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Absolute Immunity

the-reframe.com · Jan 12

Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.

Shared by @Migueldeicaza and 30 others.
tante (@tante) · Jan 12
🔁 @gedankenstuecke:

«if you ask non-Republican people in positions of power and influence about Good's murder, they'll mostly say the problem is training, which is what they say in order to avoid saying that the real problem is that we are in a police state controlled by a Nazi party operating not under the law, but under their claim that might makes right. Why do they avoid saying this? I suspect it is because saying it would lead them toward conclusions they'd rather not engage with»

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

Chance the Lawyer (@chancethelawyer.bsky.social) · Jan 13
🔁 @juliusgoat.bsky.social:

Let me give you a thought experiment: Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should. www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

Absolute Immunity

draNgNon (@draNgNon) · Jan 12
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

This weekend, I wrote about the state murder of Renee Good, and the fascist claim that her murderer enjoys absolute immunity, and a common-sense reversal of qualified immunity that protects civilians from authorities, rather than the other way around.

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

samiamsam (@samiamsam) · Jan 12
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

This weekend, I wrote about the state murder of Renee Good, and the fascist claim that her murderer enjoys absolute immunity, and a common-sense reversal of qualified immunity that protects civilians from authorities, rather than the other way around.

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

Guillotine Jones, Flâneur (@Guillotine_Jones) · Jan 12
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

This weekend, I wrote about the state murder of Renee Good, and the fascist claim that her murderer enjoys absolute immunity, and a common-sense reversal of qualified immunity that protects civilians from authorities, rather than the other way around.

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

Trending Bot (@trending) · Jan 12
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

This weekend, I wrote about the state murder of Renee Good, and the fascist claim that her murderer enjoys absolute immunity, and a common-sense reversal of qualified immunity that protects civilians from authorities, rather than the other way around.

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

Bruce MacDonald (@rationaldoge) · Jan 12

A. R. Moxon: "Try this on for size: A bill that states clearly that the presence of a person in ICE gear (as well as the presence of any known employee or former employee of ICE in or out of gear) represents a reasonable present threat to civilian life and that civilians, who have a right to fear for their lives, have qualified immunity in their response. This isn't a bill that says it is legal to go out and shoot cops or anyone else; it's simply a bill that puts first things first; a bill that states that in conflicts between police and civilians, it is civilians who can justifiably fear for their lives under the law, and civilians who are far more justified in acting out of that fear to defend themselves, and civilians who should enjoy greater considerations and protections following (hopefully extremely rare) violent interactions. This might sound extreme or unrealistic; I'd invite you to sit with how obvious it is."
the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

#Minneapolis #ICE #UncheckedAggression

JonChevreau 🇨🇦 (@JonChevreau) · Jan 12
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

This weekend, I wrote about the state murder of Renee Good, and the fascist claim that her murderer enjoys absolute immunity, and a common-sense reversal of qualified immunity that protects civilians from authorities, rather than the other way around.

the-reframe.com/absolute-immun

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Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods

forever-wars.com · Jan 13

Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end

Shared by @waltwooton and 36 others.
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey (@Gustodon) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Robert M (@rob11563) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

GhostOnTheHalfShell (@GhostOnTheHalfShell) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Alexander Karn (@xankarn) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

hypebot (@hypebot) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Preston Austin (@gl33p) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Walt Wooton (@waltwooton) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

Hands Off Christo (@ChristoFBG) · Jan 13
🔁 @dangillmor:

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.

forever-wars.com/either-ice-is

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A Minor Planet, a Major Thrill

whatever.scalzi.com · Jan 12

Our solar system has eight major planets, nine if you believe that Pluto Was Wronged. It also has literally thousands of minor planets, which are also colloquially known as asteroids, many of which…

Shared by @matthewskelton and 18 others.
Matthew Skelton (@matthewskelton) · Jan 13
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

Poul-Henning Kamp (@bsdphk) · Jan 13
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

Steven Hoefer (@troublewithwords) · Jan 13
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

ItsDoctorNotMrs (@northernlights) · Jan 13
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

Nikola Grcevski 🇨🇦 (@vivaboredom) · Jan 13
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Jan 12
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 (@rpardee) · Jan 12
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

Kevin Russell (@kevinrns) · Jan 12
🔁 @scalzi:

Oh, nothing, I just found out that there's now an actual minor planet with my name on it, and I am (literally!) over the moon about that fact:

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/01/12

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The Purged

theatlantic.com · Jan 13

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.

