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@activationlayer.org

Creating the Global Disinformation Policy Database. https://disinfo-policy.org I have a Pug. Democracy, technology, and collective sensemaking. PhD student @ the University of Texas.

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05.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

--dangerously skip international law

01.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song β€œLet Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

27.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 6288 πŸ” 1564 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 139
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🧡on my new paper "Synthetic personas distort the structure of human belief systems" w Roberto Cerina I'm v excited about...

🚨 Do synthetic samples look like human samples?

We compare 28 LLMs to the 2024 General Social Survey (GSS) to find out + develop host of diagnostics...

25.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 19
Frieren shows off her true mana. a column of white energy emits from the ancient mage.

Frieren shows off her true mana. a column of white energy emits from the ancient mage.

me but tokens instead of mana

25.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my tulpa era

20.02.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - themotionmachine/OmniFocus-MCP: Let LLMs interface with your tasks and projects through the Model Context Protocol. Add, organize, and query your OmniFocus database with natural language comm... Let LLMs interface with your tasks and projects through the Model Context Protocol. Add, organize, and query your OmniFocus database with natural language commands. - themotionmachine/OmniFocus-MCP

I built an MCP that lets you manage OmniFocus by talking to Claude (or local models).

"Turn this meeting transcript into tasks
with due dates and tags"
"Show me everything flagged that's due
this week"
"Create a project from this syllabus"

github.com/themotionmac...

17.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A thread that outlines a great shame of our nation.

17.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...

12.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 718 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 15

A classic of the genre

06.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE bypasses El Paso medical examiner for autopsy on migrant ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.

2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide.

This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...

04.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 489 πŸ” 352 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 19

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

04.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 2044 πŸ” 817 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 16
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Five-year-old me: Oooh, that Batman cartoon! What adventures will he go on today?

*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*

Me: Oh. Huh.

03.02.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1288 πŸ” 353 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 25

In the immortal words of William Shakespeare, fuck 'em

30.01.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 262 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Best gas masks β€œHow did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

29.01.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.

28.01.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 3637 πŸ” 950 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 21

IMO clawing back this slush fund is a must for any funding negotiations.

28.01.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
28.01.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 6683 πŸ” 1132 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 46
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Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative

ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

28.01.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 4069 πŸ” 2297 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 153

Don’t know if I will ever find the words for how disgusting I find the actions of Tim Cook.

25.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

no matter what trump or anyone in his administration or any republican or any random shit online says happened to alex pretti, we know what we saw. never forget that you KNOW what you fucking saw.

24.01.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 2498 πŸ” 497 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 13

ICE pinning a protestor to ground, he's shouting "YOU WANT TO KILL ME. YOU WANT TO KILL ME ON THE STREET."

nearby a woman is sobbing violently.

24.01.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 784 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 11

Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.

24.01.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 4524 πŸ” 1379 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 20

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

24.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 20907 πŸ” 7980 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 137

Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime but they may be the portent of a bloody one.

24.01.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1118 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

I’m sure today will be a normal one.

20.01.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.

A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.

19.01.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 747 πŸ” 487 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 118

Average Sunday show interview:

OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats

HOST: how will you pay for it?

OFFICIAL: tariffs

HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money

OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed

HOST: thank u for ur time

18.01.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 15426 πŸ” 3696 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 132
A picture of the website where you can register for the course.

A picture of the website where you can register for the course.

πŸ‘©β€πŸ« I spent 6 months building something I’m super proud of: a course for journalists on using AI for investigations. It officially launched today! These approaches have already improved my own investigations. Get started: careercatalyst.asu.edu/programs/ai-...

14.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.

13.01.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 4350 πŸ” 1536 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 111