Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:

anyone doing the WeAreAmerica March in April? www.weareamericamarch.com love the walk part, 14 day 160 miles get healthy :-) I cannot take the time off but love this, continuous trail walking has always pulled me

Far from being deterred by the 5th circuit, federal judges in Texas appear to be ordering the release of more ICE detainees than before on due process/constitutional grounds. Here is Judge Jason Pulliam, a Trump appointee, joining their ranks. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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It was literally just tweaking a program that's existed in New York since the 1880s: he upped the pay and publicized the program. It's wild how little it required.

generally agree with this. phasing out mentions of "AT Protocol" is a *good* thing. you don't see "built on HTTP" do you? of the novelty of the protocol makes people want to mention it (we do too in a few places); it should eventually fade away into the background as an implementation detail.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

Did CBP kill him? Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Burmese refugee, and 56 year old father of 2 was visually impaired & barely spoke a word of English. He was found dead after CBP allegedly gave him a "courtesy ride" & abandoned him 5 miles from his house at 8:00 p.m. in negative -6° degree weather.

This is devastating, tragic, and powerful reporting. Underneath it all, it’s remarkable to see what Iranians will risk to be free. A reminder of how much we have left to lose and why it’s worth fighting for—and that once we reclaim our democracy, we’ll have an obligation to help others do the same.

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

"SLOPPINESS": The Trump administration claimed that a man detained by ICE had a criminal convictions for marijuana possession in 2009. The judge pointed out that the man was 4 years old at the time. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Democrats tonight won special elections in Maine and Pennsylvania, defending their narrow majorities in each of their state House. Explore our guide to February elections for more information on these races—and these results:

GEORGIA — Trump’s DHS just bought an ICE detention warehouse for $128 MILLION… that sold for $29 MILLION two years ago… from a Russia-based real estate company.🤔 Nothing to see here, folks! We are being looted so hard by these crooks

Another thing I love about Alysa is that her embracing joy, whimsy, artistry, authenticity and prioritizing having a healthy body and mind over aesthetic conformity and optimization blows a massive hole in much of the cultural messaging being pushed on women, esp young women, right now

The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

Did u know? I read this week that we shouldn't approach gardening as *gardening*, we should consider it as habitat restoration. Nature desperately needs us to bring back meadows,ponds,wildflowers & shelters for small souls that underpin the world we're lucky to call home. Go, restore. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋🐛🪰🐦‍⬛🦔🦎🐸

Not so long ago, Americans used to joke about how Korean democracy is a backwater because it kept jailing its ex presidents. But it's not so funny anymore, is it? Maybe Americans should have jailed a lot more former presidents.

I reported extensively on George Santos in 2023—including by exposing the fake donor scheme to which he later pled guilty. Not since then have I encountered a public official whose record is filled with so many red flags and apparent falsehoods. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The current Court majority is a classic captured court. The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.

Two Pakistani human rights lawyers received 17-year sentences under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) after criticizing military abuses online, raising concerns about due process and free expression. @multithinker.bsky.social

This month, @storybundle.bsky.social launched a global storytelling bundle focused on translated books which will support @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, our network of volunteer translators who bring underreported stories into dozens of languages. lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...

NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act. The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

We should try electing some kind of deliberative body that makes decisions about levying taxes.

"Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry." i know people here think its not enough, but Anthropic is standing up more than others are www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...

They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the cases against Elon Musk because "so many people hate him so much" www.law360.com/articles/244...

Tesla has to pay historical $243 million judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says

hey, so how does this work now we don't have a responsible government, any ideas, what can we do exactly

@baratunde.com, host of the How To Citizen podcast, explains what makes our new app Roundabout different: “It's really about finding your neighbors and doing stuff together instead of performing for followers you'll never meet. And it's pretty important that the business model is non-extractive.”

Congrats to @oaklandside.org , winner of a @spj-norcal.bsky.social award for challenging Alameda County's sideshow observer law. “We cannot do our jobs when we’re not allowed to tell the public what’s happening in their city," says @tasneemraja.bsky.social oaklandside.org/2026/02/18/o...

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Sunroom thinks it’s spring in Maine! The chickadees too, mating calls in morning sun… 🌱🐦‍⬛☀️

✳️ If you have been complaining about *do nothing Democrats* check out Dr Jasmine Clark. She is running to primary a do nothing incumbent in GA-13. Support and donate if you can @jasmine4ga.com Also @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social

the brits can do it

hey i believe bellingcay does importany work *and* its important to hold people to account

What a week. We left Big Tech. 500+ people joined WeAct. We’re testing the app, fixing bugs, building community, taking collective action for the common good. What a wild journey during a wild time. Glad to be in it with y’all. weactnow.com

this looks cool! haven't tried it yet.

ICE did not become this powerful overnight. Decades of patchwork policy built the system we’re facing today. In our first Substack column, our President and General Counsel Lourdes M. Rosado urges the need for a long-term, humane approach to immigration. Read: https://visit.latinojustice.org/ICE

At last I can talk about it! I'm writing a Star Trek comic!!!! All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats! gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...

Canada joined 31 partners in expressing grave concern over escalating deadly and unlawful attacks on civilians and humanitarian operations in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and Kordofan. We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, protection of civilians, and safe humanitarian access.

share this with your senate staffers to help with the defund DHS fight

super useful app/site: stopicealert.ddns.net #stopICE

Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.

New website! Shout out to the @internetstudio.bsky.social for the solid design and coding work Hannah (design) Elijah (globe code) and all the others

Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation. By the community, for the community. Sign up to participate here:

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