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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
One of the best innovations in video games in recent years: The demo save file that lets you pick up where the demo ends if you buy the full game.
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best innovations in video games in recent years: The demo save file that lets you pick up where the demo ends if you buy the full game.
I don't know anything about the NBA salary cap but every NBA trade is something like "The LA Lakers are acquiring John Doe for fourteen first round picks. They will be invoking the Tiberius Clause in order to avoid triggering Proxima Ceiling penalties."
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I don't know anything about the NBA salary cap but every NBA trade is something like "The LA Lakers are acquiring John Doe for fourteen first round picks. They will be invoking the Tiberius Clause in order to avoid triggering Proxima Ceiling penalties."
There are 194,999 bands registered in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, and somehow not one of them is called Render Unto Caesar. So, someone should get on that. Great band name just sitting there, unused.
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
There are 194,999 bands registered in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, and somehow not one of them is called Render Unto Caesar. So, someone should get on that. Great band name just sitting there, unused.
The security risks of agentic AI seem pretty substantial.
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The security risks of agentic AI seem pretty substantial.
But what are we supposed to do with the medians and modes of production?
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
But what are we supposed to do with the medians and modes of production?
I'm curious/confused by the $570K price cap in HRM. It's not *impossible* to find a house for that price, but the vast majority of listings under $600K are condos.
New First-Time Homebuyers Program Reduces Minimum Down Payment news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/02/0...
New First-Time Homebuyers Program Reduces Minimum Down Payment
news.novascotia.ca
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I'm curious/confused by the $570K price cap in HRM. It's not *impossible* to find a house for that price, but the vast majority of listings under $600K are condos.
I think one illuminating thing that has become increasingly apparent in recent years is how many rich dudes are delusional cranks. These are not evil masterminds, they're garden-variety conspiracy theorists who happen to have a lot of money.
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I think one illuminating thing that has become increasingly apparent in recent years is how many rich dudes are delusional cranks. These are not evil masterminds, they're garden-variety conspiracy theorists who happen to have a lot of money.
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New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
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The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The raid, involving cyber-crime officers, represents a dramatic escalation of an investigation that began in January 2025.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I doubt the guy quoted in this article actually cares, but people *have* been moving to the cities outside the GTA. Why do you think it costs $600K for a detached home in Guelph or $725K in Cambridge?
"Maybe the city's full" says the man living in a 2.7 million dollar house on Palmerston, while sipping $170 scotch after defeating a multiplex proposal across the street.
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I doubt the guy quoted in this article actually cares, but people *have* been moving to the cities outside the GTA. Why do you think it costs $600K for a detached home in Guelph or $725K in Cambridge?
Reviews of the Dragon Quest 7 remake are saying it's around 40 hours to complete, so it looks like this might be the first Dragon Quest game I actually see the ending of. Most of the DQ games are a lot of fun but just too long.
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Reviews of the Dragon Quest 7 remake are saying it's around 40 hours to complete, so it looks like this might be the first Dragon Quest game I actually see the ending of. Most of the DQ games are a lot of fun but just too long.
The usage of CE/BCE instead of AD/BC in describing dates is so weird to me. If you think our method of counting time should be free of religious references, do not look up where the names of the months or days come from.
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The usage of CE/BCE instead of AD/BC in describing dates is so weird to me. If you think our method of counting time should be free of religious references, do not look up where the names of the months or days come from.
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Wait, so now websites want to access any device on my network? Is this a new thing? How many other websites do this? For what purpose? This can't be good for privacy and security.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Wait, so now websites want to access any device on my network? Is this a new thing? How many other websites do this? For what purpose? This can't be good for privacy and security.
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The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
ICE's entire campaign of terror is horrifying, but something about the pictures of Liam and his little blue hat really just hits me on another level. Every time I see them I get a little choked up.
February 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
ICE's entire campaign of terror is horrifying, but something about the pictures of Liam and his little blue hat really just hits me on another level. Every time I see them I get a little choked up.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
Yet another example that chatbots don't "know" anything, they're just producing statistically likely text.
The Canada Revenue Agency chatbot. So it can answer tax questions but it doesn't know the day of the week?
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Yet another example that chatbots don't "know" anything, they're just producing statistically likely text.
The idea that we simply *must* have models trained on material indiscriminately scraped from the Internet is absurd. This is not the first time this has happened and it surely won't be the last.
What happens when the AI race collides with child safety?
Amazon Found ‘High Volume’ Of Child Sex Abuse Material in AI Training Data
The tech giant reported hundreds of thousands of cases of suspected child sexual abuse material, but won’t say where it came from
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The idea that we simply *must* have models trained on material indiscriminately scraped from the Internet is absurd. This is not the first time this has happened and it surely won't be the last.
Well, it's hard to imagine anything going wrong with the US seeking regime change in the Middle East.
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Military Tells Key Middle East Ally to Prepare for Attack on Iran
In addition to military targets, Trump is considering strikes on senior Iranian leaders with the aim of spurring the overthrow of the Iranian government.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Well, it's hard to imagine anything going wrong with the US seeking regime change in the Middle East.
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Avi Lewis raised the most money up to the end of 2025, suggesting that he is currently the front runner to be the next leader of the NDP. www.thewrit.ca/p/avi-lewis-...
Avi Lewis has wide lead in NDP fundraising
Fundraising to the end of 2025 shows Lewis well ahead of his rivals
www.thewrit.ca
January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Avi Lewis raised the most money up to the end of 2025, suggesting that he is currently the front runner to be the next leader of the NDP. www.thewrit.ca/p/avi-lewis-...
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Amber Bracken is one of Canada’s greatest photojournalists, and for the RCMP to mistake observers for participants, arrest her and prevent her from doing her vital work is a deeply dangerous precedent. This case is important for all of us.
Reminder: journalists get arrested in Canada too.
In fact, The Narwhal is in court right now challenging the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. Our editor-in-chief,Carol Linnitt, testifies today and Monday, and court is open to the public if you're in Vancouver.
In fact, The Narwhal is in court right now challenging the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. Our editor-in-chief,Carol Linnitt, testifies today and Monday, and court is open to the public if you're in Vancouver.
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Amber Bracken is one of Canada’s greatest photojournalists, and for the RCMP to mistake observers for participants, arrest her and prevent her from doing her vital work is a deeply dangerous precedent. This case is important for all of us.
Good thread. Congestion pricing is one of those things that has big benefits but is hard to build support for because it *sounds* bad (no one likes a toll).
A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing:
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Good thread. Congestion pricing is one of those things that has big benefits but is hard to build support for because it *sounds* bad (no one likes a toll).
This feels like a bellwether to me. Video game developers are mostly techies; they love new tech, they love new tools. If game developers have turned against gen AI, I don't see how you're going to convince non-techies that it's a fun and cool technology.
More than half of gamedev professionals see GenAI as harmful, according to GDC’s latest survey
GDC's 2026 State of the Game Industry survey reveals souring attitudes to generative AI among game developers.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This feels like a bellwether to me. Video game developers are mostly techies; they love new tech, they love new tools. If game developers have turned against gen AI, I don't see how you're going to convince non-techies that it's a fun and cool technology.