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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
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Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims

ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

The Washington Post

Harold S 6h ago

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Shaula Evans 6h ago

@NilaJones I had no AC in my home the first two years of the pandemic (long story) so I was super motivated to find other ways to stay cool.

I now have more options, but I'm also aware that we're going to see more power outages (as climate change drives electricity demands during extreme weather beyond what that power grid can support), and I will not go into a cooling center in the pandemic, so I want ways to survive heat without power. It's an ongoing research project.

Harold S 6h ago

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Irene Zhang Jun 6

@hellgy @catsalad he looks much like my slightly less floofy floof.

Harold S 6h ago

Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck Jun 6

"There is no such thing as a #COVID infection without consequence,"

says #LongCOVID researcher, David Putrino, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

"For the longest time in the field of immunology, there was the sort of adage that your immune system needs to be tested every now and again to stay strong. That's an old-fashioned idea."

Harold S 6h ago

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Nikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧Jun 6

@catsalad provided per the request

Harold S 6h ago

Steve Herman 18h ago

Kari Lake (USAGM 'special adviser') is emailing ‘reduction-in-force’ (termination) notices to many VOA staffers who’ve been on paid leave since mid-March. She's also axing some who were brought back to implement her Potemkin Village VOA (reaching only 0.2% of our prior audience).

Harold S 6h ago

Firda 9h ago

When I saw the view from this window, I instantly thought, "Oooh, Window Friday material!" 😂 I took this photo inside a birdwatching hut somewhere between Bakkafjörður and Þórshöfn in Northeast Iceland. Didn't see any birds, sadly. I guess it just wasn't bird o'clock.

#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag #Iceland #Photography

Harold S 6h ago

Eric supports DEI!6h ago

Sheena sees something in the other room. Joey sees it to. #cats #voids #CatsOfMastodon #voidsofmastodon #catlife

Harold S 6h ago

Feral Aunt Nessie

7h ago

It isn’t enough to get people out who were wrongfully imprisoned by ICE. People who committed those arrests should be punished. At the very least - fired, named & shamed and barred from federal/gov jobs forever. #USPol

Harold S 6h ago

Bob the Traveler 6h ago

Herman Cain attended the #Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, OTD in 2020, insisting as always that SARS-CoV-2 or #COVID19 was of no concern; he was hospitalized July 1 and died July 20 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/52.html?s=mb #PublicHealth #DarwinAward

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