R. S. Doiel
@rsdoiel.bsky.social
I am a human. I wrote music and prose. I write software for libraries and archives.
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
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In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company’s products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company’s products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company’s products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
I enjoyed this take on LLM.
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview)
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview) | All Confirmation Bias, All The Time
This is the post I don’t think many people expected me to write, and I have (rightly!) surrounded myself with people who are generally uncomfortable to somewhat hostile to “AI”, mostly for good…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I enjoyed this take on LLM.
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For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
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Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.
go.nature.com/4twztMV
go.nature.com/4twztMV
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
go.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.
go.nature.com/4twztMV
go.nature.com/4twztMV
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Everything is for sale.
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Everything is for sale.
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Also as always, if you're a federal worker, law enforcement, someone working in tech and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Also as always, if you're a federal worker, law enforcement, someone working in tech and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
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The company is facing a lawsuit from three detainees who allege guards beat and sexually assaulted them, then covered it up.
Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state imm
prospect.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The company is facing a lawsuit from three detainees who allege guards beat and sexually assaulted them, then covered it up.
Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
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An Open Call for Our ‘American Colony’ Podcast Series
Reach out to joaquin@thelatinonewsletter.org if you want to pitch us.
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Reach out to joaquin@thelatinonewsletter.org if you want to pitch us.
MORE HERE => thelatinonewsletter.org/p/an-open-ca...
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
An Open Call for Our ‘American Colony’ Podcast Series
Reach out to joaquin@thelatinonewsletter.org if you want to pitch us.
MORE HERE => thelatinonewsletter.org/p/an-open-ca...
Reach out to joaquin@thelatinonewsletter.org if you want to pitch us.
MORE HERE => thelatinonewsletter.org/p/an-open-ca...
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NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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"We cannot afford to overcome. We are too busy doing GoFundMes for the funerals of our friends whose previous GoFundmes failed to cover their health care."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"We cannot afford to overcome. We are too busy doing GoFundMes for the funerals of our friends whose previous GoFundmes failed to cover their health care."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
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The Dems should invent a board game where voters get their donor lists and a list of predators from the Epstein files and see how many matches they can make. Voters can play it on the kitchen table so it's a "kitchen-table issue".
I cannot stress enough this is a totally made up conundrum and you do not actually need to field test if talking about how our entire government is controlled by child rapists is interesting.
Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal
How much do the Epstein files have to do with kitchen-table issues? The Democratic Party is debating ahead of the midterms.
www.notus.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Dems should invent a board game where voters get their donor lists and a list of predators from the Epstein files and see how many matches they can make. Voters can play it on the kitchen table so it's a "kitchen-table issue".
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tom homan is a bitch
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
tom homan is a bitch
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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I'm grateful to Barrett Brown and the Paris Review for clearing my good name after the hit piece the New Republic ran on me:
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I'm grateful to Barrett Brown and the Paris Review for clearing my good name after the hit piece the New Republic ran on me:
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This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning Iceland into “one giant glacier.”
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February 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
buff.ly/JeH8gpr
Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
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Democrats, do not be fooled. If you cave and approve DHS funding, they’ll be back and worse than last time. Republicans keep showing you their hand, stop shaking it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Democrats, do not be fooled. If you cave and approve DHS funding, they’ll be back and worse than last time. Republicans keep showing you their hand, stop shaking it.
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You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
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As I explain in my book The Privateers:
While he was going after Clinton, Ken Starr was running legal strategy for all pro-voucher, anti-public school litigation in the 90s and the first SCOTUS case in 2002.
His time was paid by the right-wing Bradley Foundation.
baylorlariat.com/2026/02/11/j...
While he was going after Clinton, Ken Starr was running legal strategy for all pro-voucher, anti-public school litigation in the 90s and the first SCOTUS case in 2002.
His time was paid by the right-wing Bradley Foundation.
baylorlariat.com/2026/02/11/j...
Jeffrey Epstein visited Ken Starr on Baylor’s campus in 2012 - The Baylor Lariat
“It was great having Jeffrey here. He’s a prince. Next time, he is warmly welcome and encouraged to ‘break bread’ with me at the Allbritton House,” former Baylor President Kenneth Starr wrote in an em...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
As I explain in my book The Privateers:
While he was going after Clinton, Ken Starr was running legal strategy for all pro-voucher, anti-public school litigation in the 90s and the first SCOTUS case in 2002.
His time was paid by the right-wing Bradley Foundation.
baylorlariat.com/2026/02/11/j...
While he was going after Clinton, Ken Starr was running legal strategy for all pro-voucher, anti-public school litigation in the 90s and the first SCOTUS case in 2002.
His time was paid by the right-wing Bradley Foundation.
baylorlariat.com/2026/02/11/j...
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
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SAVE Act aka “show your papers” law
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
SAVE Act aka “show your papers” law
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote