Dust and Road
@dustandroad.bsky.social
Bit of a Debbie Downer
'Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool #Palantir Made for #ICE
@404media.co is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.'
@404media.co is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.'
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
'Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool #Palantir Made for #ICE
@404media.co is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.'
@404media.co is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.'
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A DAY FOR GAZA
The Nation, as part of its ongoing commitment to cover Gaza, devotes its entire Feb. 3 website to writers, photographers, thinkers who are in or from Gaza.
“Collectively, the pieces embody an enduring affirmation of Gaza’s refusal, in the face of the world’s neglect, to be erased.”
The Nation, as part of its ongoing commitment to cover Gaza, devotes its entire Feb. 3 website to writers, photographers, thinkers who are in or from Gaza.
“Collectively, the pieces embody an enduring affirmation of Gaza’s refusal, in the face of the world’s neglect, to be erased.”
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
A DAY FOR GAZA
The Nation, as part of its ongoing commitment to cover Gaza, devotes its entire Feb. 3 website to writers, photographers, thinkers who are in or from Gaza.
“Collectively, the pieces embody an enduring affirmation of Gaza’s refusal, in the face of the world’s neglect, to be erased.”
The Nation, as part of its ongoing commitment to cover Gaza, devotes its entire Feb. 3 website to writers, photographers, thinkers who are in or from Gaza.
“Collectively, the pieces embody an enduring affirmation of Gaza’s refusal, in the face of the world’s neglect, to be erased.”
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"These paramilitary tactical units behave not like local police, but instead like special forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other far-flung battlefields from the Forever Wars of the past quarter century."
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 AM
"These paramilitary tactical units behave not like local police, but instead like special forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other far-flung battlefields from the Forever Wars of the past quarter century."
'What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here. Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's #ICE operation in the US. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next'
Via @thenerve.news
Via @thenerve.news
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
www.thenerve.news
February 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
'What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here. Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's #ICE operation in the US. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next'
Via @thenerve.news
Via @thenerve.news
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Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
'Stewart Lee: Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center.
Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before.'
Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before.'
Stewart Lee: Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before
www.thenerve.news
February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
'Stewart Lee: Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center.
Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before.'
Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before.'
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Amazing coda here.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Amazing coda here.
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again | Robert Topinka
In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide, says digital media academi...
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No offense to humans (love you guys) but this is a whole level of speed running backwards as a species www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
2 measles infections confirmed at Texas facility where 5-year-old detained in Minnesota was held
DHS said state health officials reported the infections to federal immigration authorities Saturday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:23 AM
No offense to humans (love you guys) but this is a whole level of speed running backwards as a species www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
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Important to understand that:
Normal people hate Trump.
Normal people hate ICE.
Normal people hate fascists.
Normal people hate secret police executing people in the street, shooting priests in the head with pepper balls, and kidnapping little kids with Spider-Man backpacks and bunny hats.
Normal people hate Trump.
Normal people hate ICE.
Normal people hate fascists.
Normal people hate secret police executing people in the street, shooting priests in the head with pepper balls, and kidnapping little kids with Spider-Man backpacks and bunny hats.
This is great. ICE thuggery is bringing out more ICE watchers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Important to understand that:
Normal people hate Trump.
Normal people hate ICE.
Normal people hate fascists.
Normal people hate secret police executing people in the street, shooting priests in the head with pepper balls, and kidnapping little kids with Spider-Man backpacks and bunny hats.
Normal people hate Trump.
Normal people hate ICE.
Normal people hate fascists.
Normal people hate secret police executing people in the street, shooting priests in the head with pepper balls, and kidnapping little kids with Spider-Man backpacks and bunny hats.
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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ICE is using Palantir's tools which use health data to target victims. And the UK is outsourcing NHS services to Palantir. www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
ICE is using Palantir's tools which use health data to target victims. And the UK is outsourcing NHS services to Palantir. www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
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law enforcement driven by the algorithm, with an eye only toward what is good #content ... we might call it slop enforcement
The Justice Department’s prosecution of the reporters Don Lemon and Georgia Fort is “best understood not as law enforcement but as propaganda,” Quinta Jurecic argues: theatln.tc/fcStyVnv
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 PM
law enforcement driven by the algorithm, with an eye only toward what is good #content ... we might call it slop enforcement
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
Marilynne Robinson: The killings in #Minneapolis
As American cities have been left reeling by #ICE federal agents, the acclaimed novelist explores the deeper conflict behind Donald Trump’s show of force
As American cities have been left reeling by #ICE federal agents, the acclaimed novelist explores the deeper conflict behind Donald Trump’s show of force
Marilynne Robinson: The killings in Minneapolis
As American cities have been left reeling by ICE federal agents, the acclaimed novelist explores the deeper conflict behind Donald Trump’s show of force
www.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Marilynne Robinson: The killings in #Minneapolis
As American cities have been left reeling by #ICE federal agents, the acclaimed novelist explores the deeper conflict behind Donald Trump’s show of force
As American cities have been left reeling by #ICE federal agents, the acclaimed novelist explores the deeper conflict behind Donald Trump’s show of force
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...