Cynthia Brumfield
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--Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach, 1/4
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Please, I'm begging you, leave X if you haven't already.
Whatever false beliefs you have about why you need to stay there, are just that, false beliefs.
It's "extremely" unethical to stay there.
Any justification you have for staying there is dwarfed by the harm you're doing by staying.
Leave.
Whatever false beliefs you have about why you need to stay there, are just that, false beliefs.
It's "extremely" unethical to stay there.
Any justification you have for staying there is dwarfed by the harm you're doing by staying.
Leave.
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Please, I'm begging you, leave X if you haven't already.
Whatever false beliefs you have about why you need to stay there, are just that, false beliefs.
It's "extremely" unethical to stay there.
Any justification you have for staying there is dwarfed by the harm you're doing by staying.
Leave.
Whatever false beliefs you have about why you need to stay there, are just that, false beliefs.
It's "extremely" unethical to stay there.
Any justification you have for staying there is dwarfed by the harm you're doing by staying.
Leave.
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They use Nazi slogans and deploy Nazi terror tactics…but don’t call them Nazis, otherwise you’ll get a heap of Nazi gaslighting about being responsible for them being Nazis.
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM
They use Nazi slogans and deploy Nazi terror tactics…but don’t call them Nazis, otherwise you’ll get a heap of Nazi gaslighting about being responsible for them being Nazis.
This wins the non-murder grossest news of the day award.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology. n.pr/4jE0qJW
Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
This wins the non-murder grossest news of the day award.
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@people.com:
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' (Exclusive) [Published on January 9]
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' (Exclusive) [Published on January 9]
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' (Exclusive)
Renee Nicole Good, the woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, is remembered for taking a photography trip to New York City, where she gave out food to homeless people ...
people.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
@people.com:
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' (Exclusive) [Published on January 9]
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' (Exclusive) [Published on January 9]
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When you’re determined to get to that protest march!
Whoa, there is protesting🧊and then there is protesting🧊in Powderhorn Park, Minnesota. Love this‼️💪🏾💪🏽💪
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
When you’re determined to get to that protest march!
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This case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis, a 2024 Biden appointee.
JUST IN from @ilattygeneral.bsky.social: State of Illinois sues Trump administration over its "organized bombardment on the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago."
Full complaint here: illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
Full complaint here: illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis, a 2024 Biden appointee.
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Federal officers fired tear gas Monday to break up a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who showed up to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents, just a few blocks from where a woman was fatally shot last week.
Crowd yells ‘cowards!’ after federal agents crash into a car and fire tear gas in Minneapolis
Federal officers fired tear gas Monday to break up a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who showed up to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents, just a few bl…
trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Federal officers fired tear gas Monday to break up a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who showed up to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents, just a few blocks from where a woman was fatally shot last week.
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Immigration and Customers Enforcement agents raided a laundromat and other businesses in Morristown on Sunday, taking up to 10 people into custody, including a local high school student, officials said.
ICE detains up to 10 in laundromat raid, including N.J. high school student
The mayor said the town was not notified in advance and did not assist in ICE's operation.
www.nj.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Immigration and Customers Enforcement agents raided a laundromat and other businesses in Morristown on Sunday, taking up to 10 people into custody, including a local high school student, officials said.
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Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
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This is what happens when journalists decide their role is to police some imagined middle zone that exists halfway between the right's and left's arguments.
Katy Tur to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty: "Why don't you trust the FBI to do this on their own?"
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This is what happens when journalists decide their role is to police some imagined middle zone that exists halfway between the right's and left's arguments.
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FT Exclusive: US prosecutors’ criminal probe against Jay Powell has galvanised the Federal Reserve’s top leaders to resist Donald Trump’s attacks — and could push the chair to remain a governor until 2028. ft.trib.al/spoz6ej
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
FT Exclusive: US prosecutors’ criminal probe against Jay Powell has galvanised the Federal Reserve’s top leaders to resist Donald Trump’s attacks — and could push the chair to remain a governor until 2028. ft.trib.al/spoz6ej
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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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 7:20 PM
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.
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X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures https://theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-more-clothes-on-elon-musk-pictures/
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures https://theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-more-clothes-on-elon-musk-pictures/
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That’s why dressing up as pikachu and frogs and blasting Yakety Sax at them through a loudspeaker is so effective! The authoritarian wants you to cower in fear. Turning their entire operation into a dipshit circus is the way.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
That’s why dressing up as pikachu and frogs and blasting Yakety Sax at them through a loudspeaker is so effective! The authoritarian wants you to cower in fear. Turning their entire operation into a dipshit circus is the way.
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This is what the regime is working for. Using our money to get it.
Trump announced a set of new Trump resorts in Saudi Arabia - “a place to be”.. including mansions, golf club, hotel and members club.
January 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is what the regime is working for. Using our money to get it.
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Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach, 1/4
www.metacurity.com/meta-denies-...
--Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach, 1/4
www.metacurity.com/meta-denies-...
Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach
Authorities bust 34 alleged members of the Black Axe cyber fraud group, BreachForums user database exposed in breach, Fancy Bear has launched credential harvesting attacks, NIST seeks agentic AI secur...
www.metacurity.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach, 1/4
www.metacurity.com/meta-denies-...
--Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach, 1/4
www.metacurity.com/meta-denies-...
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ICE crashed into a legal observers car earlier today in Minneapolis, these people are terrorists
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
ICE crashed into a legal observers car earlier today in Minneapolis, these people are terrorists
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NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.
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 6:56 PM
NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.
Do none of these people have even an inkling of love in their hearts for humankind?
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Do none of these people have even an inkling of love in their hearts for humankind?
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Betterment was hacked and users' personal data compromised, but you might not know it because the company hid its data breach notice with a "noindex" tag in its web page source code. This tells search engines to ignore the page so people won't see it in search results. techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/f...
January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Betterment was hacked and users' personal data compromised, but you might not know it because the company hid its data breach notice with a "noindex" tag in its web page source code. This tells search engines to ignore the page so people won't see it in search results. techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/f...
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"(Trump) is literally justifying murder by his personal police force by claiming that being 'highly disrespectful' makes the use of deadly force 'necessary'... The state sponsored murders of wine moms will continue until morale improves."
Excellent piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social today
Excellent piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social today
Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You
The murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross has certainly created quite the divide between the reality-based majority of the population who doesn’t want masked unaccountable federa…
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January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
"(Trump) is literally justifying murder by his personal police force by claiming that being 'highly disrespectful' makes the use of deadly force 'necessary'... The state sponsored murders of wine moms will continue until morale improves."
Excellent piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social today
Excellent piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social today