Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
civis Americanus sum
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
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Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
· Jan 16
"So now they were headed into androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad shit, like she sort of already knew, figured everybody did, except for people who still said it wasn’t happening, and those people were mostly expecting the Second Coming anyway."
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @TexasObserver. www.texasobserver.org/texas-polic...
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @TexasObserver. www.texasobserver.org/texas-polic...
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EFF intervened in a lawsuit last year to force government contractor Pen-Link to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products that it sold to a local California Sheriff's office. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not Secret
The records disclosed in the settlement show that in late 2023, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office paid $180,000 for a two-year subscription to the Tangles “Web Intelligence Platform,” which is
www.eff.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
EFF intervened in a lawsuit last year to force government contractor Pen-Link to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products that it sold to a local California Sheriff's office. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Worth pointing out: while Fed Chair Powell has called the DOJ criminal probe a “pretext” for a president who wants lower rates, he has largely declined to comment on the proceedings against Gov Cook. Many have called her firing similarly pre-textual. His comments on Sunday failed to mention Cook.
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Worth pointing out: while Fed Chair Powell has called the DOJ criminal probe a “pretext” for a president who wants lower rates, he has largely declined to comment on the proceedings against Gov Cook. Many have called her firing similarly pre-textual. His comments on Sunday failed to mention Cook.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Oh it gets better:
Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years).
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...
Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years).
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Oh it gets better:
Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years).
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...
Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years).
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...
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Mark Zaid, a national security attorney, regains access to classified material after accusing White House of retaliation
Judge blocks White House bid to revoke whistleblower lawyer’s security clearance
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Mark Zaid, a national security attorney, regains access to classified material after accusing White House of retaliation
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NEW: The Times got the Fulton County grand jury transcripts. Lindsey Graham told the grand jurors “if you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
NEW: The Times got the Fulton County grand jury transcripts. Lindsey Graham told the grand jurors “if you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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ICE are thug scum.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
ICE are thug scum.
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Extraordinary reporting. Validation for the victims. Massive questions for a corrupted analytic intelligence community, whose head was buried in the sand. That’s the story.
January 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Extraordinary reporting. Validation for the victims. Massive questions for a corrupted analytic intelligence community, whose head was buried in the sand. That’s the story.
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“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Data Center Project Cancellations Quadrupled in 2025 as Locals Fight Back gizmodo.com/data-center-...
Data Center Project Cancellations Quadrupled in 2025 as Locals Fight Back
A win for advocacy!
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Data Center Project Cancellations Quadrupled in 2025 as Locals Fight Back gizmodo.com/data-center-...
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Ohio billionaire Les Wexner, who is being compelled by the House Oversight Committee to give evidence about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, is also facing a subpoena in his home state to testify about another accused sex offender — former Ohio State University physician Dr. Richard Strauss.
Judge grants Ohio State abuse victims' motion to use alternative means to subpoena Les Wexner
Wexner was on the OSU board of trustees when Dr. Richard Strauss preyed on students; he is being asked to testify in a civil case against the school.
nbcnews.to
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Ohio billionaire Les Wexner, who is being compelled by the House Oversight Committee to give evidence about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, is also facing a subpoena in his home state to testify about another accused sex offender — former Ohio State University physician Dr. Richard Strauss.
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Donald was just spotted flipping off a Ford worker who yelled "pedophile protector" during Trump’s visit to the factory today.
Whatever you do don't call @realDonaldTrump a pedophile protector today. He hates that.
Whatever you do don't call @realDonaldTrump a pedophile protector today. He hates that.
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Donald was just spotted flipping off a Ford worker who yelled "pedophile protector" during Trump’s visit to the factory today.
Whatever you do don't call @realDonaldTrump a pedophile protector today. He hates that.
Whatever you do don't call @realDonaldTrump a pedophile protector today. He hates that.
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Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
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An amazing letter standing up to abuse of power. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Clintons’ Personal Letter to Comer
Bill and Hillary Clinton wrote a lengthy letter to Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, refusing to testify in Congress.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
An amazing letter standing up to abuse of power. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Shit on ICE.
"A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department."
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
"A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department."
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Shit on ICE.
"A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department."
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
"A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department."
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
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The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
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Global got their hands on a RCMP report that says the Bishnoi gang is allegedly acting on behalf of the Indian government.
Violence, extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking and money-laundering.
globalnews.ca/news/1160994...
Violence, extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking and money-laundering.
globalnews.ca/news/1160994...
RCMP report says Bishnoi gang ‘acting on behalf of’ Indian government | Globalnews.ca
The report was released to Global News under the Access to Information Act
globalnews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Global got their hands on a RCMP report that says the Bishnoi gang is allegedly acting on behalf of the Indian government.
Violence, extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking and money-laundering.
globalnews.ca/news/1160994...
Violence, extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking and money-laundering.
globalnews.ca/news/1160994...
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The Defense Department’s Case Against Mark Kelly Is Even Dumber Than It Sounds slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Defense Department’s Case Against Mark Kelly Is Even Dumber Than It Sounds
At the same time, it’s still having its intended effect.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The Defense Department’s Case Against Mark Kelly Is Even Dumber Than It Sounds slate.com/news-and-pol...
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In December, @global-affairs.bsky.social published the results of the 2023 and 2024 polls on public attitudes toward U.S. intelligence agencies. @busbyj2.bsky.social, Kim Nguyen, and Steve Slick highlight key takeaways from the report, which include concern about privacy rights and civil liberties.
Public Attitudes on U.S. Intelligence (2023-2024)
Final Biden-era surveys affirm continued strong public support for the U.S. intelligence community but also signal increasingly entrenched partisanship.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
In December, @global-affairs.bsky.social published the results of the 2023 and 2024 polls on public attitudes toward U.S. intelligence agencies. @busbyj2.bsky.social, Kim Nguyen, and Steve Slick highlight key takeaways from the report, which include concern about privacy rights and civil liberties.
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Wages at Fujitsu are high in the Japanese electronics industry, but CEO Takahito Tokita says the company needs to pay more amid an intensifying global race for talent.
Fujitsu CEO vows to keep raising wages, with annual graduate hiring set to end
Wages at Fujitsu are high in the Japanese electronics industry, but CEO Takahito Tokita says the company needs to pay more amid an intensifying global race for talent.
ebx.sh
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Wages at Fujitsu are high in the Japanese electronics industry, but CEO Takahito Tokita says the company needs to pay more amid an intensifying global race for talent.
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New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.