David Ciani
@davidciani.com
🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Thinker, Liberal, Technology Oriented. Data-driven research and analysis. Hailing from Monterey County, California. I speak for the trees, for myself, and no one else.
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Uncharacteristically, the Trump Administration didn't actually enshitify the new data.opm.gov, where federal employment data is published. It's actually better in some respects than the previous version, which published everything as these OLAP cubes that were hard to work with.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Uncharacteristically, the Trump Administration didn't actually enshitify the new data.opm.gov, where federal employment data is published. It's actually better in some respects than the previous version, which published everything as these OLAP cubes that were hard to work with.
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We even have laws on the books that quite explicitly address all of this madness. 18 USC § 241 and 242, "Conspiracy Against Rights" and "Deprivation of Right Under Color of Law".
In terms of how serious those laws are: if kidnapping, sexual abuse, or death results, they are capital crimes.
In terms of how serious those laws are: if kidnapping, sexual abuse, or death results, they are capital crimes.
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
We even have laws on the books that quite explicitly address all of this madness. 18 USC § 241 and 242, "Conspiracy Against Rights" and "Deprivation of Right Under Color of Law".
In terms of how serious those laws are: if kidnapping, sexual abuse, or death results, they are capital crimes.
In terms of how serious those laws are: if kidnapping, sexual abuse, or death results, they are capital crimes.
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Aerial footage shows the anti-ICE "ICE OUT" protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Aerial footage shows the anti-ICE "ICE OUT" protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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“The US model with more referenda”
that’s literally just California lmao
that’s literally just California lmao
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
“The US model with more referenda”
that’s literally just California lmao
that’s literally just California lmao
It’s always “next year” with that guy…
Tesla will probably sell its Optimus robots to the public by the end of next year, according to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, who’s said the carmaker’s fortunes will be increasingly dependent on humanoid machines.
Tesla to Sell Optimus Robots to Public Next Year, Musk Says
Tesla Inc. will probably sell its Optimus robots to the public by the end of next year, according to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, who’s said the carmaker’s fortunes will be increasingly dependent on humanoid machines.
bloom.bg
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It’s always “next year” with that guy…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
I was involved in the administration of one of those point-in-time counts a while back… Only observed homeless people are counted, meaning it's likely an undercount. More importantly, the process is documented and repeatable, so numbers should be comparable from year to year.
Spoke with my @politico.com buds about whether Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is really turning the tide on homelessness. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Is Gavin Newsom really turning the corner on homelessness?
POLITICO reporters dig into the latest California’s homelessness estimates that Gavin Newsom is pointing to as evidence of progress on a longstanding problem.
www.politico.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I was involved in the administration of one of those point-in-time counts a while back… Only observed homeless people are counted, meaning it's likely an undercount. More importantly, the process is documented and repeatable, so numbers should be comparable from year to year.
This is the most government self own imaginable.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 AM
This is the most government self own imaginable.
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The state should indict members of that secret police force for their crimes; let's find out if they actually have immunity, and what the limits of that immunity are.
I don't think* they have the kind of blanket immunity the Regime claims
*I explain here patreon.com/posts/147687764/
I don't think* they have the kind of blanket immunity the Regime claims
*I explain here patreon.com/posts/147687764/
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The state should indict members of that secret police force for their crimes; let's find out if they actually have immunity, and what the limits of that immunity are.
I don't think* they have the kind of blanket immunity the Regime claims
*I explain here patreon.com/posts/147687764/
I don't think* they have the kind of blanket immunity the Regime claims
*I explain here patreon.com/posts/147687764/
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
Warm fuzzies when I see a nurse with a pro-Union button.
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Warm fuzzies when I see a nurse with a pro-Union button.
This kind of screening on an outbound flight is quite normal. It’s frequently CBP, but ICE does it too when they are looking for someone. They’ve been doing it forever.
