Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
Law professor | Privacy, Cybersecurity, AI*, Technology and Society, National Security | Veteran | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
· Nov 10
"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD."
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
Just gonna put this up here for a bit
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Just gonna put this up here for a bit
Has anyone heard from the Harper's Letter signatories recently? Should someone do a welfare check?
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Has anyone heard from the Harper's Letter signatories recently? Should someone do a welfare check?
"clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
"clean, beautiful, American coal."
Everything's going perfectly well in Washington, why do you ask?
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights to resume.
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Everything's going perfectly well in Washington, why do you ask?
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The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tech sovereignty is becoming increasingly important to states who see what US-based companies are doing (and it's not just Palantir).
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Tech sovereignty is becoming increasingly important to states who see what US-based companies are doing (and it's not just Palantir).
Tech ideologues are slowly but steadily establishing manufactured consent for a near total surveillance state that we not only accept but help fund and deploy.
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Tech ideologues are slowly but steadily establishing manufactured consent for a near total surveillance state that we not only accept but help fund and deploy.
A lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt, etc.
Saying it doesn’t make it so. www.theverge.com/tech/876866/...
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
A lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt, etc.
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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
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My heart breaks for these parents. “He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My heart breaks for these parents. “He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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If the music is good, you don't need to understand the lyrics.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If the music is good, you don't need to understand the lyrics.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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Please watch the whole video from our Saint Paul Olympian. It’s one of the most direct and eloquent statements about the situation that I’ve heard from anyone.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Please watch the whole video from our Saint Paul Olympian. It’s one of the most direct and eloquent statements about the situation that I’ve heard from anyone.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.
Don't fall for Ring's ploy to (further) expand our already extensive mass surveillance networks.
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Don't fall for Ring's ploy to (further) expand our already extensive mass surveillance networks.
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Sub six mile pace, up hill, on skis. x.com/NBCOlympics/...
NBC Olympics & Paralympics on X: "Sub-six-minute mile pace uphill on skis: #WinterOlympics SPEED. 🔥 https://t.co/trof9rs4zf" / X
Sub-six-minute mile pace uphill on skis: #WinterOlympics SPEED. 🔥 https://t.co/trof9rs4zf
x.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Sub six mile pace, up hill, on skis. x.com/NBCOlympics/...
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Author of this piece: "Scalia almost certainly wouldn’t have been happy to see how American politics have grown coarser and more polarized than ever before"
...but is there any contemporary justice who wrote more "coarser and more polarized opinions" than Scalia?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
...but is there any contemporary justice who wrote more "coarser and more polarized opinions" than Scalia?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘He Was the Antidote’: Samuel Alito Speaks Out on Antonin Scalia and the Drafting of Dobbs
In an exclusive interview, the Supreme Court justice remembers a friend and conservative icon’s legacy.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Author of this piece: "Scalia almost certainly wouldn’t have been happy to see how American politics have grown coarser and more polarized than ever before"
...but is there any contemporary justice who wrote more "coarser and more polarized opinions" than Scalia?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
...but is there any contemporary justice who wrote more "coarser and more polarized opinions" than Scalia?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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THE MADS ARE BACK! Full details here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
THE MADS ARE BACK! Full details here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social
Echoes of efforts to expel John Wilkes from Parliament for personally insulting the king.
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Echoes of efforts to expel John Wilkes from Parliament for personally insulting the king.
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These subhuman freaks are utterly unable to handle dissent and activism.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These subhuman freaks are utterly unable to handle dissent and activism.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
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Gee, can someone remind me who is responsible for this antagonism?
Greer: "The thing to keep in mind with Canada is this is a country that's 75% dependent on the United States for its gross domestic product ... it can't be a situation where the Canadians have an antagonistic relationship"
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Gee, can someone remind me who is responsible for this antagonism?
It is my hope that the use of "illegals" in this manner will one day be thought of in the same way as the n-word.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It is my hope that the use of "illegals" in this manner will one day be thought of in the same way as the n-word.