The Trump administration is officially closing the watchdog office responsible for investigating abuse in the immigration detention system, according to an internal DHS email. Even one-pagers explaining the office's duties appeared to be offline on Monday. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

We've cleaned up (or attempted to) and released 1,460 ICE use-of-force incident narratives, dates, and participants, including regional divisions, facilities, and law enforcement agencies. There are more stories to be told with this data. github.com/wpinvestigat...

We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)

The #Massachusetts State Police have racked up nearly $34 million in civil settlements and judgments during the last five years—and they're facing more lawsuits right now. www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...

Interesting one for Supreme Court watchers: @reason.com got a sit-down interview with Neil Gorsuch www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9H2...

Some Formula 2 ASMR for you from the Miami Grand Prix

ITALIAN BARISTA: We call this drink cappuccino because it has the color of the robes you wear. MONK: That's lovely. PORTUGUESE EXPLORER: And we named this monkey after you because of its face. MONK: What the fuck?

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

villain in an FMV cutscene from a 90s video game

the Cincinnati enquirer has been extremely on top of this story: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/e...

My only question is are they gonna call the union the International Brotherhood of Coastal Wizards or the Coastal Wizards Guild?

A lot of people are celebrating the end of the LIV golf tournaments without sparing a thought for the person most affected the demise of this storied institution

I'm at the ATF event @thereloadteam.bsky.social broke news about yesterday. Newly-confirmed ATF Director Robert Cekada is signing 34 final or proposed rules right now. Here's a list of summaries from the ATF: www.atf.gov/rules-and-re...

The silly Cable Ace awards no longer exist but MST3K lost to Maher and at the afterparty I drunkenly congratulated / gave him shit about it. He was scared and instantly hated me. Good. Goooood.

If you want to read something that turns Orwell on its head without treating the reader like an idiot, I'd recommend Sandra Newman's Julia, a retelling of 1984 from Julia's POV: bookshop.org/p/books/juli...

Well well well, looks like SOMEONE regrets scraping every single post from tumblr

[date] her: I’m a big dog person me: *whispering* oh shit werewolf

Flannery O'Connor on New York City: "although you see several people you wish you didn’t know, you see thousands you’re glad you don’t know."

I'm obligated to mention my favorite example of literary Haterade, which is Flannery O'Connor absolutely burying the Beat writers. "They call themselves holy but holiness costs and so far as I can see they pay nothing." 💀 theamericanreader.com/21-june-1959...

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

I know the Secret Service takes their job very seriously but they could at least post up on the roof wearing tricorner hats for fun.

UPDATE: LMAOOOOOOOO

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

I like to think the illustrator of this Bluey flap book is intentionally referencing a Tarantino shot here

Watching porn on my phone on the train where the women aren't wearing makeup so everyone knows I think they're actually more beautiful that way

Oh man, that band is filthy. Immediate stank face

Freelance writers following up on old invoices

Trigg County Sheriff Aaron Acree, who pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors in 2023 over misconduct in office, has a history of brutality allegations, a @thecourierjournal.bsky.social investigation has found. My latest: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/i...

Don't listen to her, Florida cops. You can do it if you're tough enough. You think The Punisher would have any problem wrangling an alligator?

I attempt to briefly round up the flood of reports of abuse, medical neglect, and poor conditions coming out of ICE detention centers reason.com/2026/04/22/r...

uh yeah, people outside of Florida don't really hear about it, but a really nasty, incurable disease has been hitting the state's citrus trees for years now.

they buried bro with the most boring part of the book

this came across my feed while the rest of my timeline was college football weirdos (laudatory) raising money for refugee services. the world's easiest "choose your fighter" moment.

Hmmm, I don't know, are we *sure* the solution isn't paying 500 cops to stand around playing Candy Crush on their phones?

A State Police detective arraigned for vehicular homicide, an East Longmeadow officer sues the department for retaliation, and more—here are the media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in #Massachusetts that I’ve tracked during the last week.

looking good sir

I’ve been drunk but never “call the breaching team” drunk

Is it synesthesia when you read a Buckley quote in his voice and always see an image of someone making a jerkoff motion?

Not much on Act 10 or Janus if I recall, but a lot of the latter.

I had a fun time reviewing Stuart Schrader's Blue Power, a new book about the history of police unions, especially this dickish cameo from William F. Buckley: reason.com/2026/04/16/b...

tag yourself

An Ohio school district made a teacher take down a "Hate Has No Home Here" poster because they said it violated a state law against teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity without parental permission reason.com/2026/04/15/a...

[Vin Scully voice] "Kelly only has a few rooms left, a few rooms standing between her and space camp. But now she faces the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, where so many others have faltered and fallen short. The tension is terrible, the hopes of all kid nation are with her right now."

Here, I wrote about this in the format of a news article: reason.com/2026/04/15/s...

Sen. Mike Lee describes being hung up on after trying to call a federal prison to ask about an incarcerated man's healthcare. This is how the Bureau of Prisons routinely treats families desperate for information about loved ones. I've talked to so many of them over the years x.com/BasedMikeLee...