Boston: A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, […]
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No, Trump isn’t a fiscal conservative, shut up
After reading yet another righty’s attempt to describe the recent DOGE shenanigans as bold and deeply necessary acts of fiscal […]

The itch.io takedown
The players: Funko is best known for its line of Funko Pop figurines, “collectibles” based on other companies’ licensed IP. […]

I misread a headline: city bus driver edition
On my way out of the grocery store one evening, I skimmed the headlines on the newspaper rack and saw […]
“Voter fraud” scumbaggery in Pennsylvania
Jarrett Coleman used to be a commercial pilot. I could call into question how he went through three employers between […]

The case of the Peterborough perv cams
Britain: IKEA has removed hidden security cameras from its warehouse in Peterborough, England, after an employee spotted one in the […]
The real estate commission protection act of 2021
Dateline Oregon (MSN): Starting in January, a real estate agent must reject any communication that would reveal the buyer’s race, […]

An idiot at the Jim Pattison Group claimed to own dozens of Super Mario Bros. speedruns
Speedrunning, for those of you who don’t know, is a type of video game competition where people try to run […]

The entitled 57
Update to one of the stories in yesterday’s post, the one from Buffalo about two riot cops shoving a 75-year-old […]
Days of sound and fury
I’ve been watching the protests-slash-riots over the past few days with a growing feeling of dissatisfaction not just at how […]