Returning to DMV train delays 🫠🫡

Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.

Finally a chance to read more of this and not cert study (train to nyc edition)

ICE agent barges into a consulate in Minneapolis (against U.S. treaty obligations) and when confronted says “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.” This is a big part of what Congress must rein in: the agency’s sense of entitlement and unlimited power, coupled with its pursuit of physical escalation.

I s'pose that's one way to cut nuclear costs: "Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

Breaking News: A judge ruled that construction of a wind farm in the waters off Martha’s Vineyard could resume after Trump officials had halted it.

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

Hey. Elected Dems. FINISH HIM. Now is your chance. But it has to be right now.

getting feds to say shit like this on camera with their face exposed is NUTS -- you can not reform this agency, everyone involved must go, there is no practical way to root out all of these guys

Something I've been trying to impart on people is that the ICE occupation in Minnesota is both an ethnic cleansing and an ideological terror campaign. It's clear that the second part has utterly failed; the community is not terrified. But ICE is now desperately trying to salvage the first part.

Deleting signal now that its compromised. Find me at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East.

"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...

This is simply not enough, begging for the bare minimum is a perpetual insult to everyone living in this country. Where is the language to address ICE/DHS not detaining persons with legal residency papers?

Noem must go. Now.

Would like to see Minnesota lawmakers push to ban the use of CS gas and other forms of chemical irritants in our state. Especially those that have already been banned under international law.

Fully caffeinated + locked in (packing edition)

NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year. These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.* So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds. Read, & check out our maps:

Everybody enjoying the snow?

Night time snow play

The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI

CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting

This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed.

Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.

My heart is so goddamn shattered. I love this country so much.

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Heck

I should be getting moving boxes before the storm + packing but it is nap time (post-exam eepy hits different™️)

We still have seats open for @blackhoodie.bsky.social at @districtcon.bsky.social on January 23rd in Washington DC! The class will be reverse engineering their way through an integer overflow bug in libpng 🤓 blackhoodie.re/DistrictCon2...

DHS funding bill passes w/ 7 Democratic votes

Back to Brown (step 1)

Orchard in Blossom, Bordered by Cypresses - April 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109361

Putin clearly isn’t scared of Trump. Trump is so weak that Putin actually sees him as an opportunity to escalate his war

⚡ Zelenskyy: "Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier simply to cut Russia off from the components it needs to produce missiles — or even destroy those factories making missiles?"

Skull with Burning Cigarette - 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13795

TIL pure unrelenting spite can help you pass certs when you have test anxiety

Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy

I wish people would talk more about how the tech billionaires are the ones who want Greenland: www.engineerlive.com/content/bill...

Dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same

Is this the most dangerous, and unhinged, international speech by a US president ever? Demands Greenland (and Iceland). Threatens Canada. Trashes NATO. Makes fun of leaders. Disparages Europe's environmental goals. Carney was right to call our current moment a "rupture"

BREAKING: Maryland advances a redistricting plan that could wipe out the GOP’s last U.S. House seat in the state — as Democrats move to counter Republican gerrymanders nationwide.

Amazing things are happening over here

you may not be interested in foreign policy, but foreign policy is interested in you (this is the fundamental lesson that so many Americans, even those who are anti-Trump, do not grasp).

NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”