ethan stardust ✨️
@stardustcrusader89.bsky.social
ethan. he/him. 20+. queer. in love with biology and my wife. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴☠️
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Congress ordered CBP to create a biometric entry/exit system 25 years ago. The problem was that the tech wasn't there until recently, and the agency never pushed hard for it. In late 2020, CBP proposed a rule to implement it. That rule sat until 2025, when the Trump admin finalized it December 26.
It appears the jetway photos at Logan were part of CBP "biometric exit" program, which has been tested for years but was quietly approved for wider rollout in Sept. (Doesn't explain threats to passenger)
Some really creepy, damning details in NYT report from Sept: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...
Some really creepy, damning details in NYT report from Sept: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Congress ordered CBP to create a biometric entry/exit system 25 years ago. The problem was that the tech wasn't there until recently, and the agency never pushed hard for it. In late 2020, CBP proposed a rule to implement it. That rule sat until 2025, when the Trump admin finalized it December 26.
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Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress in Epstein probe
Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress in Epstein probe
The convicted sex trafficker has previously said she would decline to answer questions unless she is granted immunity.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress in Epstein probe
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Buy the cheap 50lb bags of non-clumping litter and put them in your car over your rear axle wherever that happens to be. Do at least 100lbs. Your rear axle just doesn't have much weight on it compared to your front axle which contributes to fishtailing etc.
Hey southerners, put a bunch of containers of kitty litter in your car right now. Put it under your front wheels if you get stuck and it will often give you enough traction to get out.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Buy the cheap 50lb bags of non-clumping litter and put them in your car over your rear axle wherever that happens to be. Do at least 100lbs. Your rear axle just doesn't have much weight on it compared to your front axle which contributes to fishtailing etc.
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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
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Fun fact: the 2002 Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, which mandated tracking all foreign students and putting them in a biometric database called Chimera, passed the senate 97-0
It was *overwhelmingly* bipartisan, to do this
Schumer voted for it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance...
It was *overwhelmingly* bipartisan, to do this
Schumer voted for it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance...
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Fun fact: the 2002 Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, which mandated tracking all foreign students and putting them in a biometric database called Chimera, passed the senate 97-0
It was *overwhelmingly* bipartisan, to do this
Schumer voted for it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance...
It was *overwhelmingly* bipartisan, to do this
Schumer voted for it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance...
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Akira Toriyama's recollection on when he wanted to be a cartoonist- www.kanzenshuu.com/translations....
January 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Akira Toriyama's recollection on when he wanted to be a cartoonist- www.kanzenshuu.com/translations....
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Don't put pics on social media either!
January 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Don't put pics on social media either!
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
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the call was coming from inside the house on participation trophies for millennials
are you fucking serious that our president is threatening to start a war with a longstanding ally because he didn't get a fucking trophy
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
the call was coming from inside the house on participation trophies for millennials
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This isn't a new thing and it didn't start w Trump. Bekah Hinojosa, an outspoken anti SpaceX activist in South Texas had her door kicked in and the Brownsville mayor (bought and paid for by Elon Musk) gloated about it on facebook
www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-...
www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-...
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This isn't a new thing and it didn't start w Trump. Bekah Hinojosa, an outspoken anti SpaceX activist in South Texas had her door kicked in and the Brownsville mayor (bought and paid for by Elon Musk) gloated about it on facebook
www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-...
www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-...
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Fun fact: Black Panthers doing perfectly legal (at the time) open carry in CA in the 1960s spurred then-Governor Reagan to sign the Mulford Act into law in 1965, prohibiting it.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Fun fact: Black Panthers doing perfectly legal (at the time) open carry in CA in the 1960s spurred then-Governor Reagan to sign the Mulford Act into law in 1965, prohibiting it.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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SCOOP: In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
SCOOP: In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.
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One of many problems with "training" propaganda is that it portrays violence by government as unintentional and accidental. E.g., as something not central to what those in power *want* ICE to be doing. In other words, Democrats pushing "training" are lying to people about the goals:
January 19, 2026 at 6:37 PM
One of many problems with "training" propaganda is that it portrays violence by government as unintentional and accidental. E.g., as something not central to what those in power *want* ICE to be doing. In other words, Democrats pushing "training" are lying to people about the goals:
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Later, I continued:
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Later, I continued:
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In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
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Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
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fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
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BREAKING: House passes bill to extend health care subsidies despite GOP leadership's opposition, putting pressure on the Senate to act.
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: House passes bill to extend health care subsidies despite GOP leadership's opposition, putting pressure on the Senate to act.