Daniel Strauss
@danielstrauss.bsky.social
2025-2026 fellow @niemanfoundation.bsky.social Harvard University. Journalist. Hedge knight. Dr Pepper lover. Go Blue. I’m the man like Lando.
I use this account to rant about nerd stuff.
Email: Daniel_Strauss@harvard.edu
I use this account to rant about nerd stuff.
Email: Daniel_Strauss@harvard.edu
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The casting for Ramsay Bolton was perfect. Pedro Pascal was meant to play Oberyn. Daniel Ings was meant to play The Laughing Storm www.vulture.com/article/dani...
The Royal Brat
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is Daniel Ings’s third attempt at a George R.R. Martin adaptation, and he’s not wasting a single shit-eating grin.
www.vulture.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The casting for Ramsay Bolton was perfect. Pedro Pascal was meant to play Oberyn. Daniel Ings was meant to play The Laughing Storm www.vulture.com/article/dani...
So if all those ICE agents are leaving Minnesota what is DHS going to do with them next? That’s a lot of people waiting for marching orders.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
So if all those ICE agents are leaving Minnesota what is DHS going to do with them next? That’s a lot of people waiting for marching orders.
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How scared are they by this upcoming DHS shutdown? Here's one possible answer.
Border czar Tom Homan announces end of the aggressive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that began late last year and resulted in thousands of arrests, as well as the shootings of three people. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President’s Border Czar Says Minnesota Enforcement Surge Is Ending
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
How scared are they by this upcoming DHS shutdown? Here's one possible answer.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
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Jim Jordan: "You have a right to protest in the street, but that doesn't give you a right to go into the Capitol and disrupt Congress"
February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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RIP Dawson Leery.
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
RIP Dawson Leery.
The Fourth Amendment requires judicial warrants…what exactly is being negotiated? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The Fourth Amendment requires judicial warrants…what exactly is being negotiated? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
I can’t think of a more fitting beer for a bunch of reporters in Cambridge to be drinking…
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I can’t think of a more fitting beer for a bunch of reporters in Cambridge to be drinking…
Okay so now that I’ve finally watched the latest episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms I can make this list with authority.
Best ASoIaF characters ranked:
1. Oberyn Martell
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. Lyonel Baratheon
4. Bronn
5. Hotpie
6. Jaqen H’ghar
7. Everyone else.
Best ASoIaF characters ranked:
1. Oberyn Martell
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. Lyonel Baratheon
4. Bronn
5. Hotpie
6. Jaqen H’ghar
7. Everyone else.
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Okay so now that I’ve finally watched the latest episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms I can make this list with authority.
Best ASoIaF characters ranked:
1. Oberyn Martell
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. Lyonel Baratheon
4. Bronn
5. Hotpie
6. Jaqen H’ghar
7. Everyone else.
Best ASoIaF characters ranked:
1. Oberyn Martell
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. Lyonel Baratheon
4. Bronn
5. Hotpie
6. Jaqen H’ghar
7. Everyone else.
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Read to the bottom (subscribe please 🙏) for a flashback with some reporting on what it was like during the first term when President Trump got booed at a sporting event and then he forced his staff to keep booking him to show up at live event til he got the cheers level he wanted. The problem was…
"The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday"
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social
The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Read to the bottom (subscribe please 🙏) for a flashback with some reporting on what it was like during the first term when President Trump got booed at a sporting event and then he forced his staff to keep booking him to show up at live event til he got the cheers level he wanted. The problem was…
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HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
n.pr
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
Over a month later I’m still glad the Stranger Things ending was that it was all a story Mike made up to cope with Will’s disappearance.
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Over a month later I’m still glad the Stranger Things ending was that it was all a story Mike made up to cope with Will’s disappearance.
To put it mildly, this story didn’t quite back up its main thesis. Britt sounds like the most critiqued version of Susan Collins i.e. someone who’s very concerned but that’s it.
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
To put it mildly, this story didn’t quite back up its main thesis. Britt sounds like the most critiqued version of Susan Collins i.e. someone who’s very concerned but that’s it.
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Earlier this week, I reported that some Dems were considering breaking out parts of the DHS funding bill (like TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard) and funding them while negotiations on ICE and CBP continue.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Earlier this week, I reported that some Dems were considering breaking out parts of the DHS funding bill (like TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard) and funding them while negotiations on ICE and CBP continue.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
I’ve been reading one if GRRM’s old works outside of ASoIaF and…it’s 🔥.
He does like to use certain phrases across his worlds.
He does like to use certain phrases across his worlds.
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I’ve been reading one if GRRM’s old works outside of ASoIaF and…it’s 🔥.
He does like to use certain phrases across his worlds.
He does like to use certain phrases across his worlds.
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Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?
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Critics fear these tactics have a “chilling effect”, discouraging people from filming. The result? “These agents get to effectively be as unaccountable as any group in the history of our country,” says David Bier, of the Cato Institute.
Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgR
Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgR
ICE agents hate being filmed
Trump administration accused of trampling First Amendment by targeting Americans recording immigration raids
ft.trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Critics fear these tactics have a “chilling effect”, discouraging people from filming. The result? “These agents get to effectively be as unaccountable as any group in the history of our country,” says David Bier, of the Cato Institute.
Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgR
Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgR
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Over the past few months, hundreds of Americans have been pepper sprayed, threatened and detained for attempting to film on their phones the largest crackdown on undocumented migrants in recent American history.
An #FTEdit video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇
An #FTEdit video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Over the past few months, hundreds of Americans have been pepper sprayed, threatened and detained for attempting to film on their phones the largest crackdown on undocumented migrants in recent American history.
An #FTEdit video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇
An #FTEdit video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇
“The woman said the agents put her into one of their vehicles and started driving toward the Twin Cities…About 20 minutes into the drive, she says one of the agents got a call, apparently from an ICE supervisor.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervened and got federal agents to release resident, sources say
Sources tell MPR News that the police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into detention. It is believed to t...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:05 PM
“The woman said the agents put her into one of their vehicles and started driving toward the Twin Cities…About 20 minutes into the drive, she says one of the agents got a call, apparently from an ICE supervisor.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Fifty years after Apple began marketing computers to schools, classrooms are awash with technology. Concerns about fractured attention and data security are mounting
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
econ.st
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Fifty years after Apple began marketing computers to schools, classrooms are awash with technology. Concerns about fractured attention and data security are mounting
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Coming soon.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
★ In this stellar second entry in the Captive’s War series, bestselling author duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing as James S. A. Corey, ingeniously expand on the worldbuilding of 'The Mercy of Gods.' This wows. @orbitbooks buff.ly/4JaSNsQ
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Coming soon.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
Tell your friends and remind your enemies.
My Lyft this morning is a Cybertruck. Ask me anything.
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
My Lyft this morning is a Cybertruck. Ask me anything.