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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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You: well its getting pretty late
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You: well its getting pretty late
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
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I'd say that you can find good in many people who voted for Trump, but you won't find it in their reasons for voting for Trump or in their ideas about politics.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'd say that you can find good in many people who voted for Trump, but you won't find it in their reasons for voting for Trump or in their ideas about politics.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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No one is talking about this
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
No one is talking about this
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Unreal consonant/vowel distribution in the French name for the Smurfs fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sch...
Les Schtroumpfs — Wikipédia
fr.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Unreal consonant/vowel distribution in the French name for the Smurfs fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sch...
spectacular work, no notes
Book from 1911 showing that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption is far from being a phenomenon born with the internet. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #NationalCatDay
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
spectacular work, no notes
"Trunk-or-treat" is a depressing shell of its more neighborly predecessor. Its rise is the nexus of several USian structural ills: the decline of social cohesion and trust, the retreat to homogenous social circles, and an unbreakable addiction to car-centric infrastructure. In this essay I will—
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Trunk-or-treat" is a depressing shell of its more neighborly predecessor. Its rise is the nexus of several USian structural ills: the decline of social cohesion and trust, the retreat to homogenous social circles, and an unbreakable addiction to car-centric infrastructure. In this essay I will—
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1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
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Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown
The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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kicking some leaves over a skull i found in the woods cause i already have too much going on in my life
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
kicking some leaves over a skull i found in the woods cause i already have too much going on in my life
c̣aŋmazeḣce, c̣aŋtemaṡiceḣce, ḳowakip̣eḣce do. wic̣aṡta, wíŋyaŋ kiŋ hena c̣aŋte yuḳaŋpi ṡni se? táku c̣aŋte wic̣akiyuḣmi se?
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
c̣aŋmazeḣce, c̣aŋtemaṡiceḣce, ḳowakip̣eḣce do. wic̣aṡta, wíŋyaŋ kiŋ hena c̣aŋte yuḳaŋpi ṡni se? táku c̣aŋte wic̣akiyuḣmi se?
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future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
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Queer and trans ppl at a Louisiana ICE facility alleged they were recruited for unsanctioned work program, forced to do hard manual labor $1 per day. They said queer ppl were targeted by an assistant warden who stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted them.
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Queer and trans ppl at a Louisiana ICE facility alleged they were recruited for unsanctioned work program, forced to do hard manual labor $1 per day. They said queer ppl were targeted by an assistant warden who stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted them.
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@it-takes-quite-a-few-subdomains-to-make-it-to-the-maximum.character-count-for-a-whole-domain-and-honestly-i-think-that.its-absolutely-wild-they-can-be-this-long-to-start-with-and.this-has-been-a-waste-of-my-time-and-yours-in-making-these.work 56 characters left to @ you about anything… masterstroke
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
@it-takes-quite-a-few-subdomains-to-make-it-to-the-maximum.character-count-for-a-whole-domain-and-honestly-i-think-that.its-absolutely-wild-they-can-be-this-long-to-start-with-and.this-has-been-a-waste-of-my-time-and-yours-in-making-these.work 56 characters left to @ you about anything… masterstroke
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"Every essay, every tweet, every moment of vulnerability I shared in the name of progress. Did I paint a target on my own back?"
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Every essay, every tweet, every moment of vulnerability I shared in the name of progress. Did I paint a target on my own back?"
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
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Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
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Oof. This is a tough one.
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91
Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old.
abcnews.go.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oof. This is a tough one.