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Rewriting an earlier post that should have been edited and verified *a lot more* before posting.
I'm going to connect some dots here. ICE can cross designate with any agency (19 of U.S. Code 1401):
> The terms “officer of the customs” and “customs officer” mean any officer of the United States Customs Service of the Treasury Department (also hereinafter referred to as the “Customs Service”) or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard, or any agent or other person, including foreign law enforcement officers, authorized by law or designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to perform any duties of an officer of the Customs Service.
Back in September Trump diverted a bunch of Federal staff to ICE:
#USPol

Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/watchdog-urges-airlines-tell-uk-customers-carbon-impact-flights

Heroku says it is transitioning to a "sustaining engineering model", as it focuses on "helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI" (Nitin T Bhat/Heroku)
https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/

An Update on Heroku
Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support. Heroku remains an actively supported, production-ready platform, with an emphasis on maintaining quality and operational excellence rather than introducing new features. We know changes like this can raise questions, and we want to be clear about what this means for customers. There is no change for customers using Heroku today. Customers who pay via credit card in the Her…

Rechenzentrum-Projekt von NTT in Nierstein nimmt nächsten Schritt
Die Planungen für die 482-Megawatt-Anlage von NTT Data nehmen die erste rechtliche Hürde. Der gesamte Bau soll rund zehn Jahre dauern und 2027 starten.

blockchain is just DRM in a trenchcoat
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/blockchain-powered-game-storefront-reportedly-shutting-down-and-taking-customers-games-with-it/

Oh, I'm not a Monzo customer and I'd assumed posts about a bank doing a "Spotify Wrapped" were satirical.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/07/monzo-customer-language-year-in-monzo-review

‘Mainly, you fast fooded’: Monzo under fire over ‘shaming’ year-end reviews
Bank criticised for tone of spending summaries, with one user complaining to ombudsman over ‘humiliating’ use of data

Bye bye Heroku https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement pulled all of its detainees out of the Cumberland County Jail,
many of them were moved to a field office in Burlington, Massachusetts,
about 100 miles from Portland, Maine.
The facility is designed for administrative processing,
but immigration attorneys say it has been holding some people for more than 10 days
-- raising concerns about due process and access to legal counsel.
Lisa Parisio,
policy director at…

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

AI.com: 70 Millionen Dollar für KI-Agenten
Die Domain AI.com wurde für den bislang höchsten bekannten Preis verkauft. Unter der Adresse soll eine Plattform für autonome KI-Agenten entstehen.
https://www.

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at "Camp East Montana" in Texas,
the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility,
at a rate of nearly one a day for five months,
-- each its own tale of pain and despair.
A man sobs after being assaulted by another detainee.
Another bangs his head against the wall after expressing suicidal thoughts.
A pregnant woman complained of severe back pain and also had coronavirus.

911 calls reveal pain, despair at ICE'S largest detention camp
The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. The emergencies included repeated suicide attempts by detainees, seizures, injuries from fights and a pregnant woman in pain. Data from more than a hundred 911 calls obtained by The Associated Press, interviews with detainees and court filings offer a portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutriti…