Tootfinder

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has engaged in a deadly immigration crackdown that has trampled the constitutional rights of migrants and US citizens.
During the operation, there have been 28 incidents where immigration agents shot at people,
resulting in eight deaths,
according to an analysis by The Trace.
On July 13, an ICE officer fatally shot Joan Sebastian Duršn Guerrero,
a 25-year-old delivery driver from Colombia authorized to work in the US…

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s deployment of immigration agents. Know of an incident? Please be in touch.

Sources: Anthropic's revenue run rate reached $65B by the end of July, up from $47B in May and $9B in late 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/anthropic-revenue-run-rate-surpasses-65-billion-a…

Hannah Spencer’s clothes have entered the political argument
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politic

Hannah Spencer’s clothes have entered the political argument
A maiden speech about who belongs in Parliament, and some on the right responded by examining whether Hannah Spencer’s clothes were right for the privilege

49ers WR Ricky Pearsall to be placed on season-ending IR with PCL injury https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7481316/2026/08/01/49ers-ricky-pearsall-season-ending-injury/

15 years remote and counting
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Freed into the Public Domain in 2025, by Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, and Harry Warren
"Just a Cheerful Little Earful"
Here performed by Chestor Leighton & His Sophomores (w Smith Ballew voc. The Dorsey bros; Joe Venuti 🎻 Cornell Smelser 🪗 Eddie Lang 🎸)
We played it on last year's #PublicDomainDay episode of @…

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2025-12-31: Public Domain Day Requires a Law Degree
With every year that passes, more and more of our cultural heritage passes from private ownership into the public realm, where anyone can use or enjoy it without being required to pay fees — …

Sources: Donald Trump Jr. got ~$300K in Kalshi equity after becoming a strategic adviser in 2025, when Kalshi was valued at ~$2B; now it's worth $22B (George Steer/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f70147b1-ee77-4d75-8587-707a49ddb605

Eine Zahl zu den aktuellen Temperaturen: 3,4 Millionen Beschäftigte arbeiten in der deutschen #GreenTech-Branche - 3x so viel wie in der Autoindustrie. Die Exportleistung ist 132 Mrd. Euro. Das sind Eckdaten, auch an denen man die Bösartigkeit und sektenhafte Verbohrtheit der gegenwärtigen (Wirtschafts-)Politik messen kann.

gestern eine #dokuwiki-instanz geupdated. auch wenn mir der name der vorversion besser gefallen hat. 🙃

‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/15/uk-climate-extreme-weather-2025-hottest-year-on-record

Sources: Russian hackers were behind a 2025 ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover that used "mind-blowing" encryption and cost UK's economy an estimated $2.5B (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/world/e

A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy
A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see Russian hands behind the ransomware attack.

Filing: President Trump reports $1.4B in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, including $500M from WLF and $635M from the sale of his $TRUMP coin (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reports-more-than-14-bi…

Sources: Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank is in talks to raise money at an $8B valuation, up from $4.35B in 2025; its deposits grew from $1.1B in March to $4B now (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-02/p…

Sources: the CFTC began an extensive investigation of Polymarket earlier this year; the agency's former acting head killed a separate investigation in July 2025 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…

C.F.T.C. Begins Investigating Polymarket, a Test of a Key Regulator
Last year, the powerful agency overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the company was illegally serving U.S. customers.