Case
@kevcase.bsky.social
Tech & business writer, college writing prof, father of the year for 13 of the last 16 years, rescue dog dad, college hoops fan. Still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up.
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We turned our neighborhoods into surveillance panopticons to help Amazon get a foothold in thousands of law enforcement agencies, chiefly because it wanted to cut its annual shrinkage from package theft by a few percentage points.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Defense attorneys and former federal prosecutors say the U.S. Department of Justice’s public rhetoric about “Minnesota rioters” isn’t matching the evidence.
After assault allegations, DOJ walks back charges against ICE protesters
Defense attorneys and former federal prosecutors say the U.S. Department of Justice’s public rhetoric about “Minnesota rioters” isn’t matching the evidence.
www.startribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Defense attorneys and former federal prosecutors say the U.S. Department of Justice’s public rhetoric about “Minnesota rioters” isn’t matching the evidence.
Imagine what the QAnon/MAGA/Nazi response would be if a Dem admin unilaterally shut down a commercial airport and then, after reversing the decision, had no coherent explanation for what happened. We'd be awash in stories of chemtrails, vaccine-implanted microchips, southern invasion, etc.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Imagine what the QAnon/MAGA/Nazi response would be if a Dem admin unilaterally shut down a commercial airport and then, after reversing the decision, had no coherent explanation for what happened. We'd be awash in stories of chemtrails, vaccine-implanted microchips, southern invasion, etc.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year.
29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.
Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.
29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.
Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year.
29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.
Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.
29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.
Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.
Ah yes, the classic Super Bowl party food for regular, normal people: yogurt. GTFOOH, weirdo.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ah yes, the classic Super Bowl party food for regular, normal people: yogurt. GTFOOH, weirdo.
Worth a re-read, especially as Bezos extinguishes one of the great American newspapers.
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Worth a re-read, especially as Bezos extinguishes one of the great American newspapers.
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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the Washington Post layoffs are awful in every regard. I am under no pretense that Trump-glazing collateral damage was intended as an intelligent biz decision. However, I want to address closing its sports desk.
If you want to do journalism that gets eyeballs, sports is the LAST desk to close.
If you want to do journalism that gets eyeballs, sports is the LAST desk to close.
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
the Washington Post layoffs are awful in every regard. I am under no pretense that Trump-glazing collateral damage was intended as an intelligent biz decision. However, I want to address closing its sports desk.
If you want to do journalism that gets eyeballs, sports is the LAST desk to close.
If you want to do journalism that gets eyeballs, sports is the LAST desk to close.
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the thing is, people already pay for journalism. as @pareene.bsky.social points out, that’s no small part of what they pay their ISP for: so they can access the news. none of that money makes its way to press shops or journalists, so we end up trying to survive on the margins of people’s budgets
How do you fix journalism?
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
Fucking pay for it.
Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
the thing is, people already pay for journalism. as @pareene.bsky.social points out, that’s no small part of what they pay their ISP for: so they can access the news. none of that money makes its way to press shops or journalists, so we end up trying to survive on the margins of people’s budgets
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Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
Can confirm: true. It’s not just right-wing ideology, either. but a general surveillance of: Who can we cut?
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Can confirm: true. It’s not just right-wing ideology, either. but a general surveillance of: Who can we cut?
The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead - defector.com/the-washingt...
The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead | Defector
The Washington Post is being gutted. Jeff Bezos, one of the handful of wealthiest people on the planet, is through pretending to be a conscientious steward of the 150-year-old newspaper, and is now ra...
defector.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead - defector.com/the-washingt...
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With the closing of the Kennedy Center and the cuts at the Post, the Washington, DC metro area has lost its biggest arts institution and of its largest local journalism outlet.
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
With the closing of the Kennedy Center and the cuts at the Post, the Washington, DC metro area has lost its biggest arts institution and of its largest local journalism outlet.
Seriously, the Post without a Sports section and a gutted Metro section is ... not the Washington Post. They should be forced to rename it. "The Oligarchy Gazette" or some such.
If you're a DMV resident who still subscribes to @washingtonpost.com (print or digital), Bezos shitcanning the Sports section has to be the final straw, right? DC is a sports town.
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Seriously, the Post without a Sports section and a gutted Metro section is ... not the Washington Post. They should be forced to rename it. "The Oligarchy Gazette" or some such.
Hell yeah -- shrink the bottom line for businesses that enable this kind of violent, anti-American invasion by the federal government
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 2:21 AM
Hell yeah -- shrink the bottom line for businesses that enable this kind of violent, anti-American invasion by the federal government
Seems like as good a time as any to point out that these horrors are from the REDACTED files—as much as these guys loved emailing, the reality was probably much worse:
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why
The order, which amounted to over $6,000, included 30 tests
www.sfgate.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Seems like as good a time as any to point out that these horrors are from the REDACTED files—as much as these guys loved emailing, the reality was probably much worse:
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why
Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why
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Jeffrey Epstein funded the household costs of a now-prominent San Francisco artificial intelligence researcher, according to a newly released tranche of the disgraced financier’s files.
via @stephcondon.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
via @stephcondon.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
San Francisco AI exec had kids' Menlo Park tuition paid for by Jeffrey Epstein
"Jeffrey's last donation kept us afloat until now."
www.sfgate.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Jeffrey Epstein funded the household costs of a now-prominent San Francisco artificial intelligence researcher, according to a newly released tranche of the disgraced financier’s files.
via @stephcondon.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
via @stephcondon.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Wow. Good for her for speaking and sharing, which (as the host noted) wasn't on her to do. It's 100% on the men who did this and anyone who enabled or covered them.
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 8:35 PM
Wow. Good for her for speaking and sharing, which (as the host noted) wasn't on her to do. It's 100% on the men who did this and anyone who enabled or covered them.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
Where my 2A stans at
Pirro Threatens Jail Time for Lawful Gun Owners Who Travel to D.C. With Firearms
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Where my 2A stans at
If you need a "smart" water bottle to tell you how much water to drink you are, in fact stupid. It's water. It's the one thing you cannot survive for long without. It's not hard. Just drink it, FFS.
“To establish how much water you should be drinking each day, LARQ asks for your birthday, sex, height, weight and activity level. You can also adjust this amount yourself.”
#LuxurySurveillance
#LuxurySurveillance
I Hate How Much I Love This Hydration-Tracking Water Bottle
I take hydration seriously, but this reusable, smart water bottle helped me realize I wasn't drinking enough water.
www.cnet.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
If you need a "smart" water bottle to tell you how much water to drink you are, in fact stupid. It's water. It's the one thing you cannot survive for long without. It's not hard. Just drink it, FFS.
OK then
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
OK then
We need more teachers (and people in general) like this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
We need more teachers (and people in general) like this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...