Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.

The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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RE: https://vmst.io/@ottergoose/115561643341255753

UPS has hired Global Crossing to do peak flying for them this year, providing extra capacity for the holiday season.

Global Crossing also operates lots and lots of flights for ICE.

The UPS route just started this morning between BDL and SDF: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N410GX

Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5459755/texas-floods-climate-change?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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I always find this chart by Hannah Ritchie -- of Our World In Data -- deeply informative of how disjointed is our sense of personal risk

https://x.com/_HannahRitchie/status/1133703638432526337

We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks. But there's an easy way to fight back: Care.

I wrote about it: https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23-who-cares/

U.S. halts cattle imports from Mexico, citing fears of flesh-eating maggot
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/nx-s1-5395052/us-livestock-imports-mexico-screwworm-parasitic-fly?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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