Janet D. Stemwedel
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Academic philosopher, lapsed chemist, occasional science writer, perpetual ethics booster. All views my own. (she/her)
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Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
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Ash Parrish
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January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
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Cortez Masto really thinks she can split the difference by saying she wants to give more money to the 'good cops.' Fuck that, spend it on housing or healthcare.
Also please be aware that Cortez Masto wants to ruin this plan by redirecting ICE funding to local law enforcement. Tell your reps NO. Local law enforcement is COLLABORATING WITH ICE. They must get NOTHING. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/after...
After House progressives vow to oppose funding ICE, Cortez Masto, Rosen make moderate proposal • Nevada Current
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen want to redirect a portion of funding allocated for immigration enforcement as part of the GOP-backed multitrillion-dollar domestic ...
nevadacurrent.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Cortez Masto really thinks she can split the difference by saying she wants to give more money to the 'good cops.' Fuck that, spend it on housing or healthcare.
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Here's our briefing for this week. We're going deeper with a different team each week, and this week obviously had to be focused on Immigration. (We added 25+ events to our timeline this round, and that's a tiny fraction of everything we saw.)
This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, January 16 — Unbreaking
This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams.
unbreaking.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Here's our briefing for this week. We're going deeper with a different team each week, and this week obviously had to be focused on Immigration. (We added 25+ events to our timeline this round, and that's a tiny fraction of everything we saw.)
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“the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles.”
What they are doing with taxpayers dollars ↘️
What they are doing with taxpayers dollars ↘️
Trump administration's posts echo rhetoric linked to extremist groups
Just weeks into the new year, the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles. Liz Landers r...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles.”
What they are doing with taxpayers dollars ↘️
What they are doing with taxpayers dollars ↘️
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This week's rundown of science and higher ed news includes:
* An update on the appropriations process.
* Another leadership change within NIH.
* SAMSHA is cancelled and then not.
* A Nobel Prize is an non-transferable ticket.
* $8 billion for Quails?
fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/january-16...
* An update on the appropriations process.
* Another leadership change within NIH.
* SAMSHA is cancelled and then not.
* A Nobel Prize is an non-transferable ticket.
* $8 billion for Quails?
fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/january-16...
January 16th, 2026
Quail quals
fusiforms.beehiiv.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This week's rundown of science and higher ed news includes:
* An update on the appropriations process.
* Another leadership change within NIH.
* SAMSHA is cancelled and then not.
* A Nobel Prize is an non-transferable ticket.
* $8 billion for Quails?
fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/january-16...
* An update on the appropriations process.
* Another leadership change within NIH.
* SAMSHA is cancelled and then not.
* A Nobel Prize is an non-transferable ticket.
* $8 billion for Quails?
fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/january-16...
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Never a dill moment
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Never a dill moment
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If @cortezmasto.senate.gov is your Senator, please call her and tell her NO to her plan to give ICE money to local law enforcement. Tell her local law enforcement is already collaborating with ICE and giving them money won't stop the atrocities. She needs to hear that from Nevadans. (202) 224-3542.
January 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
If @cortezmasto.senate.gov is your Senator, please call her and tell her NO to her plan to give ICE money to local law enforcement. Tell her local law enforcement is already collaborating with ICE and giving them money won't stop the atrocities. She needs to hear that from Nevadans. (202) 224-3542.
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Also please be aware that Cortez Masto wants to ruin this plan by redirecting ICE funding to local law enforcement. Tell your reps NO. Local law enforcement is COLLABORATING WITH ICE. They must get NOTHING. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/after...
After House progressives vow to oppose funding ICE, Cortez Masto, Rosen make moderate proposal • Nevada Current
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen want to redirect a portion of funding allocated for immigration enforcement as part of the GOP-backed multitrillion-dollar domestic ...
nevadacurrent.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Also please be aware that Cortez Masto wants to ruin this plan by redirecting ICE funding to local law enforcement. Tell your reps NO. Local law enforcement is COLLABORATING WITH ICE. They must get NOTHING. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/after...
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Support Impacted Union Families! | Working Partnerships
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January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
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What ICE and Homeland Security are doing to Native people isn’t so much revenge for all of our tribes banning her from stepping foot on our reservations in South Dakota as it is a continuation of her long standing reign of terror against Native people.
January 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
What ICE and Homeland Security are doing to Native people isn’t so much revenge for all of our tribes banning her from stepping foot on our reservations in South Dakota as it is a continuation of her long standing reign of terror against Native people.
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“If a law enforcement officer approaches someone on the street and has no reason to believe that person has committed a crime, he or she has no obligation to show any identification.”
“If a law enforcement officer approaches someone on the street and has no reason to believe that person has committed a crime, he or she has no obligation to show any identification.”
You're asked to prove you're a citizen. Is that legal?
Hear from Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, on when you need to identify yourself.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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“If a law enforcement officer approaches someone on the street and has no reason to believe that person has committed a crime, he or she has no obligation to show any identification.”
“If a law enforcement officer approaches someone on the street and has no reason to believe that person has committed a crime, he or she has no obligation to show any identification.”
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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IMLS which gives grants to libraries and museums in every state is back!
January 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
IMLS which gives grants to libraries and museums in every state is back!
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With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
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PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
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I have also voted Democratic in every election since I turned 18 and I will always vote Democratic but I do not want Newsom to be the nominee and I will continue to speak out against him. And luckily we have plenty of time to find someone else.
PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I have also voted Democratic in every election since I turned 18 and I will always vote Democratic but I do not want Newsom to be the nominee and I will continue to speak out against him. And luckily we have plenty of time to find someone else.
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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If you keep bending the knee to a fascist, they will keep bullying you. They see weakness as opportunity, complicity as agreement.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
If you keep bending the knee to a fascist, they will keep bullying you. They see weakness as opportunity, complicity as agreement.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
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This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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Cannot stress enough that you can just do stuff. You don't need permission. You can just do stuff because it needs to be done by someone.
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Cannot stress enough that you can just do stuff. You don't need permission. You can just do stuff because it needs to be done by someone.
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Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
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Called and left messages for both of my Dem Senators opposing any funding for ICE.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Called and left messages for both of my Dem Senators opposing any funding for ICE.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
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This is more felony murder appropriate than most so-called felony murders.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is more felony murder appropriate than most so-called felony murders.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s