Satadru Pramanik

Mohsen Mahdawi gestures as he is escorted by immigration authorities in handcuffs during his arrest in Colchester, Vermont, on April 14, 2025. Photo by Christopher Helali via Reuters

BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.

Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

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wow I...I gasped at this one. good Lord

i think a campaign geared toward what people online were arguing about in 2022 is probably not going to work out

Rumspringa, but preparing kids for it appropriately instead of just dropping them into it. 😐

I don't know what they do in-house, but it annoys me when there are little regressions that should be caught by unit tests.

Using the CLI "say" command to output text-to-speech to a file is completely broken on macOS 26.x.

Sufganiyot is also an acceptable spelling.

2/5 Stephen Colbert's full interview with James Talarico

“I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn’t want us to not talk about this, let’s talk about this.”

2/5...

1/5 🎬 FULL INTERVIEW

CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert he couldn't air this interview with Texas Democratic candidate for US Senate, James Talarico

Republicans are scared this candidate could flip Texas in November and based on this interview, he could well do that

He seems very electable

1/5...

….while being under constant threat and attack from literally the most powerful people on the planet.

Good career arc; seems like a decent human being.

Gets as close to a pass as I can give someone for being buddies and putting on Kissinger on multiple shows

Gotta hand it to Stephen Colbert, started out his national career on the Dana Carvey show, the only truly punk rock network comedy show that was so punk rock it pissed off everyone and got pulled almost immediately, and his closing chapter in his career is now hosting the late night show killed…

Maybe if the Nazis had had computers, the SS would have had a lot of sloppy copy-paste fuckups in their documents, too.

This is from an economic impact analysis for a proposed ICE warehouse camp in Merrimack NH.

Did they also copy-paste the *data* from their OK analysis? Who knows?

RIP to a legendary leader whose work rippled out in countless ways to make America more equal and more free, to make it better.

After Oct. 7, Israel must rethink Gaza and two states | The Jerusalem Post After October 7 shattered Israel’s Gaza assumptions, a hard security reassessment is unavoidable. The classic two-state model no longer fits, but alternatives could better protect Israel.

"October 7 revealed why Two-State Solution won't work, what will actually protect Israel"

..writes IDF general Giora Eiland, who was Israel's national security under Ariel Sharon.

Three decades ago, Rev. Jesse Jackson came to speak at Michigan, IIRC, during the ’96 Presidential Campaign.

Hill Auditorium was full, but I found a spot in the front row.

He spoke, and then came down and shook the hand of the closest student.

I was that ridiculously mustachioed student.

RIP.

Jesus Christ these people are monsters.

The salmonella cleanse.

I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there

Oh yeah, that tracks with my experience as well. I meant Many Many Weeks. 😅

February 16, 2026 NR26026kt Los Angeles Police Department Encourages School Attendance Amid Recent Downtown Activity Los Angeles: In light of recent activity in the downtown area, the Los Angeles Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students of the importance of staying in school. School attendance is mandatory in the City of Los Angeles and there may be legal consequences for parents and students for: • Day time Curfew violations - It is unlawful for any minors under 18 to be in public places, streets, or amusement spots during school hours (typically 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. The only exception includes being with a parent, authorized school activities, or emergencies. • California Education Code violations: • Mandates that all children between the ages of six and eighteen, unless exempted, must attend a full-time public day school for the full designated school day. • Middle and high school students are legally permitted one excused absence per calendar year to participate in a "civic or political event," provided advance school notification (emphasis added). • Additionally, Los Angeles Unified School District policy states that three or more unexcused absences or tardies of 30 minutes or more, can trigger a School Attendance Review Board (SARB) intervention for disciplinary action. Parents and students are also reminded that presence at school promotes intellectual growth. It becomes more difficult to fill knowledge gaps with student absences. Attendance builds good habits and healthy routines; and provides structure and stability. Lastly, school attendance also increases student safety, which includes safety resources provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District. (Page 1 of 2) X Follow @LAPDHQ

Any adult that collects or picks up a child and transports them to participate in any illegal activities may be responsible for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and is subject to arrest and prosecution. This law applies to actions like providing drugs/alcohol to minors, promoting truancy, and for parents failing to exercise reasonable supervision. Community members, parents, and students may contact their local Community Police Station of the Los Angeles Police Department for additional guidance specific to their community.

The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.

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Home Assistant Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.

www.home-assistant.io

Think Alexa or Google Home as far as connecting devices, but entirely open source, locally hosted as much as possible, and insanely powerful

Data from an Aranet CO2 Monitor via Home Assistant.

It's pretty great!

Owning both, I do wish the Vitalight had better battery life. The Aranet is really great. It can go for weeks and let me transfer my data to Home Assistant.

CO2 monitors are great for estimating both air quality and the risk airborne disease transmission in a given space. A study just came out comparing the top of the line Aranet with a low cost alternative (Vitalight). Turns out they work just as well in typical environments.

we do love our woke cia girlboss

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