ICE tackled a US citizen in the snow. He says he was targeted for being Somali. Video shows agents pushing the a 20-year-old US Citizen to the ground before taking him to an immigration facility.

A video of the incident published by the Sahan Journal shows a federal agent putting Mubashir in a headlock while handcuffed, bringing him to his knees in the snow, and forcefully placing him in the back of a vehicle before driving off.

They’re on Probation for Graffiti. That Hasn’t Stopped Them From Painting. - Racket Even after a harrowing trip to the Hennepin County Jail 2 years ago, these best friends keep painting—and pushing their luck.

Icandy sat in the brush, heart pounding.

He didn’t have time to think when he saw the Minneapolis Park Patrol officer fighting his way through bushes and trees down the steep hill to under the bridge on Burnham Road. He just grabbed his paint-stained, half-open backpack and ran.

This is high art

OK, gonna try this again.

Apropos of a weird thing that happened yesterday, when you are curious about something exercise your own agency first. You are empowered to pull on that thread before you ask a stranger on the internet for an opinion.

Asking for opinions is not research.

Today is the birthday of Lorenzo Da Ponte, who wrote the libretti for, among others, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, and I always think it's a cool thing to know that he eventually moved to America (and died in NYC).

Note to self… 👀

Analysis | The Trump team’s slippery justification for deporting Mahmoud Khalil This could be a seminal free speech case, if only the administration would say precisely what it’s about.

Analysis by Aaron Blake: The Trump administration’s apparent attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil could be one of the most important free speech cases in recent American history.

If only we knew precisely what it was about.

USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows Officials have begun large-scale destruction of classified documents, including using shredders and ‘burn bags’ Officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAid) have begun a large-scale destruction of classified documents at their…

USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows

SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained "I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."

SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.

He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

Just asked Sen. Schumer about the Trump admin relying on Marco Rubio to “personally” decide to deport Mahmoud Kahlil.

He cut off the question and referred to his new statement, which he starts by saying how he abhors many “opinions and policies” Kahlil supports, without saying what any of them are.

Today marks 300 days since Israeli forces killed 6-year-old Hind Rajab, her family members, and the medics sent to save her in Gaza.

For months, I have pressed the US government again and again on the killing.

How they’ve responded is shocking.

Watch all 300 days here: zeteo.com/p/300-days-a...

Hell yea 😎

Many many times

When elitist pundits claim "No one saw it coming", all that shows is who they consider to be no one.

Never let them tell you who you are or what you're worth.

From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020):

‘Glicked’ can’t defy ‘Barbenheimer.’ But it’s still popular. “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” didn’t outperform “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” but that doesn’t mean it was a bad weekend at the box office.

“Wicked” and “Gladiator II” didn’t outperform “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” but that doesn’t mean it was a bad weekend at the box office.

Thousands of bar staff in England and Wales to be trained to spot spiking Training for 10,000 hospitality workers announced as Keir Starmer hosts talks on tackling violence against women Thousands of bar staff will be trained to spot and stop spiking in England and Wales as the government steps up efforts to tackle violence…

Thousands of bar staff in England and Wales to be trained to spot spiking

Non-profit creates opt out forms against State Superintendent Ryan Walters A non-profit called Defense of Democracy has created opt-out forms for parents who want their child to have no interaction with Ryan Walters in any capacity, which includes the recent prayer video.

If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...

good afternoon blueskiers

since u loved that picture of my cat, i got more to share

look at her big ol eyes

There is also, of course, the concern of people potentially using AI to write journalistic articles and the disregard AI tends to have for being factual, especially in a field that is all about the facts, but I feel I’ve derailed from the original post enough lol

I don’t mean to downplay AI visual art theft by any means, but I don’t see the writing side of this issue talked about as much. And I’d be lying as a passionate writer and a (hopefully) future journalist if I said I wasn’t concerned for any writing I decided to put on the internet. 4/4

Whether it’s a fanfiction or story someone has lovingly crafted in their free time or a journalistic article someone is getting paid for writing—on top of the pitching, researching and reporting they have to do for it—these works are stolen to feed a machine trained to randomly spit out text. 3/4

All AI-generated content is theft—yes, the images, of course, but also the text. When AI generates essays, stories or legal briefs, it is still using input scraped from the internet, the work of real human writers. (Plus, people are robbing themselves of the opportunity to write, but I digress.) 2/4

I know I should probably work on building up credibility as an objective source if I want to do journalism work in the future, but honestly, this grinds my gears too much to not add my two cents.

AI is art theft, and not just with pictures. 1/4

*AI-generated and/or photoshopped

And this isn’t a new problem by any means. Fake images have existed for a /while/. It’s just easier for more people to fake stuff with AI and AI tools.

Is it me, is it Bluesky, is it the internet (and I’ve just been out of the loop for so long lol), or is there a concerning amount of AI-generated pics being passed off as real on here?

I mean, any amount is concerning, but still?

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

I feel seen