Update: broadcast now reporting feds shot one man in the leg, he's expected to survive Obligatory DHS copaganda disclaimer etc etc:

Docket, with link to a complaint, is up on CourtListener. Primary causes of action are violation of 10th amendment, violation of equal sovereignty principle (per Shelby County), violation of APA, and 1st amendment retaliation & viewpoint discrimination.

@trailofdebt.com are there any actual journalists left in Boston? I’ve come across a cracking little local story about a run of scam businesses being run out of shops on Strait Bargate but don’t know who to give it to.

The state of Minnesota is suing the Trump administration, calling widespread federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities "a federal invasion." https://cnn.it/3LJgMEq

Zac Kinney shared this photo from the second of two ICE deportation flights at MSP today - one of the 47 deportees was still in their Amazon uniform. (I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)

PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts

The 1st Amendment allows you to report on the identities of military commanders, ongoing military operations & positive aspects of US adversaries--not as unfortunate consequences of free expression, but as liberties that are core to maintaining a semblance of democracy. fair.org/home/the-fir...

Anthropomorphizing language conceals the limitations of AI, promoting misplaced trust. @emilymbender.bsky.social & @nannainie.bsky.social suggest focusing on a system’s functionalities: instead of saying a model is “good at” something, say what it is “good for." www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-t...

The US just left the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), which it was a founding member of in 2011 and chaired in 2023. FOC was established to protect free expression and human rights on the Internet in coordination between governments, civil society, academics, and businesses.

This is a postdoc in Germany called a "rescue fellowship" for scholars "whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA" You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now. academicpositions.com/ad/early-car...

The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...

Going outside and not even screaming is also pretty good

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

New ballot measure gathering signatures in LA city 👀 A tax on employers with 1000+ employees if the CEO compensation is more than 50x greater than the median employee compensation. “Proceeds from the tax would fund affordable and moderate-income housing projects, street/sidewalk repairs…”

1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

You hear that sound? That's the sound of silence from the global Apple-centric media over the conviction of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence for criticizing the Chinese government. They'd rather talk about iPhone color schemes. news.kagi.com/world/202512...

This entire weekend

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky

It’s a huge day for the journalists of The Columbus Dispatch and The Newark Advocate. Here’s why we are unionizing. Read the full mission statement on our website: cwalocals.org/columbusdisp...

One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...

MoMA PS1 will offer free admission to all visitors for the next three years starting January 1, 2026.

One of Twitter's former lawyers is challenging X Corp. in court for the name and branding so he can restart the service. www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...

First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq

Baby shark conservation news! In the past week, the RARCC nursery “shark nannies” welcomed two very special zebra shark pups, Jelly (female) and PowerTee (male), the first two pups to hatch from Peanut & Butter’s eggs sent to the nursery. 📹 Jelly dislodging her first snail off the bottom for eating

Hey, so, I've been fired. Now that I'm unemployed like the other half of Bluesky, if anyone knows of work for a writer, reporter, or nonprofit grants manager, I'd be much obliged. You all know where to find me.

Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.

I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago. Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑

“The thing that worries me most is the unemployment rate now is at its highest level in four years. It's at a level that we hadn't seen since 2017, except for during the pandemic.” That’s the trend to watch.

Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away: Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff. Send away!

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

buzz bissinger ghostwrote the john fetterman book....problematic fashion gap

Prison nurse sees inmates with serious health conditions being dismissed by prison staff. She brings it up with management. She's quickly retaliated against and put in "prison jail" - sitting in a room monitoring inmate calls and emails. Comes across comms from Ghislaine Maxwell and says fuck this.

Eleventh Circuit throws out Trump's suit against CNN in a per curiam unpublished ruling. Meaning Trump's arguments were totally meritless, not even worthy of a published opinion. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Tech stocks: “None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with your economy. Your economy is locked in here with me.”

Drunk border patrol agent was in a womens restroom with a loaded gun + one in the chamber then wandering the parking lot of a restaurant with his gun out then resisted police and threw the fucking thing *loaded* The police tried to deny giving any of this info but this indie newsroom prevailed!

Epstein says Trump's father bought poker chips in order to stave off his son's bankruptcy bc "it was better than a first lien" lmao

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

incredible to see NYT reporter Landon Thomas over a decade into his time there advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to "fight back" on reporting about his crimes. Tells him to go on TV and "Present evidence that she is lying AND show the world that you are no longer that guy."

“it is not complex. he must be seen to get something. its that simple.”

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.

Open letter, led by @olivia.science, now has >1400 confirmed signatories! If you haven’t yet signed, please consider reading & signing too. Help us stop uncritical adoption of ‘AI’ technologies in academia. Feel free to adapt this letter for your employers! openletter.earth/open-letter-...

they keep saying "incredible magical miracle machine that will use infinite computing power to solve every social problem and reinvent every human industry" when what they mean is "chatbot that can click ads"

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

very short list of who could have made this offer