aside from the AI angle, what makes the Anthropic case important is that it is -- unless there is something I am forgetting -- the first time a major tech company has stood up to Trump instead of accommodating him

I regret to inform you that the Secretary of Defense is an idiot

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.

Nearly half the lawyers at the U.S. Attorney's Office have left since President Trump’s return, leading to dismissed criminal cases, stalled fraud prosecutions and a rare contempt citation against a Justice Department attorney.

I wrote gloomy today. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

US basketball player Jarred Shaw escaped execution in Indonesia, but his prison ordeal continues www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... #crohns

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This table of contents, my G'd

2003 Miller High Life (American beer) commercial: "Alternative Fuels"

Our 8th guest contributor of ROCbyBike Season 7 wrapped up her posts yesterday on our instagram page. Here are some shots from Amanda Tucker! www.instagram.com/roccycling/ #ROC #RochesterNY

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Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/w...

Criminal defense lawyers are tracking when the Justice Department appears to rely on irregular charging practices, including aggressive legal theories and possible political retribution. n.pr/4aHUpI8

I love dynamo lighting on my bike. This is a Busch & Muller IQ-X light in the fog. #ROC

Police around the country have banned car chases -- b/c they're deadly. But not ICE. So when an undocumented immigrant -- w/ no criminal record -- tried to drive away from a stop this morning, ICE gave chase. The result: a school teacher is dead. Linda Davis www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...

given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Another shooting case falls apart (this time ICE, not CBP). These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

-7°F in #ROC, perfect for a Manul

Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

New York's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported its December data showing 20 shooting victims in all of December across 20 agencies (not NYPD) That's by far the fewest number of shooting victims recorded in a month since collection started in 2006.

Very good @newyorker.com piece on Gavin Newsom, by @nathanheller.bsky.social. Gets way, way past the usual media shorthand about him. (I respect what Newsom has done as mayor, lt gov, and now two-term gov of America's best state.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.

ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards

'[Jon] had just read about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s case against an Afghan it was trying to deport.. “Unconscionable,” Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor... Soon would come a knock at the door by men with badges...' (gift link)

Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice' chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Heute in den USA (links). Vor 100 Jahren in Deutschland (rechts).

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Teachers have and will put their bodies between masked and armed intruders and children. They are and will continue to do so no matter who is wearing the mask and carrying the gun.

The Rochester Bike Gang is hosting the local Alex Pretti Memorial Ride today at 1pm at the Martin Luther King Jr Park Ice Rink. Thanks RBG for organizing!

The joys of winter cycling. Can I shift? No. Can I stop? Sometimes. Does it beat driving? Always. #ROC

Masterful profile of Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, and a city under siege by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

There’s a lot of expertise on Bluesky, and the remarkable thing is that the Trump regime has done something illegal in everyone’s area. It’s really a crime syndicate masquerading as government.

Tesla’s own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor

Drivers caught most often by speed and red light cameras are at the receiving end of comparatively little NYPD enforcement, newly available NYPD data reveal, highlighting an enforcement gap for the city’s most-dangerous drivers. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/d...

I don't understand what problem this is supposed to address.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

IMO the president should not be allowed to sic his own lawyers against government lawyers who at this point are also just his lawyers in order to steal the annual GDP of a small country from American taxpayers.

What We Get Wrong About Immigration and Crime With Dara Lind open.substack.com/pub/jasher/p...

We asked an expert to tell us what they thought of ICE's military moves. It was worse than I thought (but the writing is great) www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...

Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. “There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

The terrorists are the ones without masks. They’re the ones yelling “No!” or “Stop!” or “Shame!” or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. These are just some of their diabolical tactics.

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

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