Tess Owen

Photo of a sketch of a Neanderthal. The headline reads: Scientists Growing Neanderthal 'Minibrains', Will Connect Them to Crab Robots

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter Extreme weather is keeping more people stuck inside.

Lana del Rey literally made a whole song about it

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

the editors note at the top of my story does make for interesting reading though.

(side note but vice links look like absolute trash now, so many pop ups and ads)

At Leading Anti-Hate Group, Boss’s Embrace of Elon Musk Raises Tensions Some staff at the Anti-Defamation League are wondering why, when antisemitism is on the rise, their CEO is treating the X owner with kid gloves.

I wrote my own version of this back in late 2023. Noah's story makes it clear that the crisis has only intensified since then.

www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Inside the Crisis at the Anti-Defamation League The group used to believe the rights of Jews were inextricable from the rights of everyone else. Its war against anti-Zionism has changed everything.

Really good deep reporting by @noahshachtman.bsky.social (plus some jaw-dropping anecdotes) in this story about the growing internal crisis at the ADL

nymag.com/intelligence...

'Confusion' over who's in charge of Alligator Alcatraz underlies lawsuit hearing A federal judge said he wants more clarity on "who is running the show" at Alligator Alcatraz, following a lawsuit over attorney access to clients detained at the immigration detention center in the E...

“This is unprecedented. We have not ever seen a situation where hundreds of people are held without charge ... under legal authority that has not been explained," ACLU attorney Eunice Cho said on Monday.

Senate confirms Jan. 6 denier Joseph Kent to head counterterrorism center Kent’s nomination was approved despite objections from Democrats, who said his embrace of conspiracy theories and past associations with extremists were disqualifying.

Oh good, Joe Kent—whose ties to extremists include palling around with Joey Gibson and hiring a Proud Boy as a consultant —will lead center for counterterrorism

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

doing some soul searching after falling for the AI bear on a trampoline and the AI bunnies on a trampoline

FBI Has Secret Epstein Prison Tape With No ‘Missing Minute’ Metadata revealed that the version released to the public was missing up to three minutes of raw footage.

Curious if anyone figured out the type of surveillance system that the MCC uses, and if indeed the system does reset on a nightly basis (which Bondi initially said explained the infamous "missing minute")

www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-has-...

ofc it’s entirely possible musk was just being a troll and making an educated guess , but the timing is interesting

What I want to know is how Musk found out Trump was in the Epstein files. Per WSJ, Patel told govt officials in May. The Trump-Musk blow up was very early June.

whoops. kash patel, first and foremost, a huge gossip

Well, there we have it.

Long Island Man Planned to Set Off Homemade Bombs in Manhattan, Authorities Say

So this is a crazy story: 55yo Long Island guy made a load of bombs. Last month, he planted 5 around Soho and left one on the Williamsburg bridge

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...

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I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?

One agent said the "request he received regarding Ozturk was so unusual that he contacted a Homeland Security lawyer to confirm its legality."

How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon Maga’s obsession with the files shows how a fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has taken root in the pro-Trump movement

The Trump admin / MAGA fallout over the Epstein files is a leopards-eating-faces crisis of its own making

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The conspiracy-soaked culture that propelled President Donald Trump to political power is now coming for him. My newest column for CNN >>> www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/m...

This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government

*also i meant "civilians" not "citizens". apologies.

bellingcat was great and i know they have their database of LA-area raids. i was hoping to find videos from around the country, if such a collection exists.

Anyone know of any orgs collecting and compiling videos that citizens have taken of masked ICE agents? If so, hit me up

Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.

That’s the headline, folks www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

good work here per usual from @bellingcat.com, analyzing 100 incidents of ICE raids in the LA area since June 6
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...

'Idiot': Guns pulled as Proud Boys and antifascists clash in park Militant leftists and Proud Boys clashed on a soccer field in a public park in western Kentucky over the Fourth of July weekend, escalating to members of the two opposing groups drawing firearms, acco...

we saw a massive uptick of the presence of firearms at contentious demonstrations in 2020.

there have been only a small handful of occasions where members of the Proud Boys and leftists have drawn guns during a confrontation.

www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges "The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."

which seems to be illegal, though it's complicated:

People are saying:

“Attempts to hold Canary Mission liable for defamation have mostly failed, in part because would-be plaintiffs cannot say conclusively whether it is housed in the United States.” @motherjones.com