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@alisontrue.bsky.social
Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its heyday. Now: various.
“Conspiracy theories are underrated” —me
“Conspiracy theories are underrated” —me
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It is impossible to assault a robot and people who interfere with or damage property are not assailants.
Chicago’s autonomous delivery robots are getting into scrapes with humans, per city records we obtained via FOIA. with @robertchannick.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/f...
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
It is impossible to assault a robot and people who interfere with or damage property are not assailants.
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63% of U.S. population lives within Custom and Border Protection's border zone, "a kind of constitution-free zone," where border agents "are allowed to nullify people's rights."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Who Lives in the U.S. 'Border Zone'? Probably, You.
All of Michigan, D.C., and a large chunk of Pennsylvania are part of the area where Border Patrol has expanded search and seizure rights. Here's what it means to live or travel there.
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
63% of U.S. population lives within Custom and Border Protection's border zone, "a kind of constitution-free zone," where border agents "are allowed to nullify people's rights."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Here's the Trib editorial board saying that ICE requiring a warrant signed by a judge before arresting someone is "going through the bureaucratic hoops"
From the Editorial Board: Minnesota, even in its grief and trauma over the needless deaths of two of its citizens at the hands of the state, is managing to show that communication and negotiation are possible.
Editorial: Illinois should consider pragmatic tweaks to its sanctuary law
In Minnesota, Democratic politicians are negotiating pragmatic policy changes regarding their sanctuary policies. Illinois should do the same.
trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Here's the Trib editorial board saying that ICE requiring a warrant signed by a judge before arresting someone is "going through the bureaucratic hoops"
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anyways I invite the NYT to ride on I-94 in Indiana (an entirely illegal weed state) and witness America in action via billboards: WEED FIREWORKS CIGARETTES ALCOHOL WEED PERSONAL INJURY FIRM WEED FIREWORKS FIREWORKS WEED MOTORCYCLE ATTORNEY CIGARETTES WEED FIREWORKS CABIN CONSTRUCTION WEED FIREWORKS
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
anyways I invite the NYT to ride on I-94 in Indiana (an entirely illegal weed state) and witness America in action via billboards: WEED FIREWORKS CIGARETTES ALCOHOL WEED PERSONAL INJURY FIRM WEED FIREWORKS FIREWORKS WEED MOTORCYCLE ATTORNEY CIGARETTES WEED FIREWORKS CABIN CONSTRUCTION WEED FIREWORKS
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Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
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Ghislaine Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell had his son Kevin introduce Ghislaine to Jeffrey Epstein to get his help "moving money around" (money laundering, hiding it from law enforcement. Robert Maxwell stole £500M from a pension fund.)
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
At last we know where Ghislaine Maxwell got her money from
A confidential bank report in the Epstein files reveals that her fortune came not from him but from secret trusts created by her father
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell had his son Kevin introduce Ghislaine to Jeffrey Epstein to get his help "moving money around" (money laundering, hiding it from law enforcement. Robert Maxwell stole £500M from a pension fund.)
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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You can criticize Trump’s racist meme without reposting it.
I believe in you.
And you might want to think about the people whose face you’re shoving it in.
I believe in you.
And you might want to think about the people whose face you’re shoving it in.
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
You can criticize Trump’s racist meme without reposting it.
I believe in you.
And you might want to think about the people whose face you’re shoving it in.
I believe in you.
And you might want to think about the people whose face you’re shoving it in.
“There is a short jump between contempt for women and eugenics, and an even shorter one from eugenics to actual fascism.” (gift link)
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
“There is a short jump between contempt for women and eugenics, and an even shorter one from eugenics to actual fascism.” (gift link)
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At least 9 companies hold active contracts with both ICE and NYC totaling at least $260M, @documentedny.bsky.social finds.
Will Owen of @stopspyingny.bsky.social is right: "You can’t be both a sanctuary city and a surveillance state."
