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Noem doesn't retract calling U.S. citizens killed by immigration agents 'domestic terrorists' in tense hearing It was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's first appearance before Congress since immigration agents fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not apologize for or retract administration statements falsely calling two U.S. citizens domestic terrorists shortly after they were killed by immigration agents in Minnesota earlier this year.

data source: www.hazinginfo.org

At least 122 young people in the US have died in hazing incidents since 2000 - mostly from frats and college athletics

But this week Bari Weiss' The Free Press published a pro-hazing editorial - apparently because they need to bond? or let boys be boys?

Crockett has a law degree, she knows this is an easy thing to fact check

truly crazy thing for Jasmine Crockett to make up -- Elaine Godfrey has NOT been sued for defamation, much less been sued for defamation and lost

Everyone Speaks Incel Now After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now impossible to avoid.

I think I’ve come to join the perspective that when you become aware of misogynistic roots of internet slang, you should generally not use/stop using that slang

www.wired.com/story/everyo...

Comparing the Team USA hockey scores for the women’s team against the men’s

Most Conservative Students Don’t Feel Persecuted on Campus A new survey of college students contradicts Republican rhetoric that campus culture is hostile to right-wing views.

"just 2 percent of all college students—including 3 percent of Republicans—say they feel they don’t belong on campus due to their political views"

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www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

New court files I found show Facebook planned to launch an app only for high schoolers

It would've been messaging-based & closed to people who don't go to their school; internal files make it sound like a combo of YikYak and Slack

But it never launched

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-... @nbcnews.com

Facebook designed an app for teens called Bell but never launched it, court records reveal An internal Facebook presentation from 2018 describes a messaging-based app that would have allowed high school students to communicate with their classmates.

NEW: It's 2018, and Facebook is designing an app for high school students

They'd be able to chat with anyone at their school, share anon confessions, then port all their info into regular Facebook upon graduation

The company abandoned the project but didn't say why

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

this is a commercial i just saw on CNN about a product that can fulfill the needs of landlords who would like to be on an island beach and still collect money

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ttk...

U.S. Immigration Deportees Held in Secret African Detention Facility Sending migrants to Cameroon skirted judicial orders, lawyers said.

"As the journalists interacted with the migrants, uniformed police barged in and detained the lawyer and four journalists. Police confiscated their cameras, laptops and phones..."

www.wsj.com/world/africa...

We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons “Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.

So glad the New Yorker dug into this -- the framing of "legal" vs "illegal immigration" is not applicable when many of the people being detained and deported were going through legal routes

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

NEW: Parents are getting pissed about how much time their kids spend on laptops at school -- so they're opting them out.

I spoke with parents who challenged schools to put their kids back on pen and paper, and how they dealt with schools telling them they can't

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.

"I call them agents of the Antichrist ... they can come in and do this and get away with it.

I’m pissed off. I hurt a bit, and I just want to see some change.”

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @jonschuppe.bsky.social @natashakorecki.bsky.social

This is not the time for a gas powered leaf blower to be running

Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

It's a movement!

Great piece from @tktk.bsky.social on the parents pushing back against the edtech that has taken over K-12 teaching and learning over the past decade-plus.

It’s raining outside and my apartment has the landscaping guy outside running the leaf blower wtf??

Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

NEW: Parents are getting pissed about how much time their kids spend on laptops at school -- so they're opting them out.

I spoke with parents who challenged schools to put their kids back on pen and paper, and how they dealt with schools telling them they can't

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

“The U.S. has created a very attractive market for plasma centers. Not only does it allow for paid donation of up to twice a week, but we also have a country where there’s a lot of poverty and a social system that doesn’t help that much.”

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @spettypi.bsky.social

An Ohio State prof is on leave while campus police investigate video of him grabbing an independent filmmaker and forcing him to the ground on campus this week

The prof is affiliated w/ a new academic center focused on “free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry”

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail

NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*

A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”

The unexpected resistance to ICE in Minnesota: The soccer moms of Signal Across the Twin Cities, a cadre of suburban sports moms have mobilized to support immigrant families.

"She’s one of many Twin Cities mothers who have quietly organized behind the scenes over the last 3 months during the ICE surge in Minnesota, mobilizing a cadre of suburban sports moms over encrypted Signal messages to support immigrant families living in fear." www.startribune.com/the-unexpect...

ICE Taps into School Security Cameras to Aid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show.

ICE has been able to tap into school security cameras thanks to cooperation from Texas law enforcement agencies www.the74million.org/article/ice-...

Trump’s OCR resolved no K-12 sexual harassment, assault complaints in 2025, data shows The Education Department contends "it has restored commonsense safeguards against sexual violence by returning sex-based separation in intimate facilities."

The Ed Dept under Trump has essentially stopped enforcing Title IX in K-12 schools when it comes to sexual harassment and assault cases.

Instead, it put all its focus on using Title IX for policies related to transgender students

www.k12dive.com/news/trumps-...

oh no i feel so bad for those people in the stands!

interesting that this "story" doesn't mention how many Court TV staffers are being laid off as part of this acquisition

*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation