mildmojo
@mildmojo.bsky.social
social media refugee
used to make games, will again one day
he/him
used to make games, will again one day
he/him
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many things are bad but not evil.
this is evil
this is evil
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
many things are bad but not evil.
this is evil
this is evil
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IL and Chicago want Ellis hearing the case because their suit overlaps significantly with Chicago Headline Club v. Noem; the class action which resulted last November in Ellis placing an injunction on federal immigration agents over their violent tactics in the Chicago area.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
IL and Chicago want Ellis hearing the case because their suit overlaps significantly with Chicago Headline Club v. Noem; the class action which resulted last November in Ellis placing an injunction on federal immigration agents over their violent tactics in the Chicago area.
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IL and Chicago's new lawsuit asks the court, among other things, to declare that the Trump admin's mass deportation campaign in IL violates the U.S. Constitution's 10th Amendment.
You can find more information on the suit here:
You can find more information on the suit here:
Illinois, Chicago Sue Feds Over ‘Occupation’ by Immigration Agents
The 103-page complaint argues the federal government is “seeking to coerce Illinois and Chicago to do its bidding through brute force.”
southsideweekly.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
IL and Chicago's new lawsuit asks the court, among other things, to declare that the Trump admin's mass deportation campaign in IL violates the U.S. Constitution's 10th Amendment.
You can find more information on the suit here:
You can find more information on the suit here:
And "parallel construction" is where, for legal reasons, an agency invents an alternative narrative for how they procured information after getting it the illegal way. Evidence laundering.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralle...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralle...
January 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
And "parallel construction" is where, for legal reasons, an agency invents an alternative narrative for how they procured information after getting it the illegal way. Evidence laundering.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralle...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralle...
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another benefit of using signal before you need it is though messages are encrypted they can still tell when someone started using it or if they're using it. having normalized usage before many people in a region join at the same time in theory makes harder to infer usage is part of a recent pattern
A thing that you can do right now to support your community is to download and install the SIGNAL messaging app and learn how to use it *before* ICE/CBP attacks your city.
signal.org
signal.org
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
signal.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
another benefit of using signal before you need it is though messages are encrypted they can still tell when someone started using it or if they're using it. having normalized usage before many people in a region join at the same time in theory makes harder to infer usage is part of a recent pattern
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A thing that you can do right now to support your community is to download and install the SIGNAL messaging app and learn how to use it *before* ICE/CBP attacks your city.
signal.org
signal.org
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
signal.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A thing that you can do right now to support your community is to download and install the SIGNAL messaging app and learn how to use it *before* ICE/CBP attacks your city.
signal.org
signal.org
Jack Ryan's Tom Clancy
January 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Jack Ryan's Tom Clancy
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I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
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These programs help to offset what I’ve previously described as a vampiric relationship between AI companies and the commons: www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free
www.citationneeded.news
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
These programs help to offset what I’ve previously described as a vampiric relationship between AI companies and the commons: www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
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With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says.
arstechnica.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
Algorithmic pricing automatically charges people more if a company thinks it won't drive them away.
Seems like a slippery slope.
Algorithmic shipping would go slower for people who don't complain.
Algorithmic customer service would be shitty to people who accept it.
Seems like a slippery slope.
Algorithmic shipping would go slower for people who don't complain.
Algorithmic customer service would be shitty to people who accept it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Algorithmic pricing automatically charges people more if a company thinks it won't drive them away.
Seems like a slippery slope.
Algorithmic shipping would go slower for people who don't complain.
Algorithmic customer service would be shitty to people who accept it.
Seems like a slippery slope.
Algorithmic shipping would go slower for people who don't complain.
Algorithmic customer service would be shitty to people who accept it.
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That story: religionnews.com/2026/01/14/i...
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
That story: religionnews.com/2026/01/14/i...
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Excited we're getting back to physical feelies as part of the experience, next do cloth maps!
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Excited we're getting back to physical feelies as part of the experience, next do cloth maps!
