ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:

... it is what *they themselves say* when polled, surveyed, researched. Liberals believe in the basic equality of all people, they believe in egalitarianism, in democracy, in women's rights ... basic cosmopolitan values. Non-college whites, by & large, do not share those values. See:

Small town doctor opens can

The administration is keeping immigrant kids separated from parents for months and months, often only releasing them after courts intervene. www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

Inherited this CD set from a relative. I looked at it and said “oh no, that’s a lot of mp3 tags to fix.” Classical CD tagging (by Gracenotes?) is a shitshow.

"Of the 71 detainees contacted over a five month period, 64 — about 90% of those interviewed — said they had either personally been assaulted by the staff or had seen others physically abused, according to the report."

logged into a webinar and oh god the presenter is reading a script

Blanche slips! 😬 KENNEDY: Are you and President Trump friends? BLANCHE: I'm his lawyer. Was his lawyer.

took me a minute to confirm that he's asking for 350 followed by three commas worth of zeroes. that's up to $120 billion more than it would cost to insure every child living in the U.S. under a universal health care model. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Before Cousteau, way before @Octonauts, explorer Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez was bringing images of the undersea world to the surface, from his artist’s sketch pad inside a glass and steel diving bell: www.tumblr.com/publicdomain...

i had no idea this would become so literal

Cyclospora is giving diarrhea a bad name.

NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.

84% of Democrats under 50 have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to Pew. 57% of *Republicans* under 50 have an unfavorable view of Israel. Lindsey Graham's death should be a reminder to Democratic leadership that the only generation that still supports Israel is literally dying off.

the ad lib presidency

Do not elect a Republican to any office. Congress to dog catcher, they all must go.

Welp, my Tivo Bolt is ded. Motherboard failed. I did get 10 years out of it. Hard drive not usable. Was able to buy a new Tivo Edge from Weaknees for $500 including lifetime programming service.

I've thought of this often over the last 35+ years. I usually think it's from Jack Handey. Gotta dig out my Life in Hell books.

Terrific meteorite on MPOD today showing features of ablation during passage through the atmosphere. Oriented (conical shape shows direction of fall). Many regaglypts (literally: "thumbprints"). This rock is quite weathered; must have sat on surface for decades or centuries. ...

One possible explanation for MAGA’s lack of interest in trying to pass new immigration laws is they’ve radicalized against democracy and just want a pretext to murder their political opponents. www.slowboring.com/p/trump-hasn...

this lil iron-nickel meteorite was found in the sahara and made its way to me via a dealer about a decade ago. It’s been part of my everyday carry ever since. Prior to this I carried a small Orthoceras for years.

just dawned on me that i haven’t seen a jerry post in … looks like 13 days

It was never about sports.

OMG there are so many bears on #bearcam rn explore.org/livecams/bro...

i commented

AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.

this is the closest ICE has ever come to saying "yeah we just murdered a guy"

“The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him.”

ICE will continue murdering people until they are abolished.

The Dish is a personal favorite Sam Neill film.

Trump has said: “We love our veterans. We are going to take good care of them.” Help me dig into the reality I'm particularly interested in hearing from current or recently former VA staffers, or, of course, vets getting care there. My Signal, cell, and email 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

The Buckthorn Removal Singles Club meets every Sunday at a Minneapolis park to remove invasive plant species and create connections.

ICE is subhuman trash.

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

our monthly shipment of Wookie Chow has arrived

Just read Vinge's "Rainbows End" (2006) so now I've read all 8 of his novels. It's obviously great but it had less impact on me than it would have had 20 years ago. Wondering how much I'll think about its tech in the future. "Deepness" remains my favorite Vinge novel.

This video clip of a swan landing on a lake is best enjoyed with AUDIO ON. Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are among the heaviest flying birds & require a long runway, which means we get the majestic approach, a few furious moments of webbed feet slapping on water, then the majestic splashdown.

Watched the first 98 minutes of ARG-SUI and then discovered that I hadn’t added extra time to the recording. So I found a re-broadcast this afternoon, set that up. And maintained a news blackout all day. …

yes

they are doing an autopsy to find out if he’s really gay

I'm just sorry he didn't live long enough to see this prophecy fulfilled.

Norway drove me crazy in the 2nd half with their dinking around with the ball right in front of their own goal.

I have a rusted U lock on my bike. Tried all the things to unstick the lock. Then someone pointed out that it’d be much easier to cut the cable. So I did that. See if you can spot the problem.

Well, that's it. No more grade-school teachers.

ol blue eyes is swingin today

We've reached the "find out" stage, folks.

“is our children learning?”