ICE, Profits and Immigrant DetentionDonald Trump's immigrant detention and deportation policies have poured billions of dollars to ICE and have increased the profits of for-profit private companies who are creating private prison and immigration detention centers.
According to the American Immigration Council, in July, the Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that included $170 billion for immigration- and border enforcement-related funding (https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/congress-approβ¦)
This includes $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers, $29.9 billion toward ICEβs enforcement and deportation operations, and limiting the number of immigration judges to 800 despite record backlogs in the immigration court system.
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Bit of a longshot here, but I was just recalling a site I used to love flipping through years ago for its (digital?) artwork, that was called something like... Paintbrush? Or something equally everyday like that? Brushstroke? No, that's not it...
It's some posted art of one artist who does some pretty spectacular paintings that go from fantasy to sci-fi. It's a distinct style that has some detail while also omitting others, like a lot of faces were blurred out and/or abstract.
They all struck me as looking like some were part of longer storylines, but I didn't see or read of any arcs that explained any.
I just tried seaching for "paintbrush", and of course came across everything connected to that term but not this guy's site.
Again, a long shot, but any chance anyone knows what the site is called, or who the artist is?
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Digital Blasphemy comes to mind, but I suspect that's not what you're looking for.
Digital Blasphemy | 3D Wallpaper
Explore Digital Blasphemyβs collection of immersive, high-quality 3D art designed to transform your desktop with breathtaking visuals.Digital Blasphemy
I felt a bit dumb this morning in realizing that I may just have the guy's website bookmarked, which is way more likely to have survived newer laptop transitions than occasional images.
No such luck, unfortunately. Or at least, if it's there, it's not searchable by anything I can recall from the domain name.
Nature is not having any of that "AI" image and video crap. Good for them.
Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and videoWhy Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video
Saying βnoβ to this kind of visual content is a question of research integrity, consent, privacy and intellectual-property protection.www.nature.com
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OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars Technica
OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide
OpenAIβs response to teen suicide case is βdisturbing,β lawyer says.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Still the best indicator of linkedin spam: make your first name an emoji, and your last name your full name.
If you actually read my profile, you wouldn't have called me "coffee cup emoji".
![A linkedin spam email with the text "Hi β, I saw you're using Playwright. Many teams love it, but still [...]", showing that it was written by a bot rather than someone who actual read my profile, saw that my name was "β Pomax" and went "obviously, their name is not β".](https://blog.taursnd.haus/photo/preview/640/6788140 "A linkedin spam email with the text \"Hi β, I saw you're using Playwright. Many teams love it, but still [...]\", showing that it was written by a bot rather than someone who actual read my profile, saw that my name was \"β Pomax\" and went \"obviously, their name is not β\".")
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USPTO Wants To Make Bad Patents Unchallengeable. You Have Until December 2nd To Tell Them No.
The US Patent Office is about to gut the only effective tool we have for killing bad patentsβand theyβre doing it by administrative fiat, without Congress, in a way that would make patent troβ¦Techdirt
OK, I just rediscovered the Shortcuts app on my iPhone and how you can use it to make automations.
If you use this, what do you use it for? What do you automate that you find useful?
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and not get pinged all day long
and not tell every tower in range that you need coverage 24/7 when you are in fact not using it
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Trying out #Meshtastic for the first time with these Heltec LoRa 32 boards inside this neat 3D printed case. The red one has a 18650 battery inside.
So far looks like thereβs no one around me that I can reach successfully. Any tips for longer range comms?
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Local Groups | Meshtastic
Below is a list of groups that have been actively organizing Meshtastic networks in their regions. Feel free to contactmeshtastic.org
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The Swedes (and most of Europe) have absolutely zero issues with the Zionist entity stealing land in #palestine while running #pogroms to #exterminate the #indigenous population and replacing them with colonisers. Seems like invading and taking land by force is perfectly fine as long as youβre European π€·ββοΈ
The lady doth protest too much.
Ok, that's a spicy cheese, & I suspect it'll go to waste, Schnucks Carolina Reaper cheese. I will say I had my doubts as to how spicy they could make it, but yeah, I'm impressed. Problem is what to use it for, I put a liberal amount in my chili, & its got a decent bite. Usually I use shredded cheese in my omelets, and while this might be fun to combine with a sweet egg omelet, I suspect I'd find it too hot unless I put a very small amount in, & I don't have a matching cheese... Anyone want it?
There are already enough data leaks, and now they want your government issued ID just to use ChatGPT app. The old web was free, right? You could visit any website. Now just four apps control everything and what you see, and they won't work unless you provide identification. What a mess.
