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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:

While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.

The Golden Rule Would Survive Nuclear ‘Fallout’ The retro-futuristic, darkly absurd, post-apocalyptic TV series shows that the path of the Golden Rule is scattered with crucifixions.

"If you can ignore the sad irony that a corporate, union-busting, world-destroyer like Amazon is making a killing on a TV series about billionaires nuking the world to high heaven, then you can at least enjoy a reprieve from the very real apocalypse unfolding before our eyes."

UW-Madison tallies $27 million in federal research cuts under Trump It's the first time UW has put a price tag on its losses since the Trump administration began cutting research projects and delaying grant reviews.

UW-Madison tallies $27 million in federal research cuts under Trump

www.jsonline.com/sto... #wipolitics

After 6 months of oversight visits to Camp East Montana, the $1.24 billion immigration detention facility in El Paso, it's clear the company running it is defrauding taxpayers, preventing detainees from talking to lawyers, and DHS is assisting them by obstructing Congress.

Long thread incoming 🧵

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There are psychologically broken people. The culture they stew in turns them rotten, and then their control of the state enables them to weaponize that lack of emotional and psychological well-being against the rest of us on a mass scale.

ProPublica Event: Inside the Destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide.

In Kenya, American funds had helped feed hundreds of thousands of refugees. When it was cut, children starved.

In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.

Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:

All depends on the new series. Why buy a five year old Hagrid plush when you can get a Nick Frost one?

Afrofuturist heist game Relooted is now available!

It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.

It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌

Two weeks from now Bill receives a very exclusive invite.

There was no revival, because they never went away. They've just been in the shadows. But they've seen you.

Ethiopia builds secret camp to train Sudan RSF fighters, sources say Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighbouring Sudan, Reuters reporting has found, in the latest sign that one of the ...

Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighboring Sudan, Reuters reporting found, in the latest sign that one of the world’s deadliest conflicts is sucking in regional powers from Africa and the Middle East reut.rs/3ZnRcIu

Microsoft is like "Who needs apps and an office suite? We have AI!"

Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

Gamers! There's a big bundle of games on sale on Itch.io to support the Immigrant Law Center of Minneapolis.

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

LEGO Defiant class, in space. Background from Star Trek Online.

LEGO Defiant class, main view.

LEGO Defiant class, back view.

LEGO Defiant class, top view.

My 1:1055 (LEGO Ent-D scale) Defiant class!

Went with an option sticker for the nose detailing, really happy with this one! 134 pieces, 11.5cm/4.5in long.

Instructions: liliumbrickyards.com/product/defi...

Federal judge orders Fulton County Georgia election case documents unsealed by Tuesday The FBI last month raided an election facility central to President Donald Trump's debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

10/ It is currently impossible to know what evidence the gov. used to justify the raid because the warrant’s affidavit is sealed.

Over the weekend, a judge ordered it be unsealed by EOD Tue.

ProPublica was part of a news coalition arguing to unseal it.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/08/g...

The Star Wars trailer was a parody of SuperBowl commercials...
Wiped out the little interest I had in this movie.

Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled. Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't.

NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse.

Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch."

Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

When you have to start deploying the decoys for assaults...

These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’ Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.

one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

A parody add? smh

Homeland Security Spies on Reddit Users Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"

Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...

Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus by @ashleyblewer.com
Incredible!

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

“Within two hours of subscribing to NatSocToday for the purposes of this investigation, the Substack algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content.”

substack continues to be a cesspool that should be abandoned just like x

I don't think the Muppet Show needs Kermit, not till the voice is better.

I saw this after watching 5 minutes of today's Muppets.

"A robot may not deceive a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to be deceived."

Char Aznable comm 🔴☄️

New Documents Reveal Florida Paid over $573 Million to DeSantis-Connected Immigrant Detention Contractors in 2025 - UNICORN RIOT New documents provided to Unicorn Riot have revealed that the state of Florida gave at least $558 million to private contractors last year to work on two immigrant detention centers — including the no...

another story i worked on re the web of vendor contractors and Florida detention centers, dropped this morning. tons of new data.. a virtual road map of the corporations building immigrant detention systems

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After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief prese...

For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...

I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/