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Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

You could join in, too, I suppose

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the governor was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, after being invited to speak at the event due to “pressure” from the Trump administration.

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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it’s a “cognitive amplifier,” claims Satya Nadella.

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“One of the advantages of this design is the ability to relatively quickly transfer the device from combat to stowed position,” armor observer AndreiBtvt noted. “In principle, this is yet another timid step in Russia toward fold-able protective structures.”

Martian lava tubes are volcanic caverns on Mars that are believed to form as a result of fast-moving, basaltic lava flows associated with shield volcanism.

There are many plausible explanations for the recent crime downturn: sharper policing strategy, more police overtime, low unemployment, the lure of digital life, the post-pandemic return to normalcy. Each of these surely played a role. But only one theory can match the decline in its scope and scale: that the massive, post-pandemic investment in local governments deployed during the Biden administration, particularly through the American Rescue Plan Act, delivered a huge boost to the infrastructure and services of American communities—including those that suffered most from violent crime. That spending may be responsible for our current pax urbana

In such a scenario, the Canadian military envisions small groups of irregular fighters or armed civilians carrying out ambushes, sabotage or drone warfare, the Globe reported.

A conchoidal fracture is a break or fracture of a brittle material that does not follow any natural planes of separation. Mindat.org defines conchoidal fracture as follows: “a fracture with smooth, curved surfaces, typically slightly concave, showing concentric undulations resembling the lines of growth of a shell”.

A federal judge previously issued an injunction meant to prevent immigration agents from detaining and pepper-spraying peaceful observers.

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The first RISC-V Annual Report hit virtual shelves this week. Inside, it details a defining year for RISC-V, the open standard ISA I co-founded back in 2010. We share major technical milestones, accelerating industry adoption, global ecosystem growth, and how we’ve laid foundations for the next phase of commercial deployment.

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Reference was a video of a sumo match from a few days ago. Missed a couple of better “keyframes” but I think action is readable.

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[Democracy Now] speak[s] with activist, civil rights attorney and ordained minister Nekima Levy Armstrong about her role in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday, where one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also leads a local ICE field office in the Twin Cities area. “I believe that if someone professes to represent the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to preach it, that they should not be allowing ICE agents to drag people out of their homes,” Levy Armstrong tells Democracy Now! She spoke from an undisclosed location after Trump officials vowed to investigate and possibly arrest the demonstrators.

The annual assessment, which has been prepared since 2020, purports to offer a holistic assessment to threats to the Western Hemisphere. These assessments have consistently focused on what you imagine: southern border security, the drug trade, immigration, and critical infrastructure protection in the United States.

On Wednesday, nine Democrats voted with Republicans to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress, while three Democrats voted to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt. 

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There is a new Firefox fork in town: Konform Browser. Its focus is privacy, security and user freedom. Yes, I know this sounds familiar - but hear me out, I do think we have something to bring to the table!

First, in today’s decision, the CRTC approved a request to provide Canadians with more detailed data on the service providers, technologies, and speeds available in their area. This will make it easier for Canadians to compare options and make informed decisions, and will support future investments to improve connectivity across Canada.

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Uni’s excited to spend the evening with you!

Russia is scaling up its educational programs for journalists in Southeast Asia, Africa, China, and India, pushing a pro-Kremlin agenda and propaganda under the guise of an “alternative narrative” and a “fight against fakes.”

This past week: PureOS Crimson December development report teases release updater, PineTab2 camera support progressing (front and rear cameras working), PinePhone Pro PDAF pixel artifacts being eliminated, PocketBlue booting on Poco F1, Mecha Comet Kickstarter launching soon, and LinuxPhoneApps.org publishes Q4 2025 progress report. Enjoy!

I know how to tie shoes, but these can’t be tied. Size 9.5, perfectly average.

The memo, signed by the acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, and dated May 12, 2025, says: “Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose.”

The impact that wiped out the dinosaurs also wiped out all songbirds, except for in (ark) Australia. Australian songbirds then spread out to rest of the planet.

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Sir Ben Wallace said he was surprised that MPs on the defence committee were not informed about the Afghan data breach

In the broadest sense, this is news, but there’s too much opinion in this to throw it there.

Professor Jay Van Bavel (New York University) and Valerio Capraro (Bicocca University) convened 120 researchers and had them evaluate claims about smartphones and social media.

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Very likely that this is Oklahoma’s future Governor, btw.

For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.

Guaranteed the latest TACO move came after someone explained how US treasury debt is a gaping vulnerability, held by Nato, China etc.