Wade
@wadewarrens.bsky.social
Ecosystems. Politics. Gender. Jaywalking.
Sand in the gears of the desert Southwest growth machine.
The Trump administration’s hands-off approach to the fight over the Colorado River has left states careening towards a crisis — and it's not clear that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can turn them around. #cawater #coloradoriver @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
The West’s water war arrives in Washington
The Trump administration’s hands-off approach to the fight over the Colorado River has left states careening towards a crisis — and it's not clear that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can turn them aro...
www.politico.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Sand in the gears of the desert Southwest growth machine.
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Why do your organizing over Signal? So that you don't do your organizing on an app that hasn't been tested or reviewed, run by a guy who doesn't tell his users about data breaches and security problems.
www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...
www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...
StopICE Data Breach Sent Names And Locations of 100,000 Users to The US Government
StopICE, the anti-ICE activist platform, suffered a major security breach exposing names, logins, phone numbers and GPS locations of over 100,000 users to US federal agencies.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Why do your organizing over Signal? So that you don't do your organizing on an app that hasn't been tested or reviewed, run by a guy who doesn't tell his users about data breaches and security problems.
www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...
www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...
From the Economist, no paywall.
"Republican states are censoring universities
New laws restrict what professors can teach"
archive.is/2026.01.29-2...
"Republican states are censoring universities
New laws restrict what professors can teach"
archive.is/2026.01.29-2...
archive.is
February 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
From the Economist, no paywall.
"Republican states are censoring universities
New laws restrict what professors can teach"
archive.is/2026.01.29-2...
"Republican states are censoring universities
New laws restrict what professors can teach"
archive.is/2026.01.29-2...
With the need for privacy and personal security becoming more important, I'll re-up this.
For iPhones, I
put together this list of security settings for my fam:
Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking/Allow Apps to Request to Track: Disable.
Settings/Privacy and Security/Apple Advertising/Personalized Ads: Disable.
Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking: Disable
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put together this list of security settings for my fam:
Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking/Allow Apps to Request to Track: Disable.
Settings/Privacy and Security/Apple Advertising/Personalized Ads: Disable.
Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking: Disable
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February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
With the need for privacy and personal security becoming more important, I'll re-up this.
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Re-watched it tonight. Best in Show made more box office this weekend than Melania!
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Re-watched it tonight. Best in Show made more box office this weekend than Melania!
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This tribute is so touching, to me
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This tribute is so touching, to me
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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I'm really not able to process the depth of what PBPD had on him in 2005-2006, and how it all just went away.
I've been a licensed attorney for 29 years. I tried more cases than I can count-- huge cases, bet the company cases.
I've never read anything so airtight as this, and it's fucking shameful
I've been a licensed attorney for 29 years. I tried more cases than I can count-- huge cases, bet the company cases.
I've never read anything so airtight as this, and it's fucking shameful
I found the first investigative file from the first complainant against Epstein in 2005.
There are descriptions from the officer, over several interviews of the girl, of her pulling her knees up on the chair, drawing doodles, & the officer high-fiving her to keep her calm as she speaks of horror.
There are descriptions from the officer, over several interviews of the girl, of her pulling her knees up on the chair, drawing doodles, & the officer high-fiving her to keep her calm as she speaks of horror.
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I'm really not able to process the depth of what PBPD had on him in 2005-2006, and how it all just went away.
I've been a licensed attorney for 29 years. I tried more cases than I can count-- huge cases, bet the company cases.
I've never read anything so airtight as this, and it's fucking shameful
I've been a licensed attorney for 29 years. I tried more cases than I can count-- huge cases, bet the company cases.
I've never read anything so airtight as this, and it's fucking shameful
Stark warning from Don Lemon's atty Abbe Lowell, currently also representing Letitia James and Lisa Cook.
January 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Stark warning from Don Lemon's atty Abbe Lowell, currently also representing Letitia James and Lisa Cook.
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New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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xkcd: Proof without Content (means there is a job for you in the Trump administration)
xkcd.com/3201/
xkcd.com/3201/
Proof Without Content
xkcd.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 PM
xkcd: Proof without Content (means there is a job for you in the Trump administration)
xkcd.com/3201/
xkcd.com/3201/
SF, West Portal train station, Lowell HS students on walkout.
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
SF, West Portal train station, Lowell HS students on walkout.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Walz told me that when he spoke to Trump on the phone the president compared the immigration operations in Minneapolis to the military mission he ordered in Venezuela. www.ms.now/news/walz-sa...
Walz says Trump compared Minneapolis surge to Venezuela mission
The Minnesota governor tells MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff that the reference shows where Trump’s head is. The White House denies that.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Walz told me that when he spoke to Trump on the phone the president compared the immigration operations in Minneapolis to the military mission he ordered in Venezuela. www.ms.now/news/walz-sa...
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Excellent 🧵 with detailed analysis of some of the misstatements (i.e. lies) that Director Bhattacharya made in the Douthat interview.
Today's @nytimes.com dialogue with Ross Douthat & Jay Bhattacharya is tough sledding. I wrote a book on how silent transmission made COVID harder to stop and drove misleading narratives. The interview continues to mislead as a means to seize more power.
a 🧵
www.amazon.com/Asymptomatic...
a 🧵
www.amazon.com/Asymptomatic...
Asymptomatic: The Silent Spread of COVID-19 and the Future of Pandemics
Asymptomatic: The Silent Spread of COVID-19 and the Future of Pandemics
www.amazon.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Excellent 🧵 with detailed analysis of some of the misstatements (i.e. lies) that Director Bhattacharya made in the Douthat interview.
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JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
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"We're making big investments, this is a big CapEx year," Musk says. This makes sense, he says, because they are investments in "an epic future."
Sounds like strong forward guidance on Tesla's operating epicness numbers!
Sounds like strong forward guidance on Tesla's operating epicness numbers!
January 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"We're making big investments, this is a big CapEx year," Musk says. This makes sense, he says, because they are investments in "an epic future."
Sounds like strong forward guidance on Tesla's operating epicness numbers!
Sounds like strong forward guidance on Tesla's operating epicness numbers!
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's a good one.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It's a good one.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?
After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
www.newyorker.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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guys you’re not gonna believe this but I messed up real bad working for Mr Trump and he’s making me a made man anyway!!
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 AM
guys you’re not gonna believe this but I messed up real bad working for Mr Trump and he’s making me a made man anyway!!
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All the protests have convinced both ICE and CBP goons they're horrible people (or maybe just ICE goons).
Which of course they are.
But the ICE goons are blaming the CBP goons for ruining their reputation.
We'll be lucky if there's not shooting BETWEEN them before this is done.
Which of course they are.
But the ICE goons are blaming the CBP goons for ruining their reputation.
We'll be lucky if there's not shooting BETWEEN them before this is done.
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 AM
All the protests have convinced both ICE and CBP goons they're horrible people (or maybe just ICE goons).
Which of course they are.
But the ICE goons are blaming the CBP goons for ruining their reputation.
We'll be lucky if there's not shooting BETWEEN them before this is done.
Which of course they are.
But the ICE goons are blaming the CBP goons for ruining their reputation.
We'll be lucky if there's not shooting BETWEEN them before this is done.