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Our US friends likely know this but on this side of the Atlantic, all had gone pretty quiet on ICE & the continuing round-up of people suspected of being illegal immigrants (whether they actually are or not).... And this likely reflects a change in approach that has seen the agency take a quieter (but as it happens ever more active) stance on arrests & detentions. So, here is a long piece from the Guardian detailing what is actually going on.... shocking! #ICE #USPolhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/28/ice-us-immigration-new-tactics

Leaked documents reveal massive casualties and thousands of desertions within a single russian military division. https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/thousands-lost-thousands-deserted-what-leaked-files-reveal-about-one-russian-division-22935

Donald #Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by russian Oligarch Close to putin 🖊️ Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski The oligarch, umar kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other russian guests https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

How can they call it a 2CV if it doesn't have a thick cloud of soot and unburnt petrol fumes behind it? I bet they don't even preinstall the compulsory CND bumper sticker! https://www.cityam.com/citroen-2cv-returns-as-a-13000-electric-car-and-the-timing-is-no-accident/

I often feel that Gary Legum of Wonkette is the only reporter making sense about the Trump regime. This, on the regime’s planned fireworks display in DC, is an example. https://www.wonkette.com/p/park-service-warns-public-to-avoid

Pitting of religious, racial, and economic groups against one another in order to break down national unity is a device of the "divide and conquer" technique used by Hitler to gain power in Germany and in other countries. With slight variations, to suit local conditions, fascists everywhere have used this Hitler method. #fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

Last quarter, I led a team of engineers on an initiative to grow my company’s artificial intelligence data centers, which use millions of gallons of water per day. My work with AI is exponentially accelerating the destruction of the planet, but once a month, I go camping to reconnect with my own humanity through nature. I also bike to and from the office, which definitely offsets all the other environmental destruction I work tirelessly to enact from sunup to sundown for an exorbitant salary. Check out this social media post of me biking up a mountain. See? This is who I really am. I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person

"The Founders... planted secret escape hatches in every amendment, visible only through a powerful lens of resentment, perpetual grievance, and off-the-books Winnebago gifts loaded with all the extras." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-us-constitution-is-for-simple-folk-still-burdened-by-the-belief-that-words-have-meaning

Read this. Spot on satire. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/28/centrist-democrat-mamdani-progressive-socialist/90681634007/ “I am a centrist Democrat and I am terrified of success”