People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy. But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing. 27/

The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...

"I,'m told by detainees at Dilley that 80 pct of facility currently protesting--that would be ~1500. Guards physically blocking ppl from joining. Dozens of ICE CBP police cars racing to area. Detainees say protest triggered by news of events in Minneapolis & treatment of 5 yr old." @ericleeatty

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today — who Emmer appears to frame as “chaos agents” here — are literally hundreds of clergy.

We must abolish ICE, end qualified immunity for ICE agents, immediately halt funding & dismantle the systems of cruelty and oppression that have gotten us to this point.

Today, the House will vote on a bill to give ICE $28 billion more with no accountability. I will vote NO. ICE is a rogue agency that operates with callous disregard for human life. They are endangering our neighbors, babies & children, bystanders & protestors.

Matt. 25:40-45

I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it. Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)

This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant. I would like to see that argument. documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet. ICE’s terror and violence need to end.

Today, we used the power of the Congressional gavel to listen, bear witness, & stand in strong solidarity with our Haitian neighbors. Our hearing made clear that terminating TPS for over 350,000 Haitians is cruel and it is a death sentence. And Trump must reverse course NOW.

Hand painted Spirited Away Steam Vents.

ICE murdered Renee Good just blocks away from where police murdered George Floyd. @ayannapressley.bsky.social and I are introducing the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act to hold ICE agents and all federal law enforcement officers accountable. We need justice. Abolish qualified immunity now.

DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism

Some more thoughts on ICE protests and the tools described in this 404 article: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Jesus. dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Every game should do this!

The main problem is that space telescopes in Low Earth Orbit share the similar orbits as the telecommunication satellites. Here we show a simplified representation of the increased orbital crowding between 1958 (Sputnik) and the projected satellite population at the end of the next decade.

This is hella cool. a 19 year old memorized and recited the entire Shukla Yajurveda over 50 days completely from memory, in the insanely difficult method of Danda Krama, which i'll explain in the next post - economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-upd...

Really enjoyed Rhystic Studies' look at Fallen Empires, a set very dear to me. Sam speculates that Homarid Explorer in Dominaria may have been inspired by a puzzle sent to R&D by @loreleywrites.bsky.social, though notes that Loreley dismisses this theory. I can shed some light! (🧵)

Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/

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The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

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...

“If we lost the majority in the house... they will try to end the Trump administration. He won't have 4 years, he'll have only 2–because they will move to impeach him, probably on the first day of the new Congress… and they will try to systematically unwind all [our fascist] reforms.” Sounds great!

The ramifications of gamergate remain hard to believe

At its core, the problem hybrid brings up is that there is no single way to make commander "make sense" to everyone. For example, 2 of these cards can be played in a UG deck and 2 can't, and you can find arguments for or against each.

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

Disabled people should be allowed to get married without losing our healthcare. We shouldn’t have to choose between weddings and staying alive. In 2025 we still have no marriage rights or property rights. We never have, and it’s total shit. Fuck Eugenics, we deserve so much better.

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

Boston. Wow.

My Music taste in 8 artists: King Crimson Radiohead UNKLE Mr Bungle Blackalicious Broken Bells Clipping Darren Korb

Week 2 is done, here's what I have so far, almost halfway there!

Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

Copyright claims saying that I wrote shit that I didn't youtu.be/gTk8PeCI-wc?...

Wow www.bbc.com/news/article...

Holy shit

You can condemn the heinous act of violence that killed Charlie Kirk without celebrating who he was. People are capable of holding two thoughts at the same time.

@trahan.house.gov you voted yes on this? This wasn't just condemning violence, but is explicitly honoring the hateful and divisive words he said in life, against women, minorities, LGBTQ+ peoples, and others. Just because he did not deserve to die does not mean his true legacy should be ignored.

Seems vaguely relevant.

1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC. If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.

a friend of mine who's worked on a somewhat recent free multiplayer game says this about player feedback that I feel like is very astute hearing the feedback is frequently important but responding to it well almost never means just doing what the players say they want

Frankly, "Let's invade Faerieland and build our data centers there" is more reasonable, because we've at least got some cultural history on where we might start with that. Like, mushroom circles exist. Mounds in the woods exist. That's a project we could start today, which is more likely to work.