The debate over D.C.'s expanded youth curfew was revived this week, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports: Lawmakers voted to reinstate the policy for another three months — with a looming debate about making it permanent.

We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.

outcome: Judge Ellis orders agents to only use force when it is "objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat of the person causing serious bodily injury or death to another person", requires them to wear "conspicuous identification" in two separate places, and to activate bodycams.

Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment. Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.

Ellis says the Trump administration impermissibly prevented members of the media (including @peoplesfabric.com & @blockclubchi.bsky.social) from reporting on Operation Midway Blitz.

Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Agents said "hit them" before deploying tear gas, Ellis says, and then they lied about it under oath. This calls into question their account of everything happening in the Chicago area.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Yes! And for all the Mamdani talk this year, Wu could be a step ahead. As my colleague @hsouvainehorn.bsky.social pointed out Tuesday morning, depending on how the city council elections shake out, it could be Wu cementing her ability to make Boston a center of progressive policy.

it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry

Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.

Add child kidnaspping to the ICE Nuremburg file.

The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.

Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

In Brazil, they had to ask people to conserve energy. Not because of shortages, but because households were feeding so much energy back into the grid through solar that they were crashing it.

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

They're essentially putting clear secondary solar panels on top of regular solar panels to capture more energy per unit area. Crazy cool stuff happening. Thank you, US DoE and President Xi.

In vernacular British English, any noun can be used as an insult if it feels right. Just looking around my immediate surroundings, 'you teacup' and 'you plant pot' work, but 'you subwoofer' and 'you mousepad' don't. Same with pastries: donut works, cheese lattice doesn't. Nobody knows why.

That's murder.

centrists and consulant-led politicians want the low engagement demo for themselves, its less work

Me.

I love that British people call clueless people a 'donut'. how many other pastry based insults are there (in English or any other language)?

Jesus I see what you've done for others

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Incredible. Also though I have to say, archival research and careful reading stay winning. Good thing we are racing to destroy the humanities

the latest in the social media postings of Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas:

@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

even the FBI under Patel can't keep a lid on this

“Clifford Stott, a professor of social psychology at Keele University south of Manchester, encourages police to take a friendlier approach to mass gatherings, arguing that heavy-handed tactics actually encourage groups to align themselves against police, inciting more violence.” lol yes, of course

Ngl that [dramatic pause] Would be [puts on sunglasses] goated [won't be fooled again starts blaring/ puts on dark goggles on top of sunglasses]

Pretty sure the trophy involves paired puckers

can confirm that Ludacris' children's book is a hit with the members of the target demo in my focus group

Have you tried turning off and back on again.

Infantino deserves a prize of his own but I'm not positive what to call it

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children. 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...

They thought the right was the path to having a good time with the fellas and found nothing but weird nerds backstabbing each other. Hard not to notice the socialists laughing and high fiving in their peripheral vision

5. I don't think the US will invade Nigeria, as if it does it will fare no better than the Nigerian military in eradicating the insurgency, while probably triggering more attacks on Christians. 6. But Trump may be so out of touch he can be manipulated into airstrikes that will also be bad. 3/x

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún's piece is a good intro here - foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/t...

Your first product endorsement. "When I need energy to fight elite capture, I need to go beyond meat capture".

No need to kill--just come to Chicago (the amazing Chicago Diner):

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

"Trump canceled your flight" is about as easy as messaging gets.

I support this project 110% and am excited to lend Prof. Táíwò any and every possible assistance — to work tirelessly with him to bring his grand, radical, and visionary national aspiration to fruition for the benefit of all working-class Americans.

similarly I have been praying for impossible gyro for so long...

honestly this is what the Impossible/Beyond Meat guys should be working on. passably-goat-tasting-but-plant-based birria should be treated like the fucking Space Race