alex pareene
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Abolish Ice? No! This fantastic essay details a pragmatic, workable and very conservative training program for current agents that will solve all its problems and address civilian concerns. Bravo!
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Abolish Ice? No! This fantastic essay details a pragmatic, workable and very conservative training program for current agents that will solve all its problems and address civilian concerns. Bravo!
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The great thing about this idea is that DHS already operates, via third party contractors, excellent re-training facilities to accommodate their entire force. It's perfect, really.
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The great thing about this idea is that DHS already operates, via third party contractors, excellent re-training facilities to accommodate their entire force. It's perfect, really.
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
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well well WELL well WELL well well, look who it is on defector dot com defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
well well WELL well WELL well well, look who it is on defector dot com defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
only one author in the history of English language literature had a cooler real name than the guys he made up: Rex Stout.
August 28, 2023 at 12:01 AM
only one author in the history of English language literature had a cooler real name than the guys he made up: Rex Stout.
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What do we call it when a politician holds a public rally calling for the expulsion of homeless people from public space?
August 23, 2023 at 8:50 PM
What do we call it when a politician holds a public rally calling for the expulsion of homeless people from public space?
number one thing that makes me feel like I'm living in an RPG is the messianic cult depositing Lore everywhere
August 23, 2023 at 9:24 PM
number one thing that makes me feel like I'm living in an RPG is the messianic cult depositing Lore everywhere
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There's their idealized version of Eric Adams, where a black moderate, socially tolerant former cop can assemble a politically viable, diverse coalition to address serious systemic problems.
Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.
Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.
August 5, 2023 at 2:55 PM
There's their idealized version of Eric Adams, where a black moderate, socially tolerant former cop can assemble a politically viable, diverse coalition to address serious systemic problems.
Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.
Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.
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When I met Jim Starlin, he told me “There’s only one difference between writing for Marvel and and writing for DC. The editors at Marvel are tyrants, and the editors at DC are idiots.”
August 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM
When I met Jim Starlin, he told me “There’s only one difference between writing for Marvel and and writing for DC. The editors at Marvel are tyrants, and the editors at DC are idiots.”
Don't Call Him Deacon Blues
July 27, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Don't Call Him Deacon Blues
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yet again I must give it up for trees
their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc
https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html
their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc
https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html
July 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
yet again I must give it up for trees
their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc
https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html
their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc
https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html
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"There are more than 10 million private swimming pools in the United States, according to a C.D.C. estimate, compared with just 309,000 public ones."
Opinion | More Public Pools Could Save Thousands of Lives
The biggest reason so many Americans can’t swim is that they have too few places to learn how.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2023 at 1:43 PM
"There are more than 10 million private swimming pools in the United States, according to a C.D.C. estimate, compared with just 309,000 public ones."
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Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!
BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized!
Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.
BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized!
Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.
July 10, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!
BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized!
Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.
BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized!
Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.
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An example of a normative question that's been disguised as a theoretical or empirical one. Plenty of cold hard data now that it works, but it's not supposed to. "Dignity of work" and all that. So more tests to convince putative empiricists who have simply inherited cultural norms on moral desert.
all for doing these experiments but it's wild that we need to perform science to see if giving people money helps their money shortage problem
More cities are offering no-strings-attached cash to residents. Here’s what Philly can learn.
Philly will join the ranks of cities such as Durham, N.C., using guaranteed basic income as a tool to address systemic racism.
www.inquirer.com
July 10, 2023 at 5:39 PM
An example of a normative question that's been disguised as a theoretical or empirical one. Plenty of cold hard data now that it works, but it's not supposed to. "Dignity of work" and all that. So more tests to convince putative empiricists who have simply inherited cultural norms on moral desert.
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proposal: on the signup page for this website there should be a jpeg of fentanyl used as talisman to ward away any police officers
July 7, 2023 at 10:30 PM
proposal: on the signup page for this website there should be a jpeg of fentanyl used as talisman to ward away any police officers
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YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO VISIT THE ZOO, NOT BUY IT
July 6, 2023 at 7:58 PM
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO VISIT THE ZOO, NOT BUY IT
I went to an $8 matinee of The Flash and I would've loved the hell out of that movie when I was 11. It's very funny that it flopped and the star went on a crime spree but it's also somehow the best/most comic booky Big Two movie in years.
July 6, 2023 at 8:00 PM
I went to an $8 matinee of The Flash and I would've loved the hell out of that movie when I was 11. It's very funny that it flopped and the star went on a crime spree but it's also somehow the best/most comic booky Big Two movie in years.
I was reading some silver age comics to my kid and it led me to wiki an obscure character and so many of these begin like "Solovar was the smartest ape in Gorilla City and an ally of The Flash" and then in the 2000s become this
July 5, 2023 at 2:16 AM
I was reading some silver age comics to my kid and it led me to wiki an obscure character and so many of these begin like "Solovar was the smartest ape in Gorilla City and an ally of The Flash" and then in the 2000s become this
I never owned a Wii but I'm getting into emulation (cool/sexy activity) and it's truly remarkable how annoying the original controls of New Super Mario Bros Wii are. I don't even hate motion controls this is just a stupid way to control a platformer. Why do I shake to pick up a thing.
July 2, 2023 at 4:45 AM
I never owned a Wii but I'm getting into emulation (cool/sexy activity) and it's truly remarkable how annoying the original controls of New Super Mario Bros Wii are. I don't even hate motion controls this is just a stupid way to control a platformer. Why do I shake to pick up a thing.
Asteroid City. Very good. Will probably be the most visually impressive film involving nuclear bomb tests that I see this year.
July 1, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Asteroid City. Very good. Will probably be the most visually impressive film involving nuclear bomb tests that I see this year.
2:12 am... going back for more Steely Dan - Second Arrangement | Remastered Nichols cassette
July 1, 2023 at 2:09 AM
2:12 am... going back for more Steely Dan - Second Arrangement | Remastered Nichols cassette
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Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!
Fuck the Supreme Court!
Fuck the Supreme Court!
June 30, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!
Fuck the Supreme Court!
Fuck the Supreme Court!
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Horrific case in Chicago, in which prosecutors sat on evidence that someone arrested at age 28 hadn't committed the murder ... and then made him spend the next 12 years rotting away in PRETRIAL DETENTION in Cook County. Nearly half his life he'll never get back.
June 27, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Horrific case in Chicago, in which prosecutors sat on evidence that someone arrested at age 28 hadn't committed the murder ... and then made him spend the next 12 years rotting away in PRETRIAL DETENTION in Cook County. Nearly half his life he'll never get back.
a car with obviously fake plates has been blocking the hydrant in front of my building for four days and I am literally begging the NYPD to tow it and they're just closing out my 311 tickets. great way to run a city.
June 27, 2023 at 12:33 PM
a car with obviously fake plates has been blocking the hydrant in front of my building for four days and I am literally begging the NYPD to tow it and they're just closing out my 311 tickets. great way to run a city.