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How to know if that job will crush your soul - Anil Dash

anildash.com · Jan 12

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Shared by @mikemcquaid and 12 others.
Khalid-a-tron ⚡ (@khalidabuhakmeh) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

Stefan (@stefan) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

Journalism & Comment Channel (@journalismandcomment) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

Brian Beach (@haiku_brian) · Jan 13
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

Dave bauer (@davebauerart) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

lj·rk (@ljrk) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

Jens Bannmann (@tynstar) · Jan 12
🔁 @anildash:

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-t

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See what is happening, not what is supposed to happen

productpicnic.beehiiv.com · Jan 12

The stories we are telling around user research and LLMs have locked us into a doomed framing. Reject the very notion that it is "better than nothing."

Shared by @sknob and 10 others.
Abie (@temptoetiam) · Jan 13
🔁 @baldur:

“See what is happening, not what is supposed to happen”

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

> It consistently makes mistakes that even an undergraduate wouldn’t be allowed to get away with: leading questions, inserting its own meaning, and generally acting as a confirmation bias machine.

Baldur Bjarnason (@baldur) · Jan 13

“See what is happening, not what is supposed to happen”

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

> It consistently makes mistakes that even an undergraduate wouldn’t be allowed to get away with: leading questions, inserting its own meaning, and generally acting as a confirmation bias machine.

G. Gibson (@mistergibson) · Jan 13
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

Eric Carroll (@EricCarroll) · Jan 13
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

Kagan MacTane (he/him) (@kagan) · Jan 12
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

Pavel A. Samsonov (@PavelASamsonov) · Jan 12

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

sknob (@sknob) · Jan 13
🔁 @baldur:

“See what is happening, not what is supposed to happen”

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

> It consistently makes mistakes that even an undergraduate wouldn’t be allowed to get away with: leading questions, inserting its own meaning, and generally acting as a confirmation bias machine.

Ethan Blanton (@elb) · Jan 13
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

Rob Ricci (@ricci) · Jan 13
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

the_blackwell_ninja [EST] (@the_blackwell_ninja) · Jan 12
🔁 @PavelASamsonov:

If you're in #tech and struggling to figure out what your career look like now — this piece is my answer. You've heard "it's here to stay" or "it's better than nothing."

Reject these frames.

Look at the system being built around you. Manufacturing validation for "inevitable" success. Rewriting our roles from human-centered creative to feature cheerleader.

Our choices write the future. And you have more choices than "embrace the inevitable" or "quit."

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th

#ai #llm #ux

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When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew

theguardian.com · Jan 13

The PM’s technocrat tendencies and lack of obvious backbone make him a target for amorphous rage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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Mike (VK1OMG) 🏴‍☠️ (@mike_k) · Jan 13
🔁 @troberts:

UK politics makes me feel better about Aus politics

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Let’s start with the word choice, which feels subtly telling in this case. If Boris Johnson was, as the darts crowd sang in late 2021 at the height of the Partygate scandal, a “cunt”, then somehow calling Starmer a “wanker” is altogether more piteously dismissive – insinuating not just degeneracy but a kind of bashful cowardice. The first word imputes a straightforward roguishness, perhaps even a grudging regard; the wanker, by contrast, is essentially beneath contempt."

#UKPol

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄🏳️‍⚧️ (@corin_ja) · Jan 13

Seems I'm completely out of sync with the mainstream of opinion, as so often the case: I do not think #KeirStarmer is a wanker. I think he's the least bad out of the last four or five PMs in this country. Definitely disagree with his policies, and especially disappointed by the own-goals, but Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss & Sunak were all far, far worse PMs

#UKpolitics

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Just Tom... 🐁 (@tompearce49) · Jan 13
🔁 @robcornelius:

This article by Jonathan Liew, who is nominally a "sports" journalist for the Guardian, is the best analysis of Keir Starmer I have ever read.

