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"From there, [the Reagan-appointed judge] starts talking about how totally fucked up it is that ICE agents are running around in masks, which he calls out as 'dishonorable' and 'cowardly'! No euphemisms. No mealy-mouthed language. Just calling out how masked agents arresting students for their speech is fucked up"

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/01/reagan-appointed-judge-torches-trump-admins-bullshit-chilling-effects-campaign-against-pro-palestinian-speech/

Reagan-Appointed Judge Torches Trump Admin’s Bullshit Chilling Effects Campaign Against Pro-Palestinian Speech

We’ve spent plenty of time talking about various people who are failing to meet this moment, but I will say that a number of district court judges have really been stepping up. The latest example i…

Techdirt

armadillosoft 1h ago

Huntn00 1h ago

Anyone surprised? 🤔 Google major member of the Corpotacracy…Billionsires do their part for #TheHeadFelon to keep the sham going:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-accused-of-blocking-searches-about-donald-trump-79-and-dementia/

Google Accused of Blocking Searches About Trump, 79, and Dementia

The president has long faced questions about his alleged mental decline.

The Daily Beast

armadillosoft 1h ago

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Harshad Sharma 1d ago

The sky was in a mood to show off

armadillosoft 1h ago

#OTD 10/01/12 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more) Juvenile black-crowned night heron

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/8058807488/in/album-72157631704362978/

armadillosoft 2h ago

The Public Domain Review 5h ago

October is #BatAppreciationMonth! Here they are being fully appreciated in plate 67 from Ernst Haeckel’s dazzling Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms of Nature), published in 1904. More about the image, including details of the line-up, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ernst-haeckel-s-bats-1904

"Nothing will demonstrate more starkly Trump’s — Stephen Miller’s, really — promise of government [than seeing ICE continue to operate with funding while the rest of government shuts down]. Miller wants government to do nothing but kidnap brown people, even as working white people lose their safety net and pay higher prices."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#shutdown #FederalGovernment #Trump #ICE
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https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/01/a-shutdown-like-no-other/

The Shutdown Will Make Trump's Theory of Government-ICE but No Healthcare-Visible - emptywheel

No one knows how this shutdown will go. It truly is unlike any shutdown that has gone before. But it will serve to make the reality of Trump's abuse of power visible in a way that has not fully happened yet.

emptywheel

armadillosoft 3h ago

Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel 6h ago

Good evening Squirrel Fans.

As a one time semi-regular user of the M25 back in the day, I can attest to the veracity of tonight's quote!

"Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 London orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contenders for exhibit A.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Right, off to a lute nd then maybe a movie, I'm not sure I’m interested in gaming tonight.

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, I hope you’re well & safe! 😊🫶🖖 #WeirdFolks #SquirrelsOfMastodon #TheMammutMoves

For today’s diary update please follow #TimsASDjourney

armadillosoft 3h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@setiinstitute/115300919521582974

:-(

We were lucky she spent so much time in our world; she will be missed

armadillosoft 3h ago

Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈4h ago

Since federal health care subsidies have been gutted anyway, this would be a good time for blue states to switch to single-payer health care instead of subsidizing greedy for-profit health insurance corporations.

armadillosoft 3h ago