Paul Lomax
@paullomax.co.uk
Chief Digital Officer in Media. Manc, leftie, foodie, cook, dad, feminist. Talks tech, science, politics, #mcfc, ADHD, gardening, transport, & data. Orange & natural wine fan. Lives in Hythe near Folkestone, Kent, UK. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦Opinions my own.
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just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
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As with Musk’s “awkward gesture” last year, the Germans are not having Bovino’s “it’s just an overcoat” pretext.
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
As with Musk’s “awkward gesture” last year, the Germans are not having Bovino’s “it’s just an overcoat” pretext.
And whilst there ranted about “global elites”
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
And whilst there ranted about “global elites”
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I mean, most consumer VPNs are shit, and most people don't need to use a VPN* but banning them (I assume this means consumer VPNs, not corporate ones) would be stupid and bad
*obvs some valid use cases, esp if travelling to, say, China, but I refer you the above: most consumer VPNs are shit.
*obvs some valid use cases, esp if travelling to, say, China, but I refer you the above: most consumer VPNs are shit.
UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises "evidence-led" approach to keeping children safe online
www.techradar.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I mean, most consumer VPNs are shit, and most people don't need to use a VPN* but banning them (I assume this means consumer VPNs, not corporate ones) would be stupid and bad
*obvs some valid use cases, esp if travelling to, say, China, but I refer you the above: most consumer VPNs are shit.
*obvs some valid use cases, esp if travelling to, say, China, but I refer you the above: most consumer VPNs are shit.
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President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
www.inquirer.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:26 PM
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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Yup. This was always what it was about.
Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...
The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed | CNN Business
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Yup. This was always what it was about.
When you consider what they’re doing in public on camera, I dread to think about what happens behind closed doors. Especially at overseas sites.
Journalists need to infiltrate and report.
We can’t just find out after the fact that they’ve been committing atrocities.
Journalists need to infiltrate and report.
We can’t just find out after the fact that they’ve been committing atrocities.
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 AM
When you consider what they’re doing in public on camera, I dread to think about what happens behind closed doors. Especially at overseas sites.
Journalists need to infiltrate and report.
We can’t just find out after the fact that they’ve been committing atrocities.
Journalists need to infiltrate and report.
We can’t just find out after the fact that they’ve been committing atrocities.
And maybe a musical or two
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
And maybe a musical or two
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We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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the local government theory of everything
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
the local government theory of everything
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Yup. It's over. And it's also time for the UK to choose a side.
If the USA is the enemy of Europe, UK can't sit or mediate between them.
If the USA is the enemy of Europe, UK can't sit or mediate between them.
🚨🚨"Our American Dream is dead": European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
‘Our American Dream is dead’: EU concedes Trump is not on its side
The crisis summit in Brussels goes ahead despite U.S. president’s about-face on Greenland tariff threats.
www.politico.eu
January 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Yup. It's over. And it's also time for the UK to choose a side.
If the USA is the enemy of Europe, UK can't sit or mediate between them.
If the USA is the enemy of Europe, UK can't sit or mediate between them.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
The Resistance has formed
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
The Resistance has formed
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Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
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Notice this is the argument she made for not making any effort to block Grok from creating non-consensual nudes of adults and CSAM, and the latter in particular underlines why the fact this is being generated and viewed by over 18s is still not OK.
Significant harms were raised in the Lords yesterday that do not uniquely apply to people under 16
Then you have this from Kemi 🤦♂️
There are incredibly dark and damaging dangers online and this goes much wider than young people
The idea that a hard-start at 16 will fix this is for the birds
Then you have this from Kemi 🤦♂️
There are incredibly dark and damaging dangers online and this goes much wider than young people
The idea that a hard-start at 16 will fix this is for the birds
January 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Notice this is the argument she made for not making any effort to block Grok from creating non-consensual nudes of adults and CSAM, and the latter in particular underlines why the fact this is being generated and viewed by over 18s is still not OK.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
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I'm still surprised by anyone who defends Trump's tariff policy.
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I'm still surprised by anyone who defends Trump's tariff policy.