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One truly mind-blowing thing about the ICE invading cities is how •little• actual violence there’s been against ICE agents. Observing, filming, making noise, warning neighbors? Yes. Violence, physical assault? Hardly any. At the level of people throwing snowballs.
Imagine, just imagine, the kind of principled self-restraint it takes for basically the entire population to respond to all this ongoing terrorizing and kidnapping following the constitutional principles that these agents themselves are flouting.
Cities? Cities are bastions of peace if you ask me.

#caturday

PwC's US boss Paul Griggs says PwC decided to "lean in" to crypto work after years of taking a more cautious stance, following Trump's embrace of digital assets (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5e1448bc-11a2-4229-bb5c-1a322a7ad217

CPB board votes to dissolve the 58-year-old organization following the rescission of all federal funding by Congress at the behest of President Trump (Cameron Coats/Radio Ink)
https://radioink.com/2026/01/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Officially Votes to Disband - Radio Ink
After 58 years of service to the American public, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors has formally voted to dissolve the organization.

Even mythical creatures need their naps. Though we can only see two heads of the Hydra in this image, its slumber allowed us to venture close and grab this image before fleeing. Born of the fearsome pair Typhon and Echidna, the Hydra remains there still, guarding the entrance to the couch. #CatsOfMastodon

A judge has ruled that, for now,
asylum seekers are not required to pay an annual fee for each year their application is pending.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP.)
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, which became law on July 4, 2025,
instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system,
including asylum seekers.
The legislation requires that they pay a $100 filing fee and an Annual A…

Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Do Not Have to Pay Annual Fee, For Now
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system, including asylum seekers.

It's the oil - just the oil: "Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but rather a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe."
U.S. Indictment of Maduro Cites Cocaine Smuggling, Trade in Which Venezuela’s Role Is Believed to Be Modest - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-drug-trade.html

New Documentary Exposes Fracking’s Heavy Toll on New Mexico https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/new-documentary-exposes-frackings-heavy-toll-on-new-mexico-2025-12-01/

New Documentary Exposes Fracking’s Heavy Toll on New Mexico
Center for Biological Diversity: LAS CRUCES, N.M.— The Land of Sacrifice, a new documentary released today by filmmaker Annie Ersinghaus, shows how New Mexico’s fracking boom is heaping health and environmental burdens on frontline communities.

I learned freedom riding the Midlands cuts by bike. I still explore cities by bike, on foot, and by car, always chasing that same feeling of discovery just around the corner.
#midlands #blackcountry #england

🤦‍♂️ COP30 climate pledges favor unrealistic land-based carbon removal over emission cuts, says report
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-cop30-climate-pledges-favor-unrealistic.html

COP30 climate pledges favor unrealistic land-based carbon removal over emission cuts, says report
An analysis of national climate plans released today at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil warns that countries are failing to carry out core work required to reduce emissions by halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation, and are instead pushing unrealistic carbon removal schemes, such as large-scale tree planting.