In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

The contract states that Clearview provides access to “over 60+ billion publicly available images” and will be used for “tactical targeting” and “strategic counter-network analysis,” indicating the service is intended to be embedded in analysts’ day-to-day intelligence work…

Homan spent much of a press conference last week describing how ICE’s full withdrawal hinges on the public acquiescing to the agency’s mission, which, he stressed, is to achieve the president’s promise of “mass deportations.”

LIVE NOW: Searching for weird stuff and #lostmedia on #VHS tape to upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live right now on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in: - Hagerstown, MD: $102 million - Surprise, AZ: $70 million - Hamburg, PA: $87 million - Tremont, PA: $120 million - San Antonio, TX: $82 million - El Paso, TX: $123 million - Social Circle, GA: price unknown This is unprecedented.

Three different sets of people are breathing down my neck for different deliverables and I’m stressed.

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc. A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

The owner of the office building ICE turned into this concentration camp is owned by Robert Murray, this pos is maga through and through. Despite the town and pressure to kick ICE out, he refused. His bread and butter is an upscale place called Cafe Escadrille. Leave a review on Google maps here:

Notes on the tacit acceptance of misogyny and abuse. (CW)

These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

“Consider the relevant First Amendment exceptions. True threats are serious expressions of intent to physically harm a specific person or group. Incitement is speech intended and likely to produce imminent lawless action…

I have long argued that using Title IX to manage or prosecute campus sexual assault cases is bad for victims, but tbh I was focused on the ways that the university’s vested interests tended to protect perpetrators. Here’s a compelling argument for how Title IX violates victim privacy.

Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department at Texas A&M University, where she taught contemporary children’s literature. She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender. Listen to her story.

Anecdotally my undergrad students also report not watching movies “anymore”

We’re going full Philip K Dick Ubik. Never a good idea.

Excellent article about the apparently once-ubiquitous Phrygian cap. I’ve noticed carved-stone depictions of these caps on revolutionary and civil war era gravestones in New York and New England. It could be a fetching look to revive!

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

A new Illinois law allows public officials to shield their personal information from the public. It's "basically a sledgehammer" for politicians that allows them to carry out censorship, FPF's Caitlin Vogus said.

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

MFA vs NYC vs xAI

FINAL UPDATE — Don Lemon has been released from custody and gave his first remarks about 30 minutes ago. “I’ve spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now,” Lemon said to cheers. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...

Ah good. Full Self Driving for your bank account has arrived.

It's not just the "weird" mental illnesses (ie: Kanye West) that make people uncomfortable. People who "support" mental health awareness only support it in the abstract, and freak out when witnessing real mental illness--yes, even "cute" or acceptable types. Link in replies.

I think the perspectivelessness of genAI stuff is going to get increasingly explicitly noted, the difference between “image a person made” and “description of a prompt” is such a stark thing.

this was a useful and straightforward guide.

Absolutely wild. You really should check it out yourself. Every corner of Reddit is inflamed. Forget about “breaking containment.” This is simply everywhere.

Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

our elites too stupid to realize they are the weak created by the good times smh

Finally, you can help Minnesota by participating in the General Strike this Friday. bsky.app/profile/mike...

normal way to talk about booming industry

BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest. "He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."

Read this excellent piece from @parkermolloy.com on the right's campaign to destroy Renee Nicole Good by using he sexuality as an excuse to claim she wasn't innocent enough to mourn. www.wired.com/story/the-ca...

Prepping for teaching Networked Art by (god help me) taking a rear view mirror look at the “NFTs for artists” hype cycle. youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g?...

Brought to you by the exact same people who spent years whining about alleged bias in government funded media.

The whole concept of 'do your own research' but also 'don't trust experts' makes zero sense. That means your research would alternatively consist of listening to...non-experts, and thus being completely worthless and likely dangerous.

Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms. www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

Similarly, I’ve found that “writing” with AI to actually take as long as writing without AI, if you’re actually trying to say something complex-but-coherent, using and citing sources etc.

Yikes. Here’s AI coming for the advertising business model of the internet.

Every story about Minneapolis on Instagram — even stories by individuals, not news outlets,activist groups, or reporters — is followed by dozens of comments extolling the virtues of ICE, saying Renee Good “deserved it”, calling for civil war, in some cases.

NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.

Archival photography nerds: play Time Guessr with me! timeguessr.com/pages/play?m...

Today’s Editor’s Pick is 'More and More ‘Extraordinary’ Artist Visas Are Going to Social Media Influencers, Say Immigration Lawyers' by @brianboucher.bsky.social for @artnews.com.web.brid.gy.

If we don't let them shoot us in the face with impunity, they will be forced to shoot us in the face.

Silicon Valley a hole CEOs really get off on pretending they're hard men under attack huh youtube.com/shorts/5aBqg...

increasingly clear that the academy’s mad rush into AI & concordantly away from the humanities corresponds to that same shift in the priorities of intelligence & defense funding—so accustomed to it now that they no longer know how to do anything different. the university as cargo cult

As tech companies try to sell us on the idea that life itself is an inconvenience, "an orientation toward friction is really the only defense we have against the life-annihilating suction of technologies of escape," @kjezermorton.bsky.social writes. www.thecut.com/article/broo...