The article really deserves to win some awards. In case it doesn't I tip my hat to Jonathan. I will buy him a pint or two should we ever meet.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

TL;DR The crowd at the World Darts Championships were chanting "Keir Starmers a wanker" and one of the competitors was encouraging them and even joining in with the chant. This tells us all we need to know about Keir Starmer and modern Britain.

A few ong but juicy quotes

"[Was the crowd] condemning Starmer from the nativist right or from the progressive left? Pro-farmer or pro-Palestine? [Do they] think the government’s reforms on workers’ rights go too far or not far enough? Perhaps [the crowd's] protest might even have come from the Burnhamite centre, less an ideological objection and more an implicit criticism of messaging and delivery."

"... Starmer somehow manages to encapsulate a broader revulsion with traditional Westminster politicians – preoccupied with managerialism and triangulation over ideology and morality; the sheer reluctance to define a political mission beyond a vague obsession with “fixing things”, as if Britain were basically a damp garden shed."

"Whatever sinks your boat, Starmer has something to offer you. Engaging with all the ways in which our system of representative democracy is broken, the macroeconomic currents that disenfranchise entire states, the failures of centrist politics to respond to sweeping technological change and increasing social alienation:."

It doesn't take a first class honours degree in PPE from Oxbridge to work out that Keir Starmer is a wanker. You probably do need a Damian Hirst etc to try to deny he is a wanker though.

#KeirStarmer #JonathanLiew #TheGuardian #KeirStarmerIsAWanker

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Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan

theguardian.com · Jan 12

Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Shared by @glynmoody and 14 others.
Police State UK (@PoliceStateUK) · Jan 13
🔁 @bestforbritain.org:

"London’s homicide rate is lower than New York, Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Toronto and Paris, five times lower than the rate in LA, and almost 12 times lower than the rate in Chicago. " Do not believe the lies of those peddling misinformation for their own political gain. https://bit.ly/4qjSIac

Sorry, Trump and Farage – Lond...

Juggling With Eggs (@JugglingWithEggs) · Jan 12

While there can be no room for complacency as #SadiqKhan here states, the reality of violent crime statistics in #London is that they are moving in the opposite direction to what #Trump and #Farage claim.

But facts are no longer enough. If these statistics are not reported by rightwing media or widely shared, how many people will be aware that London is becoming safer than ever?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Jan 13
🔁 @bestforbritain.org:

"London’s homicide rate is lower than New York, Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Toronto and Paris, five times lower than the rate in LA, and almost 12 times lower than the rate in Chicago. " Do not believe the lies of those peddling misinformation for their own political gain. https://bit.ly/4qjSIac

Sorry, Trump and Farage – Lond...

NormanDunbar (@NormanDunbar) · Jan 12
🔁 @JugglingWithEggs:

While there can be no room for complacency as #SadiqKhan here states, the reality of violent crime statistics in #London is that they are moving in the opposite direction to what #Trump and #Farage claim.

But facts are no longer enough. If these statistics are not reported by rightwing media or widely shared, how many people will be aware that London is becoming safer than ever?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿 (@FaithfullJohn) · Jan 12
🔁 @JugglingWithEggs:

While there can be no room for complacency as #SadiqKhan here states, the reality of violent crime statistics in #London is that they are moving in the opposite direction to what #Trump and #Farage claim.

But facts are no longer enough. If these statistics are not reported by rightwing media or widely shared, how many people will be aware that London is becoming safer than ever?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg

theguardian.com · Jan 12

I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg

Shared by @Binder and 11 others.
Bob Downie (@geomannie) · Jan 12
🔁 @Christownsendoutdoors:

It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Just Tom... 🐁 (@tompearce49) · Jan 12
🔁 @wood5y:

"We had outright denial when the Guardian first published its investigation. As further witnesses came forward, we had excuses: it was “banter”, there wasn’t any malice involved and any such abuse was never targeted at an individual.

Now Reform’s leader says that much, although seemingly not all, of what is being claimed from the now 34 alleged witnesses and victims about his behaviour is “fantasy”. The motivation of this large group of fantasists is said to be political. The politician’s response does not sit well with me."

#fascism #racism #ReformUK 🐸

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Wen (@Wen) · Jan 13
🔁 @Christownsendoutdoors:

It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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