Booo woke up in the middle of the night with a serious respiratory infection, body aches, etc. I already had a telehealth appt scheduled, and dr had a bunch of tea suggestions which is lovely. Telehealth is so good, no ppl were near my germs and no need to reschedule. Now to try to sleep this off 😴

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act is next on the DEI chopping block. You're going to think this is hyperbole, but baby it is about to get really ugly in here www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen. Then, they scan your face. 23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:

People are driving around out there who start shaking with fear if they suddenly have to actually operate the car themselves. Great. Cool cool cool. “Unsure of positioning.” LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS, YA DOORKNOB.

Three things: 1. This really did happen, even though OP doesn’t give a source. 2. This thuggish behavior by ICE is not OK. 3. This was a month ago, but that doesn’t make it less bad. Shit’s happening so fast and such high volume atrocities of all sizes can slip by unnoticed. youtu.be/_GAl5qWaa-8

Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off

"For the organizations distributing the funding, the November rules threatened many existing programs." From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics

DHS is shockingly incompetent.

Brown University confirms two dead victims and eight others in critical but stable condition following a mass shooting on campus.

There are rooms I won’t teach in - glass fish bowls. There are some I like but aren’t defendable so I have exit strategies. It’s just sick. Absolutely nauseating.

I am heartbroken for Brown and the students, staff, and faculty who have to get through this. I hope they have everything they need to navigate such senseless brutality.

We shouldn’t have to do this. I also think about how my students may be better prepared than me, having gone through 12 years of lockdown drills.

This 💔

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????

Impeachment and removal are separate from the criminal law. MAGA cabinet officials who have committed crimes should be impeached and removed by Congress, regardless of how many pardons a corrupt President hands out. Preemptive pardons should accelerate the process with Hegseth, Noem, and RFK Jr.

Real ID proves legal immigration status in the U.S. but Border Patrol dismisses Real ID because people who aren’t citizens can also get them. Green card holders, DACA recipients and asylum seekers with Temporary Protected Status can get Real ID. Trump is trying to purge the country of those folks.

Lovely thread about why US and UK pop Christmas music are two entirely different genres.

Machine learning for this sort of task is not genAI from LLMs and is also super useful! More of this!

Absolutely bonkers policy - this is no way to run a school, and I can’t imagine deans/chairs being at all ok with this.

A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.

Bully them everywhere.

It's very clear people don't realize how terrifying measles is, or this would be front page news. Measles is absolutely brutal. Earlier this year a child died in years after recovering from the virus. Others experience vision and hearing loss, or have seizures. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/la-c...

Yikes. Apparently I shouldn’t be surprised, but he’s a bit of a hero in these parts.

The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)

Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.

Really useful analysis of data to show how many people are going to ICE detention from local jails. These arrests are less visible to the public - as compared to raids or street arrests -- so we don't see the full scope.

So much winning.

Seems a little wild that DHS would call me out by name and say that this scene is offensive to Christians. I like seperation in my church and state. Moreover, what's offensive to Christians is the dehumanization that DHS and ICE are practicing. That is evil and an offense to God - not my nativity.

Some clarity for the above; as the Embassy’s post says, this policy is currently only for dependents of H-1Bs, student visas, and exchange/researcher visas. It’s not currently being applied to tourist visas or other visas, to my knowledge, yet.

That wouldn’t require keeping social media open, just disclosure of usernames. Invasive for sure, but less so than “we demand you keep your Facebook page public so we can scan it for anti-Americanism.”

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“Sir, I KNOW you wouldn’t come to this committee and say something you can’t prove…but you did.” 💀💀

Judge Paula Xinis on the government’s conduct in the Abrego Garcia litigation: “Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”

Refugees come to the U.S. poor. But within 10 years, they're at median household income. By 20, they've paid significantly more in taxes than they've cost in welfare benefits. And they're huge entrepreneurs, creating jobs and consumption opportunities for people already here. 2/2

The Trump administration's opposition to refugees is pure, unfiltered, 100% racism and xenophobia. And they want to elevate that racism and xenophobia even though it has significant financial costs to current citizens and residents. 1/

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Full opinion here. Judge Xinis is clearly hopping mad with the government's repeated refusals to comply with her requests to be forthright about the situation, and suggests she will take it into account in pending sanctions motions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."

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December. Finals. Darkness. Holiday Frazzled. Me, sitting in my car, trying to get motivated to go into the office:

It’s significant how many cops are pissed at ICE/DHS misbehavior. If only that would encourage some brave collective action by police.

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."

This is a bad bill - seems like one to watch #NHPolitics

A legislative committee meant to review the education freedom account program plans to meet next week after not convening for a year. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics

The War of 1812 was caused in great part by Great Britain seizing US ships illegally. (Been re-reading Patrick O'Brien for mental health and so it's top of mind.)

US soldiers are being ordered to commit piracy. apnews.com/live/donald-...

I think the legal term is “bribe”

Venezuelan drugs are the new weapons of mass destruction.