Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...

Do I have it right that people who are trying to create digital slaves are telling other people not to use "eugenics language" toward computer programs

The elimination of exact text search from a growing number of services is a form of enshittification that I keep getting surprised by. It's search: computationally expensive (?) and a foundationally useful tool. Blunting it into uselessness is a shocking capitulation to the internet as garbage pile

The US may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts, Rivka Galchen writes. “The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious.” Millions will die and this will be the principal consequence of Trump's rule. www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

daily

"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."

www.bbc.com/news/article... i should be glad to see women breaking barriers, but… “Takaichi is a staunch conservative who's…against same sex marriage.” She’s benefiting from civil / equal rights without being a champion for them…

A judge appointed by President Trump no less

Motion granted. Guard blocked from activation in Portland. Story to come @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

"While I am no longer your colleague, I ask that each of you continue to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons. Follow the facts and the law. Stand up for what we all believe in our Constitution and the rule of law. Our country depends on you" www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/p...

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to illegal immigrants.

moral injury & witness trauma also hurt - not like a face full of pepper spray or teargas. but still.

As an internet culture journalist, I think it’s important for me to continue to observe the depravity that goes viral on X, but one of the reasons I’m glad I stopped posting there is because I think it helps me avoid normalizing the rhetoric celebrating the political brutality in America right now

Here’s an idea for a reporter: Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters. I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.

ode to the mets - the strokes open.spotify.com/track/1BLOVH...

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

Ressa… told Stewart people the world over were electing “illiberal leaders democratically because of insidious manipulation … [which] starts with the manipulation and corruption of our public information ecosystem” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways. blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

The Sun-Times *is reporting these were live rounds* fired at a vehicle. There's been much confusion in the immediate aftermath of this about whether whether they were that or pepper balls, and whether person in vehicle was hit by them. This is the most current info we have *at this time.*

Do not love that I’m now going “Wait, is that the same ICE tear-gassing I was reading about earlier or is this a new one?” Even less love for how often the answer actually is “it’s a new one”

Pritzker has been great. But these reports that IL state police are assisting ICE, harassing and beating people who record ICE, and helping arresting protesters all seem to be supported by some video. If state cops are helping feds suppress rights over governor’s objections, that’s a big problem.

get ppe & protect yourself from eye injuries at protests if you are participating in or covering them as a reporter etc. - www.aao.org/eye-health/t...

Look at this shit and tell me Corey doesn’t get crypto more than most people who actually own crypto

irritating

fire - robert gordon f/ link wray (and the boss who wrote this song & apparently is playing keys here) open.spotify.com/track/3FWeBO...

i’m from the world, i’m from the earth - joey welz & link wray open.spotify.com/track/3f2HIR...

Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash

😶

Portland

guitar hero really

Interesting, the only group of people in America that trusts mass media is Democrats over 50. That's not a good demographic to have if you are trying to grow and make a comeback. news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

twisted

correspondent for The Economist

this is why I call it abuse at scale

😡🤬😡😱

THE TIDES ARE TURNING 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 39 percent saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians You’re gonna say this isn’t enough. You’re right. But these numbers were almost unthinkable a year ago.

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows: @unraveledpress.com @thetriibe.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @katmabu.bsky.social @bencollins.bsky.social @dansinker.com @wttw.bsky.social

CS gas is so dangerous. The first course of action when it hits is to get away from it. But, Chicago PD are supposed to be holding a line. A heavyset cop who sticks to his post grabs his chest. "Tear gas exposure can lead to increased heart rate or blood pressure." (Physicians for Human Rights)

They try to stop her & only draw greater awareness of her courage & causes… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Deported for journalism. A denial of due process and violation of First Amendment rights. What happened to Mario Guevara sets a chilling precedent that any member of the press, who wasn’t born in the US, could be detained and removed by the Trump administration.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

appalling

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

pretty sure that what we see out of chicago is going to be happening in some variation all over blue state or blue county usa really soon & there’s never been a better time to support local & indie news outlets on the scene(s)

the United States is not the entire world and everyone else can indeed make a big climate difference without us