Paul N. Edwards
@avastmachine.bsky.social
History and politics of climate science, climate change, knowledge infrastructures. Prof. Emeritus of Information and History, University of Michigan and Director Emeritus, Stanford University STS Program.
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DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
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DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
« The language is very similar to the Nazi Germany slogan “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer,” which translates to “One People, One Realm, One Leader" «
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
« The language is very similar to the Nazi Germany slogan “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer,” which translates to “One People, One Realm, One Leader" «
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French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
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NEW: On Friday, DOJ filed a notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena issued to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Despite losing every challenge to the invasive subpoenas, DOJ keeps appealing.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM
NEW: On Friday, DOJ filed a notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena issued to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Despite losing every challenge to the invasive subpoenas, DOJ keeps appealing.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
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This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
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Institutionalists are really driving me nuts at this point, which is part of why I have been on about this for two days now.
Every fucking time he announces the insane, wildly illegal shit that he's going to do, these mfers ask for evidence like they didn't just see it happen 40 fucking times.
Its fucking groundhoug day every single day for 10 mf years and these people still can't fucking see it.
*screams into the void*
Its fucking groundhoug day every single day for 10 mf years and these people still can't fucking see it.
*screams into the void*
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Institutionalists are really driving me nuts at this point, which is part of why I have been on about this for two days now.
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Remarkable.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Remarkable.
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The judge ordered that ICE agents cannot
♦️Arrest or detain peaceful protesters
♦️Use pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions against peaceful protesters
♦️Stop or detain drivers and passengers in vehicles without reasonable suspicion that they are obstructing or interfering with ICE actions
♦️Arrest or detain peaceful protesters
♦️Use pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions against peaceful protesters
♦️Stop or detain drivers and passengers in vehicles without reasonable suspicion that they are obstructing or interfering with ICE actions
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The judge ordered that ICE agents cannot
♦️Arrest or detain peaceful protesters
♦️Use pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions against peaceful protesters
♦️Stop or detain drivers and passengers in vehicles without reasonable suspicion that they are obstructing or interfering with ICE actions
♦️Arrest or detain peaceful protesters
♦️Use pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions against peaceful protesters
♦️Stop or detain drivers and passengers in vehicles without reasonable suspicion that they are obstructing or interfering with ICE actions
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“If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.”
-Cory Doctorow
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-Cory Doctorow
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‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy
Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will intentionally degrade their products to recoup large infrastructure expenditures—and it’s up to policymakers to protect Canadians from this.
www.hilltimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
“If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.”
-Cory Doctorow
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
-Cory Doctorow
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
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[DHH began packing groceries when the immigration operation started back in December. They had families register if they needed groceries delivered. In the first day, 2,000 families registered. Now, they have more than 24,000 families registered and there is a waitlist.]
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
[DHH began packing groceries when the immigration operation started back in December. They had families register if they needed groceries delivered. In the first day, 2,000 families registered. Now, they have more than 24,000 families registered and there is a waitlist.]
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you may be *shocked* to know that Musk's other companies don't necessarily heed the rules and regs and maybe don't care about air pollution as much as you would think - www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/t...
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
you may be *shocked* to know that Musk's other companies don't necessarily heed the rules and regs and maybe don't care about air pollution as much as you would think - www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/t...
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I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
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It’s genuinely bizarre that people who refuse to show their face or identify themselves are demanding identification from people who are fully visible.
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
It’s genuinely bizarre that people who refuse to show their face or identify themselves are demanding identification from people who are fully visible.
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"Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP."
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP."
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En direct : le bilan des manifestations dépasse désormais les 3 000 morts, selon une ONG
En direct : le bilan des manifestations dépasse désormais les 3 000 morts, selon une ONG
La répression du mouvement de contestation en Iran a fait 3 090 morts, dont 2 885 manifestants, selon les chiffres vérifiées et rapportés samedi par l'organisation de défense des droits humains HRANA, basée aux États-Unis. En parallèle, la connexion internet commence à "légèrement s'améliorer", selon NetBlocks. Suivez notre direct.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
En direct : le bilan des manifestations dépasse désormais les 3 000 morts, selon une ONG
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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⚡️Poland charges 4 Ukrainians, 1 Russian in alleged Russia-backed sabotage plot.
Polish authorities have charged five men in an alleged Russia-orchestrated plot to send out parcels with explosives to various Western countries, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan. 16.
Polish authorities have charged five men in an alleged Russia-orchestrated plot to send out parcels with explosives to various Western countries, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan. 16.
Poland charges 4 Ukrainians, 1 Russian in alleged Russia-backed sabotage plot
Polish authorities have charged five men in an alleged Russia-orchestrated plot to send out parcels with explosives to various Western countries, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan...
kyivindependent.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
⚡️Poland charges 4 Ukrainians, 1 Russian in alleged Russia-backed sabotage plot.
Polish authorities have charged five men in an alleged Russia-orchestrated plot to send out parcels with explosives to various Western countries, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan. 16.
Polish authorities have charged five men in an alleged Russia-orchestrated plot to send out parcels with explosives to various Western countries, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan. 16.
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🚨 NHS England is rolling out Palantir software for our health records - handing huge power to a US firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses.
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 AM
🚨 NHS England is rolling out Palantir software for our health records - handing huge power to a US firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses.
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Imagine giving away your Nobel peace prize medal hoping for a presidency and getting a Trump-signed gift bag instead
No words
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No words
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Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support | CNN
When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Imagine giving away your Nobel peace prize medal hoping for a presidency and getting a Trump-signed gift bag instead
No words
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No words
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