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Men. Let's talk prostate cancer.
Reflections on my own diagnosis. I’m lucky. My cancer was caught early because I arranged a simple blood test.
Read on. www.linkedin.com/m/pulse/lets...
Reflections on my own diagnosis. I’m lucky. My cancer was caught early because I arranged a simple blood test.
Read on. www.linkedin.com/m/pulse/lets...
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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Tuesday 12:00: join our free webinar on the government's plans to abolish jury trial for most offences.
We'll be exploring the challenges facing the courts, what ministers are proposing, the history of jury trial and the behavioral science of juries.
All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll be exploring the challenges facing the courts, what ministers are proposing, the history of jury trial and the behavioral science of juries.
All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Tuesday 12:00: join our free webinar on the government's plans to abolish jury trial for most offences.
We'll be exploring the challenges facing the courts, what ministers are proposing, the history of jury trial and the behavioral science of juries.
All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll be exploring the challenges facing the courts, what ministers are proposing, the history of jury trial and the behavioral science of juries.
All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Humane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Humane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
🤣 Melania the film
"Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out."
"Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out."
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
🤣 Melania the film
"Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out."
"Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out."
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Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
January 31, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
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Labour utterly determined to make sure nobody votes for them in 2029
Rachel Reeves defends 'fair and reasonable' student loans freeze
Rachel Reeves defends 'fair and reasonable' student loans freeze
The chancellor's defence comes after Martin Lewis called her freeze on student loans "not a moral thing".
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Labour utterly determined to make sure nobody votes for them in 2029
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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History shows a pattern here.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 AM
History shows a pattern here.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
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“F- you, I won’t do what you tell me!”
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social leads the audience ..
All proceeds go to the Good and Pretti families.
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social leads the audience ..
All proceeds go to the Good and Pretti families.
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“F- you, I won’t do what you tell me!”
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social leads the audience ..
All proceeds go to the Good and Pretti families.
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social leads the audience ..
All proceeds go to the Good and Pretti families.
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One year ago, Israeli authorities began “Operation Iron Wall,” forcibly removing 32,000 Palestinians from their homes in West Bank refugee camps.
HRW documented the forced displacement, which amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more:
HRW documented the forced displacement, which amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more:
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said ...
www.hrw.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
One year ago, Israeli authorities began “Operation Iron Wall,” forcibly removing 32,000 Palestinians from their homes in West Bank refugee camps.
HRW documented the forced displacement, which amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more:
HRW documented the forced displacement, which amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more:
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Rohingya survivors expect UN's highest court to find Myanmar committed genocide reut.rs/3NGm7gC
Rohingya survivors expect UN's highest court to find Myanmar committed genocide
Rohingya survivors of the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar expect the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, to rule the country committed genocide against them, they said on Friday.
reut.rs
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Rohingya survivors expect UN's highest court to find Myanmar committed genocide reut.rs/3NGm7gC
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That witless piece is actually emblematic of a pretty common attitude: America is the Freedom™️ place, it would never elect a fascist! So that must not be what’s happening.
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
That witless piece is actually emblematic of a pretty common attitude: America is the Freedom™️ place, it would never elect a fascist! So that must not be what’s happening.
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great reporting of an under acknowledged threat.
ICE participation in the surveillance industrial complex violates fundamental human rights.
see 👇
ICE participation in the surveillance industrial complex violates fundamental human rights.
see 👇
January 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM
great reporting of an under acknowledged threat.
ICE participation in the surveillance industrial complex violates fundamental human rights.
see 👇
ICE participation in the surveillance industrial complex violates fundamental human rights.
see 👇
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SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
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Netherlands watchdog probing Roblox over risks to children https://aje.news/c7oc3s
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Netherlands watchdog probing Roblox over risks to children https://aje.news/c7oc3s
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Republicans are trying to strip 69 million women of their right to vote, not by amendment, but through bureaucracy. In addition to reminding our senators not to fund the gestapo today, let's take a moment to remind them that stripping women of their right to vote is Un-American
If We Don’t Act, Silence Will Decide for Us
The SAVE Act Threatens 69 Million Women*
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Republicans are trying to strip 69 million women of their right to vote, not by amendment, but through bureaucracy. In addition to reminding our senators not to fund the gestapo today, let's take a moment to remind them that stripping women of their right to vote is Un-American
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'The Traitors US' is trending on here, and I clicked on it and was disappointed that it was talking about a TV show, and not members of Congress.
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
'The Traitors US' is trending on here, and I clicked on it and was disappointed that it was talking about a TV show, and not members of Congress.
🤣👏
'The Traitors US' is trending on here, and I clicked on it and was disappointed that it was talking about a TV show, and not members of Congress.
January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🤣👏
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We will take no free speech lessons whatsoever from the Trump Administration. You can f**k right off.
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, to the UK parliament,
"The best solution to the problem of free speech, is always more speech"
"We need the British people to be great, proud and patriotic"
"The surest way to protect the special relationship is to renewal to our foundational principles"
"The best solution to the problem of free speech, is always more speech"
"We need the British people to be great, proud and patriotic"
"The surest way to protect the special relationship is to renewal to our foundational principles"
January 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
We will take no free speech lessons whatsoever from the Trump Administration. You can f**k right off.
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The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Purge the Public Servants
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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“In total, we have in our possession between 9,000 and 10,000 names" - Dominick Skinner, activist behind the ICE List
www.rtbf.be/article/ice-...
www.rtbf.be/article/ice-...
ICE List : comment des activistes ont identifié plus de 1500 agents de la police migratoire américaine - RTBF Actus
À Minneapolis, la mort de Renée Nicole Good, le 7 janvier, puis celle d’Alex Pretti, abattu par des agents fédéraux...
www.rtbf.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“In total, we have in our possession between 9,000 and 10,000 names" - Dominick Skinner, activist behind the ICE List
www.rtbf.be/article/ice-...
www.rtbf.be/article/ice-...
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We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
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The largest infrastructure projects currently being built in the US appear to be data centers and detention centers. The AI boom has coincided with ICE becoming the most heavily funded government agency. It's hard not to see a connection: This is the architectures of digital fascism
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 8:17 AM
The largest infrastructure projects currently being built in the US appear to be data centers and detention centers. The AI boom has coincided with ICE becoming the most heavily funded government agency. It's hard not to see a connection: This is the architectures of digital fascism
I feel old 🤣
Happy 45th birthday to Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads, released as a single on this day in 1981. Here's David introducing that video
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I feel old 🤣
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