Infrastructure is politics
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
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cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox
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Crews marked the crosswalk, built ADA-accessible curb ramps, and added intersection daylighting to make it easier to cross the street at 6th Ave NW and NW 100th Pl so you can access shopping, Carkeek Park, and nearby homes.
Learn more about daylighting: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/08/22/i...
Learn more about daylighting: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/08/22/i...
February 4, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Crews marked the crosswalk, built ADA-accessible curb ramps, and added intersection daylighting to make it easier to cross the street at 6th Ave NW and NW 100th Pl so you can access shopping, Carkeek Park, and nearby homes.
Learn more about daylighting: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/08/22/i...
Learn more about daylighting: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/08/22/i...
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Our crew-built work is one big way that we’re delivering the Seattle Transportation Levy.
By using in-house construction crews, we complete improvements that you’ve requested with lower costs and faster timelines.
Here are 9 recently completed projects from our inspector’s camera roll:
By using in-house construction crews, we complete improvements that you’ve requested with lower costs and faster timelines.
Here are 9 recently completed projects from our inspector’s camera roll:
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Our crew-built work is one big way that we’re delivering the Seattle Transportation Levy.
By using in-house construction crews, we complete improvements that you’ve requested with lower costs and faster timelines.
Here are 9 recently completed projects from our inspector’s camera roll:
By using in-house construction crews, we complete improvements that you’ve requested with lower costs and faster timelines.
Here are 9 recently completed projects from our inspector’s camera roll:
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Once again: if these LLMs could actually do all the things their owners claim, they wouldn’t be selling access. They would be building and selling all the things they claim their software can do.
February 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Once again: if these LLMs could actually do all the things their owners claim, they wouldn’t be selling access. They would be building and selling all the things they claim their software can do.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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The masks aren't the cause of their violent behavior. The masks are the result of a system that has uplifted law enforcement despite their open radicalization to the right. Where we are politically with federal police is the result of a failure to take seriously the problem of police power.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The masks aren't the cause of their violent behavior. The masks are the result of a system that has uplifted law enforcement despite their open radicalization to the right. Where we are politically with federal police is the result of a failure to take seriously the problem of police power.
Cc @ayathetigerrr.bsky.social this is on your beat right?
Cities are the last line of defense against federal encroachment and the first line of exposure through these systems, EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @bridgemi.com. “Community members really need to be asking hard questions about where their data actually flows.” bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
Michigan license plate cameras face backlash: Big help, or Big Brother? - Bridge Michigan
Privacy advocates are raising red flags over Flock cameras used in more than 125 Michigan cities and counties. But police say they help solve crimes. ‘We do not spy on residents,' said one chief.
bridgemi.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Cc @ayathetigerrr.bsky.social this is on your beat right?
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Cities are the last line of defense against federal encroachment and the first line of exposure through these systems, EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @bridgemi.com. “Community members really need to be asking hard questions about where their data actually flows.” bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
Michigan license plate cameras face backlash: Big help, or Big Brother? - Bridge Michigan
Privacy advocates are raising red flags over Flock cameras used in more than 125 Michigan cities and counties. But police say they help solve crimes. ‘We do not spy on residents,' said one chief.
bridgemi.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Cities are the last line of defense against federal encroachment and the first line of exposure through these systems, EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @bridgemi.com. “Community members really need to be asking hard questions about where their data actually flows.” bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
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"Tax and prosecute," baby.
That's the motto of the candidate I'm voting for.
That's the motto of the candidate I'm voting for.
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
"Tax and prosecute," baby.
That's the motto of the candidate I'm voting for.
That's the motto of the candidate I'm voting for.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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One key lesson everyone can learn from the Dutch is how to allocate the finite urban space between buildings.
N.A. tends to surrender 95% to cars, but that doesn't build a healthy city. Look closely at the allocations here. This puts people first, cars last.
📸 @modacitylife.com
N.A. tends to surrender 95% to cars, but that doesn't build a healthy city. Look closely at the allocations here. This puts people first, cars last.
