lacuna matata
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Release 1.1.0-alpha2 · Open-Security-Mapping-Project/ice_detention_scraper
The 1.1.0-alpha2 release brings a lot of improvements to the ice_detention_scraper for monitoring ICE detention facilities data, more detailed than any other program available.
Updates include: wri...
github.com
New release for ICE Detention Facilities scraper v 1.1.0-alpha2, a python script greatly enhanced. Prisoner data on each facility, carefully matched addresses, xlsx export, and much more! Here
github.com/Open-Securit...
github.com/Open-Securit...
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Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
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I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
they just dump huge amounts of toxic waste down in the aquifers
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
they just dump huge amounts of toxic waste down in the aquifers
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Major police action involving St Paul Police Department & feds around Eastside Rose Ave / Payne / Phalen / Maryland reported in last 2 hours with a lot of gas canisters unleashed on community. Reports latest that police withdrew.
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Major police action involving St Paul Police Department & feds around Eastside Rose Ave / Payne / Phalen / Maryland reported in last 2 hours with a lot of gas canisters unleashed on community. Reports latest that police withdrew.
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
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A rainy vigil is winding down at the site of a Nov. 18 morning ICE raid on the Bro-Tex Inc. facility in St. Paul. 14 people were taken and a number of protesters were maced by federal police. Tonight's event was called by @miracmn.bsky.social .
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A rainy vigil is winding down at the site of a Nov. 18 morning ICE raid on the Bro-Tex Inc. facility in St. Paul. 14 people were taken and a number of protesters were maced by federal police. Tonight's event was called by @miracmn.bsky.social .
earlier report about all these messy people . i think not a lot happened in this space, besides the collapsed james / comey cases and some more mysterious firings, since late oct (and the related EDVA situation)
Last month I wrote about how charging Jim Comey only made it more likely that Trump could charge Kash or Pam Bondi, meaning they were both slaves to his and Stephen Miller's whims. I mentioned Andrew Bailey, waiting in the wings.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
earlier report about all these messy people . i think not a lot happened in this space, besides the collapsed james / comey cases and some more mysterious firings, since late oct (and the related EDVA situation)
stuff about LLMs limitations in AI design . language theory and limitations www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
stuff about LLMs limitations in AI design . language theory and limitations www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
court business
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
court business
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Three GOP appeals judges swooped in last week to lift a lower court order which told the Trump admin to stop brutalizing protesters, priests, & press in Chicago
I played the connect-the-dots game to see how they justified their decision--it's a hot mess, tbqh!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
I played the connect-the-dots game to see how they justified their decision--it's a hot mess, tbqh!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Three GOP appeals judges swooped in last week to lift a lower court order which told the Trump admin to stop brutalizing protesters, priests, & press in Chicago
I played the connect-the-dots game to see how they justified their decision--it's a hot mess, tbqh!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
I played the connect-the-dots game to see how they justified their decision--it's a hot mess, tbqh!
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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Alito and others think the offense is in pointing out the government is lying, rather than the government lying bsky.app/profile/mjsd...
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Alito and others think the offense is in pointing out the government is lying, rather than the government lying bsky.app/profile/mjsd...
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
man this is really disgusting behavior by the police
St. Paul police and Feds teamed up to pepper spray woman on a cane at today's ICE raid. Your tax dollars hard at work, Minnesota.
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
man this is really disgusting behavior by the police
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He showed up to the St Paul ICE raid with this.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
He showed up to the St Paul ICE raid with this.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
earlier
Crowd has not dispersed. Please come rose Ave St. Paul
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
earlier
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Never stop eastside
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Never stop eastside
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Spraying from the van
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Spraying from the van
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Canisters deployed
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Canisters deployed
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Neighbors gather used canisters
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Neighbors gather used canisters
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
neighbors gassed in Maryland Ave area st Paul
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
neighbors gassed in Maryland Ave area st Paul