Really excellent reporting and analysis on the radical shift by the Trump regime to incarcerating children living in the U.S. interior as a way to punish and terrorize immigrants. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/trump-administration-immigrant-kids-detention #lawfedi 1/

Hey, US TikTok users, did you know that one of the worst of the vile techlords -- Larry Ellison, who's totally in bed with Trump -- now has control of your personal data from that site? https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/tech/tiktok-us-deal-closes

At this very moment, ICE is undergoing a transformation into a political police force. Recent leaks show that 💥secret ICE programs seek to exploit every detainee to acquire information, 💥and they aim to deploy up to 2000 “intelligence” assets into communities around the country for the purpose […]

This aged well. #trump #TrumpFascism #dictatortrump #trumpeconomy #joebiden #propaganda

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📺 How Minnesotans deal with federal agents "Who knew the revolution would begin in Minnesota? Prince did." https://youtube.com/watch?v=cXhVWMKQPjQ

📺 How Minnesotans deal with federal agents "Who knew the revolution would begin in Minnesota? Prince did." https://youtube.com/watch?v=cXhVWMKQPjQ

📰 Chances of Pam Bondi going to jail grows 'exponentially daily': ex-White House reporter — #RawStory https://www.rawstory.com/good-chance-miller-and-bondi-will-spend-time-behind-bars-the-president-knows-no-loyalty/ #Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #Bondi #press #USPolitics @uspolitics

📰 Chances of Pam Bondi going to jail grows 'exponentially daily': ex-White House reporter — #RawStory https://www.rawstory.com/good-chance-miller-and-bondi-will-spend-time-behind-bars-the-president-knows-no-loyalty/ #Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #Bondi #press #USPolitics @uspolitics

#abolishICE #ICEpick #meltICE @xankarn#abolishice#icepick#melticetps://mastodon.online/@xankarn/115944576053268955

Whatever Colombia produces, but mostly… consults notes]… [#cocaine. @DeltronZero https://lemmy.ca/post/58709564

Whatever Colombia produces, but mostly… consults notes]… [#cocaine. @DeltronZero https://lemmy.ca/post/58709564

https://meidasnews.com/news/minnesota-elementary-school-sends-urgent-message-as-ice-sends-flyers-offering-food-support-to-families #abolishice #uspolitics

https://meidasnews.com/news/minnesota-elementary-school-sends-urgent-message-as-ice-sends-flyers-offering-food-support-to-families #abolishice #uspolitics

#gnuplot turned 40 years old (!) back in December. Happy birthday!

Oh hey look I'm complaining about satellites in the New York Times again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/science/space-junk-seismographs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.KMQQ.E6FkFCBrSevf&smid=url-share (does this unlocked link the author sent me work?)

Austrian President Van der Bellen referred to the USA as a "former friend." Donald Trump's response was swift: 200% tariffs on kangaroo meat and boomerangs, effective next week. @Grantscheam https://troet.cafe/@Grantscheam/115943328165525519

"etm." can be jokingly used to mean "and shit" at the end of a list for comedic or informal effect. 😈

In Minnesota, ICE is targeting food pantries and people delivering groceries to those most in need, to scare people off. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/volunteers-delivering-groceries-to-families-report-being-followed-by-ice-mn/89-41acb8b6-c126-4e3b-959a-eeb1c355288b The Trump regime […]

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

Imagine telling someone in 1950 that train travel across Europe will one day be the expensive alternative chosen by well-off people with environmentalist opinions, while unskilled workers will only be able to afford air tickets, and arrive in a fraction of the time. #trains #Climate

When I was about 17 years old, during a somewhat snowy, but very cold, Michigan winter, I was ill with a sore throat. I had difficulty speaking due to laryngitis. A friend talked me into going with him on a short road trip to a sci-fi convention, at which Leonard Nimoy was the featured guest. I […]

When I was about 17 years old, during a somewhat snowy, but very cold, Michigan winter, I was ill with a sore throat. I had difficulty speaking due to laryngitis. A friend talked me into going with him on a short road trip to a sci-fi convention, at which Leonard Nimoy was the featured guest. I […]

@leavex do you plan to extend your service to cover politicians in #USA, or is there some counterpart service covering those people? #USPolitics @uspolitics

@leavex do you plan to extend your service to cover politicians in #USA, or is there some counterpart service covering those people? #USPolitics @uspolitics

📺 We Do Not Have To Accept This — #petebuttigieg on #youtube "A lot of folks are asking whether the president's behavior today toward Norway, Denmark, and Greenland is something to take seriously or whether it's a deflection from the president's failure to help with America's domestic economic […]

📺 We Do Not Have To Accept This — #petebuttigieg on #youtube "A lot of folks are asking whether the president's behavior today toward Norway, Denmark, and Greenland is something to take seriously or whether it's a deflection from the president's failure to help with America's domestic economic […]

"Took a picture of my wife standing in front of a horse and now she won’t talk to me. 😖" via Mike Bales

@sloanlance our posts have alt text. ;P

The @leavex campaign, with it's dashboard to show how many politicians are still using Twitter/X, is pretty cool! I didn't repost/fave the post because it didn't have #altText on the image, but it's too cool to not post about it! @randahl#alttexthttps://mastodon.social/@randahl/115928529993356122

I'm sorry to see obituaries for Dr. Gladys West this morning: https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/ She was brilliant and did a lot of incredibly important scientific work, a lot of which was hidden/uncredited early on, because she […]

In New York, USA. 🇺🇸

As a European software developer, it's really hard to plan what to do next when there's the distinct, imminent and existential threat of all US technology and services being severed as a result of what seems like a nigh-inevitable schism between the US and Europe. Your iPhone is a paperweight […]

Mozilla is asking for your opinion about what it's doing, and the survey appears to be aimed at getting you used to the idea that "AI" will become an integral focus area. I told them that I want Mozilla to focus SOLELY on improving Firefox and Thunderbird, with zero AI in the product.

Frankly, I think every country should suspend all trade with #USA. #USPolitics @uspolitics

Frankly, I think every country should suspend all trade with #USA. #USPolitics @uspolitics

Dear everybody: Everything is so much easier to understand, once you realize that the Gold-foil-King is a Mafioso, who only know mafioso methods, and only use mafioso methods. The letter to the .no PM is classical mafia: "Nice country you have there, pity if something happened to it. Better […]

I would like this if wasn't wrong. Only the initial two "K"s in "knick knack" are silent. https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/115912820445120860

Tomorrow is my talk for the astronomy portion of the Physics & Astronomy Department at UBC, but it's open to the public, if you're in Vancouver tomorrow (Monday) at 4pm "The Kuiper Belt vs. the Billionaire Space Race" https://phas.ubc.ca/kuiper-belt-vs-billionaire-space-race Now I guess I […]

📰 Stellan Skarsgård hits out at “absurd” Donald Trump comments “You want us to comment on what’s happening in Greenland?” Skarsgård clarified a question [from the] audience… “It’s absurd, isn’t it? It’s a little man who got megalomania, and he’s trying to take the world,” Skarsgård said of […]

📰 Stellan Skarsgård hits out at “absurd” Donald Trump comments “You want us to comment on what’s happening in Greenland?” Skarsgård clarified a question [from the] audience… “It’s absurd, isn’t it? It’s a little man who got megalomania, and he’s trying to take the world,” Skarsgård said of […]

Briliant!!

Brilliant! 😜 https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115912837965319504

we all need a little less raging against the dying of the light and a little more coordinated tactical assault on the darkness factory

A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

My cartoon for the latest @newscientist.com