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Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show

I know, I know, stop being so naive, but this is utterly fucking outrageous.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Ew. These de-aging commercials are so disgusting.

She makes an excellent point.

Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.

Your AI commercial sucks ass.

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.

Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

The numbers in here are hilarious.

Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%

Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B

A musical tribute to Melissa and Mark Hortman At 8 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Hortmans’ children, Colin and Sophie, joined The Current’s Morning Show to share songs and stories that embody their parents’ spirit and memory.

Here is a great interview with a radio station the Hortman family listened to growing up. Their kids tell stories about their parents' favorite artists and songs, how the couple met, etc.

www.thecurrent.org/feature/2025...

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

So hype for Mamdani and all of us, but also Brad Lander appreciation post.

I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.

Dolly Parton, Queen of the World, how in the name of all that is good do you play with those nails? If my left hand gets more than half a millimeter of nails, my fingers get the CRANKIEST on the fretboard. How you do it, Appalachian Siren Goddess Creature?

Is my TL messed up or is absolutely no one talking about Gil Scott Heron in relation to the Kdot halftime?

Isn’t T-Mobile/Starlink just the plot of Kingsmen 2?

Also am I supposed to believe that’s Orlando Bloom??? (I know it was but… what??)

That West Point shot was … uh … militant lookin

PAX FRIENDS! Hanging at the Mythic Grove Booth at Pax Unplugged for the next 30 and parts of the next 2 days! Come say hi!! 💜

Uncontroversial Opinion, but important reminder that American IV: When the Man Comes Around is one of the greatest albums of all time and you probably haven’t listened to it recently enough.

I mean, clearly he just melting down now???

Well, I went to a family reunion/aunt-uncle wedding anniversary in Indiana and the fireworks show was tonight. As everyone was ambling back to their cars about a million emergency vehicles showed up and we found out there had been a shooting. And I guess I’m just processing that here in the internet

Everyone has valid TSwift opinions except for the people who keep saying “ugh - sounds like something a high schooler would write.”
Y’all.
She called the album “Tortured Poets Department”. Is that not a giant waving tongue-in-cheek flag saying “melodrama ahead” ???
Wild.

A frame from the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” where the classes yells “Bats aren’t bugs” at Calvin.

BUT NOT UNTIL over 2/3 through the album

We snappin

People always talk about classic-Christmas-movie Die Hard but don’t talk enough about essential-Christmas-viewing Long Kiss Goodnight

PINK or Dave Matthew’s Band. I swear I have a reason.

Just thinking about how "Brand New Day" from The Wiz is one of the greatest songs from a musical and actually just wait... The Wiz is ... so great.

Jokes on everyone else all you gotta do is catch Lyme and leave it undiagnosed for similar effects

THANK YOU

Hell Yeah 💜