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NEW: More than 80% of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during Trump’s federal law enforcement surge this year had no criminal convictions or charges, new data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
w/ Emmanuel Martinez
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Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NEW: More than 80% of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during Trump’s federal law enforcement surge this year had no criminal convictions or charges, new data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
w/ Emmanuel Martinez
wapo.st/4iC8oCR
w/ Emmanuel Martinez
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This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
Crucial memory will soon be a memory itself as Micron abandons consumers in favor of AI data centers
The RAM crisis is just getting started.
www.pcgamer.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
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BREAKING: The New York Times sued the Defense Department over its new press policy, arguing the government rules violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press and the newspaper’s due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
The New York Times sues the Pentagon over press restrictions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new requirement that journalists pledge not to solicit any unauthorized information violates the First and Fifth amendments, the newspaper alleges, calling it “an atte...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
BREAKING: The New York Times sued the Defense Department over its new press policy, arguing the government rules violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press and the newspaper’s due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
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Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024.
Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year
Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024.
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The United States Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold federal funding for food stamps for more than 20 Democratic-led states that've refused to hand over sensitive information about millions of participants of SNAP.
USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states
Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people's hunger.
www.motherjones.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The United States Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold federal funding for food stamps for more than 20 Democratic-led states that've refused to hand over sensitive information about millions of participants of SNAP.
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As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
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"Here are a bunch of unarmed people with baby formula on a ship, and then there’s this elite navy who are just armed to the fucking teeth ... there to intercept us."
I wrote in @jacobinmag.bsky.social about @freedom.press' recent panel with 3 U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.
I wrote in @jacobinmag.bsky.social about @freedom.press' recent panel with 3 U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.
US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Here are a bunch of unarmed people with baby formula on a ship, and then there’s this elite navy who are just armed to the fucking teeth ... there to intercept us."
I wrote in @jacobinmag.bsky.social about @freedom.press' recent panel with 3 U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.
I wrote in @jacobinmag.bsky.social about @freedom.press' recent panel with 3 U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.
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The Defense Ministry is pursuing a policy to strengthen its capabilities, recognizing the growing importance of the space domain for national security.
Koizumi inspects ASDF group for outer space security
ebx.sh
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Defense Ministry is pursuing a policy to strengthen its capabilities, recognizing the growing importance of the space domain for national security.
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Out of all 50 states, New York has the highest share of ICE arrests targeting immigrants with no criminal record relative to its total arrests — according to new reporting from Drop Site contributor Meghnad Bose (@meghnadbose.bsky.social) for Documented NY.
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Out of all 50 states, New York has the highest share of ICE arrests targeting immigrants with no criminal record relative to its total arrests — according to new reporting from Drop Site contributor Meghnad Bose (@meghnadbose.bsky.social) for Documented NY.
