Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
civis Americanus sum
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
Pseudonymous Minor Figure
Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI;
Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State;
Imagination is wetware-computed latent space;
All the Algorithm and all it wants;
Monetize the Eschaton
Pinned
Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
· Jan 16
"So now they were headed into androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad shit, like she sort of already knew, figured everybody did, except for people who still said it wasn’t happening, and those people were mostly expecting the Second Coming anyway."
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
Reposted by Colin Laney
NFL: moment of silence for Charlie Kirk
Two murders in Minneapolis: 🦗
Two murders in Minneapolis: 🦗
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
NFL: moment of silence for Charlie Kirk
Two murders in Minneapolis: 🦗
Two murders in Minneapolis: 🦗
Reposted by Colin Laney
"I know my masked thugs murdered two civilians in broad daylight but once they had to take their fajitas to go so who's the villain really"
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"I know my masked thugs murdered two civilians in broad daylight but once they had to take their fajitas to go so who's the villain really"
Reposted by Colin Laney
“.. Hundreds of Minnesotans protested in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday a day after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in the city.”
@startribune.com
@startribune.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
“.. Hundreds of Minnesotans protested in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday a day after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in the city.”
@startribune.com
@startribune.com
Reposted by Colin Laney
New paper- LLMs allow verbatim extraction of copyrighted works. "For Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we were able to extract four whole books near-verbatim, including two books under
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
arxiv.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
New paper- LLMs allow verbatim extraction of copyrighted works. "For Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we were able to extract four whole books near-verbatim, including two books under
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
Reposted by Colin Laney
Inside politics baseball.
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Inside politics baseball.
Reposted by Colin Laney
Meanwhile — in other news - We are now 37 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Meanwhile — in other news - We are now 37 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
Reposted by Colin Laney
Walz from the top rope!
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Walz from the top rope!
Reposted by Colin Laney
What about this administration successfully preventing the November election?
The administration is boxed into a corner right now and its entirely the result of the incredible discipline of the people in the streets. The Insurrection Act angle was always predicated on ICE brawling with the black bloc in street. Without that, it's worthless.
Curious if anyone has a plausible theory of victory for the administration if it were to invoke the Insurrection Act.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
What about this administration successfully preventing the November election?
Reposted by Colin Laney
UPDATE: The judges in MN are working Sunday. Judge Menendez — who issued last week's injunction against ICE's retaliatory use of pepper spray – just ordered the release of a Kenyan woman arrested while picking up seizure medication at CVS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM
UPDATE: The judges in MN are working Sunday. Judge Menendez — who issued last week's injunction against ICE's retaliatory use of pepper spray – just ordered the release of a Kenyan woman arrested while picking up seizure medication at CVS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Colin Laney
Reposted by Colin Laney
HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
Reposted by Colin Laney
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Reposted by Colin Laney
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
Reposted by Colin Laney
It should freak the American people out that Trump, Noem and Bovino lie so enthusiastically. He wasn't "brandishing a weapon". He wasn't attending a "riot" or "interfering in a crime scene". He was an ICU nurse exercising his constitutional rights.
We saw what we saw.
We saw what we saw.
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It should freak the American people out that Trump, Noem and Bovino lie so enthusiastically. He wasn't "brandishing a weapon". He wasn't attending a "riot" or "interfering in a crime scene". He was an ICU nurse exercising his constitutional rights.
We saw what we saw.
We saw what we saw.
Reposted by Colin Laney
Reposted by Colin Laney
The White House called Alex Pretti an “assassin.”
They called Renee Good a “domestic terrorist.”
And their investigations are shutting out local officials.
They tell Americans not to believe ‘their lying eyes.’
But no one can believe a word they say.
They called Renee Good a “domestic terrorist.”
And their investigations are shutting out local officials.
They tell Americans not to believe ‘their lying eyes.’
But no one can believe a word they say.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The White House called Alex Pretti an “assassin.”
They called Renee Good a “domestic terrorist.”
And their investigations are shutting out local officials.
They tell Americans not to believe ‘their lying eyes.’
But no one can believe a word they say.
They called Renee Good a “domestic terrorist.”
And their investigations are shutting out local officials.
They tell Americans not to believe ‘their lying eyes.’
But no one can believe a word they say.
Reposted by Colin Laney
I’m not voting for one more dime for ICE or CBP.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I’m not voting for one more dime for ICE or CBP.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
Reposted by Colin Laney
Food contaminated with worms and mold. Limited access to clean drinking water. Inadequate medical care. These are a few of the allegations made by migrant families in recent court documents about their children’s conditions while in ICE custody. https://to.pbs.org/4sY4hFY
Migrant families allege children held by ICE face unsafe and unsanitary conditions
Food contaminated with worms and mold. Limited access to clean drinking water. Inadequate medical care. These are a few of the allegations made by migrant families in recent court documents about thei...
www.pbs.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Food contaminated with worms and mold. Limited access to clean drinking water. Inadequate medical care. These are a few of the allegations made by migrant families in recent court documents about their children’s conditions while in ICE custody. https://to.pbs.org/4sY4hFY
Reposted by Colin Laney
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
Reposted by Colin Laney
NYT EDITORIAL BOARD:
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
NYT EDITORIAL BOARD:
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Reposted by Colin Laney
The Wall Street Journal questions the Trump administration version of events.
Pretty soon, no one will believe them.
Pretty soon, no one will believe them.
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.
www.wsj.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The Wall Street Journal questions the Trump administration version of events.
Pretty soon, no one will believe them.
Pretty soon, no one will believe them.
Reposted by Colin Laney
When a federal officer kills a U.S. citizen amid a pattern of unlawful enforcement practices, there must be accountability and change. I will not vote for additional funding for DHS or ICE this week.
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
When a federal officer kills a U.S. citizen amid a pattern of unlawful enforcement practices, there must be accountability and change. I will not vote for additional funding for DHS or ICE this week.
Reposted by Colin Laney
Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
Reposted by Colin Laney
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
Reposted by Colin Laney
This is the way.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This is the way.