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Ahmed Zidan
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Good takes and bad jokes. Dark humor and 🦋hite 🦋ine.

Deputy director, audience, @freedom.press and @pressfreedomtracker.us.

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Dispatching ICE agents to hit "groups of pre-defined aliens specifically targeted by Leadership for action," the software allows the administration to order up a goon squad wherever they want, at the touch of a button.

Like Uber for authoritarians. Let's call it repression as a service.
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The one on the right is the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953), but the emblem is rotated 90° anticlockwise.

Happy birthday, amigo!!
February 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I have a theory: They are clearly beaming a .PNG or a .JPEG, and they can neither create a new one nor get a hold of the OG designer.

So yeah. Tape. 😅
February 14, 2026 at 3:31 AM
🤣
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Thanks for that. The article we shared is also a gift article, so everyone is able to read it. :-)
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Important disclaimer: No one is arguing in favor of such mandate. This is just to make a point within the conversation.
February 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Comma after “Today,” please.

— Chief of Comma Police Dept.
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM