Samuel Durso
@samueldurso.bsky.social
The reassessment of PT Anderson's Inherent Vice is next. He/him.
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Whether it’s Barack Obama, putting Dijon mustard on a hotdog or Vladimir Putin poisoning a political rival with frog toxins, both leaders have a colorful history of using strange substances.
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama, putting Dijon mustard on a hotdog or Vladimir Putin poisoning a political rival with frog toxins, both leaders have a colorful history of using strange substances.
They're silly in a way, but I like Criterion Closet Picks. Here's the best I've seen, with a favorite actor, Laura Dern. Unlike more dilettantish stars, Dern grabs a LOT of discs, diverse choices that reveal some family thoughts on acting & some good stories.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IZ...
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
They're silly in a way, but I like Criterion Closet Picks. Here's the best I've seen, with a favorite actor, Laura Dern. Unlike more dilettantish stars, Dern grabs a LOT of discs, diverse choices that reveal some family thoughts on acting & some good stories.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IZ...
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I fear this is being treated as background noise rather than the 5 alarm emergency it is. Absolutely terrifying.
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I fear this is being treated as background noise rather than the 5 alarm emergency it is. Absolutely terrifying.
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
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New video on the YT channel:
"A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE..." / A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR @scottmeslow.bsky.social:
youtu.be/TBu92Za5nO0
@markfrost.bsky.social @harleypeyton.bsky.social @thornewip.bsky.social @twinpeaksblog.bsky.social
#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch #MarkFrost
"A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE..." / A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR @scottmeslow.bsky.social:
youtu.be/TBu92Za5nO0
@markfrost.bsky.social @harleypeyton.bsky.social @thornewip.bsky.social @twinpeaksblog.bsky.social
#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch #MarkFrost
February 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
New video on the YT channel:
"A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE..." / A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR @scottmeslow.bsky.social:
youtu.be/TBu92Za5nO0
@markfrost.bsky.social @harleypeyton.bsky.social @thornewip.bsky.social @twinpeaksblog.bsky.social
#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch #MarkFrost
"A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE..." / A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR @scottmeslow.bsky.social:
youtu.be/TBu92Za5nO0
@markfrost.bsky.social @harleypeyton.bsky.social @thornewip.bsky.social @twinpeaksblog.bsky.social
#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch #MarkFrost
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What energy policies do they think Trump supports?
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
What energy policies do they think Trump supports?
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We need this in Maryland.
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
NJ ICE Video Portal Sparks Fury and Praise Across the Garden State. Here is how it works.
New Jersey's new portal encourages residents to upload video of ICE interactions. Here is how the site works, and what it does and does not do.
nj1015.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
We need this in Maryland.
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
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TFW when you have seen the spine of an Adam Smith book once
February 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
TFW when you have seen the spine of an Adam Smith book once
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What could go wrong?
The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.
RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees
The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.
www.wired.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
What could go wrong?
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Leading @huffpost.com this morning.
Parents are getting deported without having any idea where their kids are. www.huffpost.com/entry/parent...
Parents are getting deported without having any idea where their kids are. www.huffpost.com/entry/parent...
February 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Leading @huffpost.com this morning.
Parents are getting deported without having any idea where their kids are. www.huffpost.com/entry/parent...
Parents are getting deported without having any idea where their kids are. www.huffpost.com/entry/parent...
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As part of its established procedures, ICE sends agents to pound on the doors of protesters at home and tell them "We know who you are and we're coming for you." The tactics of incompetent state terrorism.
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
As part of its established procedures, ICE sends agents to pound on the doors of protesters at home and tell them "We know who you are and we're coming for you." The tactics of incompetent state terrorism.
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Corporate crooks stole money from their investors and defrauded Americans. They were convicted of crimes. Then Donald Trump got involved.
I asked Trump's SEC Chair about what happened next.
I asked Trump's SEC Chair about what happened next.
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Corporate crooks stole money from their investors and defrauded Americans. They were convicted of crimes. Then Donald Trump got involved.
I asked Trump's SEC Chair about what happened next.
I asked Trump's SEC Chair about what happened next.
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First Trump pushed out career national security experts working to counter cyber threats posed by China.
Now he’s shelving critical safeguards they put in place.
Why is the Trump Administration so eager to do Beijing’s bidding?
Now he’s shelving critical safeguards they put in place.
Why is the Trump Administration so eager to do Beijing’s bidding?
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
First Trump pushed out career national security experts working to counter cyber threats posed by China.
Now he’s shelving critical safeguards they put in place.
Why is the Trump Administration so eager to do Beijing’s bidding?
Now he’s shelving critical safeguards they put in place.
Why is the Trump Administration so eager to do Beijing’s bidding?
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Curling doesn't necessarily have to be just a winter sport.
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Curling doesn't necessarily have to be just a winter sport.
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Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid
Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute…
www.canarymedia.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
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Trump's masked thugs immediately labelled Renee Good and Alex Pretti as “domestic terrorists.” Now this.
All they do is lie.
ICE might be leaving Minnesota, but it’s time for accountability and reform.
All they do is lie.
ICE might be leaving Minnesota, but it’s time for accountability and reform.
ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting
ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting
Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Trump's masked thugs immediately labelled Renee Good and Alex Pretti as “domestic terrorists.” Now this.
All they do is lie.
ICE might be leaving Minnesota, but it’s time for accountability and reform.
All they do is lie.
ICE might be leaving Minnesota, but it’s time for accountability and reform.
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This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
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How bad is the video that they actually have to do this?
Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
February 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
How bad is the video that they actually have to do this?
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I’m just going to leave this here
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’m just going to leave this here
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In its stead: self-serving dictatorial sycophancy to the nth degree.
More at: prospect.org/2026/02/13/d...
More at: prospect.org/2026/02/13/d...
Doug Burgum, the Regime Toady of Our Time - The American Prospect
Dashing the hopes of establishment Democrats, Trump’s interior secretary and ‘energy czar’ has adopted his boss’s excesses as his own.
prospect.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In its stead: self-serving dictatorial sycophancy to the nth degree.
More at: prospect.org/2026/02/13/d...
More at: prospect.org/2026/02/13/d...
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it's good to see bondi losing her shit. that's how you should behave when you know most of the country hates you for being an evil asshole.
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
it's good to see bondi losing her shit. that's how you should behave when you know most of the country hates you for being an evil asshole.
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Really wish Dems would keep doing stuff like this. Show the country an alternative vision of Congress with Dems in charge
First on MS NOW: House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia just announced that Oversight Democrats will hold a shadow field hearing as part of their Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida on April 14.
The field hearing will include testimony from survivors and important witnesses.
The field hearing will include testimony from survivors and important witnesses.
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Really wish Dems would keep doing stuff like this. Show the country an alternative vision of Congress with Dems in charge
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Wow just a completely false statement in @axios.com, resolutions of disapproval are privileged and only need a simple majority in the Senate, in fact four of the anti-tariff resolutions have passed the Senate already.
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Wow just a completely false statement in @axios.com, resolutions of disapproval are privileged and only need a simple majority in the Senate, in fact four of the anti-tariff resolutions have passed the Senate already.
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/t...
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Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
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Could work!
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Could work!