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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
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Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Under the Trump administration, fashion is losing its playfulness and taking cues from authoritarian aesthetics and conservatism.
How Trump-Era Politics Are Reshaping Fashion: From Barbiecore to Workwear
In this reported op-ed, writer Kelsey Stiegman connects the rise of MAGA politics to a darker fashion shift — where self-expression gives way to self-preservation.
www.teenvogue.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Under the Trump administration, fashion is losing its playfulness and taking cues from authoritarian aesthetics and conservatism.
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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"fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said"
what the fuck
what the fuck
New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said"
what the fuck
what the fuck
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new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
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Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.
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The June 24 episode of Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet mentions historic protests against the Iraq War, which were largely coordinated online. 36M people protested in 3K protests worldwide from Jan 3 to Apr 12, 2003. But they didn't stop the war.
22 yrs later, it feels like people have no power.
22 yrs later, it feels like people have no power.
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The June 24 episode of Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet mentions historic protests against the Iraq War, which were largely coordinated online. 36M people protested in 3K protests worldwide from Jan 3 to Apr 12, 2003. But they didn't stop the war.
22 yrs later, it feels like people have no power.
22 yrs later, it feels like people have no power.
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A country that fails to invest enough money in its children and leaves the poorest behind is not a success, nor one to be proud of.
Keir Starmer, is this what you want your legacy to be?
2/3
Keir Starmer, is this what you want your legacy to be?
2/3
September 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A country that fails to invest enough money in its children and leaves the poorest behind is not a success, nor one to be proud of.
Keir Starmer, is this what you want your legacy to be?
2/3
Keir Starmer, is this what you want your legacy to be?
2/3
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Team Musk: he personally champions the furthest right of the racist factions in British politics: who want to remove every minority + who advocate for racial abuse online + offline to let migrants + minorities know they are unwelcome, using X to do it,with the site defending the most extreme racism
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Team Musk: he personally champions the furthest right of the racist factions in British politics: who want to remove every minority + who advocate for racial abuse online + offline to let migrants + minorities know they are unwelcome, using X to do it,with the site defending the most extreme racism
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this is really good from @stephenkb.bsky.social. It's about leadership on the norms we've embraced: racism is unacceptable; the UK is a multicultural country and so much the richer for it. We need to live those values; leaders need to lead on them www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
this is really good from @stephenkb.bsky.social. It's about leadership on the norms we've embraced: racism is unacceptable; the UK is a multicultural country and so much the richer for it. We need to live those values; leaders need to lead on them www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
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The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
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Reality has a liberal bias, it seems.
CNN: When the jobs report comes out, are you going to believe the numbers?
REP. RANDY FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes
C: It wasn't that they make mistakes
F: Numbers always tend to benefit the left
REP. RANDY FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes
C: It wasn't that they make mistakes
F: Numbers always tend to benefit the left
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reality has a liberal bias, it seems.
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🇩🇰🇺🇦🙏 Update: 2 humanitarian workers with the Danish Refugee Council were killed, and 8 wounded, in Russian Iskander-M missile strike on a demining team in Chernihiv region.
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🇩🇰🇺🇦🙏 Update: 2 humanitarian workers with the Danish Refugee Council were killed, and 8 wounded, in Russian Iskander-M missile strike on a demining team in Chernihiv region.
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Sickening footage from Nuneaton tonight, where a Sky News interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse.
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
September 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sickening footage from Nuneaton tonight, where a Sky News interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse.
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
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Cooper in 2021: "If there arent the safe legal routes for family reunion we end up with more people being driven into the arms of criminal gangs"
Cooper yesterday: "we are bringing forward new rules to temporarily suspend new applications under the existing family reunion route"
Cooper yesterday: "we are bringing forward new rules to temporarily suspend new applications under the existing family reunion route"
September 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Cooper in 2021: "If there arent the safe legal routes for family reunion we end up with more people being driven into the arms of criminal gangs"
Cooper yesterday: "we are bringing forward new rules to temporarily suspend new applications under the existing family reunion route"
Cooper yesterday: "we are bringing forward new rules to temporarily suspend new applications under the existing family reunion route"
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OH LOOK. THE NEW CDC HEAD, JIM O'NEILL IS A LUNATIC.
Why can't we have Ed O'Neill, the fine actor from Married With Children?
Why can't we have Ed O'Neill, the fine actor from Married With Children?
August 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
OH LOOK. THE NEW CDC HEAD, JIM O'NEILL IS A LUNATIC.
Why can't we have Ed O'Neill, the fine actor from Married With Children?
Why can't we have Ed O'Neill, the fine actor from Married With Children?
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Anas al-Sharif was Gaza’s mockingbird. He lived a life of courage, truth and love for his family. Israel killed him. We must remember who he was, and why they wanted him silenced, writes @kshaheen.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
The Courage and Death of Anas al-Sharif
The Palestinian journalist’s life was devoted to truth and dignity, and his death lays bare Israel’s impunity in Gaza
newlinesmag.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Anas al-Sharif was Gaza’s mockingbird. He lived a life of courage, truth and love for his family. Israel killed him. We must remember who he was, and why they wanted him silenced, writes @kshaheen.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
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I know it’s considered rude to speak ill of the dead so in celebration of his life’s work, here’s a chart from Dr. James Dobson that helped generations of parents figure out the exact right number of times to hit their kids with a belt.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I know it’s considered rude to speak ill of the dead so in celebration of his life’s work, here’s a chart from Dr. James Dobson that helped generations of parents figure out the exact right number of times to hit their kids with a belt.
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One of my favorite tariff charts
Normally high prices are a sign of strong demand & induce manufacturing investment
Tariffs instead give you higher prices & lower investment—the worst of both worlds—because they're a tax on capital goods & supply chains
Normally high prices are a sign of strong demand & induce manufacturing investment
Tariffs instead give you higher prices & lower investment—the worst of both worlds—because they're a tax on capital goods & supply chains
August 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One of my favorite tariff charts
Normally high prices are a sign of strong demand & induce manufacturing investment
Tariffs instead give you higher prices & lower investment—the worst of both worlds—because they're a tax on capital goods & supply chains
Normally high prices are a sign of strong demand & induce manufacturing investment
Tariffs instead give you higher prices & lower investment—the worst of both worlds—because they're a tax on capital goods & supply chains
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“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
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For the record, Israel killed three journalists, two cameramen and their driver tonight. They’ve already killed 300 other journalists.
All Hamas leaders I suppose.
All Hamas leaders I suppose.
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For the record, Israel killed three journalists, two cameramen and their driver tonight. They’ve already killed 300 other journalists.
All Hamas leaders I suppose.
All Hamas leaders I suppose.