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An individual with measles visited 3 Durham locations on February 6. Learn more here: dconc.gov/DurhamCo-New.... If you were in one of these locations during the affected time frames, get vaccinated if you are unvaccinated, monitor your symptoms for 21 days, & call your doctor symptoms develop.
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
An individual with measles visited 3 Durham locations on February 6. Learn more here: dconc.gov/DurhamCo-New.... If you were in one of these locations during the affected time frames, get vaccinated if you are unvaccinated, monitor your symptoms for 21 days, & call your doctor symptoms develop.
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“…this is something to keep in mind if you’re using a Google camera. Even if you aren’t paying for storage, every event recorded by the camera is going to Google’s servers, and it’s probably recoverable long past the deletion timeline stipulated in the company’s policy.”
Google recovers "deleted" Nest video in high-profile abduction case
Users only get three hours of free Nest video storage, but Google can retrieve videos much later.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
“…this is something to keep in mind if you’re using a Google camera. Even if you aren’t paying for storage, every event recorded by the camera is going to Google’s servers, and it’s probably recoverable long past the deletion timeline stipulated in the company’s policy.”
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Calling (Black) people pointing out that Bonaly faced anti-Black racism and was penalized by both the judges and audiences for doing a back flip and has never received an apology for what is now something that is rewarded “fake news” is a choice
My cousin was a Black figure skater in that era and
My cousin was a Black figure skater in that era and
Surya Bonaly is a multi Olympian, world medalist, euros champion, and French national champion, and did it all during a time when #figureskating wasn’t exactly the friendliest to its skaters of color.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Calling (Black) people pointing out that Bonaly faced anti-Black racism and was penalized by both the judges and audiences for doing a back flip and has never received an apology for what is now something that is rewarded “fake news” is a choice
My cousin was a Black figure skater in that era and
My cousin was a Black figure skater in that era and
I keep disabling the LLM features in firefox, and they keep getting silently re-enabled when I update.
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I keep disabling the LLM features in firefox, and they keep getting silently re-enabled when I update.
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I'm also a huge fan Will ignoring the quote posts full of examples and his utter disinterest in replying to them or admitting he might be wrong. Truly the Most Special Protest Boy. Much resistance. Grape job.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I'm also a huge fan Will ignoring the quote posts full of examples and his utter disinterest in replying to them or admitting he might be wrong. Truly the Most Special Protest Boy. Much resistance. Grape job.
This always gets posited as a moral or cognitive issue, but it's not students who have changed; it's everything else.
Did kids in your day have a book, newspaper, or letter that they could somehow read in the dark? Were they beholden to people who expected to be able to reach them in seconds? No.
Did kids in your day have a book, newspaper, or letter that they could somehow read in the dark? Were they beholden to people who expected to be able to reach them in seconds? No.
Guys, just flunk them. We don't need a whole think piece about this.
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This always gets posited as a moral or cognitive issue, but it's not students who have changed; it's everything else.
Did kids in your day have a book, newspaper, or letter that they could somehow read in the dark? Were they beholden to people who expected to be able to reach them in seconds? No.
Did kids in your day have a book, newspaper, or letter that they could somehow read in the dark? Were they beholden to people who expected to be able to reach them in seconds? No.
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Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
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in exchange for asking them nicely to try and not wear masks anymore, the democrats agree to fund ICE while they build concentration camps.
"shut the entire government down" is not a radical position. it is the bare minimum.
"shut the entire government down" is not a radical position. it is the bare minimum.
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
in exchange for asking them nicely to try and not wear masks anymore, the democrats agree to fund ICE while they build concentration camps.
"shut the entire government down" is not a radical position. it is the bare minimum.
"shut the entire government down" is not a radical position. it is the bare minimum.
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Wil Stancil is.. I’m just tired of the fact that being unkind , untrustworthy, a bully and abusive isn’t enough
He’s been this way for years .
He was peeped IMMEDIATELY by how he interacted with Black people
He got fast tracked and now he’s being an absolute disaster
He’s been this way for years .
