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- 2026-02-01 19:00 UTC [L..T] Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters «“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave,” Wilson wrote in a statement Saturday night. “Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”» .. «Federal agents in Eugene, Oregon, deployed tear gas on Friday when protesters broke windows and tried to get inside the Federal Building near downtown. City police declared a riot and ordered the crowd to disperse.»
- 2026-02-01 17:32 UTC [L..T] Selfish AI «All of this discussion, from Jeffrey's video to 99% of what shows up in forums or Mastodon discussions, is about how all of this will impact "me." Me, the developer. Me, the person writing code, who may not be writing code now. Me the person who just got laid off because some accountant thinks that Claude means they need only two engineers now instead of 10. Me the person who just had to lay off half my company. Me, me, me. [..] What I almost never see is the impact of AI code on our society.»
- 2026-02-01 16:10 UTC [L..T] Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting «The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.»
- 2026-02-01 13:37 UTC [L..T] From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who’s who of powerful men are named in Epstein files «From tech titans to Wall Street power brokers and foreign dignitaries, a who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released Friday by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.»
- 2026-02-01 [L..T] Wheee, more Epstein revelations «A couple more letters emerge out of the files, these all involve John Brockman. Brockman was the king of scientific publishing; I believe he was the agent for all of Richard Dawkins’ books, and he was the agent for my one book, he was Lawrence Krauss’s agent, etc.»
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- toad.social/@wdlindsy news/analysis roundups:
- kolektiva.social/@igd_news «Folks in Minneapolis are setting up 'block party' style traffic blockades in order to prevent ICE from brutalizing and murdering people.» (includes photos, BSky profile link)
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