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An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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An obscure 19th-century Russian novel about love and class and a 21st-century gay hockey romance might seem worlds apart.

But both Heated Rivalry and Molotov offer the same thing: small parables of tenderness and bravery in overwhelming times.
Heated Rivalry and Modest Fantasies for Monstrous Times
An obscure 19th-century Russian novel about love and class and a 21st-century gay hockey romance might seem worlds apart. But both Heated Rivalry and Molotov offer the same thing: small parables of tenderness and bravery in overwhelming times.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Stuck at the Lake - Page 10

Boy get yo penis off the panel!!

Page 11 is up on the pay-sites (it has a breaking bad reference) (no seriously)
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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NEW: Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud.

While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Btw, as an adult it’s imperative that you stop waiting for permission. Buy the ticket, go to the thing, say hello to people, invite others in. No one will know you exist if you wait for them to invite you out. Go make fun and stop waiting for it to come to you!
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ grant application process has taken a political turn under Trump.

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Here's what we know about the two Border Patrol agents that shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
ProPublica Names CBP Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed January 24 while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are J...
www.democracynow.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Local authorities can investigate (and even charge) feds for alleged wrongdoing. So why don't they?

@melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, Andy Mannix & I asked local jurisdictions around the country if they're conducting their own investigations into shootings by immigration agents

Read what we found:
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Israel has stepped up home demolitions in East Jerusalem in a campaign to drive out Palestinians.

The government is claiming that buildings lack permits while also ensuring that such authorization is impossible to obtain.
Israel’s Campaign to Make East Jerusalem Unlivable
Israel has stepped up home demolitions in East Jerusalem in a campaign to drive out Palestinians. The government is claiming that buildings lack permits while also ensuring that such authorization is impossible to obtain.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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if russia or china were doing this we’d call it foreign interference
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM