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I will still never get over the fact we had Der Stürmer style propaganda on a presidential debate stage and it became a meme.
These are the Haitians attacked by Vance in 2024 at the urging of Canadian neo-Nazi Geoff Martin, aka "Captive Dreamer," who he appears to follow closely.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I will still never get over the fact we had Der Stürmer style propaganda on a presidential debate stage and it became a meme.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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MARCH 28
We're just seconds away from learning the date that the full 2 Line will finally cross Lake Washington with riders aboard.
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
MARCH 28
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Like ICE funding, for example
I’ll keep plugging away to make sure that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are being invested in an effective, durable, and responsible way.
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Like ICE funding, for example
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Sound Transit has confirmed we'll get the opening date for the full 2 Line tomorrow morning, at 10am.
January 22, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Sound Transit has confirmed we'll get the opening date for the full 2 Line tomorrow morning, at 10am.
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🧵 1/2
Hur kan detta inte vara en större nyhet idag? Ja, det händer väldigt mycket och väldigt stora saker just nu. Det är svårt att hänga med själv.
Men det ÄR en stor nyhet att en stat attackerar FN på det här sättet.
Hur kan detta inte vara en större nyhet idag? Ja, det händer väldigt mycket och väldigt stora saker just nu. Det är svårt att hänga med själv.
Men det ÄR en stor nyhet att en stat attackerar FN på det här sättet.
Israel's Ben Gvir leads demolition of Unrwa headquarters in Jerusalem - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-leads-israeli-demolition-unrwa-headquarters-jerusalem
Israel's Ben Gvir leads demolition of Unrwa headquarters in Jerusalem
Agency’s spokesperson condemns ‘unprecedented attack’ after Israeli flag raised over remaining UN building
www.middleeasteye.net
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Hur kan detta inte vara en större nyhet idag? Ja, det händer väldigt mycket och väldigt stora saker just nu. Det är svårt att hänga med själv.
Men det ÄR en stor nyhet att en stat attackerar FN på det här sättet.
Hur kan detta inte vara en större nyhet idag? Ja, det händer väldigt mycket och väldigt stora saker just nu. Det är svårt att hänga med själv.
Men det ÄR en stor nyhet att en stat attackerar FN på det här sättet.
Doing this again this year, just got on the first ferry!
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Doing this again this year, just got on the first ferry!
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Monarchists get weirdly let off the hook because the really bad people we remember from the 2nd half of the 20th century were mostly post-monarchists but actually kings are bad and even a conservative who has no interest in futurism or fascist aesthetics is dangerous
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Monarchists get weirdly let off the hook because the really bad people we remember from the 2nd half of the 20th century were mostly post-monarchists but actually kings are bad and even a conservative who has no interest in futurism or fascist aesthetics is dangerous
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Abolish.
Not better training. Not “out [insert] city.” Not defund.
Abolish.
And then prosecute.
Not better training. Not “out [insert] city.” Not defund.
Abolish.
And then prosecute.
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Abolish.
Not better training. Not “out [insert] city.” Not defund.
Abolish.
And then prosecute.
Not better training. Not “out [insert] city.” Not defund.
Abolish.
And then prosecute.
Nearly done with Life: A Users Manual by Perec, this book is ingenious
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Nearly done with Life: A Users Manual by Perec, this book is ingenious
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
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Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
Unfortunately Seattle was too foggy, we could at least hear the fireworks though
January 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Unfortunately Seattle was too foggy, we could at least hear the fireworks though
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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Watched 87 new-to-me films this year, which might be a record low for the last decade. Did do a lot more reading, which explains part of it, though I do worry that I also did a lot more doomscrolling. This is how I'm going to justify making my resolution "watch more movies."
December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Watched 87 new-to-me films this year, which might be a record low for the last decade. Did do a lot more reading, which explains part of it, though I do worry that I also did a lot more doomscrolling. This is how I'm going to justify making my resolution "watch more movies."
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Definitive ranking of the main Star Wars movies
1. Attack of the Clones
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Force Awakens
4. Last Jedi
5. New Hope
6. Phantom Menace
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Rise of Skywalker
1. Attack of the Clones
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Force Awakens
4. Last Jedi
5. New Hope
6. Phantom Menace
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Rise of Skywalker
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Definitive ranking of the main Star Wars movies
1. Attack of the Clones
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Force Awakens
4. Last Jedi
5. New Hope
6. Phantom Menace
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Rise of Skywalker
1. Attack of the Clones
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Force Awakens
4. Last Jedi
5. New Hope
6. Phantom Menace
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Rise of Skywalker
Found a couple typos in a library book (events on one page are said to happen in 1985 when they happened in 1995). Should I correct them with a pencil? #booksky
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Found a couple typos in a library book (events on one page are said to happen in 1985 when they happened in 1995). Should I correct them with a pencil? #booksky
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maybe the greatest pitch frame in baseball history
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
maybe the greatest pitch frame in baseball history
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This is the exact lighting they use for the pic to accompany a profile of a professor who got suspended because he kept using slurs in class as a supposed intellectual provocation.
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is the exact lighting they use for the pic to accompany a profile of a professor who got suspended because he kept using slurs in class as a supposed intellectual provocation.
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The people working on this project seem extremely cool. Sifiso Mzobe, the isiZulu translator, writes great crime fiction. Zukiswa Wanner, the Shona translator, was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and spent time in Israeli custody -- super brave! Support support support
We are almost there, peeps. 63% We can do this, we can close the gap.
Mend the world with love, with words. With translations.
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Mend the world with love, with words. With translations.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The people working on this project seem extremely cool. Sifiso Mzobe, the isiZulu translator, writes great crime fiction. Zukiswa Wanner, the Shona translator, was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and spent time in Israeli custody -- super brave! Support support support
Snowing pretty hard north of Chicago!
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Snowing pretty hard north of Chicago!
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As a person whose mother died in a vehicle fatality that was not in any way her fault, I approve this message
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
As a person whose mother died in a vehicle fatality that was not in any way her fault, I approve this message