David Carroll
@davidcarroll.org
admin of federate.social (circa 2022)
faculty of parsons.edu (circa 2000)
subject of The Great Hack (Netflix 2019)
headshot by Bryan Derballa (Wired 2019)
header from Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Capcom 1993)
faculty of parsons.edu (circa 2000)
subject of The Great Hack (Netflix 2019)
headshot by Bryan Derballa (Wired 2019)
header from Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Capcom 1993)
Frisky Whiday with Dony Tokoupil
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Frisky Whiday with Dony Tokoupil
A Key Problem with the Progressive Democrats is that they are to the right of Bill Kristol.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus To Oppose Any New Funding For Immigration Enforcement
www.huffpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A Key Problem with the Progressive Democrats is that they are to the right of Bill Kristol.
Reposted by David Carroll
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
Reposted by David Carroll
Reposted by David Carroll
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
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File under: primaries work!
Goldman: Until DHS reins in this rogue and authoritarian ICE secret police force, there should be no more funding provided to DHS.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
File under: primaries work!
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this is really the vilest part. the way these people, caught trampling your rights, will hound you to the ends of the earth and beyond the grave. this womans crime was being married to someone the regime murdered. abrego garcia had the temerity to be mistakenly deported to a gulag. unforgivable sins
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
this is really the vilest part. the way these people, caught trampling your rights, will hound you to the ends of the earth and beyond the grave. this womans crime was being married to someone the regime murdered. abrego garcia had the temerity to be mistakenly deported to a gulag. unforgivable sins
pharmaceuticals prominently disclose side effect of causing suicidal thoughts in their marketing
NEW: A new lawsuit vs OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT caused the death by suicide of Austin Gordon, an adult user who took his life after extensive chats in which ChatGPT romanticized death + normalized suicidality.
ChatGPT acted as a potent "suicide coach," per the suit.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
ChatGPT acted as a potent "suicide coach," per the suit.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
January 13, 2026 at 12:34 PM
pharmaceuticals prominently disclose side effect of causing suicidal thoughts in their marketing
When folks only respond to the political aesthetic they are showing their moral butt crack
I’ll never understand people whose entire political belief system is based on whether or not they find a form of protest annoying or cringey rather than if they agree with the point of the protest
Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
When folks only respond to the political aesthetic they are showing their moral butt crack
Apparently Eric Adams already rugged his cryptoscam; NYC is amazing in that we survived this clown.
January 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Apparently Eric Adams already rugged his cryptoscam; NYC is amazing in that we survived this clown.
Well at least the literate agents were refreshed
Immigration officers received a "legal refresher" reminding them that personal insults and rude gestures are legal, per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Well at least the literate agents were refreshed
You know the Fed Chair is also a Deadhead so this has been a tough week for the guy
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
You know the Fed Chair is also a Deadhead so this has been a tough week for the guy
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
Very close. 1993 and directed by David Fincher (also peak Tom Selleck)
January 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Very close. 1993 and directed by David Fincher (also peak Tom Selleck)
From the folks who brought you Cambridge Analytica, who know that the boundaries between marketing, data brokers, micro targeting and the military industrial complex are imperceptible.
The man who shot Renee Good is exactly the sort of person they want throughout DHS
![As Drew Harwell and Joyce Sohyun Lee recently reported for The Washington Post, this has become an explicit tactic within the agency, circulated in what DHS calls its "wartime recruitment" strategy. They note that DHS' plan was to direct recruitment efforts at "people with an interest in 'military and veterans' affairs,
'physical training,' or 'conservative news and politics, and [to] target people whose lifestyles are 'patriotic' or 'conservative-leaning." DHS also aimed to attract conservative radio show listeners and social media users with interests in “conservative thought leaders, gun rights organizations [and] tactical gear brands."
This is an administration built on a fundamentally violent worldview, nourishing violent impulses within the national community and seeking out the most brutish among us to implement its draconian policies.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hafxlnw235qrcil2lpohp2ly/bafkreic37fyagzivmgrkj6fjjsjxbjppbyaq6fr52uit6puwywb54u27qe@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
From the folks who brought you Cambridge Analytica, who know that the boundaries between marketing, data brokers, micro targeting and the military industrial complex are imperceptible.
Dry January, Day 12: Nearbeer taste journal
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺🍺
Crisp, convincing, great color and suds
Athletic Golden (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺
Malty, clean, satisfactory
Bud Zero (0.0%)🍺
Soapy, a bit weird
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺🍺
Crisp, convincing, great color and suds
Athletic Golden (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺
Malty, clean, satisfactory
Bud Zero (0.0%)🍺
Soapy, a bit weird
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Dry January, Day 12: Nearbeer taste journal
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺🍺
Crisp, convincing, great color and suds
Athletic Golden (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺
Malty, clean, satisfactory
Bud Zero (0.0%)🍺
Soapy, a bit weird
Sierra Nevada Trail Pass (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺🍺
Crisp, convincing, great color and suds
Athletic Golden (0.5%)🍺🍺🍺
Malty, clean, satisfactory
Bud Zero (0.0%)🍺
Soapy, a bit weird
We were supposed to get a cool card to swipe (and clearly congestion pricing is implied given how fast you go fly thru the toll gates) youtu.be/1cOvXn40EZw
AT&T You Will - Toll, Tickets, Video Phone
YouTube video by chipchipson
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
We were supposed to get a cool card to swipe (and clearly congestion pricing is implied given how fast you go fly thru the toll gates) youtu.be/1cOvXn40EZw
I suppose you could get an NY one also and keep it in the little faraday bag and switch up to optimize state based discounts.
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I suppose you could get an NY one also and keep it in the little faraday bag and switch up to optimize state based discounts.
Reposted by David Carroll
NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports:
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports:
Reposted by David Carroll
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
ICE’s Facial scan app in action folks. This is America.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
ICE’s Facial scan app in action folks. This is America.
Single Party Rule is their goal.
4/Trump’s 2025 Presidential Memo, Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, (NSPM-7) spelled this all out. It divides the country into good guys & bad guys. If you’re for Trump, you’re a good guy. If you’re against Trump, you’re a terrorist www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Single Party Rule is their goal.
One problem is that the Republicans don’t actually practice their espoused ideology and the Democrats are to the right of Bill Kristol.
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
One problem is that the Republicans don’t actually practice their espoused ideology and the Democrats are to the right of Bill Kristol.
So it turns out that Republicans actually do not care that much about free enterprise after all.
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
So it turns out that Republicans actually do not care that much about free enterprise after all.
American Conservatives want a Politburo and they want it now.
Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap ft.trib.al/dcsBlk0
Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap
White House’s demand for limit on what issuers can charge rattles investors
ft.trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
American Conservatives want a Politburo and they want it now.