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Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE (WTOC)
https://www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/savannah-teacher-killed-crash-by-man-fleeing-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p1#a260217p1

"Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind"
#Trees #Environment
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Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind
Sydney communities may be missing out on crucial tree planting projects intended to combat urban heat, leaving western and eastern parts of Greater Sydney with less protection from extreme heat, a University of Sydney-led study has revealed. In a surprising finding, the researchers found that while Greater Sydney's total tree canopy increased by 4.2% from 1.514 billion square meters to 1.578 billion square meters between 2016 and 2022, this growth was not evenly distributed.

"sometimes 'asshole' isn't enough," jonathan richman reassessing pablo picasso tonight at baby's all right, a line he's probably used before but feeling pretty universal at the moment. what a miracle to be in a room with richman in 2026. (please don't tell him that i snuck a photo.) #brooklyn

I know everyone’s already dragging the living shit out of this already but 🤷🏻‍♀️:
All ICE/BP should have:
Clearly marked vehicles
Clearly marked names on uniforms (large TEXT for both)
ID/badges
Dismissal and/or prosecution for failing to comply.
QR codes are just unneeded “tech” complication
The current regime talks a lot of shit about ID being required to vote, but is fine with armed agents of the govt having less ID than a teen trying (and failing) to…

The entire machinery of online discourse around building and creating has been so thoroughly captured by entrepreneurial "logic"
that we've lost the language to describe what it feels like to simply make a thing that helps someone,
give it away, and move on with your life.
I've been feeling this for a while now, and I suspect a lot of folks who have the itch to build feel it too, even if they haven't articulated it.

The Noble Path
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an indie hacker in possession of a widget must be in want of a business model... Every tool is a startup now. Every script is a SaaS product. Every neat little hack you cobbled together on a Sunday afternoon to solve your own

Judge limits ICE's crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p141#a260116p141

Happily it was a straightforward swap of identical models. Didn’t have to replace the sink flange as a result. It was an awkward business of hefting it up to get it aligned and locked into the flange, but it took only a mild amount of swearing to finally get it right.🤬
No leaks. Orders have been given to unfurl the mission accomplished banner.
(The wiring under this sink could use some taming. Whoever did it was certainly not paid by the hour. 🙄 )

⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-16/ice-agent-los-angeles-shooting-court-records
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p105#a260116p105

War Powers Resolutions Keep Failing. Democrats Are Going to Try Again Anyway. (Hamed Ahmadi/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/foreign-policy/war-powers-resolution-trump-democrats-iran-greenland-cuba-columbia
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p28#a260116p28