Phil Helsel

@AntonioPlanas1 I also love percent, but % is growing on me and it does make sense. Like no one else in our lives spells it out

I can finally sleep at night. Now if they only reverted back to percent and not %, the world would be a much better place.

My dog after eating my philosophy book

Ma'am this is a Quick Quack Car Wash. Please move forward.

There are no words.

The face of an UNREPENTANT CRIMINAL

I’m watching a Law and Order episode where someone says they ride the Staten Island Ferry to clear their head. It does!

@jonallendc And in cursive, which I fear may disappear

One of my grandmothers donated $5 to Adlai Stevenson’s 1952 presidential campaign. I know that’s like $5 billion in 2026 dollars, but imagine giving $5 today and getting a handwritten note back from the candidate.

@JayShams And babies are cute and don’t know any better, the parents don’t like it any more than you do, and there’s a lot of adults on planes that have very little excuse

I don't understand how people can complain about babies on flights. how would you feel if you recently acquired object permanence and you were in a big metal machine hurtling through the sky at hundreds of miles per hour.

@dennisjromero Hey we sprung ahead on the clocks!

It's still winter.

My latest story for ABC News with @devindwyer caught the eye of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. Check it out! abcnews.com/Politics/gen-i…

Sixty years ago this week, an unprecedented blizzard caused what a local TV station called "North Dakota's most famous photo." bit.ly/4b7Vklr

Tonight’s Moon is in its red era #TotalLunarEclipse @NASA

Epic Furry

Veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh takes leave (first reported by Guardian) "We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don't know how to do that."

Gold medal Olympian Alysa Liu is getting a mural in Gardena! Local street muralist Gustavo Zermeño Jr. said he wanted to create something that not only inspires him, but also young people. Liu skated to Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" during this year's winter Olympics.

I’m impressed they got a quote from eagles.

Justice Gorsuch wanted everyone to know about how his colleagues votes seemed to shift depending on who was president in a 46-page opinion that is probably a big reason why the case wasn't decided sooner:

Downing Street’s chief mouser, Larry the Cat, celebrates fifteen years in the job this weekend. He’s been a symbol of continuity in a time of political turbulence. Our @itvnews report tonight on when Harry met Larry

President Trump’s post threatening to block the opening of a major new US-Canada bridge was filled with important omissions and misleading claims. - Trump professed astonishment that the Canadian government would expect him to support the project. He didn’t mention that he explicitly endorsed the project in a 2017 joint statement with then-PM Trudeau, calling it a “vital economic link” and saying he looked forward to its quick completion. - Trump, complaining about Canada, said “we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset.” But the state of Michigan already owns half of the bridge. - Trump said, “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them.” But Canada paid for the entire bridge construction. - Trump complained about a Buy American waiver Obama granted the project, then claimed the waiver let Canada “not use any American products, including our Steel.” But the waiver actually allowed Canadian and US steel to be treated equally in consideration for the project, and numerous Canadian officials and Republican former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder say some American steel was indeed used. (Also worth noting the Obama administration said it was granting the waiver out of a “basic notion of fairness” because the project was a “unique circumstance…under which Canada is assuming all financial liability and risk for the construction.”) Fact check: cnn.com/2026/02/10/pol…