NFLPA: Players have 'no appetite for an 18th regular-season game' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7019521/2026/02/03/nflpa-18-games-international-david-white/
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney
— a former editor at The New York Times
— details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred,
why this was directed from the very top,
how some staff pushed back
and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
https://
An interview with ex-NYT editor Billie Jean Sweeney, who says the NYT shifted to anti-trans bigotry and disinformation in about 2022, with guidance from the top (David Forbes/Trans News Network)
https://transnews.network/p/a-directiv
The Wound Remains Faithful: A Tragedy of Nora
It has taken me more than fifty years to write this book. That sentence appears in the author's note, but it deserves to open this introduction because it explains everything that follows. The Wound Remains Faithful is not a thriller. It is not a mystery. It does not offer the satisfaction of solved cases or the comfort of justice delivered. It…
Trump's Critics Should Not Go Wobbly Over Venezuela (David Frum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trumps-critics-should-not-go-wobbly-over-venezuela/685487/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p49#a260103p49
Anthropic plans a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl parodying the prospect of intrusive ads in AI conversations, and will also air a 60-second pre-game ad (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…
Gestern gesehen: Ein Fotograf kauft bei einer Haushaltsversteigerung eine Kiste Negative, erkennt, dass das sehr gelungene Street Photography ist und fängt an, der (ein paar Jahre zuvor verstorbenen) Fotografin hinterher zu recherchieren. Sie arbeitete als Kindermädchen und fotografierte nur für sich selbst. Dokumentarfilm-Empfehlung für alle, die sich für Fotografie und Straßenfotografie interessieren.
Update: DVD ist verschenkt.
Things are a lot quieter on the streets here, no doubt, but I know of few / no families who’ve been in hiding from ICE who feel like it’s safe to come out now — and I agree with them. A lot of folks are still basically in hiding, not going to work, not getting groceries, etc.
Minneapolis may be out of international news now, but our need is ongoing.
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montreal: Montreal street gangs (2007)
Network representing relationships between gangs, obtained from Montreal Police’s central intelligence database, spanning 2004 to 2007. Nodes are gangs, and an edge represents some kind of relationship between two gangs (as elicited from interviews with gang members).
This network has 35 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Affiliation, Unweighted
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS DEPUTY CHAIR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE TO END TRUMP'S ILLEGAL WAR ON VENEZUELA
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
released the following statement after news that Trump launched airstrikes inside Venezuela and captured its head of state:
"Trump's invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.
He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture …