This will be the year I finally delete my account. Been on Mastodon since late 2022 and I've never felt at home here. It's ok that Mastodon is not my place, not my people.
I won't suddenly disappear, but leaving will be good for my well-being.
@KarenWyld sad to see you go Ren, and respect deeply the well-being statement.
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti. It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Please help fund critical whale rescue equipment for Project Jonah New Zealand - Givealittle
In the wake of the most recent mass stranding of pilot whales at Farewell Spit, Project Jonah’s volunteers once again stood on the front line in harsh conditions, racing against time to save lives.
Over the years Project Jonah’s skills, knowledge and rescue capability have become highly regarded both nationally and globally. But effective rescues rely on more than people power, they rely on equipment that can withstand extreme marine environments.
Right now, some of that equipment urgently needs replacing or upgrading.
@Happyfishmedia I'd always assumed Project Jonah was funded by DOC. Shocked to find out it isn't.
@AnarchoNinaWrites i just saw the video and fucking christ omar really challenges my "don't stan pols" rule
@vegetablegremlin If they were all like her, I'd still be trying to overthrow the state - but probably not calling for tribunals.
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says. https://people.com/ice-denies-detainees-request-to-attend-his-sons-funeral-attorney-says-11893834
Suppose Kristi Noem is telling the truth, that everything she’s done has been at the direction of Trump and Stephen Miller. That just means that she and Trump should both be impeached.
@heidilifeldman So she is 'just following orders' then, eh? Good luck with that!
Every Hotel Bar Ever (by Matt Surelee)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=951361079682432&id=100044256467986&set=a.198895061595708
@infobeautiful Forgot about the flight crew!
404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
Sure would be nice if the IT sector had more #Unions
Please help fund critical whale rescue equipment for Project Jonah New Zealand - Givealittle
In the wake of the most recent mass stranding of pilot whales at Farewell Spit, Project Jonah’s volunteers once again stood on the front line in harsh conditions, racing against time to save lives.
Over the years Project Jonah’s skills, knowledge and rescue capability have become highly regarded both nationally and globally. But effective rescues rely on more than people power, they rely on equipment that can withstand extreme marine environments.
Right now, some of that equipment urgently needs replacing or upgrading.
This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/beware-government-using-image-manipulation-propaganda
If you could pick one non-U.S. tech, product, or service to switch to, what would you recommend, and why? Open-source and self-hosting options welcome!
@zackwhittaker I use Delta Chat for keeping in touch with my contacts. Simple, effective and European.
If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse
Here’s Spain, taking a very different approach to immigration than most other countries.
Gift link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/spain-to-offer-legal-status-to-500-000-undocumented-migrants?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTQ5MzU4OCwiZXhwIjoxNzcwMDk4Mzg4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOUhFUUVUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNTgzQzJGNzAwMzI0MDQzOTRBNjQ1OUY4REVGNzM3MCJ9.QuASj2mlTwhukGVU4w3xS5w-wgJ0Kix5KvG6rR4CX7I&leadSource=uverify%20wall or https://archive.vn/STc1P
Spain to Offer Legal Status to 500,000 Undocumented Migrants
The socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is an outlier on migration policy. While other countries have moved to tighten entry requirements and expel undocumented migrants, Sánchez has welcomed them, a stance also aimed at countering the aging of one of the world’s longest-lived populations.
“I’ll say it clearly. No one is expendable in Spain. On the contrary, we lack people,” Sánchez said earlier this month. “Faced with the choice between being a closed and poor nation, Spain is opening itself to the world to ensure prosperity.”
This is what total trust looks like
#cats #catsofmastodon
@caffinepwrd That belly looks so SOFT!!
Top Thai Builder Secures Debt Relief Amid Ongoing Crash Probe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/top-thai-builder-secures-debt-relief-amid-ongoing-crash-probe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Emerging Markets @emerging-markets-bloomberg
More than X patches, you say…
@yith X meaning 10, of course. 😉
@AlSweigart "I don't believe in phrenology, but [incoherent phrenology noises]"
@glyph @AlSweigart ah yes, a neuroscientist at Stanford, that seems depressingly on-brand
ICE agent's dark threat caught on video: 'I'll erase your voice' #ICE #USPol
"I will tell you this, brother," a man wearing an ICE uniform says from his vehicle. "You raise your voice? I'll erase your voice."
"You said, if I raise my voice, you'll erase my voice?" an unseen person says.
"Yeah," the ICE agent confirms.
PHILLY WAS AN OPTION! ON DAY ONE, THOSE JAWNS WOULD HAVE CHOPPED AGENTS INTO STEAKUMS, DOUSED THEM IN WIZ, AND FED THEM TO GRITTY.
@LRRRonEarth Philly literally chased off the Patriot Front when their dollar store nazi punkasses tried to roll up with their bullshit march.
Philly does NOT play.
