Nicholas Bauer PhD
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Computational biology and superresolution microscopy. Tech and politics nerd. Progressive. Somerville, MA
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· Jan 7
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"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
"So, unfortunately, the only message that the public will receive from this “peaceful transfer of power” is: We surrender."
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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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The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
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The wife and attorney of a man detained in Rochester last week say he finally has access to life-saving medication following a kidney transplant.
However, they added that federal authorities are still not giving him the correct dosage or the full regimen.
However, they added that federal authorities are still not giving him the correct dosage or the full regimen.
Kidney transplant recipient in ICE custody is finally getting meds, wife and attorney say
Javier Abreu-Vasquez, a kidney transplant recipient, was arrested by ICE in Rochester last week without his anti-rejection medication and he may have gone for days without receiving it. His wife and h...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The wife and attorney of a man detained in Rochester last week say he finally has access to life-saving medication following a kidney transplant.
However, they added that federal authorities are still not giving him the correct dosage or the full regimen.
However, they added that federal authorities are still not giving him the correct dosage or the full regimen.
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video games will be like "struggle to survive in this unforgiving hellscape" and then have piles of cash and valuables just kinda lying around
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
video games will be like "struggle to survive in this unforgiving hellscape" and then have piles of cash and valuables just kinda lying around
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There is a world where Congress has a constitutional law office that issues a counter-memo, and the Capitol Police go enforce the law and force their way into these detention camps for Congressional oversight
BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There is a world where Congress has a constitutional law office that issues a counter-memo, and the Capitol Police go enforce the law and force their way into these detention camps for Congressional oversight
Ugh.
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 1:15 AM
Ugh.
Just laying out that his strategy is to start a negotiation with what he thinks Republicans should find acceptable and that's resistant to any criticisms.
Which is to say, dumb.
Which is to say, dumb.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Just laying out that his strategy is to start a negotiation with what he thinks Republicans should find acceptable and that's resistant to any criticisms.
Which is to say, dumb.
Which is to say, dumb.
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DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel
Top U.S. intelligence agencies are cooperating with Kurt Olsen, who worked with Trump to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Healey has truly been a disappointment.
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Healey has truly been a disappointment.
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I have appreciated Amanda’s efforts here so I’m disappointed she’s wrapping things up by spreading misinformation. I can assure you as someone whose neighborhood has been crawling with ICE in recent days that we are not in the “aftermath” of anything.
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I have appreciated Amanda’s efforts here so I’m disappointed she’s wrapping things up by spreading misinformation. I can assure you as someone whose neighborhood has been crawling with ICE in recent days that we are not in the “aftermath” of anything.
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Please read this.
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Please read this.
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worrying about pot while the whole gambling epidemic is going on is like fretting that the jets have a high draft pick when the patriots are in the super bowl www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
worrying about pot while the whole gambling epidemic is going on is like fretting that the jets have a high draft pick when the patriots are in the super bowl www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
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how does it not bother investors that Elon Musk never actually delivers the thing
if he didn't deliver affordable EVs, the 100% solar-powered Superchargers, the "alien dreadnought" factory, the game-changing solar roof, or L5 self-driving why believe he'll deliver data centers in space or whatever?
if he didn't deliver affordable EVs, the 100% solar-powered Superchargers, the "alien dreadnought" factory, the game-changing solar roof, or L5 self-driving why believe he'll deliver data centers in space or whatever?
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
how does it not bother investors that Elon Musk never actually delivers the thing
if he didn't deliver affordable EVs, the 100% solar-powered Superchargers, the "alien dreadnought" factory, the game-changing solar roof, or L5 self-driving why believe he'll deliver data centers in space or whatever?
if he didn't deliver affordable EVs, the 100% solar-powered Superchargers, the "alien dreadnought" factory, the game-changing solar roof, or L5 self-driving why believe he'll deliver data centers in space or whatever?
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Their goal is to remove every Spanish speaker they possibly can
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Their goal is to remove every Spanish speaker they possibly can
MBTA busses today say "Go Patriots" lol
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
MBTA busses today say "Go Patriots" lol
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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this is another white immigrant story with lots of interesting details missing. What kind of visas did this guy have for the last 20 years? Why did he not apply for a green card until 2025? His story sounds similar to that of many undocumented people. It's not different just bc he's white.
“The right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury … and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation … to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel”
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
this is another white immigrant story with lots of interesting details missing. What kind of visas did this guy have for the last 20 years? Why did he not apply for a green card until 2025? His story sounds similar to that of many undocumented people. It's not different just bc he's white.
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There's a ChatGPT ad about a family farm where the owner says her family has been doing this for a hundred years and she doesn't want to be the one to screw it up and that's why she's getting advice from ChatGPT and, my God, can you people hear yourselves?
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
There's a ChatGPT ad about a family farm where the owner says her family has been doing this for a hundred years and she doesn't want to be the one to screw it up and that's why she's getting advice from ChatGPT and, my God, can you people hear yourselves?
We shouldn't overlook that in the first shutdown, one of the demands was supposed to be guarantees the money would be spent as passed.
This time, they just passed most government funding without bothering with that.
This time, they just passed most government funding without bothering with that.
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
We shouldn't overlook that in the first shutdown, one of the demands was supposed to be guarantees the money would be spent as passed.
This time, they just passed most government funding without bothering with that.
This time, they just passed most government funding without bothering with that.
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the radium metaphor for AI really is good
It's an even more apt one in that, circa 1920, you needed to put radium into everything to get attention/funding. If you didn't have a way to do that then, by jiminy, you damn well better find a way to work the word "radium" into the name of your product/service/company.
Bullshit never changes.
Bullshit never changes.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
the radium metaphor for AI really is good
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She rocked the shirt of the spa that Kraft got busted at.
Truly a great day for Bob Kraft
Truly a great day for Bob Kraft
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
She rocked the shirt of the spa that Kraft got busted at.
Truly a great day for Bob Kraft
Truly a great day for Bob Kraft
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I still think it's meaningful that we saw Liam in him. Every Liam deserves to have a chance to pursue his dreams.
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I still think it's meaningful that we saw Liam in him. Every Liam deserves to have a chance to pursue his dreams.
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OK, I was hoping for the Cloudflare error page, but no, ai . com is not only real, it is PROUDLY the same evil clown that did crypto . com.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
OK, I was hoping for the Cloudflare error page, but no, ai . com is not only real, it is PROUDLY the same evil clown that did crypto . com.
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the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
the bushes were people 😂