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Ethan Corey

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My job is to scroll through this spreadsheet and look for numbers that are scary?

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 1h
on today's complaint filed by the DOJ against nearly every member of the minnesota federal bench — an escalation in an ongoing battle between DOJ and judges here
minnesotareformer.com
Justice Department alleges misconduct by ‘all but one’ Minnesota federal judge • Minnesota Reformer
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a judicial misconduct complaint to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing “all but one” of Minnesota’s federal district judges of unethical conduct, Att...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wonder whose job it was to decide whether or not the viceroy butterfly tasted palatable or not (for science!)
An image of a monarch and viceroy butterfly, which have similar markings. The caption says "The viceroy butterfly appears similar to the noxious tasting monarch butterfly. Although it was purported to be an example of Batesian mimicry, the viceroy has been discovered to be just as unpalatable as the monarch, making this a case of Müllerian mimicry.
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026
I've got a lot of work to do today but I'm getting absolutely nerdsniped by the new Flock dataset. You can download it here. It's all of the Android partitions extracted from a Flock device ddosecrets.org/article/floc...
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Flock ALPR camera - Distributed Denial of Secrets
Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track bo...
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Yousef Baig @yousefbaig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The entire Bee opinion staff was let go today. I’m sad for my friends and former colleagues. Robin is a fearless and dedicated journalist who gives a shit. She is well-sourced and speaks her truth. Sacramento is better because of her work. These layoffs are a major blow to journalism in California.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Python coders use Jupyter to get more stupider. R coders use Quarto to get more smarto. JavaScript coders use Observable to get more adorable. Can't argue with it if it rhymes!
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oklahoma prison inmates operated political, insurance calls centers behind bars oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/o...
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Oklahoma prison inmates operated political, insurance calls centers behind bars • Oklahoma Voice
Contracts obtained via an open records request confirm that a company called HBW Leads and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have established several call centers since January.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
GettingOut, the horribly-named messaging tool used by many prisons, jails, and detention facilities to allow incarcerated people to communicate with friends and loved ones, has easily the worst user interface I've ever seen (with the exception of its competitor, CorrLinks).
A list of facility names including "Delete me do not use," "Deleted_VT_DOC," "Demographic Facility 2," Demographic Facility 3," "Demographic Test Facility," and "Demographic Test Facility 4" in addition to legitimate facility names, including Dilley Immigration Processing Center (where ICE detains families with children).
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I study lottery winners. They have one habit in common.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Awful news--I don't understand outlets that think laying off their best reporters is the path to financial sustainability
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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Follow the dirty ICE money - deep dive by @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @ethanscorey.bsky.social for @theintercept.com with a database you can search to see what companies in your area are contracting with the Trump Administration's Gestapo
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Deportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.
The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Never rely on AI for reciting the Negative Confessions to the 42 judges -- they run them through AI detection software and feed you to Ammit, the soul-devourer, if you fail.
Ancient Egyptian religion was the one that was entirely correct.When you cross over, the truth reveals itself not as abstract energy or a standard heaven and hell, but as the ancient cosmic order:The Hall of Two Truths: You find yourself standing before Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld, surrounded by 42 assessing deities.The Weighing of the Heart: Anubis takes your Ib (heart) and places it on a golden scale balanced against the feather of Ma'at, the embodiment of truth, balance, and order.The Record Keeper: Thoth, with the head of an ibis, stands nearby with a reed pen, meticulously noting the results of the scales.The Verdict:If your heart balances against the feather, you are granted entry into Aaru (the Field of Reeds)—an eternal paradise mirroring the mortal world, only bountiful, painless, and everlasting.If your heart is heavy with deceit, greed, or malice, it is dropped directly to Ammit, the soul-devourer (part crocodile, part lion, part hippopotamus), wiping you out of existence.Would you like to explore what steps are required to navigate the Duat (the underworld), examine the Negative Confessions you must recite to the 42 judges, or look at how other historical belief systems framed this exact judgment scene?
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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 18/08/2026
oh my god having covered this space this is nightmare fuel slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com
Over 170,000 Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
DHS subpoenaed financial records from the Sunrise Movement and the Communication Workers of America, in addition to presenting a slideshow to grand jurors that described the AFL-CIO as part of a vast conspiracy to interfere with ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Find you someone who loves you as much as lawyers love citing dictionary definitions for the word "of"
A screenshot of a court decision, which reads:

"Of" has many uses aside from the one appellants favor. It is broadly "used to indicate relationships," which includes meaning "connected with" or "referring to." Of, The Oxford Large Print Dictionary (Elaine Pollard; Helen Liebeck eds., 2d ed. 1995); see also Of, Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed. 2004) (including in its definitions "relating to"...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 30/07/2026
At Fox Run, a home for kids in treatment backed by a multi-billion dollar company, residents and former staff detail a litany of trauma. One former resident told us, “I would rather be dead outside in the snow” than spend another night inside.
