mcboingboing
@mcboingboing.bsky.social
Mid-Mod mom, editor, nit-picker, N95 wearer. #COVIDIsAirborne {she/her}
Free, universal healthcare is a vital part of infrastructure.
📍New Orleans
Free, universal healthcare is a vital part of infrastructure.
📍New Orleans
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no new pictures, where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
no new pictures, where are you at mentally?
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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I'm so thankful that Liam is back home. Sick to my stomach that there are so many others we don't know about still locked away. END ICE. End the occupation. End the kidnappings!
Thank you to @comixaction.com for starting this #Comics4Liam campaign. Check out comics4liam.com
Thank you to @comixaction.com for starting this #Comics4Liam campaign. Check out comics4liam.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I'm so thankful that Liam is back home. Sick to my stomach that there are so many others we don't know about still locked away. END ICE. End the occupation. End the kidnappings!
Thank you to @comixaction.com for starting this #Comics4Liam campaign. Check out comics4liam.com
Thank you to @comixaction.com for starting this #Comics4Liam campaign. Check out comics4liam.com
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
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Experts have described Dilley as “a hellhole” and decried the lack of proper medical care. Court records claim food is filled with worms, and the water is undrinkable. As a result, reports have spread of children are hitting themselves in the face and wetting themselves long after potty-training.
NEW: @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is calling for Dilley Immigration Center to be “shut down immediately.”
Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
Hundreds of Kids, Including Infants, Are Still at the ICE Facility That Released Liam Ramos. Now There’s a Measles Outbreak.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, who visited last week, is calling for the facility to be “shut down immediately” after measles outbreak.
thebarbedwire.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Experts have described Dilley as “a hellhole” and decried the lack of proper medical care. Court records claim food is filled with worms, and the water is undrinkable. As a result, reports have spread of children are hitting themselves in the face and wetting themselves long after potty-training.
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Western snow is at record lows. Salt Lake City reports 0.1 inch this winter. Temperatures 15 degrees above normal put water for 40 million at risk.
While we are still seeing snow in the mountains, it has been bare ground here in Missoula for quite a while now.
While we are still seeing snow in the mountains, it has been bare ground here in Missoula for quite a while now.
Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels
Warm temperatures and extremely low snowfall threaten water resources for the year.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Western snow is at record lows. Salt Lake City reports 0.1 inch this winter. Temperatures 15 degrees above normal put water for 40 million at risk.
While we are still seeing snow in the mountains, it has been bare ground here in Missoula for quite a while now.
While we are still seeing snow in the mountains, it has been bare ground here in Missoula for quite a while now.
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This is how you do it:
“It’s everybody, everywhere, trying to do anything.”
“It’s everybody, everywhere, trying to do anything.”
Small Businesses in Minneapolis Serve a City in Crisis. ‘This Is Our New Normal.’
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is how you do it:
“It’s everybody, everywhere, trying to do anything.”
“It’s everybody, everywhere, trying to do anything.”
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After three weeks of labor strife, it became clear over the weekend that both sides of the nurses' strike in New York City had re-engaged, with the two sides each sharing new offers and agreeing to resume negotiations today.
After Weeks of Rancor, a Glimmer of Hope in N.Y.C. Nurses’ Strike
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
After three weeks of labor strife, it became clear over the weekend that both sides of the nurses' strike in New York City had re-engaged, with the two sides each sharing new offers and agreeing to resume negotiations today.
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🎁🔗 Elon Musk required xAI employees to sign a waiver that their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” emphasizing that some such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.”
wapo.st/45DcMMI
wapo.st/45DcMMI
February 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
🎁🔗 Elon Musk required xAI employees to sign a waiver that their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” emphasizing that some such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.”
wapo.st/45DcMMI
wapo.st/45DcMMI
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It’s my honor to know Mrs.Tori Samuels and this article does a great job of laying out just how disastrous these changes would/will be
Free HIV drugs save lives. Why one state is restricting access for thousands.
An estimated 16,000 HIV and AIDS patients in Florida might lose free medication, health care as the state dramatically rolls back a decades-old program.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
It’s my honor to know Mrs.Tori Samuels and this article does a great job of laying out just how disastrous these changes would/will be
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whoopsie daisy! just another case of a multi billion dollar company doing something blatantly illegal that profited them massively, and getting a comparative slap on the wrist fine as a result
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
whoopsie daisy! just another case of a multi billion dollar company doing something blatantly illegal that profited them massively, and getting a comparative slap on the wrist fine as a result
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It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
DOJ’s legal machinery to subvert the 2026 election is already in place
It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after.
www.democracydocket.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
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This sign was created and printed by local design collective Burlseque, the same folks behind these signs: www.fastcompany.com/91480108/the...
These clever anti-ICE signs are taking over Minneapolis
Meet Burlesque, the local design team behind the municipal iconography-riffing signage popping up on yard signs in and storefront windows.
www.fastcompany.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This sign was created and printed by local design collective Burlseque, the same folks behind these signs: www.fastcompany.com/91480108/the...
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This is the business in Uptown that got randomly tear-gassed by ICE a few weeks ago. Guess they didn’t like it
Large banner hangs over a building at Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue on a snowy morning.
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This is the business in Uptown that got randomly tear-gassed by ICE a few weeks ago. Guess they didn’t like it
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Here is Jesus (Jesse) Ochoa
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Here is Jesus (Jesse) Ochoa
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“Comrade Paul Robeson” 40x50cm (16x20") acrylics on handmade wraparound black gallery canvas, 675$
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
“Comrade Paul Robeson” 40x50cm (16x20") acrylics on handmade wraparound black gallery canvas, 675$
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Thirty-one people displaced after fire in the Seabrook neighborhood in New Orleans East. The American Red Cross is providing emergency shelter, nourishment, and financial assistance for those displaced>>>http://www.wdsu.com/.../new-orleans-three-alarm.../70212620
February 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Thirty-one people displaced after fire in the Seabrook neighborhood in New Orleans East. The American Red Cross is providing emergency shelter, nourishment, and financial assistance for those displaced>>>http://www.wdsu.com/.../new-orleans-three-alarm.../70212620
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The road trip nobody asked for
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The road trip nobody asked for
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I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Minneapolis’ Hotel Workers Are on Edge
Staff across the city told NOTUS how their lives have changed since the start of the federal immigration operation. “It's frightening,” one said.
www.notus.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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good, they can all get fucked
some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
February 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
good, they can all get fucked
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This is like a bizarro Frank Relle photo.
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is like a bizarro Frank Relle photo.