“Under a 287(g) task force model, such as the agreement being pursued by the University of Florida, participating officers would have the authority to interrogate “any alien or person believed to be an alien” about their right to remain in the country, as well as the power to make arrests without a warrant in some cases.”
https://www.wuft.org/public-safety/2025-04-14/uf-other-florida-universities-to-deputize-campus-police-for-immigration-enforcement
Imagine being asked to learn while you can be stopped and interrogated just walking between classes because a campus police officer believes you might not be a US citizen.
California pastor says apparent immigration agents waved a weapon at her in church parking lot (Jack Jenkins/RNS)
https://religionnews.com/2025/06/13/in-church-confrontation-apparent-immigration-agents-wave-a-weapon-at-pastor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p127#a250613p127
WBD plans to shut down its linear multiplex channels HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax on August 15, 2025; HBO Family launched in December 1996 (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/hbo-is-shutting-do…
Rolling into Friday like...
#DailyWhippet #DogsOfMastodon
Wind-driven Ranch fire in Apple Valley sparks evacuation order
A wind-whipped brush fire near Apple Valley had grown to 4,205 acres by about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday with no containment, according to Cal Fire #SanBernardino.
The #Ranchfire ignited south of Apple Valley around 2 p.m., according to fire offi…
Well I'm glad I got one NAS backing up to the other last week because I accidentally wiped my Jellyfin library last night.
A long running rsync command got everything back in place. Whew!
WBD's split is set to close in mid-2026; CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels says he assumes "the majority" of WBD's ~$37B debt will exist with the spun off Global Networks (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollyw…
WBD says David Zaslav will be CEO of the new Streaming & Studios business, and current WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels will become CEO of the Global Networks business (Jacob Pramuk/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/warner-bro
The fact that most people—even the punditocracy—seem to willfully not remember who was president in 2020 explains a lot of current political discourse on numerous subjects
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:swgxwbir4rrimj57pf75jckf/post/3lrbbdbrl…