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A cubicle hobbit struggling to create well-written software and avoid death due to boredom.

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Considering the publication date and D-Day makes sense.

31.01.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So What’s Up With ICE Funding? To understand this better, we need to level set about what is and isn’t achievable now.

Another must read from Jay

31.01.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.

30.01.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 25145    πŸ” 6668    πŸ’¬ 976    πŸ“Œ 283
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Please share. πŸ’”

25.01.2026 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13471    πŸ” 8399    πŸ’¬ 297    πŸ“Œ 402
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

Candidates may challenge election laws before Election Day

24.01.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: I Have Filed a FOIA Request for the DHS OGC Determination Allowing ICE to Search Homes Without a Judicial Warrant National Security Counselors has filed a FOIA on behalf of MSW Media to obtain the legal opinion from the DHS Office of General Counsel calling searches without a judicial warrant "legal."

BREAKING: I just filed a FOIA request for the secret DHS Office of General Counsel memo referenced in the whistleblower report that says ICE can legally enter a residence without a judicial warrant. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

22.01.2026 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9309    πŸ” 2766    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 95
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

21.01.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12007    πŸ” 7014    πŸ’¬ 1314    πŸ“Œ 1929

Problem with that is it won't stand up to any challenge. You can claim what you want on social media and Faux News but it's put up or shut up in court. As you're probably aware they never bring the good in court.

Software updates on these machines are tightly controlled as well.

17.01.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know the IBM's were military grade :)

17.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had the 400 with the membrane keyboard. Loved it.

14.01.2026 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again he's to stupid to know how these machines actually work. Most of these machines are connected to a closed network and the results are immediately sent to a tabulation center. Grab the machine with polls open closes the station. Grab after does nothing, counts already sent.

14.01.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in...

Guilty of observing :(

14.01.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a software developer, I bet 100% it was driven by a release date/marketing not by the development team. A key fob would be fundamental to any modern auto. Bet there was a software release just before the show with no tests.

14.01.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

13.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 16086    πŸ” 4439    πŸ’¬ 431    πŸ“Œ 492
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You’re Not Stringer Bell, but You May Still Need a Burner Phone Prepaid phones are looking good as privacy worries peak.

Another good read

12.01.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

Wired's Guide to Protest Safely. Needs a section on drone use for protesters.

12.01.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

12.01.2026 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators. ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.

Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/

11.01.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6108    πŸ” 2715    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 147

This didn't age well :)

11.01.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Bradbury...
And Lucas
😏

09.01.2026 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In response to ICE’s execution of Renee Nicole Good & violence against our communities, the 50501 Movement is demanding the immediate abolition of ICE & is joining its partners in the Disappeared in America Coalition to announce ICE OUT For Good, a nationwide mobilization scheduled for 1/10 & 1/11.

09.01.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3064    πŸ” 1354    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 357
Police Can Unlock Your Phone if You Use This Setting (Lawyer Explains)
YouTube video by Attorney Marc Lopez (Marc Lopez Law Firm) Police Can Unlock Your Phone if You Use This Setting (Lawyer Explains)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XJs...

I like this as well.

09.01.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can someone explain to me why these officers can leave the scene of a shooting? In every other agency they have to stay on scene. Seems like all of them run from the scene.

09.01.2026 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis: Jonathan Ross

08.01.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1390    πŸ” 621    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 55

You have that right yes, but saying you'd shoot/kill someone prior to an interaction on a public forum is like filming yourself doing a crime.

Reach for the gun, you get shot and they blame you. Have the gun in your hand and they'll say it was premeditated and here they'd have "proof". Just saying.

09.01.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis Β· Indivisible Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n...

Don't miss this
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

09.01.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: MAYOR FREY: β€œThey are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”

07.01.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14114    πŸ” 4518    πŸ’¬ 410    πŸ“Œ 212
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long timeβ€”that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

08.01.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 41104    πŸ” 12483    πŸ’¬ 782    πŸ“Œ 450

Not a good idea to post this in an open forum.

08.01.2026 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Disinformation and Immigrant Bashing Understanding and debunking the Nick Shirley β€œscandal”

And more from the Ministry of Propaganda

02.01.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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