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Somewhat relatedly, when I was a teenager I played a text role playing game called nation states, where diplomacy was often done through bellicose posting. People at the time thought this was very unrealistic

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I really wish we had a well funded, power critical fourth estate interested in investigating the source of this clearly coordinated effort by payment processors.

Like, we keep seeing the impact of it, but I really want to know the "who" and the "why" beyond nebulous surveillance/puritanism forces.

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

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

New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

literally all we have is that painting that feels like an altar lol.

exactly and it just felt so rushed… we don’t ever get to hang out with mels family that she worked so hard to find outside of runs (at least thats what ive been experiencing post “ending”) and the endless runs have like no weight to them anymore we’re excising the possibility of a possibility lol

#HADES
#HADES2

i didnt mind the ending direction tbh but the change felt SO abrupt it was almost funny

On a kind of similar, more normative ‘big picture’ ideal overview: you are a citizen. You are not a subject or serf. You are also not a consumer or customer. You are a citizen. That comes with meaningful obligations to you, and meaningful obligations from you.

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Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors New rule against “certain kinds” of adult content accompanies removal of “incest” games.

So... can Valve still make its own decisions about what's acceptable to sell? Or just they bend to the values of anyone who can convince payment processors a game or topic is pernicious? @valvesoftware.com , this is a topic that deserves comment to the public & press! arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

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hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot

the law isnt a magic wand its an egregore and there's only so much 6 guys in robes can authorize before it loses it legitimacy and that fact constrains them. like these constraints still exist in dictatorships!

the way that no act of right-wing violence ever seems to change the media or political elite of this country's world view is just fucking maddening

Website/device age verification is a privacy and security nightmare and everyone who tells you that this is a solved problem is lying to you.

The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.

"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."

"Americans will live to regret the day we let the government condition access to protected speech on proof of our identity." — @thefireorg.bsky.social.

National dem leadership should be treating Melissa Hortman like a martyr and they aren’t. It might not matter in this information environment but they should at least try.

a great newspaper has never been destroyed from within faster

the personal is not always the political. wonderful, warm people who care deeply about their communities and geniunely mean well can like the cringiest lamest shit possible. real assholes can have incisive artistic taste. they’re mostly separate domains. it’s fine.

Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"

this is always what they do. they hate reporters on the scene because reporters on the ground show everybody else what the fuck they're up to. and they don't want anybody average to know: what the fuck they're up to

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles

@apnews.com is live in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles where the National Guard has fired tear gas into the crowd.

#tgaa

"Why is Mike Pence not Vice President now?" is a really great question to ask people who are J6-skeptical, btw