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11h ago

Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of “spontaneous use of force,” ICE says
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aramis87 @fedia.io 11h ago
His death is the first homicide in ICE custody in recent history
Press [X] to doubt.
ICE officials wrote in that report that while detained at Camp East Montana, Lunas Campos received “regular” medical evaluations
Press [X] to doubt.
Lunas Campos’ death “is still an active investigation, and more details are forthcoming,” the spokesperson said.
Translation: This is the least-damaging version we can use as an explanation, given the facts that the public currently knows. However, we reserve the right to change our story if additional information get leaked.
The federal government tried to deport the six detainees who witnessed the final moments of Lunas Campos.
The actions of a totally innocent bureaucracy, definitely not panicking ...
The whereabouts of those witnesses are currently unclear
Yeah, I'm going to guess it's not anyplace good.
Only after the [public] medical examiner advised his family that it might be a homicide did ICE officials allege a suicide attempt. [...] Eleven days after Lunas Campos’ death, 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz marked the facility’s third fatality. ICE sent Diaz to a U.S. Army hospital rather than the local medical examiner, where a military spokesperson said that the agency would not make his autopsy public.
So there's an ongoing cover-up in this third [known] death, got it.
Fuck ICE.

12h ago

Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of “spontaneous use of force,” ICE says

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aramis87 @fedia.io 12h ago

17h ago

OpenAI's Hardware Device Just Leaked, and You Will Cringe

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aramis87 @fedia.io 17h ago

A smart lamp?

Eh, I have some smartbulbs around the house. I have one upstairs and one downstairs that automatically turn on around sunset and turn off around dawn: I want my elderly pets to be able to navigate safely to get to wherever they want to be. I have a couple other smartbulbs installed in the two places that are often accidentally left on and that we had to make special trips to turn off when we were going to bed. And I've set timers on some of them to go on and off randomly when we've gone on vacation. So I can understand the basic use cases.

But the thing is, we've done all that without needing a special "lamp" to handle that for us. I'm not sure what market the lamp will be targeting.

17h ago

Chemical Vandalism at Trump-Kennedy Center Ice Rink Forces Cancellation

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aramis87 @fedia.io 17h ago

[some brain-damaged speaker for the Kennedy Center said] "The Democrats have been calling artists urging them to cancel and attacking the Center non-stop."

Uhh, no, we haven't.

[And also added] "Commonsense Democrats must speak up before this violence takes a life."

Someone needs to send them that analysis of where almost all the political violence in the US originates from.

first reported by Fox News

Of course it was ....

The USPP Major Crimes Unit is reviewing security footage and investigating

Does the Major Crimes Unit not have, y'know, some actual major crimes to investigate?

17h ago

TIL That The Count of Monte Cristo Was Based On The True Story Of A Shoemaker Who Was Framed, Imprisoned, Claimed A Treasure Hoard, Assumed Aristocracy And Then Took Vengeance: Pierre Picaud

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aramis87 @fedia.io 17h ago

TIL - thank you!

Also, Dumas based D'Artagnan from The Three Musketeers and it's sequels (the last of which was The Man in the Iron Mask) on an account of the life of Charles de Batz de Castelmore D'Atagnan, later Captain in the Musketeers and also for a time Governor of Lille.

2d ago

Epstein Scandal Leaves Some Young Trump Voters Feeling Betrayed

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aramis87 @fedia.io 2d ago

You know how, if you fall for one scam, they trade/sell your info to other scammers because they know you're likely to fall for something else as well? That's how I feel about these people: they may (eventually) leave the trump train, but they'll be ripe pickings for someone else.

2d ago

Live Updates: US Supreme Court rules against Trump Tariffs

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aramis87 @fedia.io 2d ago

Also: no tariffs!

The ruling only applies to tariffs he justified with the 1977 Emergency Act; the rest remain in place.

2d ago

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics

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aramis87 @fedia.io 2d ago

It's not all the tariffs, just the ones he justified using the 1977 Emergency Act. So of course, now he'll use another justification, and it'll take SC(R)OTUS another year to rule on those.

3d ago

Realtor Uses AI, Accidentally Posts Photo of Rental Property With Demonic Figure Emerging From Mirror

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aramis87 @fedia.io 3d ago

sigh. Yet another "journalist" sourcing stories from /r/popular.

3d ago

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

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aramis87 @fedia.io 3d ago

DinoCon has named several paleontologists and researchers who had links with Epstein after his conviction. And they've also banned the directors of various institutions that have continued to maintain ties with those people.

4d ago

They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

Oh! I had a local mushroom CSA once - it was so good, but I just couldn't keep up with the mushrooms! I've opted into their holiday shares instead :)

We also had a place called Lost Bread Company. They bought a small mill and then were like, "Well, what do we do with this?!" They eventually built up a network of people who were growing various "older" grains on hobby farms or odd bits of land - grains that just aren't in everyday use these days like spelt, emmer, etc - and they ground their grain for them. But then they were like, "Wait, what do we do with the grain?!" So they started a bakery - and a CSA.

