting their probe into CSAM on X on the same day; every single regulator should be doing this
Ireland: The Data Protection Commission, responsible for enforcing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, has opened a probe into the creation and publication of “potentially harmful” sexualised images by Grok containing or involving the processing of EU user data. www.ft.com/content/3c72...
EU privacy watchdog opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over sexualised AI images
‘Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group’s Grok chatbot
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Ireland and Spain starting their probe into CSAM on X on the same day; every single regulator should be doing this
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I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
America’s Most Powerful CEOs Are Awfully Quiet Lately
Trump has exposed an ugly truth about corporations: They’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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ICYMI: I feel this didn’t get enough attention because it was published in the runup to the Munich Security Conference, but this open letter by every single US Ambassador to NATO since 1998 (and until the Trump appointee) and all but one SACEURs since 1997 on NATO’s value is worth reading.
NATO is Vital to U.S. National Security
A joint statement by 16 U.S. Ambassadors to NATO and Supreme Allied Commanders, arguing "NATO is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain that ensures the United States remains the...
www.belfercenter.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
ICYMI: I feel this didn’t get enough attention because it was published in the runup to the Munich Security Conference, but this open letter by every single US Ambassador to NATO since 1998 (and until the Trump appointee) and all but one SACEURs since 1997 on NATO’s value is worth reading.
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I really hope that translates into "The DHS is dead on arrival, then."
The GOP giving the Dems the line of "The admin wants us to pick between the Constitution and the DHS" is one hell of a gift.
The GOP giving the Dems the line of "The admin wants us to pick between the Constitution and the DHS" is one hell of a gift.
"[the 4th Amendment] is dead on arrival," according to three sources close to the administration and a GOP strategist
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I really hope that translates into "The DHS is dead on arrival, then."
The GOP giving the Dems the line of "The admin wants us to pick between the Constitution and the DHS" is one hell of a gift.
The GOP giving the Dems the line of "The admin wants us to pick between the Constitution and the DHS" is one hell of a gift.
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Dilley is a pediatric concentration camp. Every day we allow it to exist in this country is another stain on our collective soul.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Dilley is a pediatric concentration camp. Every day we allow it to exist in this country is another stain on our collective soul.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
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More of this genre, please: high school teacher and student co-write an op-ed.
"Big Tech may have the money that schools need, but schools shouldn’t sell their souls for the funding they deserve. Besides, public schools remain massively underfunded despite their contracts with tech companies."
"Big Tech may have the money that schools need, but schools shouldn’t sell their souls for the funding they deserve. Besides, public schools remain massively underfunded despite their contracts with tech companies."
Liz Shulman and William Liang: Why aren’t we talking about the harm AI is doing to students?
Despite the evidence showing AI is killing students’ critical thinking skills, schools have signed contracts with Big Tech companies.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
More of this genre, please: high school teacher and student co-write an op-ed.
"Big Tech may have the money that schools need, but schools shouldn’t sell their souls for the funding they deserve. Besides, public schools remain massively underfunded despite their contracts with tech companies."
"Big Tech may have the money that schools need, but schools shouldn’t sell their souls for the funding they deserve. Besides, public schools remain massively underfunded despite their contracts with tech companies."
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“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
This is one of the patterns of behavior that makes me think the World Cup is going to be a disaster. These assholes will not give up their power trip and they are too dumb to grasp the consequences
Sign of the times that there are multiple members of the Chicago Cubs who haven't been able to enter the U.S. because Trump's immigration crackdown has made getting visas impossible www.si.com/mlb/cubs/ons...
Multiple Cubs Players Miss Camp Arrival Due to Visa Issues
Major League Baseball pitchers and catchers began reporting to their respective facilities in Arizona and Florida on Tuesday to begin 2026 Spring Training. The
www.si.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is one of the patterns of behavior that makes me think the World Cup is going to be a disaster. These assholes will not give up their power trip and they are too dumb to grasp the consequences
There’s a chant among USMNT supporters that is both aspirational and awesome when it works: We. Believe. We. Believe. We believe that we will win.
New hard data show the same pattern of intense anti-Trump backlash that polls do. Protests against Trump are happening at 4x the rate as 2017-18, and special election swings offer more data on the same point
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...
The backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data, not just polls
New data on protest activity shows organized anti-Trump actions are 4x the size they were in the president's first term. Your weekly political data roundup for February 15, 2026.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There’s a chant among USMNT supporters that is both aspirational and awesome when it works: We. Believe. We. Believe. We believe that we will win.
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None of this stuff is going to be fast. It's a long-term struggle as it has always been.
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
None of this stuff is going to be fast. It's a long-term struggle as it has always been.
Seems like a surefire way to avoid losing to Reform is for Labour to just rejoin the EU, a mega obvious thing that clearly needs to happen
It’s not just that a large majority want Britain to rejoin the EU, it’s the fact that the majority steadily continues to grow…
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Seems like a surefire way to avoid losing to Reform is for Labour to just rejoin the EU, a mega obvious thing that clearly needs to happen
Right, so if they wanna keep selling cars in Europe, guess what?
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Right, so if they wanna keep selling cars in Europe, guess what?
Salesforce's WHAT IF EVERYTHING WAS AI WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?!? YOU BETTER LIKE IT! ad with Jon "Mad Man" Hamm is, uh, something alright
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Salesforce's WHAT IF EVERYTHING WAS AI WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?!? YOU BETTER LIKE IT! ad with Jon "Mad Man" Hamm is, uh, something alright
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Billionaires are money hoarders. No one can spend $1 billion, let alone $100bn, on things they & their families need, or even really want. If they gave away 99% of their loot, this lot would still be absurdly, obscenely rich. Their wealth is socially useless, kept out of circulation for status alone
February 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Billionaires are money hoarders. No one can spend $1 billion, let alone $100bn, on things they & their families need, or even really want. If they gave away 99% of their loot, this lot would still be absurdly, obscenely rich. Their wealth is socially useless, kept out of circulation for status alone