these guys are definitely on track to [checks notes] cure cancer and solve climate change

i'm so excited to tell you about what we're working on. it's the most important thing human beings have ever done or could ever do. it's going to transform our lives in a plausibly deniable period of years. i just need another 100 billion dollars and immunity from prosecution

LA County declares a state of emergency as a direct result of the federal government’s raids…

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

these guys are definitely on track to [checks notes] cure cancer and solve climate change

NEWS: The Supreme Court will not stop Florida from killing Samuel Smithers today. There were no noted dissents.

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.

It appears ICE/CBP chased a vehicle, conducted a dangerous maneuver to intentionally cause a crash, then later tear-gassed bystanders.

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

“This is not sustainable”

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.

He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.

The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

3M is antifa now

While evictions rise, the city is also cutting funding to 1) rent relief 2) street outreach 3) permanent supportive housing & other housing voucher programs & 4) shelters

If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.

these people deserved to be haunted. both metaphorically and by actual ghosts.

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

all things considered, he’s just a really stupid guy with really stupid beliefs

In Broadview this morning, just outside of Chicago, where you can get a police surveillance pod, a drone, and a helicopter in a single shot.

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

the DOGE-ification of CBS news

This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades.

Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...