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I’m reading a 2012 book about YCombinator and keep reading passages that are just a quilt of red flags.
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I’m reading a 2012 book about YCombinator and keep reading passages that are just a quilt of red flags.
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Its so crazy that America is fighting a ground war with itself. Just full on troop movements happening between cities, reinforcements being shuffled around the midwest, all in an attempt to plunge a dagger into our own leg.
ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
January 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Its so crazy that America is fighting a ground war with itself. Just full on troop movements happening between cities, reinforcements being shuffled around the midwest, all in an attempt to plunge a dagger into our own leg.
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If food is unaffordable, what does having twice as much of it available accomplish?
RFK Jr: "One of the things we're doing is Brooke Rollins is requiring that any facility, and store that accepts food stamps will have to double the amount of whole food that is now available to recipients. So that will change the marketplace around the country."
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Martial law so they can cancel future elections.
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Martial law so they can cancel future elections.
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
Because he put himself in front of the car to have an excuse to shoot!
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
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I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
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The Guardian doing inexplicable voluntary free public relations work for a corporation profiting from sexual abuse by headlining this as the image gen being "turned off". It isn't off: they've just monetised it. What the fuck are we doing here people, come on.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The Guardian doing inexplicable voluntary free public relations work for a corporation profiting from sexual abuse by headlining this as the image gen being "turned off". It isn't off: they've just monetised it. What the fuck are we doing here people, come on.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The case involved Ross punching out a man's window and tasing him while he attempted to drive away; the man shook him off his car, giving Ross injuries that required 33 stitches. The man called 911 to report that he'd been assaulted by ICE and was later convicted of assault on a federal officer.
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Minneapolis and Portland are rightfully getting the lion's share of the spotlight, given the conduct of Trump's Goon Squad, but CBP/ICE's brand of fuckery continues on in other locations....
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Minneapolis and Portland are rightfully getting the lion's share of the spotlight, given the conduct of Trump's Goon Squad, but CBP/ICE's brand of fuckery continues on in other locations....
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I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat.…
I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat.…
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I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat. Although you wouldn't have to fill a half dozen huge dumpsters of stuff from my apartment, I did notice that I've developed a "save this for later" habit.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat.…
I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged. If you read my chapter in The Power Within, you may have picked up on the fact that my mom was a bit of a packrat.…
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The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
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Remember: January 6th is every day. The coup was never put down. We are living inside of it right now.
January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Remember: January 6th is every day. The coup was never put down. We are living inside of it right now.
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These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
These fucking politicians need to STOP CONSTANTLY admonishing protestors to be "peaceful" while they are being brutalized regularly by the gatekeepers of the state. You should be up there telling ICE and Border Patrol to be fucking peaceful.
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💯 this.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
AND LISTEN TO LOCAL AND ESTABLISHED ORGANIZERS.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
💯 this.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
Pass the baton.
Share advice.
Offer material support.
Don't tell people how it is or how to feel or what they have to do if you don't live there.
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Great thread. I will add one thing: it’s very clear that when ICE is going into a new city, it’s not going into a city who hasn’t learned. Organizers are sharing. They start and people already have every license plate number they’ve used and are tracking their vehicles on day one.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Great thread. I will add one thing: it’s very clear that when ICE is going into a new city, it’s not going into a city who hasn’t learned. Organizers are sharing. They start and people already have every license plate number they’ve used and are tracking their vehicles on day one.
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a CBP officer shot a “vicious” “TdA” member who was dangerous to the community and then they just fucking left? nope, absolutely the fuck not, this is a lie and this was a double attempted murder
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 AM
a CBP officer shot a “vicious” “TdA” member who was dangerous to the community and then they just fucking left? nope, absolutely the fuck not, this is a lie and this was a double attempted murder
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We are where we are at this very moment because way too many people saw what the so-called real cops were doing and averted their eyes while muttering "you burned entire cities to the ground, so that means the cops can keep murdering with impunity."
(Entire cities were not burned to the ground.)
(Entire cities were not burned to the ground.)
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
We are where we are at this very moment because way too many people saw what the so-called real cops were doing and averted their eyes while muttering "you burned entire cities to the ground, so that means the cops can keep murdering with impunity."
(Entire cities were not burned to the ground.)
(Entire cities were not burned to the ground.)
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
THIS THIS THIS
I have now seen two separate AI reconstruction pictures of Renee Good’s murderer and they are different, which tells you that they’re not good and you should stop sharing them.
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
THIS THIS THIS
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Martin Freeman the actor who played Bilbo Baggins and was in The Office with other famous transphobe Ricky Gervais donated to Graham Linehan's legal fund to be let off bullying a trans child and threatening trans people with violence.
Also generally a piece of shit.
thedirect.com/article/mart...
Also generally a piece of shit.
thedirect.com/article/mart...
!["I was never hit, but I know plenty of people who were, and they don't really bitch about it now. It's different if you get the shit kicked out of you, but the odd slap? I know plenty who don't care."
The actor then shockingly admitted that he had "smacked [his] kids," and to make matters worse, even detailed that "they were very young" when he did so:
"I have smacked my kids. When they were very young. I smacked my kids, yes. And it's not like a victory. It's not, 'Oh, I must be doing something right!' But I have done it. When it is route one to something they need to understand and I cannot rationalise with them. Also I was impatient and at the end of my rope."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4i4o6yat3t67oqeno77ntxzk/bafkreihfpvhh3gfv3zoxra5otrhdonyznrclxgagxsgo4w6dzjuzeeonxe@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Martin Freeman the actor who played Bilbo Baggins and was in The Office with other famous transphobe Ricky Gervais donated to Graham Linehan's legal fund to be let off bullying a trans child and threatening trans people with violence.
Also generally a piece of shit.
thedirect.com/article/mart...
Also generally a piece of shit.
thedirect.com/article/mart...
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Anyway if you present as a white man, maybe practice a little patience at being in the minority ideologically and not making it about you. I know, it’s tough. But it’s what everyone else around you has had to do their whole lives.
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Anyway if you present as a white man, maybe practice a little patience at being in the minority ideologically and not making it about you. I know, it’s tough. But it’s what everyone else around you has had to do their whole lives.