Devin Shepherd
@devinshepherd.bsky.social
Increasingly convinced that the purpose of a system might in fact be what it does.
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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i don't know if this is directly related to doge firing all the website people who told them to stop doing recklessly stupid and illegal data harvesting schemes with government systems... but i don't NOT know if it's directly related to this either
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
i don't know if this is directly related to doge firing all the website people who told them to stop doing recklessly stupid and illegal data harvesting schemes with government systems... but i don't NOT know if it's directly related to this either
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That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
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It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
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Fine-particulate and ozone air pollution from fossil fuels causes 4-6 million avoidable deaths per year: 7-10% of all deaths worldwide. At an ~$11 million statistical value of life, this is a 44-66 trillion $/yr (38-56% of ~117 T$/yr global GDP) cost that appears nowhere in fossil fuel economics.
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Fine-particulate and ozone air pollution from fossil fuels causes 4-6 million avoidable deaths per year: 7-10% of all deaths worldwide. At an ~$11 million statistical value of life, this is a 44-66 trillion $/yr (38-56% of ~117 T$/yr global GDP) cost that appears nowhere in fossil fuel economics.
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The Times and CBS News squaring off to blame each other for being incompetent, bought-off, elitist, irrelevant tools of wealth and power will surely convince people that American media outlets are not incompetent, bought-off, elitist, irrelevant tools of wealth and power
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The Times and CBS News squaring off to blame each other for being incompetent, bought-off, elitist, irrelevant tools of wealth and power will surely convince people that American media outlets are not incompetent, bought-off, elitist, irrelevant tools of wealth and power
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wow someone should do something about that
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
wow someone should do something about that
It's really as simple as the guys with the potential to do (and who are doing) the most harm need to have proportionate consequences for misusing their power.
(Of course the powerful people don't want to divest themselves of authority, which is how we got here.)
(Of course the powerful people don't want to divest themselves of authority, which is how we got here.)
This is possibly the most important thing I’ve read in a year. Be prepared to give it some mental bandwidth.
“If our authorities exist for the protection of the people, then the laws should exist for the protection of the people, not the protection of authorities.
“If our authorities exist for the protection of the people, then the laws should exist for the protection of the people, not the protection of authorities.
Let me give you a thought experiment:
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It's really as simple as the guys with the potential to do (and who are doing) the most harm need to have proportionate consequences for misusing their power.
(Of course the powerful people don't want to divest themselves of authority, which is how we got here.)
(Of course the powerful people don't want to divest themselves of authority, which is how we got here.)
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People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some sc...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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This is something acutely aware of as a think tank guy. We aren't generally cooking up new stuff in the lab (except rube-goldberg devices to get around our 1000 veto points). We already know what we need to do and have the resources to do. These really aren't policy problems
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
This is something acutely aware of as a think tank guy. We aren't generally cooking up new stuff in the lab (except rube-goldberg devices to get around our 1000 veto points). We already know what we need to do and have the resources to do. These really aren't policy problems
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
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The leading cause of death for ICE agents is COVID-19?
That’s not good for people getting arrested by ICE!
That’s not good for people getting arrested by ICE!
ice is big on spreading Covid — this is one more reason to mask up in a respirator. You can get Covid outside if it’s crowded.
The leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The leading cause of death for ICE agents is COVID-19?
That’s not good for people getting arrested by ICE!
That’s not good for people getting arrested by ICE!
It's almost like AI is the cart before the horse that is needed to rationalize the continued propping up of fossil fuel infrastructure. I wonder why all the most powerful people in this country would want that? 🤔
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It's almost like AI is the cart before the horse that is needed to rationalize the continued propping up of fossil fuel infrastructure. I wonder why all the most powerful people in this country would want that? 🤔
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REMINDER: The Trump administration was required by law to release all the Epstein files by Dec 19 and still has not released 99% of the files
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
REMINDER: The Trump administration was required by law to release all the Epstein files by Dec 19 and still has not released 99% of the files
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Deborah Lipstadt is an esteemed Holocaust historian and served as the Biden administration’s envoy on antisemitism. Here, she is blaming the arson attack on a synagogue in Mississippi on pro-Palestine protesters, without evidence. The attacker turned out to be a white conservative Christian.
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Deborah Lipstadt is an esteemed Holocaust historian and served as the Biden administration’s envoy on antisemitism. Here, she is blaming the arson attack on a synagogue in Mississippi on pro-Palestine protesters, without evidence. The attacker turned out to be a white conservative Christian.
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Our researcher @godin.bsky.social has collated our analysis so far on the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into one shareable article. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing Footage of Minneapolis ICE Shooting - bellingcat
Synced up footage of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis helps a fuller picture of events to emerge.
www.bellingcat.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our researcher @godin.bsky.social has collated our analysis so far on the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into one shareable article. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
What's it going to take for this to happen never again (since it has happened before) instead of accelerating? I know it's not dialing back the rhetoric!
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
What's it going to take for this to happen never again (since it has happened before) instead of accelerating? I know it's not dialing back the rhetoric!
Couple thoughts on the discourse du jour:
1) You don't start negotiations from a point that is close to where you think you will end up unless you want to cede more than you're letting on.
2) You don't advocate for taking a step back when you have momentum unless you want to waste the momentum.
1) You don't start negotiations from a point that is close to where you think you will end up unless you want to cede more than you're letting on.
2) You don't advocate for taking a step back when you have momentum unless you want to waste the momentum.
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Couple thoughts on the discourse du jour:
1) You don't start negotiations from a point that is close to where you think you will end up unless you want to cede more than you're letting on.
2) You don't advocate for taking a step back when you have momentum unless you want to waste the momentum.
1) You don't start negotiations from a point that is close to where you think you will end up unless you want to cede more than you're letting on.
2) You don't advocate for taking a step back when you have momentum unless you want to waste the momentum.
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America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.
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These are the sorts of things local authorities could be enforcing to get ICE out but aren’t, these are unequivocal public safety violations & with the mass of surveillance LP readers we already know where they are!
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
These are the sorts of things local authorities could be enforcing to get ICE out but aren’t, these are unequivocal public safety violations & with the mass of surveillance LP readers we already know where they are!
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
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The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
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it's very funny that "why do you even care what happens in Gaza? and what about Iran?" has evolved into "why do you even care about who's shooting people in the street you live on? and what about Iran?
it is very funny how people like this inherently don’t understand any protest that ever happens in the united states. what exactly should americans be protesting here
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
it's very funny that "why do you even care what happens in Gaza? and what about Iran?" has evolved into "why do you even care about who's shooting people in the street you live on? and what about Iran?
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment