Ingrid Burrington
@lifewinning.com
writer, artist, alleged geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. had a beautiful dog for 5 1/2 years. https://buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. lifewinning.com is past work. dissertation blog: placing.technology
Is this the new version of that West Wing clip about Mercator every geography class has to show at least once
per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
January 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Is this the new version of that West Wing clip about Mercator every geography class has to show at least once
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an amendment that would've banned this activity specifically passed the House unanimously a few years ago and then mysteriously vanished during backroom talks between Dem & Rep leaders
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
an amendment that would've banned this activity specifically passed the House unanimously a few years ago and then mysteriously vanished during backroom talks between Dem & Rep leaders
LMAO I just figured out today that I missed the deadline for submitting a form that allows me to actually graduate Winter term
I'm defending my dissertation *tomorrow*
Mostly I think this just means I pay some spring student fees and continue to have library access until May? But how embarrassing
I'm defending my dissertation *tomorrow*
Mostly I think this just means I pay some spring student fees and continue to have library access until May? But how embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
LMAO I just figured out today that I missed the deadline for submitting a form that allows me to actually graduate Winter term
I'm defending my dissertation *tomorrow*
Mostly I think this just means I pay some spring student fees and continue to have library access until May? But how embarrassing
I'm defending my dissertation *tomorrow*
Mostly I think this just means I pay some spring student fees and continue to have library access until May? But how embarrassing
A bad afternoon to union-busting companies, boo
60 workers at Ubisoft’s studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia voted to form a union.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
Video game giant Ubisoft closes Halifax studio, cutting 71 jobs | CBC News
Staff formed company's first North American union in late December but Ubisoft says unionization did not influence closure.
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
A bad afternoon to union-busting companies, boo
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Hundreds are now marching against ICE in NYC toward World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is scheduled to speak.
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hundreds are now marching against ICE in NYC toward World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is scheduled to speak.
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On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good
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Earlier on channel 9 they reported an important detail from eyewitnesses that the different officers were shouting conflicting instructions at her.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Earlier on channel 9 they reported an important detail from eyewitnesses that the different officers were shouting conflicting instructions at her.
A real redacted kind of day
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A real redacted kind of day
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"I just don't see how the cold blooded murder of a mother in Minneapolis is going to bring back the 5 for 5 deal at Arby's"
Guys this is deranged. The Consultant Democrats are hopeless, utterly incapable of meeting the moment
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"I just don't see how the cold blooded murder of a mother in Minneapolis is going to bring back the 5 for 5 deal at Arby's"
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The cycle we’re in is, the group that people want to be serving as an opposition party capable of stopping ICE have for more than two decades handed ICE power, money, and political legitimacy
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The cycle we’re in is, the group that people want to be serving as an opposition party capable of stopping ICE have for more than two decades handed ICE power, money, and political legitimacy
Saw someone post the Minneapolis ICE murder footage with the photo of a VC getting shot in the head and a crazy story about my dad is that he made the call that led to NBC broadcasting the film footage of the VC getting murdered (a Vietnamese cameraman captured it, pretty sure my dad wasn't there)
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Saw someone post the Minneapolis ICE murder footage with the photo of a VC getting shot in the head and a crazy story about my dad is that he made the call that led to NBC broadcasting the film footage of the VC getting murdered (a Vietnamese cameraman captured it, pretty sure my dad wasn't there)
Zach Galafinakis as a man on a mission to build open source audio editing tools
AMC previews its new show, ‘The Audacity,’ focused on Silicon Valley
AMC previews its new show, 'The Audacity,' focused on Silicon Valley | TechCrunch
As one of the show's actors, Billy Magnussen, noted, "Silicon Valley is one of those times in our modern era which is defining humanity. And what better place to make a dark comedy than in that place that develops our society at this point?"
techcrunch.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Zach Galafinakis as a man on a mission to build open source audio editing tools
Defense practice runs currently clocking in at exactly 40 minutes
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Defense practice runs currently clocking in at exactly 40 minutes
There's an uncanny valley of human names you can't use for naming dogs (e.g., naming a dog Ashley or Matthew is sociopathy; naming a dog Kevin or Steve is hilarious and fine)
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There's an uncanny valley of human names you can't use for naming dogs (e.g., naming a dog Ashley or Matthew is sociopathy; naming a dog Kevin or Steve is hilarious and fine)
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the ex-palantir blog posts about how "oh boy, there are moral grey areas but we were just building technology and we didn't do the very bad things" are aging like milk, sorry folks you're the baddies, treat the rest of your career as penance
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
the ex-palantir blog posts about how "oh boy, there are moral grey areas but we were just building technology and we didn't do the very bad things" are aging like milk, sorry folks you're the baddies, treat the rest of your career as penance
my dissertation defense slide aesthetic is essentially "Adam Curtis At A Rave"
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
my dissertation defense slide aesthetic is essentially "Adam Curtis At A Rave"
On brand for pants mayor, very bad!!
important news that's going under the radar: the mayor of SF is putting together a group to rewrite the city's charter that's composed almost entirely of tech fascists, with very little representation from labor groups (or anyone left wing)
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-c...
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-c...
Meet the 28 people tasked to reshape San Francisco's constitution
To reform S.F.’s 548-page city charter, Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman formed a 28-member working group.
missionlocal.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
On brand for pants mayor, very bad!!
annoyed that it's been easier to find archival media of geo software stuff from the early 1990s than find decent documentation of geo conferences in like 2007
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
annoyed that it's been easier to find archival media of geo software stuff from the early 1990s than find decent documentation of geo conferences in like 2007
Saw a guy on the street with such a douchey vibe that two strangers stopped to commiserate with me about how bad his vibe was
January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Saw a guy on the street with such a douchey vibe that two strangers stopped to commiserate with me about how bad his vibe was
buttondown.com/perfectsente... this week in sentences: gloves, decorum, ejected, stone, special, techno-monsters, grinding, little packets, civilized, most French, insanely surpassed, oozing, interface, jellybeans
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
buttondown.com/perfectsente... this week in sentences: gloves, decorum, ejected, stone, special, techno-monsters, grinding, little packets, civilized, most French, insanely surpassed, oozing, interface, jellybeans
Meanwhile on TikTok a candle company is posting Venezuela explainers
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Meanwhile on TikTok a candle company is posting Venezuela explainers
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
solidarity to everyone going back to silly little emails on monday
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
solidarity to everyone going back to silly little emails on monday
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There's no byline on this. There's an editing byline, but it appears no reporter at Reuters was willing to put their name on this.
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
There's no byline on this. There's an editing byline, but it appears no reporter at Reuters was willing to put their name on this.