Gift link article. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

What is ICE Air? Learn more about ICE’s massive, secretive and cruel air operation, which companies are profiting off of it, and what you can do to stop it.

I have a list of ICE Air’s corporate collaborators here: gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-...

This is important and shocking news from NYT.

And it doesn’t mention the DRC third-country deportation program has already begun. ICE sent 15 immigrants from Latin American countries there five days ago.

gillianbrockell.com/breaking-ice...

The Girlboss-ification of AI YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

New video out on the crazy things big AI companies are doing to convince women to embrace AI w/ @kattenbarge.bsky.social

The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness.

🧵 The arguments behind landmark Supreme Court rulings have never been freely available… until now.

More than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs (1830–2019) are now open on the Internet Archive.

Full announcement ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

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ICE goon punches minor and violently kidnaps another. Edinburg, Texas.

Dan Schulman is the new CEO of Verizon and he is predicting 20 to 30% unemployment within the next 2 to 5 years due to AI.

Not a typo. He thinks 1/3 of people currently employed will lose their jobs by 2030.

Ireland must recuse itself from EU Presidency digital files unless it changes its approach - Enforce - Irish Council for Civil Liberties There is a wide and dangerous gulf between Ireland's understanding of its short-term interest and what is good for Europe.

Later today, at the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) EU Affairs Committee, I will call for Ireland to recuse itself from all digital issues during its EU Council Presidency. Ireland’s regulatory sabotage of EU data law has exposed Europe’s children to serious mental harm.

www.iccl.ie/press-releas...

Operation Epic Fury and International Law - United States Department of State On February 28, the United States Armed Forces launched Operation Epic Fury with a set of clear objectives: to “[d]estroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy [Iran’...

Anyone who claims that the 'US is acting well within the recognized contours of international law relating to the use of force and self-defense' is entirely wrong and ignores the rules on armed attack and self-defense in customary international law.

www.state.gov/releases/off...

Sudan: ‘Hallmarks of genocide’ found in El Fasher, UN investigators detail mass killings and ethnic targeting The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region...

for context:
"The [RSF] carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region — acts that a UN fact-finding mission said show “hallmarks of genocide”
news.un.org/en/story/202...

"The UAE has long denied supporting the RSF, which has been fighting Sudan's regular army for three years.

El-Fasher's fall was one of the most brutal chapters of the conflict, which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis..."

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Turns out that the planet's Bond "supervillain" is straight outta Philly's Central High and Haverford College. What a black mark on our city www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

In #Lebanon, some children are returning to school following the ceasefire, reconnecting with their friends.

Others continue learning remotely as some schools remain affected or serve as shelters.

UNRWA continues to support the education of children wherever they are.

#UNRWAworks

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.

Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

Sahan’s analysis of court records and federal deportation data represents the most thorough accounting yet of the Minnesota children detained during Operation Metro Surge.

By @bzosiad.bsky.social and @cynthiatu.bsky.social

Hennepin County drops case against veteran cited for riding bike outside Whipple Building
More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/hennepin-...

So good. youtu.be/d8ycASDCfYM?...

Can't stop playing that last @stereolabgroop.bsky.social album. And the session on @bbc6music.bsky.social was outrageous...

The SAVE Act – which would require documents like a passport or birth certificate to #RegisterToVote –has failed in the Senate.

“The ability to vote must be defended every day, and the SPLC will continue to be there.” — Laura Williamson, SPLC Senior Policy Advisor. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3QzWhfr

I was five and all I wanted to be was this Batgirl. Yvonne Craig was THE Batgirl.

Focus - Last remaining perpetrators of Rwandan genocide return to villages Thirty-two years after the genocide in Rwanda, the country is undetaking its most sensitive task yet: reintegrating the last remaining perpetrators into the very heart of the lands where they once com...

Thirty-two years later, last remaining perpetrators of Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda genocide return to villages where they once committed murder.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Video wasn’t working earlier but watch as the Surprise mayor flees like the coward he is.

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Peel Session 1980 YouTube video by Vibracobra23

Four-Song Peel Session of Dexys Midnight Runners from February 26, 1980. Length: 14:57. m.youtube.com/watch?v=stRJ...

Me: [idly looking up info on popes]

Wikipedia: This list is incomplete; you can help expand it.

Me: wut?

Wikipedia: [lifts eyebrows suggestively]

Matt Damon playing a 14th century French knight that looks like a third baseman for the Phillies. Mullet. Beard. Smells like horse shit, pine tar, and cigarette smoke.

Matt Damon while playing Odysseus who also looks like a third baseman for the Phillies. Long, skinny beard. Smells like horseshit, pine tar, and perhaps Mediterranean herbs.

Matt Damon playing a 19th century cowboy that looks like a third baseman for the Phillies. Mustache. Shaggy hair. Smells like horse shit, pine tar, and definitely chewing tobacco.

Every time Matt Damon takes on a period role he ends up looking like a third baseman for the Phillies.

Now on MUBI!

How an Odd Job Turned Into a Huge Career Break
An interview with the director of "Thank You Very Much" the ONLY Andy Kaufman documentary.
Full interview: www.westdoconline.com/post/documentary-thank-y...
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Thank You Very Much — Drafthouse Films

I cannot recommend the documentary “Thank You Very Much” highly enough: drafthousefilms.com/thankyouvery... I learned about it AFTER writing that St. Remedius “Andy Kaufman Writhes In Hell Variety Hour” piece last month.

"Dan Levy and I cracked the code of why there's so much great Canadian comedy: Self-awareness and Rum & Tings." - Conan

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