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“When asked about reforms he has promised, like eliminating the NYPD’s gang database and outsourcing many mental health calls to a newly created agency, he deferred to Tisch.
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted today how the department's crime fighting tactics are working, saying she sees no need to change them.
Standing next to her, Mayor Mamdani — who promised various NYPD reforms during the campaign — didn't object. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/06/a...
Standing next to her, Mayor Mamdani — who promised various NYPD reforms during the campaign — didn't object. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/06/a...
As Mamdani and Tisch tout drops in NYC crime, unclear how their policy differences will play out
Tisch and Mamdani appeared together at NYPD headquarers to tout the impressive end-of-year crime stats, which included a 20% drop in homicides.
www.nydailynews.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“When asked about reforms he has promised, like eliminating the NYPD’s gang database and outsourcing many mental health calls to a newly created agency, he deferred to Tisch.
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
When I went up weight I learned to say “the bar is light” to myself when I was unracking. But today I have decided it’s much more effective to be like “of course it’s heavy! You’re powerlifting!”
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
When I went up weight I learned to say “the bar is light” to myself when I was unracking. But today I have decided it’s much more effective to be like “of course it’s heavy! You’re powerlifting!”
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Atlantic: Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon
By Katherine J. Wu @theatlantic.com
bit.ly/3YWlGAS
By Katherine J. Wu @theatlantic.com
bit.ly/3YWlGAS
Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon
A leading vaccine expert on what the country’s newly overhauled immunization schedule means for children
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Atlantic: Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon
By Katherine J. Wu @theatlantic.com
bit.ly/3YWlGAS
By Katherine J. Wu @theatlantic.com
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Stephen Miller always looks like a PS2 graphic to me
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Stephen Miller always looks like a PS2 graphic to me
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
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Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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Wegman's is now collecting biometric data from anyone entering its two NYC locations gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Wegman's is now collecting biometric data from anyone entering its two NYC locations gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
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there's still time to get the kids vaccinated
Healthy 16-year-old girl dies from flu complications: ‘It doesn’t make sense’ www.fox8live.com/2026/01/02/h...
Healthy 16-year-old girl dies from flu complications: ‘It doesn’t make sense’
A 16-year-old Ohio girl has died from the flu, marking the state’s first pediatric flu death this year, Greene County officials confirmed.
www.fox8live.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
there's still time to get the kids vaccinated
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"fallen into the hands of a woman"
Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro during a US military operation in Venezuela, the command of the South American country has fallen into the hands of a woman: Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. https://cnn.it/3YnGph0
January 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"fallen into the hands of a woman"
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Do not trust anything the US government says about authoritarianism in other countries, regardless of who our president is.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Do not trust anything the US government says about authoritarianism in other countries, regardless of who our president is.
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This is incredibly worth reading in light of what is happening now and the basis on which Trump and Rubio are pursuing charges against Maduro.
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This is incredibly worth reading in light of what is happening now and the basis on which Trump and Rubio are pursuing charges against Maduro.
Ouroboros
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Ouroboros
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
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What's the case against Maduro's WIFE?
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
What's the case against Maduro's WIFE?
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It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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there's an aspect of the rapid uptake of AI I don't see people talk about much which is something like, "fear of expression." it's not just easier in terms of time or effort to have AI do something, the end product also doesn't confront you with any kind of self-knowledge
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
there's an aspect of the rapid uptake of AI I don't see people talk about much which is something like, "fear of expression." it's not just easier in terms of time or effort to have AI do something, the end product also doesn't confront you with any kind of self-knowledge
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Local Furby says “Whoa! Big sound, wah!” Join me, Reuters, an alleged news organization, as I inexplicably treat it as a source.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Local Furby says “Whoa! Big sound, wah!” Join me, Reuters, an alleged news organization, as I inexplicably treat it as a source.
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Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
Went on a huge deep dive on Rwanda and Paul Kagame yesterday bc I was hungover. Now back to finishing the Angola season of Blowback. The year of having any clue about African history
January 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Went on a huge deep dive on Rwanda and Paul Kagame yesterday bc I was hungover. Now back to finishing the Angola season of Blowback. The year of having any clue about African history
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this post is even funnier with the fancy uk schools labeler on
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
this post is even funnier with the fancy uk schools labeler on
I am starting down the path of setting up a home media server, and lucked into a beautiful website that shows HD/SSD prices by the TB 🥲 diskprices.com
Disk Prices (US)
Comparison of all hard drives and SSDs on Amazon, sorted by price per TB
diskprices.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I am starting down the path of setting up a home media server, and lucked into a beautiful website that shows HD/SSD prices by the TB 🥲 diskprices.com
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This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is not a hard message.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.
Localize it.
Embrace it.
Win.