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Kewl: Thomas Deininger is a Rhode Island artist known for crafting intricate assemblages from found and discarded objects, turning everyday trash into striking visual stories.
16.11.2025 07:50 — 👍 677 🔁 171 💬 33 📌 26“Wallet name” is a nice way to refer to what we call “Starbucks name” which, TBF, is often entirely made up to be easy to spell and pronounce.
20.10.2025 12:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Digital habits often fall into the category of the things we never resolved to do at all, but practices we fell into because tech companies nudged us into the easiest groove."
Sara Wolkenfeld on digital technology & Kol Nidre:
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
05.08.2025 22:54 — 👍 18162 🔁 6773 💬 551 📌 284In the 90s I took a picture of the Twin Towers from the Lower East Side. It was the perfect perspective to appreciate the scale of the buildings. I had never found them impressive until seeing them from that angle.
04.08.2025 10:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My remarks from yesterday on The Johnson Amendment and the power of humility.
20.07.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Also, just ahead of hurricane season, the head of the FEMA rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that guides agency priorities when responding to disasters, WIRED learned.
07.07.2025 18:00 — 👍 253 🔁 90 💬 4 📌 15My grandfather was deported as part of those deportations. The deportation train carrying my father and grandmother was turned back at the border and sent back to Germany. They were able to make it to England before the outbreak of the war. None of them saw my grandfather again.
15.04.2025 02:18 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 015 through 18 in my case.
11.04.2025 00:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trueism: Presidents don't have a lot of impact on the economy.
Fine Print: Because most don't do totally insane things.
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
02.04.2025 21:17 — 👍 33575 🔁 9433 💬 1085 📌 614
ALIEN ENEMIES ACT: ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________ 1. The person named above is fourteen years or older: 2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States: 3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela: If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). 4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as determined by reference to the following evaluation form: Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien potentially subject to an AEA removal. After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or 7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA.
The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits. Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five years. Valuation Explanation Category Definition Explanation Points Judicial Outcomes and Official Documents a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing civil penalties for activity related to TDA 10 b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing specific activity of TDA 5 Self-Admission a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of communications. 10 Criminal Conduct and Information a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking, human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA 6 b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable foreign partner information. 4 c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3 d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a member of TDA 2 e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money laundering, mule, service provider) 2 Documents and Communications
Final page: Association a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2 b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2 c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2 Total Points VALIDATION DETERMINATION Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not complete this validation determination. Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find that the person named above, _______________________________________________: 1. Is fourteen years or older; 2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States; 3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and 4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua. Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy. _____________________ _________________________ __________________ Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date completing the form completing the form ______________________ _________________________ ____________________ Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
30.03.2025 16:37 — 👍 13553 🔁 6753 💬 539 📌 673The arc of history is long and it bends, (this time) towards irony.
28.03.2025 22:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey, hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?
28.03.2025 20:50 — 👍 189 🔁 57 💬 5 📌 2Congestion pricing is an unqualified triumph. One of the most immediately, strikingly successful public policies of my lifetime.
21.03.2025 03:50 — 👍 2767 🔁 674 💬 33 📌 20A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.
28.02.2025 18:35 — 👍 8014 🔁 1302 💬 96 📌 35“A republic, if you can keep it.”
28.02.2025 15:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If DEI has just "gotten out of hand," then why is the Trump administration going all the way back to a 1965 LBJ civil rights executive order for repeal?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump's attempt to nullify the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision is an attempt to reverse one of the most important outcomes of the Civil War, the idea that American citizenship is not based on race www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
22.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 3687 🔁 1093 💬 87 📌 54Earlier today in DC. Have never seen so many robins. Hope they find food and stay warm.
06.01.2025 19:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Please pray for Rabbi Zvi Kogan Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been missing since Thursday. Details of his current whereabouts are unconfirmed. Please say a chapter of Psalms for the immediate and safe return of Tzvi hakohen ben Etel.
Please pray for Rabbi Zvi Kogan
Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been missing since Thursday. Details of his current whereabouts are unconfirmed. Please say a chapter of Psalms for the immediate and safe return of Tzvi hakohen ben Etel.
