Under COPPA, kids under 13 can't have their data collected without parental consent. If approved, it's fine as the parent is the gatekeeper. KOSMA bans social media platforms from knowingly allowing children under 13 to create or keep accounts, with no exception for parental consent—a platform ban.

President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security got a huge blow on Thursday evening, as a judge he appointed found a systematic and illegal effort to deprive Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Minnesota of access to legal counsel.

Higher education is failing young people. The edtech industry is pouring billions into AI but missing the most important feature: wellbeing by design. If you know your users are vulnerable, you design for their vulnerability. You do not wait for a crisis. derekebaird.medium.com/higher-educa...

Notice that Bondi doesn’t turn around.

Free Seamus Culleton!!!! Irish man from Kilkenny fears for his life in filthy Texas ICE detention for 5 months. Seamus has lived in Boston for 15+ years. His wife is American & he had applied for Green Card. He was kidnapped by ICE leaving Home Depot. www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/u...

Trumpism means women are free to be abused if the stock market is doing well.

Watching this Bondi hearing feels like a flashback; I previously worked for a woman very similar to Pam Bondi—full of constant lies, gaslighting, personal attacks, and insults. The ironic part? It was at a mental health company.

Chatbots give wrong medical advice? Shocker. www.bbc.com/news/article...

1 in 8 teens knows someone targeted by deepfake nudes. 1 in 17 are victims themselves. On #SaferInternetDay, Thorn is calling for an outright ban on nudifying tools. Not regulation. Prohibition. This is exactly right. Some tech shouldn't exist. www.thorn.org/blog/no-to-n...

Last week, @wired.com broke the news that the company behind an AI chat-enabled stuffed animal called Bondu had left transcripts of virtually every conversation its toys had with children exposed via a web console with no security. www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...

Your cellular carrier has been collecting your location data all along, and until now, there was nothing you could do about it. Apple just changed this in iOS 26.3 with a new setting called “limit precise location.” www.malwarebytes.com/blog/mobile/...

ICE Barbie’s full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem. The initials spell KLAN. Sometimes the universe writes the joke itself.

It’s unfathomable to me that the POTUS is posting racist memes about a former POTUS/FLOTUS, meanwhile his DNI is comprised, he’s seizing ballots in GA, and so many more serious things and his base is worked up over *checks notes* a Puerto Rican musician singing at a football game

Once again there are way better options out there than Substack. Which one works for you depends on your goals. But if you don't want to support the company that supports Nazis, there are plenty of options.

ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota. This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats. They hate the helpers. Which is why must keep helping.

LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this

As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.

Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

Q: Why was Tulsi Gabbard at the Fulton County election office search? Trump: I don't know

Adyan said that while his Instagram account was initially banned, this was only a small hurdle. "It wasn't letting me use my face, so I got my friend's driver's license, and then I used it, and then it worked, so now I have all social media." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Not one bit shocked. 👀 www.latimes.com/california/s...

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“I had 7 bullet holes in my body”

BREAKING: GOP Rep. Mike Lawler held a town hall tonight in Rockland County…and proceeded to have VETERANS thrown out of the venue. #NY17

It has been rare for companies working with ICE to criticize the Trump administration’s deportation surge. But in the wake of two killings of protesters in Minneapolis, several international companies have said they were rethinking their business relationships.

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The bug affects #WhatsApp on Android and involves zero‑click media downloads in group chats. You can be attacked simply by being added to a group and having a malicious file sent to you. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

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bad bunny and lady gaga having an official studio-recorded feature song together when

“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.

Utah House committee has given the green light to limiting where transgender students can live in private, off-campus housing. Full story: ksltv.com/?p=872547

"Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that expands the state Supreme Court from five justices to seven as frustration has mounted among Republican lawmakers over a string of defeats before the tribunal." www.yahoo.com/news/article... cc @maddow.bsky.social

Save the Date: March 28! www.commondreams.org/news/no-king... #NoKings

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

The DOJ just took down pages with detailed descriptions of Trump engaged in child rape and other pedophilia. We don't know if they have been corroborated, but we already know this DOJ will deny everything on behalf of their client.

Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers. The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second. And the Hunter hunters are silent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Hey, friends! I made set of free Valentine’s Day cards for you to download, print, and give to your favorite people, loved ones, or to anyone that can use a little sunshine! Link in my profile 💝🎉 #kidlitartist #picturebookartist #valentinesday

Last year, Raising the Nation Play Commission reported that outdoor play dropped 50% in a generation. Factors include poor play areas, overprotective parents, traffic, digital life, and a busier school day. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

Important. There has not been a deescalation.

BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

Again, if you haven’t yet, you really need to get off of TikTok. I greatly miss my feed of trends, silly memes, and dance challenges but my privacy and safety are worth far more.

I really need the media to stop sanitizing Alex Pretti's death by calling it a "killing." The word you need is murder. Alex Pretti was murdered by ICE. @ms.now @nbcla.com

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Psssst, @maddowblog.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social here's a story for Monday's show from a fantastic political reporter in Utah.

Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization. This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.