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“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
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The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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In a statement, the American College of Nurse-Midwives called her death a “profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people.”
“That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
“That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during childbirth.
thegrio.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
In a statement, the American College of Nurse-Midwives called her death a “profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people.”
“That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
“That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
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Reminder that you can watch news stations from around the world cover this live on YouTube. I'm currently watching bbc. www.youtube.com/live/36gnPVq...
LIVE: Donald Trump says US has 'captured' Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Reminder that you can watch news stations from around the world cover this live on YouTube. I'm currently watching bbc. www.youtube.com/live/36gnPVq...
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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The US invades a sovereign nation to force a regime change and a major news network reports it like this and it’s only January 3rd
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The US invades a sovereign nation to force a regime change and a major news network reports it like this and it’s only January 3rd
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
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Here’s the 60 Minutes video that Bari Weiss & the Trump Admin don’t want you to see:
www.icloud.com/photos/#/icl...
www.icloud.com/photos/#/icl...
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here’s the 60 Minutes video that Bari Weiss & the Trump Admin don’t want you to see:
www.icloud.com/photos/#/icl...
www.icloud.com/photos/#/icl...
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These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
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What country is going to step up and force a regime change in the United States? Anyone??
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What country is going to step up and force a regime change in the United States? Anyone??
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Never stop talking about how the supposed president is a child RAPIST!!
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Never stop talking about how the supposed president is a child RAPIST!!
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.
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Better yet go watch it on PBS website directly. www.pbs.org/video/surviv...
FRONTLINE | Surviving CECOT | Season 2025 | Episode 16
The story of three Venezuelan men branded as gang members and deported to CECOT.
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Better yet go watch it on PBS website directly. www.pbs.org/video/surviv...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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2025: LIBRARIANS ARE GROOMERS TRYING TO CONVERT KIDS TO THEIR QUEER MARXIST RELIGION THAT WILL ONLY CAUSE KIDS HARM ALL VIA COMIC BOOKS WE MUST ARREST THEM
Also 2025: ChatGPT is the future and if a few kids have to die by suicide to ensure that future, that is a price we must pay
Also 2025: ChatGPT is the future and if a few kids have to die by suicide to ensure that future, that is a price we must pay
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
2025: LIBRARIANS ARE GROOMERS TRYING TO CONVERT KIDS TO THEIR QUEER MARXIST RELIGION THAT WILL ONLY CAUSE KIDS HARM ALL VIA COMIC BOOKS WE MUST ARREST THEM
Also 2025: ChatGPT is the future and if a few kids have to die by suicide to ensure that future, that is a price we must pay
Also 2025: ChatGPT is the future and if a few kids have to die by suicide to ensure that future, that is a price we must pay
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it’s happening in public libraries too: people are walking up to reference desks with lists of fake articles and books. 📚
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
it’s happening in public libraries too: people are walking up to reference desks with lists of fake articles and books. 📚
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Speaking as an archivist, the photos from the 1890s on my collection are perfectly fine. But I'm dreading the DVDs and magnetic tape media, most of which are hitting their shelf life, and I have no time, money or storage to digitize/redigitize it (which then introduces the bit rot problem).
This is a huge problem for libraries. We have the problem of “bit rot,” both as the decay of the physical carriers of digital media and as the obsolescence of software & hardware to render that media for use.
And then we have DRM and the problem of ownership.
Going digital is very expensive. 📚
And then we have DRM and the problem of ownership.
Going digital is very expensive. 📚
Physical media is actually more longlasting for posterity than digital media in so many ways. You have books written a thousand years ago carefully preserved in Timbuktu. An article published online may vanish so no one has any record of your work anymore.
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Speaking as an archivist, the photos from the 1890s on my collection are perfectly fine. But I'm dreading the DVDs and magnetic tape media, most of which are hitting their shelf life, and I have no time, money or storage to digitize/redigitize it (which then introduces the bit rot problem).
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Based on how quiet it is at work on Fridays, I'm pretty sure we could just move to a formal 4-day workweek already.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Based on how quiet it is at work on Fridays, I'm pretty sure we could just move to a formal 4-day workweek already.