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Many of ICE’s tactics are “plainly illegal,” the former federal judge Nancy Gertner writes. The legal precedent that permits such lawlessness was the expectation of well-intentioned immigration enforcement:
Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I’m fascinated by 40+ year olds who come to concerts and just talk the whole way through.

Dude sitting behind me taking very loudly so I ask him to lower his chattiness beneath the music. He goes, “relax dude it’s a concert.” And I said, “yes. We came to listen to music and not you.”

People suck
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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A recent feud inside Singapore’s richest family exposed a surprising rift between its 84-year-old patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and his son Sherman Kwek.

Behind the scenes, tensions were simmering for years
The Succession Drama Inside Singapore’s Richest Family
The billionaire Kwek clan was held up as a three-generation success story, until a father-son conflict revealed a surprising rift
bloom.bg
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Disney agrees to $10 mln penalty and injunction for alleged violations of children's privacy laws reut.rs/4pl6Te1
Disney agrees to $10 mln penalty and injunction for alleged violations of children's privacy laws
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay a $10 million civil penalty as part of a settlement to resolve allegations it violated children's privacy laws, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Schlossberg revealed in November she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s Granddaughter, Dies At 35
Schlossberg revealed in November she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
www.forbes.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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A new book traces the history of Black nationalism in the U.S. through the remarkable, contradictory life of an overlooked activist, Dara T. Mathis writes. On Ashley D. Farmer’s biography of Audley Moore:
The Midwife of Black Nationalism
A new biography of Audley Moore shows how pivotal the overlooked activist’s work was to 20th-century Black-liberation efforts.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges reut.rs/4akrHyv
TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges
A privacy advocacy group, noyb, filed complaints to Austria's data protection authority on Wednesday against TikTok, Grindr and AppsFlyer, alleging these companies breached regional privacy laws, risking exposure of sensitive data.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Having children “tends to coincide with a lasting drop in employment and earnings for moms but not dads”—and a growing body of research has identified a significant, underdiscussed factor perpetuating this disparity, Stephanie H. Murray writes:
The Commute Penalty
“Travel time” may not be a sexy topic. But it’s a crucial factor in moms’ ability to work.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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“Trump famously boasted that the Ukraine conflict would be easy to solve,” Jonathan Lemire writes. “It didn’t look that way today.”
Trump's Next Potential Deal: Ukraine.
The president has boasted that the Ukraine war would be easy to solve. It didn’t look that way today.
bit.ly
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Nexperia China unit asserts its independence as tensions with the Netherlands run high reut.rs/42Lg66S
Nexperia China unit asserts its independence as tensions with the Netherlands run high
Nexperia’s China unit has respected Chinese laws and has the right to operate independently, it said on Saturday, a day after the Netherlands said talks had begun to try to ease tensions over export controls.
reut.rs
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The EU is fighting to salvage industries under threat from American and Chinese competitors. But the flurry of recent countermeasures may be too little, too late
EU Finally Has a Plan to Fend Off the US and China, But It’s Running Out of Time
The European Union is fighting to salvage industries under threat from American and Chinese competitors that have eroded the defense and economic systems upholding the continent for 70 years.
bloom.bg
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We really have an education crisis. 😭
Medyo nakaka-alarm yung dami ng mga flat earther at moon landing conspiracy theorists sa Facebook 😮
August 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case
The voting system manufacturer claimed the news channel made false statements about the company.
www.politico.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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@pbs.org has always had excellent documentary series... whether they include me or not. Haha! www.pbs.org/video/pionee...
Pioneers of Television | Wonder Woman as Everyone's Superhero | Season 3 | Episode 3
Lynda Carter describes the origins of Wonder Woman and her universal appeal.
www.pbs.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Your electric bill is going up because of AI. I wish personal ill on Sam Altman.
AI Is Power-Hungry
And consumers are paying the price
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Now somebody, anybody, everybody scream!

12 songs on the album and 4 exclusive “chamber versions” on the Chamber Version vinyl and CD
August 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, Self Portrait in a Straw Hat (after 1782), French painter who created over 600 portraits and 200 landscapes #womensart
August 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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You elect a sexual predator whose closest friend was a child rapist and you doubted he was in on the action? Now you’re surprised that he doesn’t want any new evidence of his involvement to get out? Really?
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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A must read.👇

“From the federal level, they don’t want to deal with us. They are continuously trying to get out of the things they agreed to in these treaties,” he said. “They pass it along to the states, but the states don’t want to deal with us either.” boltsmag.org/voting-right...
“A Law Without a Way to Enforce It” - Bolts
In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.
boltsmag.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM