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· Aug 20
FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
www.wired.com
SCOOP: FEMA is now requiring disaster survivors to sign up to receive aid using an email address - a move that is already putting some of the country’s most vulnerable people at risk of missing out on federal help, employees told me:
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
a study spanning multiple continents involving 50+ co-authors has found that the oceans added a record amount of heat in 2025—the energy equivalent of 12 atomic bombs going off in the ocean, one of the authors told me
it's the eighth year in a row that the oceans have broken heat records like this
it's the eighth year in a row that the oceans have broken heat records like this
The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
a study spanning multiple continents involving 50+ co-authors has found that the oceans added a record amount of heat in 2025—the energy equivalent of 12 atomic bombs going off in the ocean, one of the authors told me
it's the eighth year in a row that the oceans have broken heat records like this
it's the eighth year in a row that the oceans have broken heat records like this
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I reached out to the sponsors of the Take It Down Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, all of whom maintain a daily active presence on X. I noticed that most of them continue to post on X officially despite getting little to no engagement on their posts.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I reached out to the sponsors of the Take It Down Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, all of whom maintain a daily active presence on X. I noticed that most of them continue to post on X officially despite getting little to no engagement on their posts.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
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I can't stop thinking about how any group of racist, power-hungry men can just put on vests they bought online and wander around, taking people off of the streets into unmarked SUVs to who knows where. Masks, no warrants, no IDs/badges, unmarked vehicles, etc. No accountability.
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I can't stop thinking about how any group of racist, power-hungry men can just put on vests they bought online and wander around, taking people off of the streets into unmarked SUVs to who knows where. Masks, no warrants, no IDs/badges, unmarked vehicles, etc. No accountability.
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NEW: People are using AI to falsely identify the federal agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minnesota.
Online "sleuths" have already named people involved, who do not appear to be affiliated with ICE, and linked to their social media accounts.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social with more:
Online "sleuths" have already named people involved, who do not appear to be affiliated with ICE, and linked to their social media accounts.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social with more:
People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good
Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
NEW: People are using AI to falsely identify the federal agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minnesota.
Online "sleuths" have already named people involved, who do not appear to be affiliated with ICE, and linked to their social media accounts.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social with more:
Online "sleuths" have already named people involved, who do not appear to be affiliated with ICE, and linked to their social media accounts.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social with more:
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According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
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twitter was always exactly this. what we're seeing this week is a culmination of years and years of abuse run rampant on the platform, supercharged by a megalomaniac's greed and fantasy www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
twitter was always exactly this. what we're seeing this week is a culmination of years and years of abuse run rampant on the platform, supercharged by a megalomaniac's greed and fantasy www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...
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Just an incredible exchange with the President of the United States as he was asked about the shooting of a U.S. citizen.
"…we told him that this angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over."
"'Well,' Mr. Trump said. 'I — the way I look at it … '" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
"…we told him that this angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over."
"'Well,' Mr. Trump said. 'I — the way I look at it … '" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Just an incredible exchange with the President of the United States as he was asked about the shooting of a U.S. citizen.
"…we told him that this angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over."
"'Well,' Mr. Trump said. 'I — the way I look at it … '" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
"…we told him that this angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over."
"'Well,' Mr. Trump said. 'I — the way I look at it … '" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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Videos people created with Grok are more extreme than images on X:
- A review of around 800 Grok videos found around 10% appeared to involve sexual content and minors
- Some videos involved violent sexual scenes
- Celebrities and real people were put into explicit videos, including Princess Diana
- A review of around 800 Grok videos found around 10% appeared to involve sexual content and minors
- Some videos involved violent sexual scenes
- Celebrities and real people were put into explicit videos, including Princess Diana
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Videos people created with Grok are more extreme than images on X:
- A review of around 800 Grok videos found around 10% appeared to involve sexual content and minors
- Some videos involved violent sexual scenes
- Celebrities and real people were put into explicit videos, including Princess Diana
- A review of around 800 Grok videos found around 10% appeared to involve sexual content and minors
- Some videos involved violent sexual scenes
- Celebrities and real people were put into explicit videos, including Princess Diana
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About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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They killed a queer person in front of her wife.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
They killed a queer person in front of her wife.
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
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Walz: "It's beyond me that apparently from the federal government, the Homeland Security director herself, has already determined who this person who, what their motive was, and they hadn't even been taken out of the vehicle. We're not living in a normal world."
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Walz: "It's beyond me that apparently from the federal government, the Homeland Security director herself, has already determined who this person who, what their motive was, and they hadn't even been taken out of the vehicle. We're not living in a normal world."
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ICE tear gassed a lot of people as they drove down the alley. People were stuck in alley and hit hard. Some people are still getting medical treatment.
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
ICE tear gassed a lot of people as they drove down the alley. People were stuck in alley and hit hard. Some people are still getting medical treatment.
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ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
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Yeah again, not telling you how to post but the number of people I see both enthusiastically celebrating “running off” someone and decrying people still being on X is not zero. You gotta choose guys!
I find it hard to square the preciousness about "why would someone ever stay on Twitter?" when everyone on this site knows that the community here intentionally chased off lots of people.
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Yeah again, not telling you how to post but the number of people I see both enthusiastically celebrating “running off” someone and decrying people still being on X is not zero. You gotta choose guys!
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The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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“You cannot gut the agency responsible for disaster response and expect it to function at its best when the next hurricane, wildfire or flood hits,” said Rafael Lemaitre, a former FEMA official now serving on the advisory council of an advocacy group called Sabotaging Our Safety.
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FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
“You cannot gut the agency responsible for disaster response and expect it to function at its best when the next hurricane, wildfire or flood hits,” said Rafael Lemaitre, a former FEMA official now serving on the advisory council of an advocacy group called Sabotaging Our Safety.
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just a reminder when we're talking about oil that the us produces more than 13 million barrels per day. venezuela produced a little over 1 million per day in 2025
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
just a reminder when we're talking about oil that the us produces more than 13 million barrels per day. venezuela produced a little over 1 million per day in 2025
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Greenland is back in the news so I am compelled to remind folks that while yes, there are rare earth minerals there, the tech weirdos who have infiltrated the government have also been obsessed with Greenland as part of their network state plan for a long time.
drilled.media/news/network...
drilled.media/news/network...
What the Technofascists and Religious Fanatics Have in Common: End Days Theology
Silicon Valley elite want to “disrupt” democracy with feudalism. Understanding their new and evolving ideology is critical to grappling with what’s happening in the U.S. today.
drilled.media
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Greenland is back in the news so I am compelled to remind folks that while yes, there are rare earth minerals there, the tech weirdos who have infiltrated the government have also been obsessed with Greenland as part of their network state plan for a long time.
drilled.media/news/network...
drilled.media/news/network...
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~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68