Jason Cross
@jasoncross.org
Nerd stuff and hobbies I’m into: games, guitar, bread, tech.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
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Outside of that the US is obviously massively richer now, 1887 was, in fact, a recession year in a decade of recessions. Which probably accounts for why incumbent presidents/parties lost in 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896.
Trump: "If you go back to 1887, that was probably richest point that our country was ever in. And it was all tariff income."
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Outside of that the US is obviously massively richer now, 1887 was, in fact, a recession year in a decade of recessions. Which probably accounts for why incumbent presidents/parties lost in 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896.
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Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Just as everyone predicted with the exception of Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last 3 knew they’ve been lying, not sure with Orange Caligula because he’s a moron and a liar so in his case it could be either one or both.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
This is just state police, but in cities, mayors can do similar.
The next step? Ensure that police hold ICE accountable for breaking the law.
The next step? Ensure that police hold ICE accountable for breaking the law.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just issued an executive order shutting down state police cooperation with Trump’s ICE immediately after taking office.
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 AM
This is just state police, but in cities, mayors can do similar.
The next step? Ensure that police hold ICE accountable for breaking the law.
The next step? Ensure that police hold ICE accountable for breaking the law.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
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NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
Anyone have any decent sources for the full specs of iPhone batteries? Actual battery chemistry (not just "Lithium Ion"), energy and power density, weight and volumes, etc?
This stuff has to be relatively well known, considering the supply chain, repair market, and so on..
This stuff has to be relatively well known, considering the supply chain, repair market, and so on..
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Anyone have any decent sources for the full specs of iPhone batteries? Actual battery chemistry (not just "Lithium Ion"), energy and power density, weight and volumes, etc?
This stuff has to be relatively well known, considering the supply chain, repair market, and so on..
This stuff has to be relatively well known, considering the supply chain, repair market, and so on..
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I don’t know who this Minnesota man is, but he absolutely speaks for me.
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I don’t know who this Minnesota man is, but he absolutely speaks for me.
He doesn't do any of that.
He deploys ICE agents in full gear to "protect" polling locations in majority democrat areas only. He instructs the postmaster general not to process mail-in ballots that are "insecure" (just from democrat voters).
We end up having an election, but not a real one.
He deploys ICE agents in full gear to "protect" polling locations in majority democrat areas only. He instructs the postmaster general not to process mail-in ballots that are "insecure" (just from democrat voters).
We end up having an election, but not a real one.
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
He doesn't do any of that.
He deploys ICE agents in full gear to "protect" polling locations in majority democrat areas only. He instructs the postmaster general not to process mail-in ballots that are "insecure" (just from democrat voters).
We end up having an election, but not a real one.
He deploys ICE agents in full gear to "protect" polling locations in majority democrat areas only. He instructs the postmaster general not to process mail-in ballots that are "insecure" (just from democrat voters).
We end up having an election, but not a real one.
Mainstream media will not treat this seriously, because they have the memory of a fruit fly.
Every single one of these little crazy asides that Trump has blurted out, he has acted on. Every time. Over and over. For years.
This is a promise from Trump. A PROMISE.
Every single one of these little crazy asides that Trump has blurted out, he has acted on. Every time. Over and over. For years.
This is a promise from Trump. A PROMISE.
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “we shouldn’t even have an election,” as he complained about the political risks his party faces in the 2026 midterms and boasted about his accomplishments. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We shouldn’t even have an election’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Mainstream media will not treat this seriously, because they have the memory of a fruit fly.
Every single one of these little crazy asides that Trump has blurted out, he has acted on. Every time. Over and over. For years.
This is a promise from Trump. A PROMISE.
Every single one of these little crazy asides that Trump has blurted out, he has acted on. Every time. Over and over. For years.
This is a promise from Trump. A PROMISE.
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I don’t know which conservative Democrats need to hear this history lesson, but the German elected officials who voted to fund the Gestapo were considered Nazi collaborators.
History is watching.
History is watching.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I don’t know which conservative Democrats need to hear this history lesson, but the German elected officials who voted to fund the Gestapo were considered Nazi collaborators.
History is watching.
History is watching.
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
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Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan blamed the press after taking heat for choosing not to address the contents of a story published in the Mercury the day prior.
Here are the receipts 🧾
Here are the receipts 🧾
City Councilor Lashes Out at Press After Mercury Story About Offensive Group Chat
Councilor Dan Ryan said he lacked appropriate context for a statement. Here are the receipts.
www.portlandmercury.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan blamed the press after taking heat for choosing not to address the contents of a story published in the Mercury the day prior.
Here are the receipts 🧾
Here are the receipts 🧾
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Dear Black people,
they’re coming for us too.
they’re coming for us too.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Dear Black people,
they’re coming for us too.
they’re coming for us too.
Cool cool cool.
Can we see the simulations? The inputs, the code, the outputs?
No? Wait were the simulations in your brain?
Can we see the simulations? The inputs, the code, the outputs?
No? Wait were the simulations in your brain?
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Cool cool cool.
Can we see the simulations? The inputs, the code, the outputs?
No? Wait were the simulations in your brain?
Can we see the simulations? The inputs, the code, the outputs?
No? Wait were the simulations in your brain?
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X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
It’s still easy to get Grok to edit photographs of real people into sexualized poses, despite X’s updated restrictions.
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
Ah yes, it's right there in the name.
"Shooting U.S. citizen mothers in the face" is a core part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you know.
"Shooting U.S. citizen mothers in the face" is a core part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you know.
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Ah yes, it's right there in the name.
"Shooting U.S. citizen mothers in the face" is a core part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you know.
"Shooting U.S. citizen mothers in the face" is a core part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you know.