Great working by @rshapiro.bsky.social and his organization.

I’m just gonna pretend I’m driving a mini - bubble car through Ireland in the 90s with these fuel prices (and not a medium size truck).

I think the last time I paid this much for gas was about twenty years ago in Germany.

ICE-Tracking Apps Have Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Are They Legal? ICEBlock was meant to help people avoid immigration enforcement. The Trump Administration claims that the app endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.

The Trump administration is targeting ICE tracking apps and their developers as security threats, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @newyorker.com. #FOIA www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Jeffster…

On The Sunny Side Of The Street YouTube video by Keely Smith - Topic

‘Gold dust at my feet…’ 😘
youtu.be/UZHf2SjdDY4?...

14 happy clams dug and off to the Elks. My sleeves smell like salt and seaweed.

“People that go to sea for pleasure, go to hell for fun…”

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats, bolstering Trump's mass deportation frenzy, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement surveillance technologies used against No Kings protesters, as detailed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @raphae.li / @ajvicens.bsky.social / @reuters.com. #FOIA www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

Good times. #FOIA

Extremists are using Discord to radicalize American youth, officials warned this year Discord has drawn increased attention in recent weeks after reports that the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing used the platform.

Fed and state law enforcement were already aware of Discord as a site of youth violent radicalization, well before C. Kirk's alleged killer used it to discuss the shooting, as revealed in intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @kevincollier.bsky.social @nbcnews.com. #FOIA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Exclusive: FBI looks to add drug cartel suspects to terror watch list, government files show The FBI has asked local police to submit the names of people tied to drug cartels and gangs to the U.S. government's terrorist watch list created after 9/11, which could land more Americans on the list, according to law enforcement documents seen by Reuters.

FBI significantly increasing size of terrorist watch list, including addition of supposed gang members, family members, and associates, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained and shared w/ @reuters.com. #FOIA

Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’ DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.

By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:

This story needs to win multiple awards…

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:

The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a fierce national debate over state sovereignty and civil-military boundaries.

A story I helped @dell.bsky.social with this week.

The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests | WIRED

www.wired.com/story/trump-...

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Terrorists For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.

Confidential records obtained by WIRED & @propertyofthepeople.org show the ag industry deploying moles to infiltrate activist meetings, while functionally serving as FBI informants, in a shadow campaign to brand the animal rights movement America's biggest bioterrorism threat.

My latest @wired.com:

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists | WIRED by @dell.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm...

Hilarious

Just remembered I'm one of the examples @merriam-webster.com uses to describe how to use "86" 😂

Really enjoying this book about how one person can make a huge impact #booktok #bookclub good reminder for these times too

Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison New details deepen questions about the deportations, showing that El Salvador’s president pressed for assurances that the migrants were really members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

The New York Times pieced together the most complete account yet of the U.S. arrangement with El Salvador and the March 15 deportations from internal government documents, court filings and interviews with 22 people familiar with the operation or legal challenges.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

POTP's work obtaining police and intelligence records has been vital to a ton of reporting I've done over the years. You might've seen they uncovered the Alien Enemies Act plan blueprint last week: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.

Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features. www.wired.com/story/police...