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If you are in Mexico or have loved ones in the affected areas, I urge you to take the shelter-in-place warning seriously.

You do NOT want to get caught up in cartel related violence.

Security Alert –Ongoing Security Operations - U.S. Mission Mexico (February 22, 2026) - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico

⚠️ State Department has issued a SECURITY ALERT for US citizens in Mexico:

Due to ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity, US citizens in the following locations should shelter in place until further notice.

Check for locations:
mx.usembassy.gov/security-ale...

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Cool thread

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

#FREELUD UPDATE:

- Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order.

- The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD.

KEEP POSTING.

Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy.

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

Ordinary people doing what little bit they can is how we win.

Most of the donations for Lud were small. They still raised $50k+.

None of us are connected to politicians. I threw some publicly available info into Canva—that’s it—but that’s enough to start phone calls.

about the org's ideas: I think most ideas at any time in an organisation boil down to *clean up process*. stop for a while and make code that *works*. naturally these ideas are deemed worthless to upper management

BREAKING: Xbox boss Phil Spencer is stepping down, will be replaced by Microsoft AI platform president Asha Sharma. Sarah Bond is also leaving. Matt Booty staying.

Seismic news for the video-game industry.

hey do you want to watch the demented sex criminal with the nuclear codes and military amassed in the middle east crash out on live tv

What's Plan B? Options the Trump Administration Could Pursue if the Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs If the Supreme Court rules President Trump cannot levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), his administration may look to alternatives to levy new tariffs and/or continue collecting revenue from imports that could include: Law/Framework Details Limitations Sec. 232 tariffs Limited to imports deemed a threat to national security. Requires investigations, which may take months. Sec. 301 tariffs Allows for tariffs against countries USTR determines are engaged in unfair trade practices. Each tariff is limited to a particular country. Requires investigations and consultations with foreign governments, which may take months. Sec. 122 tariffs Allows for tariffs to address "balance-of-payment" deficits, which can include trade deficits. Can only last for up to 150 days, and are limited to a 15% ad valorem rate. Sec. 338 tariffs Allows for tariffs when the president finds a foreign country is disadvantaging or discriminating against U.S. commerce. Generally limited to 50% of the value of the goods. There is a 30-day delay after a presidential proclamation before tariffs are triggered. Sec. 201 tariffs Allows for tariffs to address harm to U.S. domestic industries. May only last for up to 8 years (initial 4 years plus optional 4-year renewal), and are limited to a 50% ad valorem rate. After 1 year, tariffs must phase down "at regular intervals." Requires investigation from ITC. Reclassify as "licensing fees" President Trump suggested that if SCOTUS strikes down lEEPA tariffs, he may reframe them as licensing fees. If the same or substantially similar to lEEP tariffs, any lEEPA licensing fees" may be subject to further legal challenges. Congress codifies tariffs Congress could codify some or all of President Trump's tariffs in statute. Unclear if there are majority votes in either chamber to codify tariffs. Bilateral trade agreements Presid…

Incredibly helpful table from @andrewlautz.bsky.social

Jokes aside on this, while this strikes down roughly 70% of the new tariffs, we expect Trump to switch to using different (more annoying for him) authorities for most of these, and we think those have a higher likelihood of surviving in court.

This is just the beginning of a very, very long battle.

They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the cases against Elon Musk because "so many people hate him so much"

www.law360.com/articles/244...

extremely funny that the Supreme Court says absolutely nothing about how the tariffs are supposed to be reimbursed ahead of the endless flood of lawsuits that are coming

the administration is already running out of lawyers! have fun with that

One alternative to IEEPA is section 122, which allows for 15% tariffs up to 150 days, which gets very close to the midterms

*pounding the table* STOVE STOVE STOVE STOVE STOVE

Supreme Court Trump tariffs ruling could put U.S. on hook for $175 billion in refunds, estimate says Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in his dissent, warned that "the refund process" for tariffs "is likely to be a 'mess,' " citing oral arguments

The US Government may now be on the hook for $175 billion.

NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act.

The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."

I completed my calls in less time than it will take you to make a cup of coffee/tea or doomscroll.

Show up and do what you can to help. Not because it could be you, but because it's the right thing to do.

CNN: Apparently the breakfast had been going well. Then Trump became enraged. He started ranting about the decision, not only calling it a disgrace, but started attacking the courts at one point saying: these f’ing courts

huh wonder what that's about

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

I made my calls this morning.

As this post says, you can just leave a message if you’re uncomfortable with speaking directly to a person, but I will say the aides I spoke to were incredibly sympathetic of the situation.

2/19 10pm ET Update: Thank you for your continued support and advocacy for Ludovic’s release. It’s beautiful to see how loved and supported he is by his community. Unfortunately, Ludovic was moved from Baltimore, MD to an ICE detention center in Louisiana. His lawyers were not properly notified of the transfer. What happens next: His lawyers’ top priorities will be fighting to bring him back home to Maryland. We remain hopeful for his safe return and appreciate everyone’s support as we navigate the next steps. How you can help: 1. Continue to donate and share Ludovic’s story with your community. At this time we are NOT seeking media/news engagement but DO want as much community support as possible. 2. We are looking to leverage any connections Ludovic’s community has with elected officials. If you can connect us with any public officials, please message us with that information. ICE wants us to panic and lose faith. For Ludovic, we will not break and instead we will hold strong and out-organize.

ICE ignored the judge's orders and moved lud to another detention center in Louisiana

if you happen to have ties to any local or state government in Maryland, please contact the organizers immediately

this is a marathon; not a sprint.
we gotta stay focused.

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