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schooley.bsky.social
Trump walking to window for no good reason JD Vance trying to act like this is okay. Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Big Lebowski doing the same.
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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doronclark.bsky.social
ICE needs to follow all laws and are grabbing people without any regard for their citizenship or status. They are terrorizing our communities and escalating tensions in our neighborhoods.

Ice needs to get out of Minnesota.
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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maxread.info
wrote about this exact point yesterday in the context of figuring out what/where/how musk's power lies. musk making himself twitter (and vice versa) is a strength for musk but a weakness for twitter maxread.substack.com/p/why-wont-s...
Where Musk’s real power lies, and what makes him politically dangerous to confront directly, is not (as may have been the case just a few years ago) in his charisma or his money, or even his control of the flows of attention on X.com. It’s that he’s made the site--the essential global reactionary communication and organization app--co-extensive to himself. Even as his personal popularity has plummeted and his political capital has vaporized, Musk remains a key man to the global right-wing project, because X.com would collapse (or be moderated out of useful existence) without him. Republicans and right-wing parties across Europe have no choice but to defend him to the death, for fear of losing an essential source of attention and parade of marks for their grifts. Unlike the Trump administration, which could survive a post-Musk world, X.com has no choice but to keep Musk in charge. But Musk himself is not popular, has no juice, no aura, no special ability. The fact that he is lashed existentially to X.com and therefore to the right wing at large is as much a liability for the site and the reactionary project it houses as it is a asset to him. His site, and its dedicated users, are breaking laws in dozens of countries, and his only response has been to joke about it. Someone should do something about that. There’s nothing to be afraid of and there’s no reason not to.
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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atrupar.com
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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cooperlund.online
I’m seeing people get mad at this but it is a problem that any attempts to arrest an ICE officer come with a very real threat of them shooting at the police who try to do it and I think it’s good that Frey is talking about that. I don’t know how to deal with that either!
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d
"The question that you're basically asking is, can our cops arrest them? From a legal perspective, yes. From a practical perspective...they have bigger guns than we do." That's where we're at.

Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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skiles.blue
I sometimes I hear "the fascists sure do hate a lot of people but at least not gay people anymore" and I really don't think that's how fascism works
matthewdownhour.bsky.social Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 19h
One thing Ross’s angle of the shooting reveals is that he had pretty decent evidence that the person he was about to shoot is a Lesbian and I don’t think it’s unwarranted to venture that this influenced his eagerness to kill her
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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dell.bsky.social
that’s why they say “all cops” and not “some cops”
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14h
The Minneapolis Police Department has declared tonight’s protest outside a downtown hotel an unlawful assembly, calling it a public nuisance, and ordered the crowd to disperse. bit.ly/3Yu1KW3
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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ezralevin.bsky.social
On the eve of 1000+ rapid response "Ice Out for Good" protests, here's our generation's phil ochs/bob dylan/john prine/you get the idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...
Good vs. Ice
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
thulcandrian.bsky.social
This is a timeline cleanse
cambrianera.radical.town Fus Ro Gaga @cambrianera.radical.town · 1d
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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zeldman.bsky.social
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H/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social.

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January 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
thulcandrian.bsky.social
This elegy is a balm at this moment. Worth a full reading.
leahsottile.bsky.social Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 20h
"Neighbor, now that you are part of that eternal elsewhere, what do you see ahead of us? How long is it until goodness wins?"

The amazing Danez Smith's "An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good"

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
www.harpersbazaar.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
“If you’ve ever gotten a free mammogram or a free colonoscopy or a free H.I.V. screening, it’s because of the U.S.P.S.T.F.,” Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Alpha News is a far-right site run by the wife of the former head of the Minneapolis police union.

Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.

Which is just astonishing.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d
Alpha News claims that it has obtained the cellphone video recorded by the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good.

(Warning: Disturbing.)
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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zeldman.bsky.social
“Writing has value that exists within the act itself—independent of audience, likes, or discovery. Writing is worthwhile for its own sake, and that’s the cultural shift we need to champion.”
– Derek Hanson

derekhanson.blog/write-more-c...
Write more, consume less
I’ve fallen into the trap of consumption. I create less, and I’ve strayed from writing as the foundational form of communication. Writing underpins everything in society, and it should …
derekhanson.blog
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
thulcandrian.bsky.social
Contrast this with the statements of her killer’s leadership, like Noem and Vance.

Becca Good speaks truth and justice and peace into this world.
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks @josie.zone · 1d
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j
First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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drodrik.bsky.social
It's not innovation per se (on which the US is very good), but its dissemination through the economy and society that determines the success of nations. Europe take note. A good essay by Angela Zhang on the Chinese angle on this. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...
Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage
Angela Huyue Zhang explains why technological dominance hinges less on models and chips than on economy-wide dissemination.
www.project-syndicate.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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jkohlmann.bsky.social
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature | The Verge
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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rainesford.bsky.social
By Lila Dominguez, Editor in Chief of the Roosevelt Standard, news site of Roosevelt High School: "Later in the afternoon today my high school Roosevelt was paraded by ICE vehicles during dismissal. Our community and staff stepped up to protect one another."
ICE Needs To Get Out Of Minneapolis
On Wednesday January 7th at 3:20 pm I was working in the wrestling basement of Roosevelt Highschool to publish an article about the tragic event that occurred earlier today in South Minneapolis when a...
rooseveltstandard.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
thulcandrian.bsky.social
It’s still a CSAM generator, it’s just a CSAM generator with a paywall
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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heatherburnstech.bsky.social
This cannot be stressed enough, from the 404 piece yesterday: ICE is working from a legal rationale which states that if a device is collecting adtech or location data, which is then sold to ICE, b/c the owner didn't change the privacy settings, the owner relinquished their Fourth Amendment rights.
The ACLU obtained an internal ICE legal analysis on the use of smartphone location data through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. At the time it was written it was discussing data from another location broker. But it provides insight into ICE’s legal justification to not seek a warrant when using such data. 404 Media has uploaded a copy of the document here. “Under longstanding Supreme Court precedent, an individual has no reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment in information voluntarily disclosed to third parties,” the analysis says, referring to data collected by location data companies and sold to the government. The rationale is that the phone’s owner has provided this information willingly because they could, theoretically, remove apps gathering their location data or turn off location services altogether. (In multiple investigations into the location data industry, I’ve found apps did not always disclose how their location data might be used or sold, and in some cases apps still collected data even when people opted-out, meaning users could not have meaningfully consented.)
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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ianbassin.bsky.social
Their lawyers are saying it was a "law enforcement operation" to execute and arrest warrant.

But Trump admits it was an attack to "take over" a whole country.

The level of lying to Congress here puts Iraqi WMD to shame.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."
January 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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rickwebb.net
Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
kattenbarge.bsky.social Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
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 9:28 PM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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gregpak.net
Friends, you HAVE to stop posting on that evil site.
billmccarthy.bsky.social Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d
One of the top replies under an image on X of Renee Good's body slumped over in her car after an ICE agent shot her is another user asking Grok to put her body in a bikini. Grok then generated the image.
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM