Lagerwhat
@lagerwhat.bsky.social
Once a library school grad, always a sarcastic individual with too many books and not enough shelves. Definitely not making Mt. Holyoke, Stony Brook, or Pratt proud.
Cite your sources and tip your server.
Cite your sources and tip your server.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Here’s what people will miss from this:
1. Tony Schviaone immediately stops talking when the FUCK ICE chants got louder
2. TBS and HBO MAX did not censor the chants at all
3. This 10 second moment from AEW fans during a main event has now completely changed the landscape of pro wrestling.
1. Tony Schviaone immediately stops talking when the FUCK ICE chants got louder
2. TBS and HBO MAX did not censor the chants at all
3. This 10 second moment from AEW fans during a main event has now completely changed the landscape of pro wrestling.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Here’s what people will miss from this:
1. Tony Schviaone immediately stops talking when the FUCK ICE chants got louder
2. TBS and HBO MAX did not censor the chants at all
3. This 10 second moment from AEW fans during a main event has now completely changed the landscape of pro wrestling.
1. Tony Schviaone immediately stops talking when the FUCK ICE chants got louder
2. TBS and HBO MAX did not censor the chants at all
3. This 10 second moment from AEW fans during a main event has now completely changed the landscape of pro wrestling.
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No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
February 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
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If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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The election denial movement relies on propaganda and urging their believers into action based on genuine belief that they are in the right.
People saying "there aren't enough ICE agents" are kinda missing the point. The point is to get people to distrust the results of the election.
People saying "there aren't enough ICE agents" are kinda missing the point. The point is to get people to distrust the results of the election.
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The election denial movement relies on propaganda and urging their believers into action based on genuine belief that they are in the right.
People saying "there aren't enough ICE agents" are kinda missing the point. The point is to get people to distrust the results of the election.
People saying "there aren't enough ICE agents" are kinda missing the point. The point is to get people to distrust the results of the election.
Fuck Chuck Schumer: Then. Now. Forever.
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Fuck Chuck Schumer: Then. Now. Forever.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
Librarians, archivists, and other info professionals: are we still giving the post-divorce Snopes the side-eye?
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Librarians, archivists, and other info professionals: are we still giving the post-divorce Snopes the side-eye?
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The Post eliminated its books section and most of its local coverage. The Kennedy Ctr ended all of performances.
Institutions are community ANCHORS. Writers of books, dancers, teaching artists, hip hop poets, musicians, critics, they depended on an ecosystem anchored by the Kennedy Ctr & WaPo.
Institutions are community ANCHORS. Writers of books, dancers, teaching artists, hip hop poets, musicians, critics, they depended on an ecosystem anchored by the Kennedy Ctr & WaPo.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Post eliminated its books section and most of its local coverage. The Kennedy Ctr ended all of performances.
Institutions are community ANCHORS. Writers of books, dancers, teaching artists, hip hop poets, musicians, critics, they depended on an ecosystem anchored by the Kennedy Ctr & WaPo.
Institutions are community ANCHORS. Writers of books, dancers, teaching artists, hip hop poets, musicians, critics, they depended on an ecosystem anchored by the Kennedy Ctr & WaPo.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Black people have always lived under fascism. The laws and rights that you and I take for granted were never applied equally to Black people.
We got this fascism by disregarding the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society.
If we vote and act to protect Black people, we protect ourselves
We got this fascism by disregarding the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society.
If we vote and act to protect Black people, we protect ourselves
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Black people have always lived under fascism. The laws and rights that you and I take for granted were never applied equally to Black people.
We got this fascism by disregarding the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society.
If we vote and act to protect Black people, we protect ourselves
We got this fascism by disregarding the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society.
If we vote and act to protect Black people, we protect ourselves
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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Former race and ethnicity reporter for WaPo:
“This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
He also says “hundreds of people” were laid off today, and I’ve seen it reported elsewhere that layoffs affected one third of the staff.
“This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
He also says “hundreds of people” were laid off today, and I’ve seen it reported elsewhere that layoffs affected one third of the staff.
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Former race and ethnicity reporter for WaPo:
“This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
He also says “hundreds of people” were laid off today, and I’ve seen it reported elsewhere that layoffs affected one third of the staff.
“This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
He also says “hundreds of people” were laid off today, and I’ve seen it reported elsewhere that layoffs affected one third of the staff.
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"for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and officers was higher per capita than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States.”
They weren't rookies
The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed"
My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed"
My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The toxic culture that killed Alex Pretti | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, who is Tulsi Gabbard really working for?
www.inquirer.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
"for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and officers was higher per capita than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States.”
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After Nixon was forced to resign, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being corrupt, but to demolish shared reality.
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
After Nixon was forced to resign, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being corrupt, but to demolish shared reality.
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
Again, I need to ask: why aren't more people going after Vance? The VP is a tech perv's puppet.
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Again, I need to ask: why aren't more people going after Vance? The VP is a tech perv's puppet.
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I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it on Fox News in February 2014. In my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I quote my own 2016 essay warning of his plan:
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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