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On top of the concentration camps, kidnapping, and murders, the news now reports ICE is buying microwave tech to kill the car engines of first amendment legal observers. And Democrats are still not even asking to claw back the 2025 budget increases.

Martin McDonagh's The Third Policeman and Yorgos Lanthimos's At Swim-Two-Birds.

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

Senators Wyden and Brown are requesting an investigation into side-channel and TEMPEST attacks. www.wired.com/story/how-vu...

28 USC 530B(a): "An attorney for the Government shall be subject to state laws and rules ... governing attorneys in each State where such attorney engages in that attorney's duties, to the same extent and in the same manner as other attorneys in that state."
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How AI-Generated Influencers Exploit Celebrities to Sell Synthetic Nudes AI personas posted fabricated photos with celebrities like The Rock, John Cena, and Cristiano Ronaldo to build followings on Instagram. Then they earned money with synthetic explicit content on Fanvue...

Bad content drives out good.

indicator.media/p/how-ai-gen...

Really proud of this piece and so thankful to all the sex workers who talked with me while I was researching! I don’t often see this framed as a speech and artistic expression issue but it is: Visa/MC are effectively crowning themselves art directors as they rip sex workers off.

The FBI Is Using AI to Hack Targets AI is a “game changer” for what the FBI calls remote access operations, an FBI official said in response to a 404 Media question on Tuesday.

New from 404 Media: the FBI is using AI to hack targets. FBI official was talking about "remote access operations," FBI's term for hacking. FBI said it's a "game changer". The comments were unusually candid about FBI's very secretive hacking operations. www.404media.co/the-fbi-is-u...

A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

this fridge has been interviewed by amy goodman

[whispers] Purr-im

Meanwhile, Melissa auf der Maur's busy living her best life in upstate New York, publishing her memoir, running an arts center, and being a gothic/darkwave DJ. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/a...

Woo!

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

NYT: "Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won"

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

The surrending law firms: A&O Shearman, Cadwalader, Kirkland, Latham & Watkins, Milbank, Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Willkie

wondering what the Trump equivalent of the Lutine Bell at Lloyd's is gonna be. something super classy, probably, like a morning show DJ's sound board

Illuminati list just dropped: Bohemian Grove camp members from 2023 leaked The full 2023 retreat member list was published by an independent journalist. Many, many Bay Area pooh-bahs are on it.

In case you need a distraction, Bohemian Grove’s membership list leaked: sfstandard.com/2026/02/25/n...

The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

IT’S BACK

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The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

IT’S BACK

visdeurbel.nl/en/

A government which does not want trans people to exist, and is legally allowed to force detransition in prisons, has created incentive for itself to put more trans people in prisons.

GitHub - yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List Contribute to yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List development by creating an account on GitHub.

BADBOOL update! github.com/yaelwrites/B...

I made four changes:

Indeed, I interviewed a fed gov employee who said they’ve got the legal tools they need.

Even Anderegg has to face 3/4 of the counts against him; Stanley’s rule protecting private possession of obscene matter is of limited utility when production, solicitation, receipt, etc. are still fair game.

I appreciate Peter tackling this subject, but citing case after case where an AI-CSAM defendant got convicted rather undermines his contention that LE & the legal system face obstacles to dealing with AI-CSAM. Federal law is working just fine; it’s the states that needed to (and did) pass new laws.

The Rabbit Hole: Exploiting A.I. to Exploit Children As artificial intelligence makes it easier to create explicit images of children, prosecutors and judges grapple with how to respond.

In this week’s The Rabbit Hole, reporter Peter Beck takes a look at how the distance between cutting-edge technology and decades-old criminal statutes is impacting our ability to protect the most vulnerable of society.

www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

NYT says the damage to the hospital was likely from targeting "Network 2", a state-run news outlet.

What NYT DOESN'T say is that targeting civilians, even those who happen to work for state-run TV, is a war crime. I wonder why they didn't want to print that? One can only guess... 🙄

NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Yeah, not a great sign that they're just going to be experimenting on trans inmates like this and it's not a big story.

Soylent Chron

What it takes to get an H-1B visa in Trump's America An immigration lawyer explains the behind-the-scenes challenges of getting the coveted U.S. visa in 2026.

"If a candidate is obese or has asthma, the officer can refuse their visa."

An immigration lawyer on what the H-1B process actually looks like in 2026: https://restofworld.org/2026/get-h-1b-visa-trump-america/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social