Tim Villegas

The Danger ICE Poses to the Disabled Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Disabled people face increased rates of violence, abandonment, and medical neglect in ICE custody.

“He let them know he was disabled, but they didn’t care.”

Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

this week in security — january 18 2026 edition FBI searches journalist's home, Flock redaction errors expose police targets, millions of headphones at risk of eavesdropping, a slew of 10/10 bugs, and more.

A new this.weekinsecurity.com is out, featuring stories on: FBI raiding WaPo reporter's home; Iran's internet shutdown passes one week; Flock flucked up license plate redactions; millions of headphones at risk of eavesdropping; a ton of max 10.0 bugs; that Venezuela "cyberattack," and much more.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Uhmmm I saw this and immediately remembered the original Far Side cartoon. 🤨

The Disability Dignity Problem “The inherent worth and dignity of every person” This seems to be a greater challenge than it would appear.

Assume the worth and dignity (and fallibility) of everyone.

Schools To Use ChatGPT For Special Education Compliance About 15 school districts and charters nationwide will be among the first to use OpenAI's new education-focused artificial intelligence tool.

Open AI is going to school. Houston ISD and other districts are rolling out a secure, edu‑focused ChatGPT to help manage special ed compliance and paperwork behind the scenes 📚🤖. What do you think?

www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/12/17/s...

Hey there. Stranger Things finale was fantastic! Nothing is perfect but it was pretty damn close.

Scarred But Smarter: A Conversation with Model Engine’s Jeremy Post About Faith That Actually Lasts By Tim Villegas

The remixed master tapes of Model Engine's The Lean Years Tradition sat in a box in Jeremy Post's mother’s garage for two decades. Last year, the band finally brought them to light.

Read the full story on Medium: timvillegas.medium.com/scarred-but-...

What Is Lossless Audio, and Do You Really Need It? Lossless audio is the first step toward audio nirvana. But what is it, does it really make a difference, and how can you get it? Here’s what to know.

Audio nerd here ... https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-lossless-audio-and-do-you-really-need-it/ I'm all for lossless and try to go wired as much as I can when listening to music.

Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025

Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It.

Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t... … this is super promising

The Slow Death of Special Education The government has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children—if it ever had one.

This is serious. Getting rid of the Department of Education will hurt students with disabilities. More state control in an already unequal system pushes us backward. I wish more people saw what’s at stake.

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The Leadership Reset: Why Culture Will Be the Real Celebrity of 2026 Culture has already taken the main stage. Leadership is just now catching up.

"Belonging is no longer a soft concept. It is no longer a corporate initiative. It is the cultural operating system driving identity, loyalty, creativity and performance."

In-N-Out removes ’67’ from orders amid viral ‘6-7’ trend The chain removed “67” from its ticket order system after groups teen flocked to locations to hear the number called.

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Georgia state senators call for suspending driver’s licenses of chronically absent students, high school cell phone ban Georgia lawmakers are recommending measures to compel chronically absent students to follow an approved attendance improvement plan, including potentially barring them from participating in sports or extracurriculars or temporarily suspending their drivers’ licenses or permits.

Very interesting use of MTSS...

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

You not just being tracked online. You are being tracked in your cars. 

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What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...

Ausha launches PodWars, a free Podcast Visibility Checker to help podcasters assess their visibility on Apple Podcasts The tool was originally introduced as an interactive activation at Podcast Movement in Dallas

Ausha launches PodWars, a free Podcast Visibility Checker to help podcasters assess their visibility on Apple Podcasts https://podnews.net/press-release/podwars-launch

Your most potent leadership tool is the one that makes all the rest effective - SmartBrief Self-awareness is the inarguable foundation -- and the one tool -- on which your leadership success rises or falls, writes Larry Robertson.

"Self-awareness is the inarguable foundation on which your leadership success rises or falls, bar none. It is no less than the soul that makes leadership work."

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Good grief.

The Breakdown with King Williams The Breakdown is an Atlanta-focused explainer channel that covers news, pop culture, and history. It is produced and curated by King Williams, a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and podcast host bas...

Tonight at 8:30pm, I drop my first ever YouTube video!!

It’s a political analysis of the Public Service Commissioner, Atlanta City Council and metro mayoral races!

You can subscribe to my channel, The Breakdown with King Williams youtube.com/@iamkingwill...

I am now the old person at the indie rock show. At least I’ve got my kids with me? 😆

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Ran into Sen. Alex Padilla today and said "¡Viva Los Doyers¡" and he said "¡Siempre!"

I think the biggest shift we need with AI is moving from using it as a generative tool to using it as a strategic thinking tool.

The real power isn’t in what it can create ... it’s in how it can help us think.

So you know how heartbreaking it was for the Blue Jays to lose in 7 games after not winning a title in 30 years?

That was the Dodgers in 2017.

Now imagine the Blue Jays and their fans finding out in three years the Dodgers cheated throughout this 2025 World Series like the Astros did in 2017.

Quite possibly the best WS I’ve ever witnessed or ever will. Dodgers went from looking completely lifeless in games 4&5 to the grittiest team. Games 6&7 both being decided in the last seconds was just absolute cinema. #Dodgers #BlueJays #WorldSeries

stop talking to the managers in the middle of the game!!!!!

John said he was going back…