Heather McBride
@hamptonsend.bsky.social
Saturday protests on the green
Maker of things, herder of cats, beautiful Falmouth Harbor
Maker of things, herder of cats, beautiful Falmouth Harbor
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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8. I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Epstein files shows the extent to which old political alliances are compromised. It’s depraved. It is also unfortunately capitalism. Tech elite has the money to shape public opinion and intervene in state law because of that cabal of exploitation.
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
8. I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Epstein files shows the extent to which old political alliances are compromised. It’s depraved. It is also unfortunately capitalism. Tech elite has the money to shape public opinion and intervene in state law because of that cabal of exploitation.
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Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
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Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
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Roses are red
Anyone for tennis?
Anyone for tennis?
Cannibalistic jellyfish with a vanishing anus are invading Venice | LBC
Venice is being invaded by cannibalistic jellyfish from the Atlantic that are threatening the delicate balance of the lagoon's ecosystem.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Roses are red
Anyone for tennis?
Anyone for tennis?
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So the question here is mis-specified. There is no "alternative" research funding in any way that would make American biomedical research whole for researchers to seek out. 1/ www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/p... via @statnews.com
We asked whether principal investigators have plans in place for how research can continue without them
Researchers must be mindful of unexpected events that may leave them incapacitated or unable to lead their research projects or labs.
www.statnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
So the question here is mis-specified. There is no "alternative" research funding in any way that would make American biomedical research whole for researchers to seek out. 1/ www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/p... via @statnews.com
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As Google Books starts to sink, it's worth remembering how Google organised a separate class of employees to do the actual labour of the book scanning, and kept them in a separate building on the Google campus with none of the privileges of regular Google staff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
Workers Leaving the Googleplex
YouTube video by Andrew Norman Wilson
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
As Google Books starts to sink, it's worth remembering how Google organised a separate class of employees to do the actual labour of the book scanning, and kept them in a separate building on the Google campus with none of the privileges of regular Google staff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
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A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
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A group of Cambridge University students on a training dig have helped discover a burial pit containing the remains of at least 10 people, possibly Vikings or Saxons.
Cambridge students unearth possible execution pit
A group of Cambridge University students on a training dig have helped discover a burial pit containing the remains of at least 10 people, possibly Vikings or Saxons.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 AM
A group of Cambridge University students on a training dig have helped discover a burial pit containing the remains of at least 10 people, possibly Vikings or Saxons.
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this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration
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Even better - here's an Armadillo projection centered on Amarillo: An Armadillo-Amarillo projection!
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Even better - here's an Armadillo projection centered on Amarillo: An Armadillo-Amarillo projection!
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No we don't. I am a Democrat. I am a registered member of the Democratic Party in a 9:1 Democratic city in a 2:1 Democratic state. I want ICE abolished and all of its employees charged with the heinous crimes they have committed.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
No we don't. I am a Democrat. I am a registered member of the Democratic Party in a 9:1 Democratic city in a 2:1 Democratic state. I want ICE abolished and all of its employees charged with the heinous crimes they have committed.
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Too many of our Haitian neighbors are stuck in legal limbo. As the fight over Temporary Protected Status continues, we encourage anyone with TPS to use the city’s free immigration legal support and explore every legal pathway available. Call 800-354-0365 to learn more.
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Too many of our Haitian neighbors are stuck in legal limbo. As the fight over Temporary Protected Status continues, we encourage anyone with TPS to use the city’s free immigration legal support and explore every legal pathway available. Call 800-354-0365 to learn more.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Fuck Bill Gates (the pedophile) forever. Yeet him into the sun
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Fuck Bill Gates (the pedophile) forever. Yeet him into the sun
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Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.
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Every government should be raiding this company and arresting its employees.
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Every government should be raiding this company and arresting its employees.
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I’m feeling exasperated by the currently ongoing effort by radicals and activists - the vast majority who do not live anywhere close to here and care little about the place - to hijack our crisis and turn it into some kind of opportunity for themselves. Stop doing this.
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I’m feeling exasperated by the currently ongoing effort by radicals and activists - the vast majority who do not live anywhere close to here and care little about the place - to hijack our crisis and turn it into some kind of opportunity for themselves. Stop doing this.
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The main thing impeding this is a level of denial mixed with a paralyzing fear from state and local officials who still think that they can sit across a table from Stephen Miller and find a compromise. It’s not going to happen, or at the very least not without credible leverage, without force 4/5
States of Denial | Felipe De La Hoz
When it comes to the Trump administration’s occupation of Minneapolis, we can no longer afford to be in denial.
thebaffler.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
The main thing impeding this is a level of denial mixed with a paralyzing fear from state and local officials who still think that they can sit across a table from Stephen Miller and find a compromise. It’s not going to happen, or at the very least not without credible leverage, without force 4/5
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
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“All of a sudden,” Clayton Kelly said, a federal agent “started running toward me, pointing and yelling, ‘That’s him. Get him.’”
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing.
A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Alex Pretti’s death.
interc.pt
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“All of a sudden,” Clayton Kelly said, a federal agent “started running toward me, pointing and yelling, ‘That’s him. Get him.’”
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Check out the ice carousel!
Kentucky men create carousel on frozen pond using chainsaws, motor
Check out the ice carousel!
www.wmur.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Check out the ice carousel!
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Cannot believe that conservatives have expanded state Supreme Courts three times and we have decided it's uncouth to even discuss expanding the Roberts Court
Republicans love adding seats to state Supreme Courts! They've done it three times in recent years. This latest court-packing plan will shift Utah's high court far to the right and possibly flip rulings on abortion and gerrymandering.
Democrats should take note that Rs have deemed this acceptable!
Democrats should take note that Rs have deemed this acceptable!
This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Cannot believe that conservatives have expanded state Supreme Courts three times and we have decided it's uncouth to even discuss expanding the Roberts Court