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I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
Finally, a Muppet Show Reboot That Understands the Original Appeal of the Muppets
After countless failed gimmicks, this time it’s just like you remembered it.
slate.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
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"The system sucks. This job sucks."
A Justice Department lawyer was removed from her post after her comments to a federal judge.
“I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have full 24 hours of sleep,” she said.
A Justice Department lawyer was removed from her post after her comments to a federal judge.
“I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have full 24 hours of sleep,” she said.
Federal lawyer tells judge ‘job sucks’ amid overload of immigration cases, court violations
U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell ordered the hearing for U.S. lawyers to explain the federal government’s failure to comply with court orders.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"The system sucks. This job sucks."
A Justice Department lawyer was removed from her post after her comments to a federal judge.
“I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have full 24 hours of sleep,” she said.
A Justice Department lawyer was removed from her post after her comments to a federal judge.
“I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have full 24 hours of sleep,” she said.
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with his $253.2 billion, Jeff Bezos could afford to pay 100 sportswriters $100,000 a year for the next 25,000 years
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
with his $253.2 billion, Jeff Bezos could afford to pay 100 sportswriters $100,000 a year for the next 25,000 years
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For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital
The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site.
www.publishersweekly.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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This whole thing where billionaires snap up media properties so they can run them into the ground to make it harder for people to call them and their cronies to account is extremely obvious and very tiresome. It also limits our access to largr information about culture and the world, also by design.
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This whole thing where billionaires snap up media properties so they can run them into the ground to make it harder for people to call them and their cronies to account is extremely obvious and very tiresome. It also limits our access to largr information about culture and the world, also by design.
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
This just in, Children's Minnesota thinks children dying is fine actually, perhaps even preferable given how absolutely they caved at the first hint of pressure.
Children’s Minnesota is suspending gender-affirming care in response to threats by the Trump administration to cut off millions of dollars in federal funding that keep its pediatric clinics and hospitals running.
Children’s suspends gender-affirming care amid Trump funding threats
Trump administration move would cut Medicaid, Medicare funding to health care systems that continue to provide surgeries, medications that support gender transitions.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This just in, Children's Minnesota thinks children dying is fine actually, perhaps even preferable given how absolutely they caved at the first hint of pressure.
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a good day to tap this sign!
3. Here's a page you should bookmark: It's the directory of nonprofit newsrooms that belong to the Institute for Nonprofit News. You can look for locality covered, including national newsrooms. It's so rich: explore! Find your niche!
findyournews.org/explore/
findyournews.org/explore/
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
a good day to tap this sign!
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Jeff Bezos figuring out new and exciting ways to kill off the book industry
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Jeff Bezos figuring out new and exciting ways to kill off the book industry
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Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
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At my MN precinct caucus tonight, a resolution calling on ICE to be more professional & follow the law got all Nays, but an "Abolish ICE" resolution got a unified resounding "AYE".
February 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
At my MN precinct caucus tonight, a resolution calling on ICE to be more professional & follow the law got all Nays, but an "Abolish ICE" resolution got a unified resounding "AYE".
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okay but democratic voters want to abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who works for it, so
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
okay but democratic voters want to abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who works for it, so
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So Mitch McConnell was hospitalized earlier today and I just got the notification his Wikipedia page had been changed several times, which is like spotting the first robins in early spring.
Not yet, but possibly soon.
Not yet, but possibly soon.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
So Mitch McConnell was hospitalized earlier today and I just got the notification his Wikipedia page had been changed several times, which is like spotting the first robins in early spring.
Not yet, but possibly soon.
Not yet, but possibly soon.
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Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
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The Mercenary Librarians books are GREAT for the dystopian times we live in and also Book 1 has the bionic fingerbanging in a thunderstorm scene
In 2020 @totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I started a trilogy about 3 book nerds (w/ superpowers) who just want to build a library for their community but shitty tech bros suck so they have to keep doing crimes.
Tor was kind enough to put book one on sale for $5.99!
www.kitrocha.com/book/deal-wi...
Tor was kind enough to put book one on sale for $5.99!
www.kitrocha.com/book/deal-wi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
The Mercenary Librarians books are GREAT for the dystopian times we live in and also Book 1 has the bionic fingerbanging in a thunderstorm scene
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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Inspired by @today-maybe.bsky.social and fuelled by my own self-doubt, I made a cross-stitch pattern. Read more on the blog, or don't and just grab it from the photos. (I also meant to just post this here, and not on my personal bsky, but whatever)
weftandweaving.com/maybe-today/
weftandweaving.com/maybe-today/
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Inspired by @today-maybe.bsky.social and fuelled by my own self-doubt, I made a cross-stitch pattern. Read more on the blog, or don't and just grab it from the photos. (I also meant to just post this here, and not on my personal bsky, but whatever)
weftandweaving.com/maybe-today/
weftandweaving.com/maybe-today/
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Quite a kicker here @nikobowie.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Quite a kicker here @nikobowie.bsky.social
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Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
February 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
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Hey gang, a little bird tells me that Kobo put THE TWISTED ONES and NETTLE & BONE on sale until the 15th! (I know it’s in the UK, not sure about US)
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hey gang, a little bird tells me that Kobo put THE TWISTED ONES and NETTLE & BONE on sale until the 15th! (I know it’s in the UK, not sure about US)
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One of the things that keeps me going is that we are trying to protect something--community--and in the process we are strengthening that very thing. Their goal is simply to destroy. They have the guns and we have the whistles, but every day we become stronger and they do not.
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
One of the things that keeps me going is that we are trying to protect something--community--and in the process we are strengthening that very thing. Their goal is simply to destroy. They have the guns and we have the whistles, but every day we become stronger and they do not.