ChatGPT has start issuing mandatory Age Verification reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/β¦
Whatever you do, do not provide your ID to the worst company out there. Added screenshot in case post gets deleted.
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How a Nazi trial ended the just-following-orders defense for US troops
After Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders βa man of ordinary sense and understanding would know to be illegal."Richard Sisk (Military Times)
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To recap:
β’Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
β’Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
β’The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
β’Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isnβt just fiscally dumbβitβs literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
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"Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isnβt just fiscally dumbβitβs literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands."
To those 800 billionaires, that's a feature, not a bug.
β² @scriptkiddie@anonsys.net:What a cruel and unjust system.
#meme #capitalism #politics #economy #money #humanrights #problem #society #future #wealth #poverty #humanity #equality #democracy #system #matrixβ² headrift - 2025-09-30 13:05:06 GMT
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The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements
insideevs.com/news/779210/ev-bβ¦
#electric vehicle
The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements
New research shows that it's extremely uncommon to have to replace a modern electric car's battery.Tim Levin (InsideEVs)
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Oh wow, Dale Nally said the quiet part out loud.
According to him, if you don't vote, you lose your right to participate in democracy.
elections.ab.ca/uploads/Recallβ¦
![November 17, 2025
Gordon McClure
Chief Electoral Officer
Suite 100
11510 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5G 2Y5
Dear Mr. McClure,
Warning: This document contains privileged information from Elections Alberta, and permission
from Eberhart may be required before publication.
According to Elections Alberta data, Joshua Eberhart does not vote in provincial elections. The
question then becomes how does someone who does not even vote get talked into leading a
recall? I believe Mr. Eberhart acts as a proxy for Alberta Resistance, a left-wing activist group
weaponizing recall legislation to target UCP MLAs and provoke a general election. This
approach contradicts the spirit of recall legislation, and therefore, this application is without
merit.
Kind regards,
\
Dale Nally \
MLA, Morinville-St. Albert](https://blog.taursnd.haus/photo/preview/640/6776625 "November 17, 2025
Gordon McClure
Chief Electoral Officer
Suite 100
11510 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5G 2Y5
Dear Mr. McClure,
Warning: This document contains privileged information from Elections Alberta, and permission
from Eberhart may be required before publication.
According to Elections Alberta data, Joshua Eberhart does not vote in provincial elections. The
question then becomes how does someone who does not even vote get talked into leading a
recall? I believe Mr. Eberhart acts as a proxy for Alberta Resistance, a left-wing activist group
weaponizing recall legislation to target UCP MLAs and provoke a general election. This
approach contradicts the spirit of recall legislation, and therefore, this application is without
merit.
Kind regards,
\
Dale Nally \
MLA, Morinville-St. Albert")
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Yeah, but the Coast Guard is still under DHS, which should not exist
DHS was created in 2002-2003 by the Bush/Cheney regime, as "a needed reorganization" for "stronger security".
The term "homeland" had not been used before by any president and is -irrefutably- reminiscent of Nazi terminology, something corporate press studiously ignored then, and to this day.
It has weaponized agencies that used to be legit, and has long been a haven for reactionary bigots. DHS itself needs to be abolished
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Teslaβs first Supercharger for Business lands at a Florida credit union with 325 kW V4 stalls
Huh, interesting, not sure the sense in this business, but its interesting.
supercarblondie.com/tesla-firsβ¦
#Tesla #electric car #charging
Teslaβs first Supercharger for Business lands at a Florida credit union with 325 kW V4 stalls
The first Tesla Supercharger for Business station is up and running in Florida, with eight branded V4 Supercharger stalls. This is what it means for youClaire Reid (Supercar Blondie)
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Retail chain accidentally sold iPad Airs for $17 β wants them back
Retail chain accidentally sold iPad Airs for $17 β wants them back
A large retail chain offered 13-inch iPad Air models to loyalty card holders for $17, with both online orders and...Ben Lovejoy (9to5Mac)
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We're looking to migrate to another Mastodon server, to one that's ideally still urbanist focused, but is a little more moderated and with a healthy admin focus. Does anyone have any recommendations of servers for an account that's mostly a publication feed of transit and land-use community journalism?
We used to live on mspsocial.net (love them!), but are looking for a server that allows anonymous access. We'd prefer not one of the huge servers where moderation is generally lacking.
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in reply to π΄ Seph π πΎ • • •We are looking for an investor who can lend 150,000 US dollars to our holding company.
We are looking for an investor who can invest 150,000 US dollars in our holding.
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