If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”

Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.

"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."

www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...

Texas’ Top Voucher Vendor Taps Abbott Allies in Contract Bid, Program Rollout The New York firm Odyssey is now running the state’s lucrative voucher scheme with a little help from the governor’s friends.

The New York firm Odyssey is now running the state’s lucrative voucher scheme with a little help from the governor’s friends. @byjustinmiller.bsky.social took a closer look at how they landed the golden contract:

I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

Which women exactly have a "choice" NOT to work?

TG ✨🎉

Big things are happening…

LINA KHAN is on Mamdani’s transition team????????

LET’S GOOOOOO

LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”

What are we doing?

Four that are stuck in my head ✨ Universal childcare, freeze rent/affordable rent, city ran grocery stores, free &faster busses

📍San Antonio, Texas

Little boy sees his baby sister ❣️

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

Pentagon Orders States to Train Hundreds of National Guard Troops for “Quick Reaction Forces” Critics call the order an escalation of Trump’s militarization of cities across the country.

A newly released Department of Defense memo calls for all states to form “quick reaction forces” within the National Guard that will be trained in “riot control” procedures — the latest indication that President Donald Trump is set to escalate his militarization of cities across the country.

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

Robert Reich The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)

A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.

It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

“This Is Ethnic Cleansing”: Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Decries Trump’s Targeting of Immigrants Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta, now 95 years old, is continuing her lifelong activism as immigration raids intensify across the country. She addressed the No Kings rally in Watsonville...

“This Is Ethnic Cleansing”: Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Decries Trump’s Targeting of Immigrants

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Israel Says It’s Halving Aid Into Gaza After Receiving Last 20 Living Captives Israel says Hamas hasn’t returned captives’ bodies — while still blocking entry of machinery that can clear rubble.

Israel is going to halve the amount of aid that it will allow into Gaza under the ceasefire agreement, aid groups say — a move Israel has attempted to justify by blaming Hamas for supposedly violating the deal that Palestinians have said Israel is working to sabotage.

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

You need to know and understand who BlackRock is.

Apple Takes Down ICEBlock App After DOJ Demand—Here’s What We Know The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.

The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

I’d heard Adolescence is good, but I had not understood the sort of show it is. The third episode is such a masterpiece, one of the most psychologically gripping hours of TV I’ve watched.

Solar panels above cemented parking lot 🫶🏼