Chris Vermilion
@verm.me
Software nerd. Order Muppet. Recovering physicist. Not really that sad of a dad. https://verm.me
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Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on the “how many days are in a week” lifting forum.
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my Toto Washlet+.
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my Samsung SmartFridge.
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on the “how many days are in a week” lifting forum.
Those who know me know that I have never once handed it to the BPD, but I’ll give them this one
well i LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER
oh oh boston you're my home 🥲
oh oh boston you're my home 🥲
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Those who know me know that I have never once handed it to the BPD, but I’ll give them this one
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Minnesota should demand Greg Bovino's teeny tiny CBP vest and helmet and put it in the Historical Society next to the 28th Virginia's Confederate Battle Flag we also rightly own.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Minnesota should demand Greg Bovino's teeny tiny CBP vest and helmet and put it in the Historical Society next to the 28th Virginia's Confederate Battle Flag we also rightly own.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:
NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:
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Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
okay but does he still go out with a Gruppenführer pension
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
okay but does he still go out with a Gruppenführer pension
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Keep up the good work, everybody! 💖
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Keep up the good work, everybody! 💖
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This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
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[stares directly into the camera]
![Ben Terris
@bterris
X.com
"[My father] had one problem," Trump said. "
He started getting, what do they call it?" He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt said.
"Like an Alzheimer's thing," Trump said. "Well, I don't have it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreiddfjrkrizv6r5szmevc7gl3bgwmcoub2i7ondb7cpnnqslhsjtvi@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
[stares directly into the camera]
60 Minutes celebrating the movies
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
60 Minutes celebrating the movies
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
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Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
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Signal is not compromised, period.
If you don’t believe me (and on this topic, you really should) believe the many members of the US Government who use it amongst themselves for subpoena-proof communications. If it were vulnerable they would know.
If you don’t believe me (and on this topic, you really should) believe the many members of the US Government who use it amongst themselves for subpoena-proof communications. If it were vulnerable they would know.
I think it is *incredibly* irresponsible for someone like @stonekettle.bsky.social, with a huge following, to claim that Signal is just as insecure as texts or other public social media.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Signal is not compromised, period.
If you don’t believe me (and on this topic, you really should) believe the many members of the US Government who use it amongst themselves for subpoena-proof communications. If it were vulnerable they would know.
If you don’t believe me (and on this topic, you really should) believe the many members of the US Government who use it amongst themselves for subpoena-proof communications. If it were vulnerable they would know.
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“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”
Rachel, Alaska
Rachel, Alaska
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.
just a steady beat.
just a steady beat.
Love Notes
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM
“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”
Rachel, Alaska
Rachel, Alaska
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Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
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sorry centrists abolishing ICE is popularism now
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
sorry centrists abolishing ICE is popularism now
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Street corners in every neighborhood tonight across Minneapolis. This is Prospect Park, and the wind chill is -16.
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Street corners in every neighborhood tonight across Minneapolis. This is Prospect Park, and the wind chill is -16.
Thread.
I’ll share any picture anyone sends of these memorials
Everyone in the suburbs are putting them out on our porches. At least around us in Eagan
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Thread.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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According to ICE's "Wall of Honor" website, the last ICE officer to die in the line of duty was this man, who accidentally shot himself with his own service weapon in 2021. Rest in power. www.ice.gov/topics/eow
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
According to ICE's "Wall of Honor" website, the last ICE officer to die in the line of duty was this man, who accidentally shot himself with his own service weapon in 2021. Rest in power. www.ice.gov/topics/eow
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It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
It can be a hard pill to swallow but you have to accept that while you will prevail in this struggle, you may not be there to witness it.
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
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If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help