Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Offshore World The latest episode of The World in Time.

This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn speaks with journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, author of THE HIDDEN GLOBE: HOW WEALTH HACKS THE WORLD.

we finally have an equal and opposite equivalent to the dril alan dershowitz tweet

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Children are suffering in a for-profit prison.

Send them home. Abolish ICE. And ban private, for-profit prisons forever.

Judge Gail A. Weilheimer of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania joins the chorus of judges using memos granting release petition of detainees to chastise the ICE's mandatory detention policy.

"The Government will look at the mark, paint a target to the left of it, and accuse them of missing."

What I think is as least as worrying as the opaque price tags is the “how modern is modernization” problem. You can install all the A/C units you want and when someone uses a microwave and the circuit breaks, you’ve thrown good money after bad

Which is weird, because they plan to build Rush, a mystery middle school (the Comly/Loesche key investment?) and 3 elementary schools? acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

The DOJ said authorities in N.J. have violated dozens of judicial orders in recent immigration cases The admissions are the latest example of how federal judges have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable amid its push for mass deportations.

ICE deported a man to Peru despite a federal judge’s order prohibiting his removal.

That’s just one of 56 instances in which federal authorities violated orders in NJ immigration cases, DOJ acknowledged. www.inquirer.com/politics/doj...

Philadelphia, you are the best

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

I really wish someone answered Council member Young’s question with “we can send 4.8 teachers to teach all the subjects to the 109 kids at Conwell. We think those kids need more than five subject matter experts in the building.” To do that we need a denser school

A painting of a bird beside the text "it must be a great comfort that nothing in your fuckin' life has ever been your fault"

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.

Parents are increasingly opting out of mandatory school laptops for kids. Surprised this article didn’t mention the privacy and security risks that should also make parents concerned. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

The Philly School District tried to close Paul Robeson HS before. Now, it’s back on the chopping block.

The Philadelphia School District tried to shut down Paul Robeson High School before. Now, it’s back on the chopping block as one of 20 schools recommended for closure.

De-baathification

interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”

I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.

Why Shouldn’t We Let Demons Do Homework? Using a demon is not cheating. Cheating is pawning off somebody else’s work as your own. A demon is not “somebody.” A demon is a being of pure malice.

www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FREE MINNEAPOLIS painted on a wall in the style of the Free Derry Corner.

This rules. I love how delighted they all look!

Newspaper ad for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) with a pull quote that reads “The perfect Valentine’s Day date movie…”

35 years ago today THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was released in theaters and the pull quote it received on this newspaper ad has never been topped.

There is no mention of HOW it was used. I find that odd.

Annual Ironside Advisory Hot Chocolate Experience. Not to be confused with a party…

GOAT

Ed-Tech Dragnet “With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet” writes 404 Media co-founder Jason Koebler, in response to Amazon’s ad in the Super Bowl promising that its front poor camera could be turne...

You cannot build a home – physical or intellectual – that is safe and secure if the foundation is rotten. The foundation of these fields -- cognitive science, psychology, artificial intelligence, computing, educational technology -- is rotten. 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ed-tech-drag...

Maybe my new favorite #PairedText. These are both from this morning.

Cracking open a Presidente in front of your boss moments after getting placed on performance review. I will not miss Nick Castellanos, the player, but I will desperately miss Nick Castellanos, the man.

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

How PA agencies under Shapiro’s control cooperate with ICE Gov. Josh Shapiro has not hidden that PA works with ICE, nor has he promised new limits on existing cooperation.

What does collaboration with ICE look like in PA? ICE can access state data without a warrant. Troopers cannot ask about immigration status, but can and do tell ICE if they otherwise discover someone is undocumented. And prisons honor some ICE detainers.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/02...

Ending this operation is not enough.

We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

Cameras will soon enforce speed limits in five Philly school zones Driving 11 miles faster than the school-zone speed limit will carry a $100 fine.

One would think a mention that KIPP North Philadelphia is up for non-renewal and Stetson is proposed to be closed in school zone camera story www.inquirer.com/transportati...