Erik Armstrong
@brilliancecake.bsky.social
Professor of English and writer. Words in Watershed Review, Solstice Literary Magazine, Composition Studies, UC Race and Equity Center. Dad and lover of nature.
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Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
The judge’s order prevents federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters.
dlvr.it
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
How's that adage go? "Every computer app is really an advertisement app," or something like that. Also, "organic answer" is a really dubious choice of words.
ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot
ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot
ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
How's that adage go? "Every computer app is really an advertisement app," or something like that. Also, "organic answer" is a really dubious choice of words.
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More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising. n.pr/4qW0N4X
Measles is spreading fast in S.C. Here's what it says about vaccine exemptions
More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising.
n.pr
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising. n.pr/4qW0N4X
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This is my friend Matt's Emmy from 2011 which I now proudly accept. Thank you all for this great honor.
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This is my friend Matt's Emmy from 2011 which I now proudly accept. Thank you all for this great honor.