He was peeped IMMEDIATELY by how he interacted with Black people
He got fast tracked and now he’s being an absolute disaster
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Wil Stancil is.. I’m just tired of the fact that being unkind , untrustworthy, a bully and abusive isn’t enough
He’s been this way for years .
He was peeped IMMEDIATELY by how he interacted with Black people
He got fast tracked and now he’s being an absolute disaster
He’s been this way for years .
He was peeped IMMEDIATELY by how he interacted with Black people
He got fast tracked and now he’s being an absolute disaster
That would certainly be an improvement, but how can anyone support this bill in earnest without recognizing that Qualified Immunity is antithetical to rule of law, and no police should have it anywhere?
Good to see --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman just introduced their bill stripping ICE agents of qualified immunity. We broke the news that this was coming on our podcast (see thread below for more info and context).
January 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM
That would certainly be an improvement, but how can anyone support this bill in earnest without recognizing that Qualified Immunity is antithetical to rule of law, and no police should have it anywhere?
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Every one of the journalists arrested by the regime in last 24 hours was Black and that is not a coincidence.
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Every one of the journalists arrested by the regime in last 24 hours was Black and that is not a coincidence.
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you can’t fucking dox a public official!
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
you can’t fucking dox a public official!
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One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM
One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
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The spirit that I read the people who are saying 'we warned you about this' wrt to the imperial boomerang & other types of roosting chickens we are dealing with right now, exceptions aside, is less about trying to be right than it is about hoping that if there is a next time they will be listened to
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The spirit that I read the people who are saying 'we warned you about this' wrt to the imperial boomerang & other types of roosting chickens we are dealing with right now, exceptions aside, is less about trying to be right than it is about hoping that if there is a next time they will be listened to
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When you help make it so the only names people know are Pretti and Good, you reinforce the culture that says these things aren't "bad enough" until white people get involved. This has been going on for a whole year. Many non-white people have died in this same way trying to protect their neighbors.
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
When you help make it so the only names people know are Pretti and Good, you reinforce the culture that says these things aren't "bad enough" until white people get involved. This has been going on for a whole year. Many non-white people have died in this same way trying to protect their neighbors.
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I started learning Alex Pretti's name and how good he was on the *same day* he was killed. This country only mobilizes like this for white people. And as long as that stays true, then we aren't actually changing anything about what's happening. It'll happen again.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I started learning Alex Pretti's name and how good he was on the *same day* he was killed. This country only mobilizes like this for white people. And as long as that stays true, then we aren't actually changing anything about what's happening. It'll happen again.
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What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
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Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
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This is why I object to the framing of "good person who didn't deserve to be shot in the street" because it positions the problem as who was shot not that the shooting happened at all. ICE has shot almost 100 people since 2015, and even if we only count fatalities 31 people have died from shootings
The killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti show Trump's DHS culture is rotten to its core.
Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions.
That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions.
That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This is why I object to the framing of "good person who didn't deserve to be shot in the street" because it positions the problem as who was shot not that the shooting happened at all. ICE has shot almost 100 people since 2015, and even if we only count fatalities 31 people have died from shootings
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ICE and CBP agents have been caught repeatedly in all manner of crimes against immigrants. And yet somehow now when the victims are white they're out of control. They were always out of control. They were always predatory and abusive. I hope this is a tipping point. But I fear it is not.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
ICE and CBP agents have been caught repeatedly in all manner of crimes against immigrants. And yet somehow now when the victims are white they're out of control. They were always out of control. They were always predatory and abusive. I hope this is a tipping point. But I fear it is not.
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Because ICE isn't acting like the SS or stormtroopers now. They are acting like American police forces have always acted. The only difference is that they are doing it to more people in public that aren't Black. The cameras are catching the behavior of jump out squads and task forces in new areas
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Because ICE isn't acting like the SS or stormtroopers now. They are acting like American police forces have always acted. The only difference is that they are doing it to more people in public that aren't Black. The cameras are catching the behavior of jump out squads and task forces in new areas
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The idea that the British Raj respected the rule of law is legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life
Non violence works when the aggressor respects the rule of law. America's laws seem to disappear when one party is power
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The idea that the British Raj respected the rule of law is legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.