kjotto
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Mostly soccer or politics with some other Atlanta sports stuff (he/him)
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Good reporting that explains how ICE/CBP are creating the conditions that allow them to justify the use of violence by ignoring basic best practices when it comes to traffic stops.
The majority of people shot by ICE/CBP with these stops are citizens.
The majority of people shot by ICE/CBP with these stops are citizens.
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Good reporting that explains how ICE/CBP are creating the conditions that allow them to justify the use of violence by ignoring basic best practices when it comes to traffic stops.
The majority of people shot by ICE/CBP with these stops are citizens.
The majority of people shot by ICE/CBP with these stops are citizens.
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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Magnificent. Make sure you click on the "1 more reply" link to make sure you read the whole thread. You will not regret it.
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Magnificent. Make sure you click on the "1 more reply" link to make sure you read the whole thread. You will not regret it.
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the government's paramilitary stormtroopers quite literally went from murdering a woman to tear gassing high school children in the same day.
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
the government's paramilitary stormtroopers quite literally went from murdering a woman to tear gassing high school children in the same day.
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I hope that those who organized to make this happen have taken at least one day to celebrate what they made possible.
Ending the Avelo contract with DHS also a big win. And a place where, as with many fights against logistical networks, local action against a national or international problem can be surprisingly effective. New Haven is its biggest airport! And they got the mayor against the airline.
January 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I hope that those who organized to make this happen have taken at least one day to celebrate what they made possible.
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Animal Planet needs to give Ozzie Albies his own show
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Animal Planet needs to give Ozzie Albies his own show
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🇦🇷 Sources: Atlanta United advancing on deal to acquire left back Elias Baez from San Lorenzo.
Not totally done but close and expected to get over the line.
Fee will be $3m. Final details now. Will be U-22 initiative signing.
Not totally done but close and expected to get over the line.
Fee will be $3m. Final details now. Will be U-22 initiative signing.
🇦🇷 Sources: Atlanta United nearing deal to acquire Argentine left back Elias Baez from San Lorenzo.
Not totally agreed yet but close. Fee would be around $3m and Baez would join via U-22 initiative.
Baez, 21, has made 60 apps for San Lorenzo's first team.
Not totally agreed yet but close. Fee would be around $3m and Baez would join via U-22 initiative.
Baez, 21, has made 60 apps for San Lorenzo's first team.
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🇦🇷 Sources: Atlanta United advancing on deal to acquire left back Elias Baez from San Lorenzo.
Not totally done but close and expected to get over the line.
Fee will be $3m. Final details now. Will be U-22 initiative signing.
Not totally done but close and expected to get over the line.
Fee will be $3m. Final details now. Will be U-22 initiative signing.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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so much of the psychology behind the right's reaction is glee that a white woman was killed because she betrayed her race by protesting ICE instead of providing right wing degenerate men with free access to sex
it's sort of funny that white is now an epithet on the right if paired with woman and liberal
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
so much of the psychology behind the right's reaction is glee that a white woman was killed because she betrayed her race by protesting ICE instead of providing right wing degenerate men with free access to sex
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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Context: Kelly and Krishnamoorthi are both running for Durbin's Senate seat (he's the frontrunner, she's running behind in what's effectively a three-way race with the lt. gov.)
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Context: Kelly and Krishnamoorthi are both running for Durbin's Senate seat (he's the frontrunner, she's running behind in what's effectively a three-way race with the lt. gov.)
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
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another one for the ‘trump is terrified of death and will do everything in his power never to speak of it directly’ files
man, did the viziers in the WH not actually show him the actual video?
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
another one for the ‘trump is terrified of death and will do everything in his power never to speak of it directly’ files
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The best time to save your game is immediately after saving your game, just to be sure.
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The best time to save your game is immediately after saving your game, just to be sure.
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The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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Some fine replies to the German Embaassy's post. The worst the pun, the better, sometimes.
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Some fine replies to the German Embaassy's post. The worst the pun, the better, sometimes.
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Wool socks are the only way to go to the point where I don't really understand why they make cotton ones. I have 15 year old pairs of Smartwool socks that don't show any signs of giving out.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Wool socks are the only way to go to the point where I don't really understand why they make cotton ones. I have 15 year old pairs of Smartwool socks that don't show any signs of giving out.
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Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
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I strongly feel that the difference between "I am making naked images of children" and "I have created a program that makes naked pictures of children when people ask it to" would not be as strongly apparent if it were not a billionaire doing it.
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I strongly feel that the difference between "I am making naked images of children" and "I have created a program that makes naked pictures of children when people ask it to" would not be as strongly apparent if it were not a billionaire doing it.