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Minnesota officials defend Somali community against Trump's attacks reut.rs/44JVkp0
Minnesota officials defend Somali community against Trump's attacks
Officials in Minneapolis on Tuesday said they were not aware of imminent federal immigration raids targeting the area’s Somali community, which has come under blistering attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump in recent days.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Minnesota officials defend Somali community against Trump's attacks reut.rs/44JVkp0
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President Trump says he doesn't want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the U.S. n.pr/3MfxACW
Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in the U.S., urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
President Trump says he doesn't want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the U.S.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
President Trump says he doesn't want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the U.S. n.pr/3MfxACW
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中国客、日本渡航自粛で宿泊予約半減 客室単価は微増も長期化懸念
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
予約全体でならすと、インパクトは約9%の減少。
国内や中国以外のインバウンド需要増が中国からの予約減少分を補っています。
#ニュース
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
予約全体でならすと、インパクトは約9%の減少。
国内や中国以外のインバウンド需要増が中国からの予約減少分を補っています。
#ニュース
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
中国客、日本渡航自粛で宿泊予約半減 客室単価は微増も長期化懸念
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
予約全体でならすと、インパクトは約9%の減少。
国内や中国以外のインバウンド需要増が中国からの予約減少分を補っています。
#ニュース
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
予約全体でならすと、インパクトは約9%の減少。
国内や中国以外のインバウンド需要増が中国からの予約減少分を補っています。
#ニュース
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Forget valuations. Look out for search-engine hits and fund managers getting fired
How to spot a bubble bursting
Forget valuations. Look out for search-engine hits and fund managers getting fired
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Forget valuations. Look out for search-engine hits and fund managers getting fired
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
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Whatever happens with trade, China’s economy will slow—but not stumble—in 2026. We explain why, in The World Ahead
The Chinese economy will slow in the year ahead
It looks like the trade war will rumble on. How will China’s economy fare? Three questions loom in 2026
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Whatever happens with trade, China’s economy will slow—but not stumble—in 2026. We explain why, in The World Ahead
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He Yanxin had learned the mysterious language from her grandmother and later helped scholars to decipher it. But by the 21st century “nushu” had changed; men had found uses for it
He Yanxin was the steward of a women-only language
The last natural inheritor of nushu died on October 23rd, aged 86
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
He Yanxin had learned the mysterious language from her grandmother and later helped scholars to decipher it. But by the 21st century “nushu” had changed; men had found uses for it
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Tokyo has long been portrayed as cinema’s capital of loneliness. 'Rental Family', a new film from director Hikari starring Brendan Fraser, reframes that solitude as connection.
‘Rental Family’ Offers a No-Judgment Look at Hired Affection in Japan
In Hikari’s new film, Brendan Fraser steps into the real-life industry of rented relatives, turning Tokyo from a city of solitude into one of connection.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tokyo has long been portrayed as cinema’s capital of loneliness. 'Rental Family', a new film from director Hikari starring Brendan Fraser, reframes that solitude as connection.
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Suddenly occurring to folks it’s conceivable Trump won’t be president forever and anti-corruption laws might ever again be enforced….
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Suddenly occurring to folks it’s conceivable Trump won’t be president forever and anti-corruption laws might ever again be enforced….
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The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise.
Same-sex marriage ban constitutional, says Tokyo High Court
The ruling departs from those of five other high courts made previously that had deemed Japan’s failure to recognize such unions as unconstitutional.
ebx.sh
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise.
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The new prime minister is pursuing policies as out of date as tired Hollywood franchise reboots
Japan’s big-spending Takaichinomics is ten years out of date
In a time of higher inflation, a falling yen and rising bond yields make a noxious blend
econ.st
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The new prime minister is pursuing policies as out of date as tired Hollywood franchise reboots
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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Deadly attacks in Western Ukraine are a stark reminder that no part of the country is safe.
States should not refuse protection or assistance to Ukrainians on the basis that some parts of Ukraine are safe.
Inside Ukraine, UNHCR remains on the ground, helping the most affected.
States should not refuse protection or assistance to Ukrainians on the basis that some parts of Ukraine are safe.
Inside Ukraine, UNHCR remains on the ground, helping the most affected.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Deadly attacks in Western Ukraine are a stark reminder that no part of the country is safe.
States should not refuse protection or assistance to Ukrainians on the basis that some parts of Ukraine are safe.
Inside Ukraine, UNHCR remains on the ground, helping the most affected.
States should not refuse protection or assistance to Ukrainians on the basis that some parts of Ukraine are safe.
Inside Ukraine, UNHCR remains on the ground, helping the most affected.
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Scientists are discovering the process that supplies the brain with a remarkably rich picture of what is happening throughout the body — a picture that is mostly hidden from our consciousness. nyti.ms/4prNoRf
Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body
Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Scientists are discovering the process that supplies the brain with a remarkably rich picture of what is happening throughout the body — a picture that is mostly hidden from our consciousness. nyti.ms/4prNoRf