The Nazis declared all Jewish people's financial assets were property of the German state.

Launching latlng, an open source geospatial object engine written in Rust. latlng.cloud

woah look out

On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.

We murdered three more people in a boat today

@kenwhite.bsky.social better be getting a cut of this!

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

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The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

✅ @jcsalterego.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

Omg it’s real ❤️ If Disney hasn’t turned this into the next Homeward Bound by next year, what are we even doing here people? amp.miamiherald.com/living/artic...

I didn't form an opinion yet myself. I do think everyone involved in Node should know this is a conversation that's going on, so I'm passing this on. The GH page links to the article with the opposite point.

lots of jarring statistics and heartbreaking stories I could share from this story, but this particular anecdote made me tear up when @jonathanwosen.bsky.social first shared this story with me For more details from our survey of ~1000 nih-funded researchers, read the report below

I love this framing from Matteo Collina (excerpt from his newsletter), about who owns and is responsible for AI generated code. Print and stick on your wall.

A two-year extension of ACA subsidies would have cost $60B. Over the last few months the Treasury has borrowed $50B per week. The regime wants $200B for funding a war to make fuel more expensive? Hell no.

This is insane.

I wrote about Kat.

They are openly bragging about this tbc.

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Oh wow, 14 months into the term you realized disaster relief might actually be important!?!?!?

Once again, it is time to ROLL FOR DEMOCRACY! With DM @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, Rae and her merry band of adventurers will be at Dynasty Typewriter for a D&D one-shot that definitely probably likely won't at all have metaphors about capitalism! Limited Meet and Greet tickets! Links below:

@propublica.org is one of the most important publications in the U.S. right now. Freedom of the Press is a fundamental part of Democracy for a reason. This story is a major part of the reason Kristi Noem was canned.

I asked.

I love games and so many of the people who make them. It was an honor to accept the award on behalf of the team and a privilege to be able to speak to what I believe in. ♥️

All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.

This is the worst case scenario occurring at almost all turns. - Tased and struck over misunderstanding - Stays in jail for a year because of slow wheel of justice and ICE fears - PD screws up in releasing him - Border Patrol release catastrophically screwed up - PD blows off missing persons report

I’m not watching, but this is the point where Dems should have rightly stood up and left the chamber en masse.

Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today: —Democrats won HD94 by 63 points. (Harris won it by 30 in 2024.) —Democrats won HD42 by 35 points. (Harris won it by 17 in 2024.) [The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com].

BREAKING: Democrats @jenforpa.bsky.social and Ana Tiburcio just won their special elections, successfully defending the Democratic majority in the Pennsylvania House. Congratulations!

This is insane. theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

Fetterman was the only Senate Democrat to vote to advance DHS funding today because of course he was.

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

"The political ineptitude of the magnates of industry and finance was no less than that of the generals and led to the mistaken belief that if they coughed up large enough sums for Hitler he would be beholden to them." Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/

A fantastic essay from @mirandagreen.bsky.social: Where do the journalists go now? mirandacgreen.substack.com/p/where-do-t...

Hell of a story to go out on

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Challenge accepted! I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total. Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please help and share! Thank you 💛

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

And this stat doesn’t even include the outside spending.

Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying. Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

The Republican who just lost: “This election is being called the canary in the coal mine because Democrats across the nation are watching this race. If Taylor can win it in January, you’re going to have [millions] fly into Texas against every single judge, against our governor, lieutenant governor”

For Liam.