You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

I think I have entered my Database Index Awakening. So cringe.

Shoutout to all my fellow Immaculate Conception alumni!* *Alumni of the elementary school, not alumni of actual immaculate conception

“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

1000%

<Ahem> Someone build an ICE tracker! Would be delayed, but could establish patterns.

///BREAKING/// Federal judge says he'll order release of hundreds of 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees on bond www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/f...

What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.

WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

trade proposal: get rid of AI, bring the lemonade that kills you back

Do I know anyone who's pretty darn good at tuning PostgreSQL databases and has a little time to dig? Having some latency issues that don't seem to be improved by basic PG Tune type stuff.

DHS lies constantly, and this has been confirmed in court. There is no evidence that any shots were fired at federal agents. The fact that the claim has no known basis in fact should be out front here.

UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration. www.wunc.org/education/20...

Please do not tell my coworkers, who think that I know things, that I just fixed a really annoying problem with our database, but damned if I know what it is I did that fixed it.

I cannot stop thinking about how to take advantage of the fact that the lyric "Gitche Gumee" rhymes with "halloumi."

Wisconsin State Senator confirms SNAP recipients in the state have received their November benefits.

Someone needs to make a 90s Subway "I guess that makes ME, a sandwich artist!" GIF. IYKYKBYO (If You Know, You Know, Because You're Old)

women are definitely ruining the right workplaces for the right people in a sense

Bill Cosby is out of jail, Louis CK sells out stadiums, even Woody Allen is being invited back into polite society. What "excesses" are these people talking about?

Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here

I keep reading that administrative fees in St. Paul are "controversial" and right-to-repair is "controversial" and Mamdani is "controversial" but bro why are their margins so much better than yours?

As I wrote this morning, the Democratic Party as an institution is bafflingly committed to the idea that it must be less inclusive in order to grow. So we see growth happen outside the party. www.pbump.net/o/democracy-...

if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was "that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.

This isn't a surprise, but it's really. fucking. sad. DF was a high water mark in using technology to improve the public's experience of government. In a just world, there would be a huge team getting ready right now to expand it to even more filers.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

"Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication with a disingenuous press release when the winds shifted." talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.

For those who somehow missed it, @teenvogue.com had been an incredible source of political journalism in the first Trump term. They had a great team producing great, relevant work. PSA: They may shut down our publications, but they can't shut us down. Keep doing great work wherever you can!

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

Have seen from 2 desks over!

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

‘It’s like a nightmare.’ ICE now detains immigrants attending permanent resident appointments in Fresno "Mendoza said several families told her their relatives had also been detained during interviews the previous day. Many were long-term residents married to US citizens or military veterans, with

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago: "He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...

Sweet baby brown Jesus, please send me someone willing to pay for my research into race riots. It’s so much fun but it would be the cherry on top to get paid for it. Surely someone’s university, institute, fellowship or foundation needs this info

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

naturally, generative AI companies are led by men who lack artistry and creativity in their very souls. they know nothing of nor possess the capacity of someone who extracts emotions from their chests and realizes them in the world. they are devoid and they believe the computer can be their souls.

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.

what if we didn't make these programs widely embedded in all our systems until they didn't help people kill themselves? Has anyone in power ever considered that at all? bsky.app/profile/loll...

to be clear, this isn't pay for play journalism (goes on to describe pay for play journalism)

Watch them use the activism of the students whose lives they’re trying to destroy in some orientation story in a few decades.

blew a student's mind today by introducing them to the concept of a book's index, went out on a limb and even called it command -f for print

Debate over the new policy continues as the Trump administration extends to universities an ultimatum that raises free speech questions. www.minnpost.com/education/20...

So in the world of "how it's supposed to work," who issues/enforces building permits for the White House?

Congrats to JayCee Cooper and to the team at Gender Justice, who argued her case at the Minnesota State Supreme Court last year!

Some homepages that were once snapshotted dozens of times a day had no snapshots at all on some days between May and October, including the home page of Minnesota Public Radio