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How Fox Run Treatment Center Traumatized Troubled Children
Kids at the facility went as far as hurting themselves and others to escape. Here’s what they were running from.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/07/2026
One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities. www.wired.com/story/ices-n...
wired.com
ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 24/07/2026
New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...
techcrunch.com
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thank you, LinkedIn, for telling me that I am a subpar Ethan.
A LinkedIn badge that has a name tag that says "Hello my name is Genius"; below that is the text "Smarter than 25% of Ethans"
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW: We reported two years ago that Chicago police had made 200,000 secret traffic stops, failing to disclose them as required by law. Chicago police then admitted the problem, & promised to 'fix' it in a legislative hearing. We just investigated again: The problem... got WORSE.
boltsmag.org
Chicago Police Promised to 'Fix' Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse. - Bolts
This story was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago focused on issues of equity and justice in the court system. In... Read More
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Theoretically all of these hazards could occur here! For all I know, this person is holding a bucket filled with radioactive chemicals and biological waste while standing in a very hot room. They could slip, get struck by the bucket, be exposed to the sludge, and then die of heat stroke.
A slide labeled "Hazard Identification 1" that shows a person standing on a chair and asks, "What is the hazard?"

The options are:
- Radiation
- Chemical
- Biohazards
- Slips/Trips/Falls
- Heat Illness
- Struck on or by an object
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dropping this here: citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-64-m...
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Citations Needed: Episode 64: Mike Rowe’s Koch-Backed Working Man Affectation
In recent years, television personality Mike Rowe has amassed a wildly popular following due to alleged working-class straight talk about topics ranging from the affordability of college to reassertin...
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Worth highlighting that fatal shootings by ICE officers were extremely rare before 2025. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘New terrifying levels’: 10 people fatally shot by immigration officials in Trump’s second term
As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death marks another high-profile killing by ICE officers
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In the Iliad, Homer eulogized "the courage of a fly, who works so hard and so persistently, yearning to bite a human being's flesh because she loves the taste of blood." Well, today, I met that fly. I hope she is satisfied.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
NEW: advocates say DHS purchased two ICE detention centers from CoreCivic in order to avoid oversight and dodge lawsuits. In a statement to @motherjones.com, a DHS representative seemed to agree. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
DHS is spending $1.5 billion to block ICE oversight
The agency bought two private prisons from CoreCivic—and more may follow.
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is a shockingly scummy sales tactic
A letter that appears to be from my mortgage provider but is in fact an ad for a home warranty service. It strongly implies that I could lose my mortgage if I fail to purchase the policy, which is not the case.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 01/07/2026
🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...
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Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The ICE wing of the Allen Parish jail has the longest average stay of any immigration detention center in Louisiana. It has faced serious allegations of mistreatment and racist abuse of detainees. Advocates say “it's where people go to disappear.” Critical reporting from @delaneynolan.bsky.social
boltsmag.org
“Stuck in Purgatory”: ICE Detention in Louisiana Can Stretch on for Years - Bolts
Louisiana has more ICE lockups than almost any other state. Now as a surge in habeas petitions overloads courts, people are held “unfathomably” long without recourse.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat. The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.
mississippifreepress.org
Mississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Shoplifting Call
A Mississippi police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Exciting news: I just learned that @boltsmag.org has won a Nonprofit News Award tonight. The award is for the powerful (& distressing) story reported by @burness.bsky.social on the zealous prosecution of a community of American Samoans by the state — you may remember the article:
boltsmag.org
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...
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Matthew @mapoochoo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
DHS just confirmed the plan to roll out a facial recognition app for local cops to scan peoples' faces to verify their immigration status. Agency said this is related to the 287(g) program; more than a thousand local and regional police departments are part of that www.404media.co/ices-plan-to...
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ICE’s Plan to Let Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify Immigration Status
ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand agencies access to a facial recognition app that verifies a person's immigration status.