📸 @modacitylife.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
One key lesson everyone can learn from the Dutch is how to allocate the finite urban space between buildings.
N.A. tends to surrender 95% to cars, but that doesn't build a healthy city. Look closely at the allocations here. This puts people first, cars last.
📸 @modacitylife.com
N.A. tends to surrender 95% to cars, but that doesn't build a healthy city. Look closely at the allocations here. This puts people first, cars last.
📸 @modacitylife.com
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gizmodo
French tech giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it will immediately divest from its American subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, following mounting scrutiny over the company’s ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
French tech giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it will immediately divest from its American subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, following mounting scrutiny over the company’s ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
gizmodo
French tech giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it will immediately divest from its American subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, following mounting scrutiny over the company’s ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
French tech giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it will immediately divest from its American subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, following mounting scrutiny over the company’s ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Almost every country bans it. Last I read only the US and New Zealand allow it.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Almost every country bans it. Last I read only the US and New Zealand allow it.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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This is who runs this account.
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This is who runs this account.
We could have had a normal country nltimes.nl/2026/01/30/d...
Dutch water boards capture 84,438 muskrats in 2025 as invasive rodents threaten dikes
Muskrats, semi-aquatic rodents that dig extensive burrows in riverbanks and dikes, surged across the Netherlands in 2025. The Association of Dutch Water Authorities reports that the invasive species a...
nltimes.nl
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We could have had a normal country nltimes.nl/2026/01/30/d...
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Al Jazeera reporting that Israel has killed 31 Palestinians in Gaza *today*
Think about Alex Pretti being killed 30 more times in one day
Think about Alex Pretti being killed 30 more times in one day
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Al Jazeera reporting that Israel has killed 31 Palestinians in Gaza *today*
Think about Alex Pretti being killed 30 more times in one day
Think about Alex Pretti being killed 30 more times in one day
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Answering this earnestly.
The 2028 Dem primary *is* all about Biden and his policies *for Black men*, the recipients of most of the fascism that the US inflicts on its people.
Biden policies lead to more increase in Black deaths and more increase in Black incarceration than any recent president.
The 2028 Dem primary *is* all about Biden and his policies *for Black men*, the recipients of most of the fascism that the US inflicts on its people.
Biden policies lead to more increase in Black deaths and more increase in Black incarceration than any recent president.
The national press desperately misses having Biden around to beat up, so they are vowing to make the 2028 Dem primary all about Biden ... and having the gall to pretend that it's *voters* who want this.
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Answering this earnestly.
The 2028 Dem primary *is* all about Biden and his policies *for Black men*, the recipients of most of the fascism that the US inflicts on its people.
Biden policies lead to more increase in Black deaths and more increase in Black incarceration than any recent president.
The 2028 Dem primary *is* all about Biden and his policies *for Black men*, the recipients of most of the fascism that the US inflicts on its people.
Biden policies lead to more increase in Black deaths and more increase in Black incarceration than any recent president.
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Oh: Brad Karp? This Brad Karp? I’m getting a sudden sense of clarity about his unhesitant bend of the knee to the Trump II White House.
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Oh: Brad Karp? This Brad Karp? I’m getting a sudden sense of clarity about his unhesitant bend of the knee to the Trump II White House.
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New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The problem with "privileges" vs "rights" to do basic things like board a common-carrier commercial airplane is... privilege can be removed.
For the last 50 years, by fits and starts, we have allowed the US government to transform rights into privilege. It is time to claim our rights again
For the last 50 years, by fits and starts, we have allowed the US government to transform rights into privilege. It is time to claim our rights again
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The problem with "privileges" vs "rights" to do basic things like board a common-carrier commercial airplane is... privilege can be removed.
For the last 50 years, by fits and starts, we have allowed the US government to transform rights into privilege. It is time to claim our rights again
For the last 50 years, by fits and starts, we have allowed the US government to transform rights into privilege. It is time to claim our rights again
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime