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A road running into the horizon through a foggy pine forest.

Took a little detour from work yesterday.

Love that we have this. 2015-pilled news.

YouTube video by MissionLocal ICE agents in San Francisco clashing with protesters

JUST IN: ICE agents in San Francisco just now drove through protesters, used pepper spray, & brandished rifles at those who had gathered to try to stop an immigration arrest.

A woman, holding onto the hood of an ICE SUV, was thrown off.

youtu.be/GQ_YGzfaQLM

I would love an airport-scented air freshener

BREAKING: President Trump announces air strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran. cnn.it/43WM4OF

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Marchers on the sidewalk and street. In front a man holds up a Mexican flag and a sign that reads "de aquì nadie nos saca"

Marchers in front of the ICE building, which is unmarked. In the foreground is a man with a megaphone. Background: A woman holds a sign that says "don't tread on us", depicting the bear from the California flag eating a snake.

Two tom drums, with signs on them saying "Free Mahmoud, free them all" and "End ICE"

Marchers in front of a building. A upside-down American flag with flames printed on it hangs from a balcony above demonstrators.

Demonstrators march in front of an ICE facility in downtown San Francisco for the second day.

I would just like to go on record as saying:

the fuck

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82 The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia

Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died

There is, in fact, a way to embed copyright into image metadata

Trump authorizes additional 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles, US officials say President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids, according to U.S. officials.

BREAKING: President Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles, U.S. officials say.

Remains of protest have devolved into a game of cat-and-mouse between demonstrators and police.

Correction: flashbang

At least one tear gas canister fired

Demonstrators have broken through the police line and are marching down Montgomery Street towards Market

Close quarters

Close quarters

Developing: standoff between protesters and police

Protest forming in front of the ICE field office in downtown San Francisco

A man using a roller to paint the inclusive pride flag on the ground. Behind him is a street car

A man paints the inclusive pride flag on Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro, June 4

Portrait of Sebastião Salgado with a solemn expression on a dark background, text overlay indicates "Sebastião Salgado 1944-2025" and includes the PBS News logo.

Sebastião Salgado, a photographer whose award-winning work captured the extremes of nature and the human condition, has died at the age of 81. www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

Does anyone else remember when Captain Morgan run circulated a petition to lower the age for the presidency to 30? I feel like I’m cursed to be the lone Keeper of this Forgotten Knowledge

Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student whose arrest by plainclothed immigration agents in Massachusetts led to a public outcry.

#BREAKING: American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chosen as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. nbcbay.com/bHcMs6m

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

White smoke rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new pope has been elected at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. Photo by Dylan Martinez for Reuters.

People cheer as white smoke (unseen) signals that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Bouys for Getty Images.

Prelates celebrate on St Peter's Square as cardinals signaled they elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Bouys for Getty Images.

People react and wave Vatican flags as white smoke (unseen) signals that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Bouys for Getty Images.

Church bells rang and crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square cheered as white smoke billowed over the Vatican on Thursday evening, announcing that the conclave had elected a new pope.

The world will learn their choice when he appears on a balcony overlooking the square. wapo.st/452zHRU

Fittingly, “you made that book up as an elaborate ruse” does decently sum up the plot of said book.

Real-Life Conclave Rivals Drama of Movie Version Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the film a run for its money.

gift link!

The fact that even the Vatican charges for the minibar is honestly hilarious.

A birds eye view of two people holding a banner saying "AI will increase your electric bill/bill is filled with ill will/no fusion on the smith river". Several onlookers observe the sign

Same sign on a street corner, in front of a crosswalk

Anti-AI demonstrators marched around Moscone Center during the RSA cybersecurity conference earlier today