Madre sí hay más que una. ¡Y Punch! 🐒 https://t.co/9AbKk8sLZP pic.twitter.com/q9LgOWwK1u
— IKEA España (@IKEASpain) February 16, 2026
今日行ったらIKEA Japanの社長が市川市長にぬいぐるみの贈呈式してた🐒
— ななりゅう🐈⬛ (@EVEponyo_0525) February 17, 2026
IKEAも市川市も仕事はやっ😍#がんばれパンチくん https://t.co/hlZ2zCNeY3 pic.twitter.com/7rzFjAWT6Y
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela. Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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A write-upJUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned. pic.twitter.com/xb3cB8C5w8
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 18, 2026
Polymarket 🤝 Substack
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) February 18, 2026
We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack.
Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market.
Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets. pic.twitter.com/kxosFe8Zqt
Supposedly Trump wants to set up his own version of PolymarketAs DraftKings and FanDuel deal with plunging stock, Indian Gaming Association conference chair @VictorRocha1 tells @FOS they have "lost their minds."
— Ben Horney (@BenHorney) February 17, 2026
“They are so freaked out by Polymarket and Kalshi eating their lunch. It’s like a midlife crisis.”https://t.co/iTIxs5Zjmm
("After critical media coverage and a political uproar, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary blamed Dr. Prasad’s decision on career FDA staff. This isn’t the first time he has used agency staff as an excuse to protect his biologics chief from the fallout from bad decisions.")Very glad to see this news pic.twitter.com/awhzkW23ND
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) February 18, 2026
("the Vibrant Villages Programme...In winter, eggs and onions turn rock-solid. There's no running water. The power and internet go off for days. People mostly hibernate in their wood-and-tin houses, burning firewood")Both India and China are building up strategically-placed yet very remote villages along parts of their contested border, high up in the Himalayas. @npr.org went to some of the villages on the India side. www.npr.org/2026/02/17/n...
— Emily Feng (@emilyzfeng.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Dixie Flatline in the house with us tonight, welcome the famous Mr. Dixie Flatline, from the Neuromancer subplot "the Dixie Flatline begs to be deleted" www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...
— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Quite amazing, this performance featuring robots by the Hangzhou-based humanoid robotics company Unitree Technology (宇树科技) doing actual martial arts together with students from the Henan Tagou Martial Arts School. #CMGChunwan pic.twitter.com/hBRFG13fVf
— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) February 16, 2026
This was the martial arts show that was the most impressive. The robots are by Unitree Tech, Hangzhou. One of the companies that were happy to be among the lucky few to sponsor the show and showcase their humanoid robot talents 💯 pic.twitter.com/VxwtvnHHRh
— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) February 16, 2026
And #Beijing TV’s New Year’s Day gala has, again, guess what… moooooore robots! #China
— Stephen McDonell (@stephenmcdonell.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Fun story from Caixin revealing the high $$$ bidding war behind the Spring Festival Gala:
— 李其 Lizzi (@wstv_lizzi) February 17, 2026
“Several robotics companies from Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai that have been in contact with CCTV regarding Spring Festival Gala pricing told Caixin that the “registration fee” for a…
This is a crazy story. Police in China summoned the family members of people in a pay dispute with Hungry Panda (a Chinese food delivery app) and threatened arrest.https://t.co/NOKPWnaA3I
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) February 18, 2026
"People in the group chat were all saying they got called by police in China. And I was…
Florida's IMG Academy hit with $1.7M fine for accepting tuition linked to a Mexican drug cartel. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that IMG Academy will be fined $1.72 million for accepting tuition fees for two students whose… pic.twitter.com/6E0LNsZdoA
— Sportico (@Sportico) February 17, 2026
Second in command but never noticed any of the improprieties?BREAKING: Bruce Meyer has been unanimously elected as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, sources tell ESPN. Meyer, who was previously the No. 2 at the union, becomes the sixth executive director in the union’s history.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 19, 2026
Kawhi makes 6'11" Kevin Durant's hand look TINY 🖐😭
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 16, 2026
(via kawhisklawset/IG) pic.twitter.com/yA8jhsxlIm
(I'm not vouching for it)BREAKING: NBA fans, with all the KD burner drama, someone went through everything, organized every confirmed mention, and built a live tracker.
— CantGuardBook (@CGBBURNER) February 17, 2026
Introducing the KDFiles, and what it includes:
-An in-depth breakdown of every KD burner tweet we know of. Every name mentioned,… pic.twitter.com/du4mubttbo
Angels won't televise any of their Cactus League games this spring, via Jeff Fletcher.
— MLB Daily News (@insidemlbnews.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
(A huge gap between "Red" and "Sox" from what I saw)To be clear, the original design was selected by the Red Sox. Fanatics executed to our specifications and has been an outstanding partner throughout. They deserve no blame and we are grateful to them for making the new jerseys in time for Opening Day.
— Red Sox (@RedSox) February 18, 2026
2026 basically
— Richard Kadrey (@richardkadrey.bsky.social) February 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Skateboarding inside the top of that Sauron tower would be sick.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
why would they design it this way pic.twitter.com/zJmzKiJUuH
— Chris A (@AlsikkanTV) February 5, 2026
Sapporo Beer has changed the design of their famous beer can elevator.
— Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 (@mrjeffu) February 5, 2026
This is a video of their Classic can elevator that they've been using until recently.
See the quoted tweet for a photo of the new Black Label can elevator:pic.twitter.com/ZVpiw2WAtA https://t.co/hSyCpZBOdY
I heard a loud thump and found this:
— Echo (@echo262.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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@katieandtatesfostermates They’re all just puppies part 2 🥰 Clips from our first Westminster Dog Show in 2024 when we said we’d make it an annual thing but we forgot to go last year 😅 @Westminster Kennel Club #westminsterdogshow ♬ FUN DAY - finetune
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