Maria Power
@mariapower.bsky.social
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The bag of Haribo in his hand
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The bag of Haribo in his hand
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Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
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Gosh I wonder why we're going to miss our emissions reduction targets...?
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will this morning bring a major plan to build more data centres across the country to Cabinet for sign off.
jrnl.ie/6924426t
jrnl.ie/6924426t
Cabinet to sign off on plan to build more data centres across country
Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024.
jrnl.ie
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Gosh I wonder why we're going to miss our emissions reduction targets...?
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Perhaps when people retire without a house and have nowhere to live, the government will let them rest inside data centers, resting against racks of GPUs for warmth.
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will this morning bring a major plan to build more data centres across the country to Cabinet for sign off.
jrnl.ie/6924426t
jrnl.ie/6924426t
Cabinet to sign off on plan to build more data centres across country
Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024.
jrnl.ie
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Perhaps when people retire without a house and have nowhere to live, the government will let them rest inside data centers, resting against racks of GPUs for warmth.
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Government priorities for Ireland
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Government priorities for Ireland
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
Data Centres
Wild Atlantic Way
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I just don't think a board game based on an historical famine is an appropriate thing to whip out after a dinner party....
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I just don't think a board game based on an historical famine is an appropriate thing to whip out after a dinner party....
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It is kind of fun that Eric Adams is freed from his obligations to the people of New York City and can now focus entirely on low-lift corruption and making up weird lies.
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It is kind of fun that Eric Adams is freed from his obligations to the people of New York City and can now focus entirely on low-lift corruption and making up weird lies.
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Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara. According to court reports yesterday, Judge O’Donohoe said in the Circuit Civil Court said: “You never know with cyclists what they are going to do or anticipate what they are going to do...
irishcycle.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
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The argument seems to be that this will only affect a few students in subjects like Classics and Music, which no state school would prepare you to meet their standards for, so it's fine.
Last week on Wonkhe: Is Trinity Hall Cambridge really reversing access and participation efforts? David Kernohan looks in to the detail
What is going on at Trinity Hall?
Is Trinity Hall Cambridge really reversing access and participation efforts? David Kernohan looks in to the detail
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The argument seems to be that this will only affect a few students in subjects like Classics and Music, which no state school would prepare you to meet their standards for, so it's fine.
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My friend Sama'a has to pay a landlord just for the dubious privilege of living in a bombed-out husk of a building with plywood walls destroyed by every major storm. Please give what you can to help.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
My friend Sama'a has to pay a landlord just for the dubious privilege of living in a bombed-out husk of a building with plywood walls destroyed by every major storm. Please give what you can to help.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Telling the government my new home is going to be a data centre so they'll build it for me
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Telling the government my new home is going to be a data centre so they'll build it for me
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How Are We Torturing Minnesota Today?
It’s getting real dark around here, you betcha.
By @marciej.bsky.social
www.wonkette.com/p/how-are-we...
It’s getting real dark around here, you betcha.
By @marciej.bsky.social
www.wonkette.com/p/how-are-we...
How Are We Torturing Minnesota Today?
It’s getting real dark around here, you betcha.
www.wonkette.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
How Are We Torturing Minnesota Today?
It’s getting real dark around here, you betcha.
By @marciej.bsky.social
www.wonkette.com/p/how-are-we...
It’s getting real dark around here, you betcha.
By @marciej.bsky.social
www.wonkette.com/p/how-are-we...
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Illuminating piece on the ‘discoverability gap’: “Women make up only 20% of the biographies found on Wikipedia English.”
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
Where Are All the Women? Notability and Digital Discovery
Rebecca Northen was called the 'Julia Child of Orchids,' yet her story is hard to find online. Discover why women disappear from digital history and what can be done to change it.
womenshistory.si.edu
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Illuminating piece on the ‘discoverability gap’: “Women make up only 20% of the biographies found on Wikipedia English.”
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
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HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
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famed free speech activist frustrated that people keeping speaking in ways she doesn't like
Sources: Bari Weiss has privately been deeply frustrated by the negative reaction to her CBS tenure and has blamed subordinates for not stanching the criticism (New York Times)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
January 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
famed free speech activist frustrated that people keeping speaking in ways she doesn't like
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Not @theonion but the writing style is perfect for it.
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Not @theonion but the writing style is perfect for it.
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
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The biggest electoral challenge in America is getting voters to believe the indisputable reality that their government is full of nazi freaks
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The biggest electoral challenge in America is getting voters to believe the indisputable reality that their government is full of nazi freaks
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A typical reaction “but if the government bow to prisoners being held indefinitely without trial, then simply everyone will go on a 71 day hunger striker to the point of death to get what they want”
January 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A typical reaction “but if the government bow to prisoners being held indefinitely without trial, then simply everyone will go on a 71 day hunger striker to the point of death to get what they want”
Disgusting
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will this morning bring a major plan to build more data centres across the country to Cabinet for sign off.
jrnl.ie/6924426t
jrnl.ie/6924426t
Cabinet to sign off on plan to build more data centres across country
Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024.
jrnl.ie
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Disgusting
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Pastor Kenny Callaghan said he told ICE officers to take him instead of harassing her.
An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’
“And then they said to me, ‘Well, you’re white, you won’t be any fun anyway. You can get out of the car.”
An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’
“And then they said to me, ‘Well, you’re white, you won’t be any fun anyway. You can get out of the car.”
This article is wild. The video is wild. The goal is fear and they're mad they're not getting it.
Pastor: ICE Let Me Free Because I’m White and It Wouldn’t Be “Fun”
A Minneapolis pastor made a shocking confession about what an ICE agent told him after detaining him.
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Pastor Kenny Callaghan said he told ICE officers to take him instead of harassing her.
An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’
“And then they said to me, ‘Well, you’re white, you won’t be any fun anyway. You can get out of the car.”
An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’
“And then they said to me, ‘Well, you’re white, you won’t be any fun anyway. You can get out of the car.”