When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
lmao
yes I know how the world works etc but it will never ever ever not piss me off that there is so much money being spent on shit like this instead of oh idk humanity’s basic needs
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
I like how this happens less than a week after the eyebrowless Ellison nepobaby promised everybody at CNN that editorial independence would be maintained
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."
This is a spectacular piece of writing.
If windmills cause cancer can we just build more anyway?
if you face swap Mulder and Scully they look like a great Synth Pop band. (above a photo of face swapped Mulder and Scully)
the Inhuman League
"why don't they privately order their correct size in the same shoe" is such a good question. I think it's like Mar-a-lago face: the point is actually to prove that you're willing to suffer the humiliation and discomfort.
My email is an endless stream of “upgrade to get access to—“
I don’t want it. I want to downgrade. I want to get less access. I want the opposite of what you’re selling.
Timely, happened to rewatch a @moreperfectunion.bsky.social video about this.
Senate passes bipartisan housing bill targeting large investors and easing regulations : NPR share.google/bwXHWPQliaIc...
bsky.app/profile/look...
"These data come from parallel surveys of California voters and policy influencers, fielded by TrueDot, the AI-accelerated research platform, in collaboration with the Citrin Center at UC Berkeley and POLITICO."
No joke, I think this might be one of the most important roles for tech-savvy Millennials/Gen Xers.
We caught a glimpse of an amazing world, one that was almost entirely free of corporate or political influence because the suits hadn’t caught on yet. We could talk with ANYONE in an age of landlines
McCain died.
I was told All Lives Matter
REI also outfitted ICE in Minneapolis this winter, in case you need another reason to stop shopping there.
The thousands of feds were easier to spot at first because they very obviously weren't dressed for the cold, and that stood out. Then, they went shopping, and REI was happy to sell to them.
Thinking ahead and anticipating the consequences of your actions is woke and DEI.
Every media outlet in the country should be loudly calling for Tuberville's immediate impeachment or resignation.
The Senate has passed a major housing bill that cracks down on large investors who are buying up single-family homes.
It's a promising first step towards getting Wall Street out of our homes and making housing affordable again.
What the actual fuck.
i've trusted Alanah's Words ever since i followed back when she hosted Zelda Universe> so i'm not surprised how informative this video is. but watch it yourself.
Into the sun.
Now.
NEW: A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill requiring warrants for FBI searches of Americans' communications under FISA, aligning federal law w/ a 2025 ruling that found the practice unconstitutional.
It would also ban the government from buying Americans' private data from data brokers.
Right-wing Christians and even the NRSC have lined up to mock James Talarico’s inclusive, open-hearted Christianity.
Some have even called it blasphemy.
But the Christ of the outsider and the poor is a threat to their political power.
My latest:
www.liberalcurrents.com/right-wing-a...
Literally just watched Trevor Noah talking about this today, that someone will invent a machine to harvest oxygen from the air then sell it back to us.
The irony is that the subway is the ordinary way many New York City kids get to and from school. New York provides school buses through 6th grade and assumes kids will use free OMNY cards afterwards. The subways teem with teens.
Zero chance.
Because "let's get you affordable heart care" radicalized people.
