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Now that’s a headline. 🤡

@financialtimes.com
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

Bad times for young people in the jobs market at the moment. Excluding Covid, unemployment for 18-24 year olds is now at its highest level since 2015

FBI formally refuses to share evidence in Alex Pretti killing, Minnesota investigators say Minnesota's top investigative agency said Monday the federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti.

Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti

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AI will undoubtedly become a big part of the newsrooms of the future, but it flattens the English language for readers and journalists alike if we rely on it to write all the articles

Found this very depressing. The editor of a Cleveland, Ohio newspaper wrote an op-ed chastising a recent journalism grad who turned down a job at their paper because they didn’t want to use AI to write their articles - which is the newspaper’s new policy www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...

There’s always lots of ‘Broke my ankle running to the comments! 😂’ under some deliberate bait post, and it’s the least funny, most obvious comments you’ve ever read

“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

The Olympic Mascots cannot hurt you.

The Olympic Mascots:

Love that they decided to do a graphic in the Times for the ‘injecting penis with acid’ Winter Olympics story

You just know all the subs are having such fun writing these headlines

The huge effort this innocent man had to put in just to prove he was fine to shop in his local Sainsbury’s shows how much more regulation is needed on the use of facial recognition
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Such a deeply vindictive thing to do

This is one of those adverts where it’s clearly gone through too many layers of approval and has now lost all meaning

Gosh, Andrew Bailey appeared to get emotional at interest rate press conference when talking about Alistair Darling and Mandelson's betrayal of the late chancellor

Totally normal stuff happening right here.

ICE Arrested Father Who Cared for His Ill Son — Then Denied His Request to Attend Son’s Funeral Maher Tarabishi was the caregiver for his son Wael, whose condition deteriorated after his father’s arrest. ICE denied Tarabishi’s funeral request.

“He wouldn’t die without me,” Tarabishi wailed. “There is no way he died without waiting for me.”

My husband was murdered on holiday – and my whole world collapsed Each year, about 80 British people are victims of a homicide overseas, and grieving loved ones have to navigate the aftermath. Eve Henderson describes losing her husband, and her fight to help others

Such a powerful and heartbreaking piece www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

1. 1 am a 29-year-old resident of the lin Minneapolis, Minnesota. I have lived in Minneapolis since 2024, when I moved to the city to begin my medical residency. I am a licensed pediatrician, and I have been practicing pediatric medicine in the city since I moved here. 2. On January 24, 2026, at approximately 9:00 am CST, I was awoken by the sound of cars honking and whistles blowing. Shortly after I awoke, I heard screaming from outside my window. I saw several ICE agents and civilians yelling at each other. 3. One civilian was standing in front of a parked car on the side of the road. I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind 4. Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground. My view of the altercation was partially obstructed, but after a few seconds, I saw at least four ICE agents point guns at the man. I then saw the agents shoot the man at least six or seven times. 5. Initially, I was stunned. From what I could see from my apartment, there was absolutely no need for any violence, let alone lethal force by multiple officers. I immediately put on my boots and coat, ran outside, and approached ICE agents who were near the victim.

6. The scene was chaotic. Many civilians were screaming and honking. Over the noise, I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. 7. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. They repeatedly asked me for my physician's license, which I obviously didn't have. But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition. I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him. 8. Finally, one agent agreed to let me assess the victim. He patted me down to "make sure I didn't have a weapon" and then let me approach the victim. 9. As I approached, I saw that the victim was lying on his side and was surrounded by several ICE agents. I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds. 10.1 asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know. I then asked the agents to make space so I could assess the victim.

11. The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back. I asked the ICE agents to turn the victim from his side to his back. From that position, I saw an additional gunshot wound on the victim's upper left chest and another possible gunshot wound on his neck. 12. I checked for a pulse, but I did not feel one. I immediately began CPR. Shortly after I started compressions, EMS personnel arrived and took over. 13.1 remained at the scene for about five more minutes, but protesters began to gather and the situation seemed to be escalating, so I left and returned to my apartment. 14. When I returned to my apartment, I was extremely distraught. I was sobbing and shaking uncontrollably. Eventually, I called my sister, who lives in a nearby suburb. I called her for comfort and because I did not feel safe in my apartment; I wanted to see if I could stay with her for the day and maybe even a few days. 15.1 also sought advice from a friend who works for the City of Minneapolis. He recommended that I shelter in place because the situation outside my apartment was so dangerous. I was going to follow his advice, but then ICE agents deployed tear gas on the crowd that had gathered below, and the tear gas began seeping into my apartment.

BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

It’s no comfort, but the official DHS line being “he can be killed by masked agents of the state because he had a legal gun” is such an interesting new frontier in how Trump has made the conservative movement very publicly and embarrassingly abandon every principal it once claimed.

UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:

US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the family’s lawyers. The father, identified in court filings as Elvis Joel TE, and his daughter were stopped and detained by officers around 1pm when they were returning home from the store. By the evening, a federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. But federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center. Continue reading...

US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

nine years old

What a headline, an amazing summary

ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

God this picture is so heartbreaking
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Gerald Ford once lost an election b/c he made a slip of the tongue re: Poland.

*Looks at the news to see what Trump’s saying at Davos*… Good stuff

"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."