Every month, you got a box focused on the grain of the month. There was a little booklet going over the history of the grain, it's various traits and uses, and then several tested recipes for what you could do with the grain in it's various forms. The box would also contain the grain in it's flour form, the grain in it's whole-grain or partially hulled form if appropriate (so you might get rolled oats or wheatberries or something), a range of baked goods made from the grain, and usually something else associated with the grain - you might get buckwheat honey, for example, or a small decorative sheaf in October or November. It was a really cool concept, and I really enjoyed it. They eventually backed off the CSA - it was too much work for them - and focused on their hobby mill and bakery. They make these absolutely killer pretzel shortbreads ....

4d ago

They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

They can be expensive, yeah. I'm currently paying $400 for a ten-week share, which used to make me wince when I wrote out the check - $40 a week for veggies? What was I thinking?! And then I put it into context. The food in those boxes filled 80% of my veggie needs for the entire year, plus most of the herbs I use. 80% of a 52-week year is a bit over 41 weeks - and ten dollars a week for a bunch of incredibly fresh produce is a bargain.

One thing I'd suggest, for people who might be interested in CSAs but can't afford them is to check with all your local CSA farms, as some farms have other options available. Some farms offer work-shares: you agree to work for the farm (it's usually about 4 hours a week), and you get a free share. Another farm I belonged to offered a distribution-share: a small truck would drop off shares for local people at your place - in front of your garage, or on your porch, or some other agreeable location - and over the next few hours people would come by to pick up their shares. In exchange for hosting the boxes, you got a free share for your family. There are miscellaneous variations on this, and they're generally offered only by a minority of farms, but they are out there.

4d ago

Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

It's extremely charitable of you to assume that these laws will be enforced equitably.

4d ago

They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

You have cool parents null

I've belonged to a few different ones (moved a couple times, one wasn't a great fit, and one farmer retired during the pandemic), and there's always something new. Not just heirloom tomatoes and different types of hot peppers, but odd varieties of herbs (lemon basil is fantastic!), odd fruits like paw paws, ground cherries and incredibly fresh Asian pears, weird upscale vegetables that you usually only get at higher priced restaurants and groceries, etc.

Between my boxed farm share and the pick your own extras that come with it, it's probably about 80% of my veggies for the entire year.

4d ago

‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

Because you're looking at the English Wikipedia? It's there in the French Wikipedia.

4d ago

They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.

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aramis87 @fedia.io 4d ago

Nicole asked around among her friends. “Where do you get real food?”
They stared at her, not comprehending her question.
“Whole Foods?”
Nicole drifted through the aisles of expensive, organic food. Even pricey lettuce after a few days in the fridge wilted and turned slimy. She felt trapped, confined to the industrial food distribution network that girdled the globe.
I could try to grow a head of lettuce, she thought. It can’t be that hard. She was not indentured to the corporate grocer. She was free. Free to grow a head of lettuce. Maybe more.

For anyone who isn't in a position to grow their own food and also has this question, look into Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). At the start of the year, you buy a share in a local farm, and you get a box of veggies every week of the growing season. [There are variations: you can get a large box or a small box, you can choose to get a box just on alternate weeks, etc.] By having their money up front, the farmer is no longer at the mercy of start-of-season bank loans and the risk of a bad harvest: the farm is guaranteed to survive to the following year. In exchange, you get a box of peak produce: no lettuce that's been making it's way through distributors for three weeks, or apples that have been warehoused for nine months. No food that's traveled halfway across the world - everything is small scale, seasonal, and incredibly fresh.

6d ago

FAFO! Founder Of 'Latinas For Trump' Upset Her Son Is In ICE Detention

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aramis87 @fedia.io 6d ago

I think this is partially inaccurate. Vergara is a far-right politician in Colombia, and is a big fan of Trump, but I don't think she was part of Latinas for Trump. (If anyone has proof of such, I am happy to be corrected.)

6d ago

TIL that the phrase "time is of the essence" comes from 18th century contract law

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aramis87 @fedia.io 6d ago

Eh, that page sounds like AI output, not sure I'd take their word for the origin of the phrase.

7d ago

This void needs to be reset to its factory settings

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aramis87 @fedia.io 7d ago

Void wants to know why you're snooping on their very private bath!?

7d ago

US fixation on the hard-hat economy and making manufacturing great again makes little sense

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aramis87 @fedia.io 7d ago

My point is that the big manufacturing boom in the US in the 1950s was a direct result of the devastation from WWII, and the US being the one less affected country that wasn't facing inner turmoil (China, India) and that had a lot of resources and a lot of population. And that the decline of American manufacturing has less to do with the US transitioning to a service oriented economy, and more to do with the rest of the world rebuilding their economies and industrial bases after the war. When you're the only large-scale industrial manufacturer in the world, of course you do well. When you have to compete with a bunch of other countries, you actually need to compete.