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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 15h

“I’m just emailing you to follow up by sending you the same email I sent you a minute ago.” Gee thanks.

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 18h

The case may be the first documented incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.

Milwaukie Man Says He Was Abducted by ICE and Held for Hours Despite Proving Citizenship

Anthony Effinger

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Meghan Hoyer @meghanhoyer.bsky.social · 19h

When we hatched a crazy plan asking our TikTok audience to send us their app data, we weren't sure anyone would respond. But 1,100 people, who watched 15 million unique videos, did. Now we've published our first (but not last!) analysis of how TikTok's algorithm pulls people in and keeps them there:

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

I for one welcome our new broadcast overlords.

West Ovarian @westovarian.bsky.social · 1d

I had to look that up. Thanks for that!

NYT Issues Correction After Bari Weiss Uses ‘Antifa’ Account Run By Alt-Right Trolls to Prove Left is Intolerant

New York Times writer Bari Weiss has been duped (again).

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

Today in print.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 2d

Our wrap on the astonishing weekend developments on the ground in Portland and Chicago and in the courts. Free link with marketing caveats. wapo.st/46JxGJu

Trump presses ahead with plans to send troops to Portland despite court setback

California and Oregon pledged to fight the Trump administration’s plans to send National Guard troops to Portland, where protests continue.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 2d

He's been peddling this bushwah for years: www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/u...

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

I’m still mad about Stoned Wheat Thins getting canceled as well, for the record.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 3d

Wow. I‘m not sure which part of this is weirder: that they think Starmer’s rep might be worse than theirs, or that they might be right.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

I thought there was an age line, and the youngs caught the wrong version from one another?

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

Judge IMMERGUT, a Trump appointee to the bench, ruled that Trump's call-up was based on false claims about unrest in Portland and that Trump's own statements were "simply untethered to the facts." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 3d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

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ICE agents, protesters clash in Chicago; state warns against Guard deployment

A woman was shot and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warned that 300 National Guard troops are being activated against his wishes.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 3d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

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Signal @signal.org · 4d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 4d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

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Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

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Andrea @valkyrie.hacker.gf · 5d

It gradually begins to dawn that replacing web sites with apps distributed through easily-controlled chokepoints was a terrible idea

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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