Encinitas Highlands Surfer
@highlandsurfer.bsky.social
I live and work in Encinitas, and I like to talk about housing a lot, transportation and biking from time to time, California and Encinitas politics, and cannabis.
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Never figured this DOGE thing I made 5 years ago at the onset of COVID might have relevance in the future, and now I'm terrified at that reality.
Anyhow, hello Bluesky, guess I'm a federationalist now.
Anyhow, hello Bluesky, guess I'm a federationalist now.
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Local immigrant defense networks were deluged with life and death cases. They put a call out for private lawyers to step in and provide pro bono help.
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Local immigrant defense networks were deluged with life and death cases. They put a call out for private lawyers to step in and provide pro bono help.
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
7/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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I think Tom Homan may have forgotten that "legitimate" and "leader takes a $50,000 bag of cash for a bribe" are mutually exclusive concepts.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think Tom Homan may have forgotten that "legitimate" and "leader takes a $50,000 bag of cash for a bribe" are mutually exclusive concepts.
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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It goes back much further. This is a common practice during worksite raids. This happened during a 2018 raid in Trump’s first term, and the Biden DOJ ended up settling a lawsuit about it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It goes back much further. This is a common practice during worksite raids. This happened during a 2018 raid in Trump’s first term, and the Biden DOJ ended up settling a lawsuit about it.
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I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
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Coinbase must be concerned I'm at risk of running out of material
February 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Coinbase must be concerned I'm at risk of running out of material
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wait, Pete Hegseth shut down El Paso's airspace for ten days over four party balloons?
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
wait, Pete Hegseth shut down El Paso's airspace for ten days over four party balloons?
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I remember being surprised at how much MeToo took over the minds of certain folks, and I guess I just severely underestimated the number of older men who regarded nonstop predation of younger women as their birthright
Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I remember being surprised at how much MeToo took over the minds of certain folks, and I guess I just severely underestimated the number of older men who regarded nonstop predation of younger women as their birthright
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or who felt aggrieved that their friends were caught up in it, because 'he's never been anything but nice to me'
I remember being surprised at how much MeToo took over the minds of certain folks, and I guess I just severely underestimated the number of older men who regarded nonstop predation of younger women as their birthright
Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
February 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
or who felt aggrieved that their friends were caught up in it, because 'he's never been anything but nice to me'
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NEW: Don Lemon is set to be arraigned this week on charges tied to a protest at a church.
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case
Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
NEW: Don Lemon is set to be arraigned this week on charges tied to a protest at a church.
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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It's not good!
It wasn't great that The News turned this into the be all end all of measurements, but having a nearly 100 year old continuous data source asking the same exact question is not worthless, and this won't end the practice of aggregating things in a social context.
It wasn't great that The News turned this into the be all end all of measurements, but having a nearly 100 year old continuous data source asking the same exact question is not worthless, and this won't end the practice of aggregating things in a social context.
Good.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It's not good!
It wasn't great that The News turned this into the be all end all of measurements, but having a nearly 100 year old continuous data source asking the same exact question is not worthless, and this won't end the practice of aggregating things in a social context.
It wasn't great that The News turned this into the be all end all of measurements, but having a nearly 100 year old continuous data source asking the same exact question is not worthless, and this won't end the practice of aggregating things in a social context.
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The gallup presidential approval poll is an institution in American politics that predates world war 2. With Trump’s approval in the 30s, they’re ending it. thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The gallup presidential approval poll is an institution in American politics that predates world war 2. With Trump’s approval in the 30s, they’re ending it. thehill.com/homenews/med...
Imagine abandoning a nearly 100 year old data series that is also one of the most watched and cited numbers in the world. Incomprehensible to me.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Imagine abandoning a nearly 100 year old data series that is also one of the most watched and cited numbers in the world. Incomprehensible to me.
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How many pedo Willie Hortons does Trump have now?
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
How many pedo Willie Hortons does Trump have now?
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A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
Why is Trump not on top of the list?
like, in an ideal world we’d impeach the entire Trump administration once we take the house but right now my top priorities for who to impeach are probably
-RFK Jr.
-Noem
-Bondi
-Gabbard
-RFK Jr.
-Noem
-Bondi
-Gabbard
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Why is Trump not on top of the list?
The thing I hate about having the "would you vote for Newsom if he was the Dem nominee" is that I resent the idea that he uniquely deserves to have the question posed this way, as if inevitable. Has anyone asked Gavin, "Would you vote for Sarah McBride if she were the nominee?"
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The thing I hate about having the "would you vote for Newsom if he was the Dem nominee" is that I resent the idea that he uniquely deserves to have the question posed this way, as if inevitable. Has anyone asked Gavin, "Would you vote for Sarah McBride if she were the nominee?"
Can we please not do this debate until 2027 at least?
February 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Can we please not do this debate until 2027 at least?
Although I think the BLS is putting out good numbers, the act of firing the head of BLS for refusing to cook the books was in and of itself a consequential enough act to warrant skepticism and vigorous examination of every release until data integrity is once again a priority from the executive.
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Although I think the BLS is putting out good numbers, the act of firing the head of BLS for refusing to cook the books was in and of itself a consequential enough act to warrant skepticism and vigorous examination of every release until data integrity is once again a priority from the executive.
Everyone who covers economics and financial news is coming out swinging against BLS conspiracy thinking, which is both good (the numbers don't yet seem to be compromised) and bad (soft green lighting things like data set non-continuity, report delays for sketchy reasoning, obvious leaking of data).
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Everyone who covers economics and financial news is coming out swinging against BLS conspiracy thinking, which is both good (the numbers don't yet seem to be compromised) and bad (soft green lighting things like data set non-continuity, report delays for sketchy reasoning, obvious leaking of data).
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OpenAI fired a female employee for sexual discrimination because she raised questions about the company's pivot toward automated erotica engagement slop
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
OpenAI fired a female employee for sexual discrimination because she raised questions about the company's pivot toward automated erotica engagement slop