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I like reinventing the wheels.
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A Pillar of the Linux Kernel: Greg Kroah-Hartman Honored with European Open Source Award | Linux Journal #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Technology
A Pillar of the Linux Kernel: Greg Kroah-Hartman Honored with European Open Source Award | Linux Journal
The open-source community is celebrating a well-deserved recognition. Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the most influential figures in the Linux ecosystem, has been awarded the European Open Source Award,…
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February 8, 2026 at 6:41 AM
A Pillar of the Linux Kernel: Greg Kroah-Hartman Honored with European Open Source Award | Linux Journal #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Technology
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February 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Immigration agents across the United States have committed serious human rights violations with impunity. These include extrajudicial killings, mass detentions, and forced deportations.
Here’s what you can do to take action:
amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...
Here’s what you can do to take action:
amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...
February 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Immigration agents across the United States have committed serious human rights violations with impunity. These include extrajudicial killings, mass detentions, and forced deportations.
Here’s what you can do to take action:
amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...
Here’s what you can do to take action:
amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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nbcphiladelphia.app.link/tDIEuzg1z0b The kids are alright ✊
Students walked out of Pa. and NJ high schools to protest ICE
Students at several school in Pennsylvania and New Jersey staged a walkout on Friday to protest ICE and recent immigration enforcement activity.
nbcphiladelphia.app.link
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
nbcphiladelphia.app.link/tDIEuzg1z0b The kids are alright ✊
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs. n.pr/4qjynkB
'Washington Post' CEO resigns after going AWOL during massive job cuts
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs. n.pr/4qjynkB
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We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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protecting child abusers *and* murderers
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
protecting child abusers *and* murderers
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Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were seized by ICE in Minneapolis last month before a judge ordered their release
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Veteran French politician quits as head of prestigious institute after Epstein links revealed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Veteran French politician quits as head of prestigious institute after Epstein links revealed
Former culture minister Jack Lang resigns from Arab World Institute in Paris and is also subject of tax investigation
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Veteran French politician quits as head of prestigious institute after Epstein links revealed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
hah!
"My stewardship of the Post and my support of its mission, which will remain unswerving, is something I will be most proud of when I’m 90 and reviewing my life" www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/some...
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed.
www.niemanlab.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 AM
hah!
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Reminder that resisting the nazis was not only about active violence, but also about the grinding and halting of sand in the gears, various kinds of bureaucratic sabotage, the disruption of food and manufacturing processes, and so much more. Every single small act of sabotage can have large impacts.
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Reminder that resisting the nazis was not only about active violence, but also about the grinding and halting of sand in the gears, various kinds of bureaucratic sabotage, the disruption of food and manufacturing processes, and so much more. Every single small act of sabotage can have large impacts.
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“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
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“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
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”Wealthy countries get to come into poorer countries and do whatever they want, extract whatever data, minerals, and labor they want, to get even richer. It’s just repeating history under the guise of technology that's supposed to level the playing field globally.” - @karenhao.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
”Wealthy countries get to come into poorer countries and do whatever they want, extract whatever data, minerals, and labor they want, to get even richer. It’s just repeating history under the guise of technology that's supposed to level the playing field globally.” - @karenhao.bsky.social
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“I don't think this is just a phase.”
A look at the growing backlash against U.S. tech dominance
https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770476460
A look at the growing backlash against U.S. tech dominance
https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770476460
The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.
restofworld.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“I don't think this is just a phase.”
A look at the growing backlash against U.S. tech dominance
https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770476460
A look at the growing backlash against U.S. tech dominance
https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770476460
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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David Gelernter—Yale comp sci prof, Unabomber victim, ultra-conservative, and father of National Review classical critic Daniel Gelernter—chatted with Epstein about a cute undergraduate and the "golden-hearted whores" of Paris, and tried to get him to invest in his son's useless-sounding startup
yaledailynews.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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Canada and France, which both oppose US President Donald Trump's claim to Greenland, opened consulates in the Danish autonomous territory's capital on Friday, in a show of support for the local government.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Canada and France, which both oppose US President Donald Trump's claim to Greenland, opened consulates in the Danish autonomous territory's capital on Friday, in a show of support for the local government.
u.afp.com/S22h
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)