A federal judge on Wednesday shredded the Trump administration’s shallow defense for bragging about its rampant, warrantless immigration arrests.
In an 88-page ruling, U.S. Judge Beryl Howell wrote that the Trump administration had illegally lowered the standard for making immigration arrests
when it instituted a policy of “arrest now, ask questions later” as part of the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.
Howell documented how the Department of Homeland Security and Trump …
There was a Mac monitor that did that in the `90s...
No OLED needed then, either. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115153251550183220
Architectural debt is not just technical debt
https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2025-10-31-architectural-debt-is-not-just-technical-debt/
The US DOJ has indicted two Virginia brothers, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, for allegedly deleting 96 US government databases while working as Opexus contractors (Sam Sabin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/virgina-twins-doj-arrest-opexus-data-breaches
Ukrainian airstrike hits Lukoil’s Bobrov oil depot near Voronezh: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/05/ukrainian-airstrike-hits-lukoils-bobrov.html
But if AI is so userful and everyone wants it, why does Microsoft have to cut its AI sales targets in half?
(Original title: Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/mic<…
📢 Star-Architekt Frank Gehry gestorben
Der Architekt Frank Gehry ist tot. Er starb im Alter von 96 Jahren in seinem Haus im kalifornischen Santa Monica, wie sein Büro mitteilte. Zu den bekanntesten Gebäuden des US-Kanadiers gehört das Guggenheim-Museum in Bilbao.
➡️ https://www.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Arrested Development:
🎵 Tennessee
#ArrestedDevelopment
https://butterfactory.bandcamp.com/track/arrested-development-tennessee-butter-factory-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1aaoIHFT9UqhlaEwLAhh00
The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington.
Agents arrested Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, on explosive charges.
Calls to relatives of Cole listed in public records were not immediately returned.
The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, …
Most of the 475 people arrested at Hyundai facility in Georgia are Korean nationals
The arrested workers were being held at Ice’s Folkston, Georgia detention facility.
Local Korean media said roughly 300 people detained were South Korean nationals.
“It is our understanding that none of those detained is directly employed by Hyundai Motor Co.
We prioritize the safety and well-being of everyone working at the site and comply with all laws and regulations wherever we op…