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This kind of screening on an outbound flight is quite normal. It’s frequently CBP, but ICE does it too when they are looking for someone. They’ve been doing it forever.
“If Biden did this for a Delaware university, people would lose their minds.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“If Biden did this for a Delaware university, people would lose their minds.”
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The custom (not law!) of placing a hand on a religious text when making an oath is rooted in the idea that the person adheres to that faith and therefore would never lie with their hand on its main text.
That's why you don't force Muslims to swear on a Bible, or Christians on the Koran.
That's why you don't force Muslims to swear on a Bible, or Christians on the Koran.
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The custom (not law!) of placing a hand on a religious text when making an oath is rooted in the idea that the person adheres to that faith and therefore would never lie with their hand on its main text.
That's why you don't force Muslims to swear on a Bible, or Christians on the Koran.
That's why you don't force Muslims to swear on a Bible, or Christians on the Koran.
When did they make a Ford Explorer pickup truck?
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
When did they make a Ford Explorer pickup truck?
Another “random objects floating around in this house”: a box with some drip irrigation parts.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Another “random objects floating around in this house”: a box with some drip irrigation parts.
Oh, just an evening perusing the California Building Code.
January 18, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Oh, just an evening perusing the California Building Code.
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It’s shocking how few people know about the I-9 process, despite filling one out at every legitimate job you’ve ever had.
Add that to the list of things that the average American doesn’t know about our broken immigration system.
Add that to the list of things that the average American doesn’t know about our broken immigration system.
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
It’s shocking how few people know about the I-9 process, despite filling one out at every legitimate job you’ve ever had.
Add that to the list of things that the average American doesn’t know about our broken immigration system.
Add that to the list of things that the average American doesn’t know about our broken immigration system.
This business might have never experienced this before, but this is the “normal” way that unauthorized employment is supposed to be investigated. I-9s have always been subject to administrative inspection by the feds.
Granted, it should be more like a tax audit than a SWAT raid.
Granted, it should be more like a tax audit than a SWAT raid.
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
This business might have never experienced this before, but this is the “normal” way that unauthorized employment is supposed to be investigated. I-9s have always been subject to administrative inspection by the feds.
Granted, it should be more like a tax audit than a SWAT raid.
Granted, it should be more like a tax audit than a SWAT raid.
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America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
Trump Plan Would Let Americans Use 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes, Official Says
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
How many ICE officers’ marriages do you think are falling apart right now?
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
How many ICE officers’ marriages do you think are falling apart right now?
Yup. Here we are folks: A CBS News article has been labeled as “Firinge Media & Disinfo” by @skywatch.blue
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Yup. Here we are folks: A CBS News article has been labeled as “Firinge Media & Disinfo” by @skywatch.blue
I just can't come up with a scenario where having a gun would help me survive a situation.
A lot of the performative gun nuts who carry seem to ignore the fact the only legal use of deadly force is to protect human life. You can't use it threaten people, and you can't use it to protect property.
A lot of the performative gun nuts who carry seem to ignore the fact the only legal use of deadly force is to protect human life. You can't use it threaten people, and you can't use it to protect property.
as a small person who has spent a ton of time traveling alone without ever feeling the need to carry a gun, I also think about this a lot
As a small woman I think it’s pathetic to feel the need to carry a gun everywhere to feel safe. If I don’t feel the need how tf do these men that think they’re so big and tough.
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I just can't come up with a scenario where having a gun would help me survive a situation.
A lot of the performative gun nuts who carry seem to ignore the fact the only legal use of deadly force is to protect human life. You can't use it threaten people, and you can't use it to protect property.
A lot of the performative gun nuts who carry seem to ignore the fact the only legal use of deadly force is to protect human life. You can't use it threaten people, and you can't use it to protect property.
Ugh… being sick is no fun.
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Ugh… being sick is no fun.
Isn’t a bruise technically “internal bleeding”?
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Isn’t a bruise technically “internal bleeding”?