Will Owen of @stopspyingny.bsky.social is right: "You can’t be both a sanctuary city and a surveillance state."
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
At least 9 companies hold active contracts with both ICE and NYC totaling at least $260M, @documentedny.bsky.social finds.
Will Owen of @stopspyingny.bsky.social is right: "You can’t be both a sanctuary city and a surveillance state."
Will Owen of @stopspyingny.bsky.social is right: "You can’t be both a sanctuary city and a surveillance state."
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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all these reputation defenders really being unable to make much progress because of Wikipedia editors and journalists is a very good reminder of why we have to defend them at all costs
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
all these reputation defenders really being unable to make much progress because of Wikipedia editors and journalists is a very good reminder of why we have to defend them at all costs
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The President’s ( ) should be a bigger story
- bribe taking
- idiocy
- participation in a teen rape club
- press conference beshitting
- white supremacy
- melting brain
- murder of fishermen
- crypto schemes
- cover ups
- assault on free speech
- Gestapo
- non-stop lying
- extortions
- bribe taking
- idiocy
- participation in a teen rape club
- press conference beshitting
- white supremacy
- melting brain
- murder of fishermen
- crypto schemes
- cover ups
- assault on free speech
- Gestapo
- non-stop lying
- extortions
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The President’s ( ) should be a bigger story
- bribe taking
- idiocy
- participation in a teen rape club
- press conference beshitting
- white supremacy
- melting brain
- murder of fishermen
- crypto schemes
- cover ups
- assault on free speech
- Gestapo
- non-stop lying
- extortions
- bribe taking
- idiocy
- participation in a teen rape club
- press conference beshitting
- white supremacy
- melting brain
- murder of fishermen
- crypto schemes
- cover ups
- assault on free speech
- Gestapo
- non-stop lying
- extortions
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For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.
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Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
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Wait wait wait, this "drawdown" is because sheriffs agreed to break state law to help DHS with nazi crimes on the stipulation their legal costs are covered when people rightly say hey fucko thats illegal? This isn't a drawdown, it is just replacing some DHS goons with regular cops
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Wait wait wait, this "drawdown" is because sheriffs agreed to break state law to help DHS with nazi crimes on the stipulation their legal costs are covered when people rightly say hey fucko thats illegal? This isn't a drawdown, it is just replacing some DHS goons with regular cops
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i keep seeing "protestors" referred to again and again in ICE coverage and I wish the media would understand that is right-wing framing and just call them what they actually are which is *residents*
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
i keep seeing "protestors" referred to again and again in ICE coverage and I wish the media would understand that is right-wing framing and just call them what they actually are which is *residents*
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Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
Everything’s terrible but:
NEW — A newly redesigned on-campus food market will provide free food for students at Kennedy-King College in Englewood.
Statesmen Market is an extension of Chicago City College’s former food pantry, and was celebrated with a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/a-re...
Statesmen Market is an extension of Chicago City College’s former food pantry, and was celebrated with a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/a-re...
A redesigned food market at Kennedy-King College provides students with free meals and upgrades food pantry experience • The TRiiBE
Chicago City Colleges aims to open food markets at all City Colleges to tackle student food insecurity.
thetriibe.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Everything’s terrible but:
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
And every news organization reporting this threat including nbc should repeat the joke. When the lawsuits come (they won’t), the discovery will be bigly.
President Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night's Grammy Awards, saying that Noah's crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island was "false and defamatory."
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over joke about Epstein's island
President Donald Trump called the joke, which Noah made at last night's Grammy Awards, "false and defamatory," again insisting he has never visited Jeffrey Epstein's island.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
And every news organization reporting this threat including nbc should repeat the joke. When the lawsuits come (they won’t), the discovery will be bigly.
“Administration officials have said both Pretti and Good were seeking to hurt ICE officers.”
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“Administration officials have said both Pretti and Good were seeking to hurt ICE officers.”
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A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.