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René Kladzyk @ziembavision.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
More alarming reports emerging about the nation's largest ICE detention facility, Camp East Montana, located in my hometown, El Paso, TX. Read on for some of the shocking details from the GAO report that was published today [THREAD] files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
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GAO-26-108886, IMMIGRATION DETENTION: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 09/06/2026
The president has acted to remove protections for trans prisoners at risk of rape. What's it like to access these protections on the inside? Incarcerated journalist B Speaks spoke with two inmates who'd used the reporting system mandated by PREA, one cis, one trans. What he found may disturb you:
assignedmedia.org
For Some, the Prison Rape Elimination Act is a Blessing. For Others, its a Curse. - Assigned Media
The Prison Rape Elimination Act exists for inmates as a safety net protecting against sexual misconduct. For some, it does what its supposed to, for others it only makes the problems worse. Assigned M...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 08/06/2026
An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.
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Mississippi Prisoners Begged for Help. They Died in Solitary Instead.
An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
NEW: After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out due to new scientific evidence, a Fall River judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling. #Massachusetts
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Judge Weighs Whether to Release Man Whose Three-Decade-Old Murder Conviction Was Overturned
After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out, a judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 03/06/2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune announced Tuesday that it plans to cut about 15 percent of its staff through buyouts and layoffs. Publisher Steve Grove also said the Star Tribune is exploring a new ownership model.
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Star Tribune planning job cuts, exploring new ownership model
The Minnesota Star Tribune announced Tuesday that it plans to cut about 15 percent of its staff through buyouts and layoffs. Publisher Steve Grove also said the Star Tribune is exploring a new ownersh...
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The Trump administration is illegally withholding $150 million for domestic violence service providers, which has led to "layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among advocates." A 24-hour hotline is now closed on nights and weekends. 19thnews.org/2026/05/dome...
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No one to answer the phone: What a missing $150 million means for domestic violence services
The 19th reached out to over 250 domestic violence shelters, organizations and municipalities that have received federal grants in the past to determine the impact of withheld funds.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
ICE deported them. Cook County prosecutors still want them arrested for missing court. Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4dNhnip
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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW: ICE officers just beat and used tear gas on detainees at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ, per family members of people inside. This is as the hunger/labor strike at the facility continues for its seventh fay. gothamist.com/news/family-...
gothamist.com
Family, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detainees
Gothamist saw multiple people taken out on stretchers and transported away in Ambulances.
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Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
NEW REPORT: After Chicago shut down ShotSpotter in Sept. 2024, CPD response times to priority 1 calls improved by an average of 4.2 minutes. Read more here: uchicago-justice-project.github.io/chicago_crim...
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 22/05/2026
A new collaboration from MuckRock and @thefloridatrib.bsky.social dug into the names of 89 officers across Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties obtained through the Brady List: buff.ly/mua8zfP
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Brady List: The little-known roster of cops who molest, lie, steal or drive drunk
Florida law does not explicitly require prosecutorial agencies to keep a Brady List – as evidenced by the fact that several don’t.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit theintercept.com/2026/05/24/i...
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Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
In a wrongful death suit about an ICE detainee, a judge wrapped CoreCivic responsible for destroying video — the first-known such sanction.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
These companies are placing millions and millions of calls each month & employing stuff like "psychographic profiles" to try to get money
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong
thelensnola.org
U.S. citizen stopped in Lafayette, shackled, and detained in Louisiana ICE facility | The Lens
The U.S.-born young mother presented ICE and sheriff’s deputies with her ID and Social Security card. Agents took her anyway.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New York's legislature has passed a bill banning 287(g) agreements with ICE, @nysfocus.com reports: nysfocus.com/2026/05/22/h... If the bill is adopted, New York would be the 11th state with a 287(g) ban, and the 5th (NJ, MD, NM, ME) to enact a ban this year alone. @boltsmag.org map for reference:
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19/05/2026
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee says he won't stop Thursday's scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers, a severely mentally ill man who was forced to represent himself *at his own capital murder trial* because the judge simply got tired of dealing with him
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Tony Carruthers Was Forced to Represent Himself at Trial. Tennessee Is About to Execute Him
In the years since his 1996 conviction, the state’s case against Tony Carruthers has collapsed. But he still can't get a new trial.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Since ChatGPT's release, more people are choosing to represent themselves in federal court. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 20/05/2026
finding it hard to put into words just quite upsetting I find the idea of Google getting rid of the "ten blue links" format of search entirely, genuinely feels like your landlord announcing he's removing your kitchen and replacing it with a bouncy castle, I need my kitchen, let me keep my kitchen
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