Andrew Cunningham
@andrewwrites.bsky.social
Writes about consumer tech at Ars Technica, formerly Wirecutter. Podcasts about books at Overdue and sometimes about TV at Appointment Television. Dad, D&D, organized labor. He/him. @arstechnica.bsky.social @overduepod.bsky.social
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I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
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Really powerful, really illuminating thread. Clear, precise, devastating.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Really powerful, really illuminating thread. Clear, precise, devastating.
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want." — @lopatto.bsky.social
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want." — @lopatto.bsky.social
these are the same geniuses who spend all their time wondering when star trek got so political
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
these are the same geniuses who spend all their time wondering when star trek got so political
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
to put this headline up without mentioning how many will be *left* does not seem particularly helpful (it’s *2,000*, according to the admin, to the extent we can trust that figure, which we can’t)
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
to put this headline up without mentioning how many will be *left* does not seem particularly helpful (it’s *2,000*, according to the admin, to the extent we can trust that figure, which we can’t)
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So fucking infuriating watching Bezos and his cronies kill the Post. Taking away sports, books, and international reporting so you can write opinions praising Trump is so damn bleak.
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
So fucking infuriating watching Bezos and his cronies kill the Post. Taking away sports, books, and international reporting so you can write opinions praising Trump is so damn bleak.
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Pretty wild to me how many pundits and academics treated Republican opposition to the notion of Supreme Court expansion during the Biden administration as a serious, principled stance, as opposed to a position Republicans would obviously abandon the moment it became convenient
Republicans Love Supreme Court Expansion When It Gets Them What They Want
When it comes to state supreme courts, Republican politicians have been happy to add (or subtract) justices as they see fit.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Pretty wild to me how many pundits and academics treated Republican opposition to the notion of Supreme Court expansion during the Biden administration as a serious, principled stance, as opposed to a position Republicans would obviously abandon the moment it became convenient
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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every week there's a new problem caused by trump that i thought was definitively solved in the 1880's
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
every week there's a new problem caused by trump that i thought was definitively solved in the 1880's
nothing remotely against any of the folks who have been working on the modern MST iterations! but it did make my heart twinge to hear those voices coming out of those puppets again
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
nothing remotely against any of the folks who have been working on the modern MST iterations! but it did make my heart twinge to hear those voices coming out of those puppets again
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i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
my less notable hometown groundhog Buckeye Chuck is also betting big on spring bsky.app/profile/roos...
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
February 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
my less notable hometown groundhog Buckeye Chuck is also betting big on spring bsky.app/profile/roos...
it's just amazing how consistently every single Epstein email exchange is like
RICH AND/OR POWERFUL GUY: Can I score an invite to the sex island this weekend?
EPSTEIN: soun ds grat
RICH AND/OR POWERFUL GUY: Can I score an invite to the sex island this weekend?
EPSTEIN: soun ds grat
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 AM
it's just amazing how consistently every single Epstein email exchange is like
RICH AND/OR POWERFUL GUY: Can I score an invite to the sex island this weekend?
EPSTEIN: soun ds grat
RICH AND/OR POWERFUL GUY: Can I score an invite to the sex island this weekend?
EPSTEIN: soun ds grat
i would start a dark money super PAC but the only issue it would lobby for would be a law to get pepsi declared "not ok"
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 AM
i would start a dark money super PAC but the only issue it would lobby for would be a law to get pepsi declared "not ok"
coca-cola freestyle machine in my house with dedicated room for syrups
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 5:11 AM
coca-cola freestyle machine in my house with dedicated room for syrups
this is just about the lightest and least-depressing series of thoughts i've had this week, thank you for your patience
January 31, 2026 at 2:25 AM
this is just about the lightest and least-depressing series of thoughts i've had this week, thank you for your patience
i'm sorry but if you can't scout a location or build/stage it yourself maybe your scene just doesn't deserve to have an interesting background
January 31, 2026 at 2:21 AM
i'm sorry but if you can't scout a location or build/stage it yourself maybe your scene just doesn't deserve to have an interesting background