Alan Boyle

Elon Musk lays out a new vision as SpaceX acquires xAI SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he’s making space-based artificial intelligence the “immediate focus” of a newly expanded company that not only builds rockets and satellites, but also c…

Why did #ElonMusk fold #xAI into SpaceX? Some industry observers say the acquisition, and SpaceX's proposal to put a million AI data center satellites in orbit, are aimed at boosting interest in an initial public offering for #SpaceX (and throwing a lifeline to xAI). cosmiclog.com/2026/02/02/e...

New executive order by Seattle Mayor Wilson bars ICE from using city-owned properties: parks, parking lots, plazas, garages, and more

Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him CHICAGO—Saying he had been absolutely blindsided by the sudden change in his fortunes, local 33-year-old Tyler Branton, a man who lost everything in cryptocurrencies, told reporters Thursday that he j...

"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."

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W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.!

The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Well done cover of Buffalo Springfield’s song For What It’s Worth.

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

I testified Friday on the history of CBP and ICE's corruption and training problems. It's so much worse than you think.

The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.

(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)

Mayor Pete does not have many uses but he’s somehow found some sort of Dune cadence he can use on Fox News that puts whoever he is talking to in a trance and allows him to speak for five uninterrupted minutes

X post from Elon Musk that reads: No one pushed harder than me to have the Epstein files released and I’m glad that has finally happened. I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his “Lolita Express”, but was well aware that some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name. I don’t care about that, but what I do care about is that we at least attempt to prosecute those who committed serious crimes with Epstein, especially regarding heinous exploitation of underage girls.

Interesting to watch Musk spin his newly released correspondence with Epstein.

What he is not addressing is that he very much requested to visit and party with Epstein, while SpaceX gave a tour to Epstein in 2013.

#GVerse #Chicago It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti- #FuckICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

"When that man is dead and gone"

A protest song about *checks notes* Adolf Hitler recorded eight years ago that Youtube randomly is recommending to people this week for no reason whatsoever 👀

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How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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Amazon asks FCC for 2-year extension in Leo satellite deployment deadline, citing a rocket shortage Amazon says it's been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo internet satellites, and now it's asking the FCC for more time.

Amazon says that delays in getting new rockets off the ground have made it impossible to meet an FCC deadline for deploying the required number of #AmazonLeo broadband internet satellites by a July 30 deadline, so the company is asking for a two-year extension. www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...

Why NASA is going nuclear for a power play on the moon Almost 60 years after America won the first space race, the moon is once again the focus of a competition between superpowers: Who’ll be the first to put a nuclear-powered base on the lunar s…

Aerospace consultant Roger Myers explains the geopolitical rationale behind the drive by NASA and the Department of Energy to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by the 2030s. Check out the Fiction Science podcast: cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/w...

Interlune brings in fresh funding to keep its mission to mine the moon moving forward Interlune is raising a new round of investment to support its plan to identify and extract resources on the moon, starting with helium-3.

Seattle-based @interlune.bsky.social reports that it's in the midst of a $5 million SAFE investment round to "advance key technical milestones" as it gets set to identify and extract lunar resources, starting with helium-3. #Interlune #Moon #Space #Helium3 www.geekwire.com/2026/interlu...

Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis

Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis

Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy.

Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died?

The Onion: What are you most proud of? Bovino: The collection of children’s backpacks mounted on my wall.

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Gregory Bovino https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-gregory-bovino/

Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE A non-violent network of activists is forming across America

My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week

Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE

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Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent

NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:

“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”

"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.

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Deportations, ICE street arrests are way up — and so are arrests of immigrants with no criminal convictions The jump in arrests and transfers to ICE custody resulted in a sevenfold increase in arrests of people with no convictions, the analysis found.

Deportations, ICE street arrests are way up — and so are arrests of immigrants with no criminal convictions.

We’re just not a free country.

Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

ICE is at the border of New Brunswick and Maine, premier says | Globalnews.ca Premier Susan Holt said the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the New Brunswick-Maine border was affecting people with cross-border family and business ties.

#NewBrunswick Premier Susan Holt on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the #U.S. that has now spread to neighbouring Maine, saying it’s making people in her province “very, very uncomfortable” to have them at the border. #Canada

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Trump’s Goon Squads Will Kill Again Trump's shift in Minneapolis is neither a solution nor our salvation.

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screenshot of a thread from billshapiro that reads: Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, and clearly delusional, said this in the wake of the Minnesota murder by Trump’s ICE agents: “President Trump is a very strong leader, and I hope he will rise to this moment and unite the country. I am encouraged by the last few hours of response and hope to see trust rebuilt with transparent investigations.” —as reported in the NYT

Sent this to a friend. He immediately canceled his ChatGPT account and convinced another to do so as well.

A Message from Your Federal Overlords “Even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account, the Trump administration was in a race to control the narrative around the kill...

"We regret to inform you that your anger is trending. This is deeply unhelpful. When the public reacts emotionally to repeated tragedies, it puts pressure on leadership to respond with something other than carefully selected words."