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Booking info, staging plans, name of the hotels where theyre staying, literally got the receipts from the agent for the fucking hotel room "staging them in Wisconsin in a Wyndham " holy shit holy shit
January 15, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Booking info, staging plans, name of the hotels where theyre staying, literally got the receipts from the agent for the fucking hotel room "staging them in Wisconsin in a Wyndham " holy shit holy shit
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Some ICE vehicles got taken and a streamer is saying that the entire MPLS city wide battle plan, operational overviews, tactical details and agent lists + id info just got found in the car lmao these clowns driving around with hatchbacks full of their whole shit like the villains in an immersive sim
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Some ICE vehicles got taken and a streamer is saying that the entire MPLS city wide battle plan, operational overviews, tactical details and agent lists + id info just got found in the car lmao these clowns driving around with hatchbacks full of their whole shit like the villains in an immersive sim
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As I read this article, I waited for the *second* of the two different views. You know, the view of folks living in Minneapolis and Saint Paul where people are being tear-gassed and pulled from their cars and shot. But it wasn’t in there.
come on man
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
As I read this article, I waited for the *second* of the two different views. You know, the view of folks living in Minneapolis and Saint Paul where people are being tear-gassed and pulled from their cars and shot. But it wasn’t in there.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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the eugenics of ranking people based on their “criminality” and race
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
the eugenics of ranking people based on their “criminality” and race
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BREAKING: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops to end protests in Minneapolis.
Live updates: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops to end protests in Minneapolis.
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Here is what I learned in 2020 Minneapolis:
- Frey cannot handle this
- Riot police when there is no riot creates a riot
- Police escalation of violence makes more violence
- Repeat protests in the victims’ neighborhood eventually will create more harm in that neighborhood
- Helicopters suck
- Frey cannot handle this
- Riot police when there is no riot creates a riot
- Police escalation of violence makes more violence
- Repeat protests in the victims’ neighborhood eventually will create more harm in that neighborhood
- Helicopters suck
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Here is what I learned in 2020 Minneapolis:
- Frey cannot handle this
- Riot police when there is no riot creates a riot
- Police escalation of violence makes more violence
- Repeat protests in the victims’ neighborhood eventually will create more harm in that neighborhood
- Helicopters suck
- Frey cannot handle this
- Riot police when there is no riot creates a riot
- Police escalation of violence makes more violence
- Repeat protests in the victims’ neighborhood eventually will create more harm in that neighborhood
- Helicopters suck
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Update: broadcast now reporting feds shot one man in the leg, he's expected to survive
Obligatory DHS copaganda disclaimer etc etc:
Obligatory DHS copaganda disclaimer etc etc:
ICE officer shoot man in leg in north Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say
A shooting occurred Wednesday night in north Minneapolis after ICE officers were attacked by men with shovels during an arrest operation, three U.S. officials told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Update: broadcast now reporting feds shot one man in the leg, he's expected to survive
Obligatory DHS copaganda disclaimer etc etc:
Obligatory DHS copaganda disclaimer etc etc:
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Email to producers of my pods re: scheduling: "Yeah, I'm free this week except for the interviews already on the books and I have to go to my daughter's school at 3pm every day to stand guard."
Understand: I am NOT a naturally brave or combative person. But we have to protect our children.
Understand: I am NOT a naturally brave or combative person. But we have to protect our children.
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Email to producers of my pods re: scheduling: "Yeah, I'm free this week except for the interviews already on the books and I have to go to my daughter's school at 3pm every day to stand guard."
Understand: I am NOT a naturally brave or combative person. But we have to protect our children.
Understand: I am NOT a naturally brave or combative person. But we have to protect our children.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI.
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
Why We Don't Use AI | Yarn Spinner
We get asked about AI a lot. Whether we’re going to add it to Yarn Spinner, whether we use it ourselves, what we think about it. Fair questions. Time to write it all down.
Yarn Spinner doesn’t use the...
yarnspinner.dev
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI.
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
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The history of civilian mass detention on the basis of identity without due process or recourse (which is how I defined concentration camps in my history of them) shows that it invariably leads to permanent harm—and typically significant loss of life as well. The longer it goes on the worse it gets.
As detention expands, conditions get worse, thanks to overcrowding and the chaotic transfers of people all over the country.
ICE detention has always had problems, but they're worse than ever now and the impact is clear. Deaths hit a record level in 2025, and 2026 is already looking to be worse.
ICE detention has always had problems, but they're worse than ever now and the impact is clear. Deaths hit a record level in 2025, and 2026 is already looking to be worse.
The detention system has grown so rapidly that already harmful conditions have worsened.
Thousands of immigrants arrested in the interior are detained in hastily built tent camps, where conditions are brutal.
More people died in ICE detention in 2025 than in the past four years combined.
Thousands of immigrants arrested in the interior are detained in hastily built tent camps, where conditions are brutal.
More people died in ICE detention in 2025 than in the past four years combined.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The history of civilian mass detention on the basis of identity without due process or recourse (which is how I defined concentration camps in my history of them) shows that it invariably leads to permanent harm—and typically significant loss of life as well. The longer it goes on the worse it gets.