The new IOS 27 default enables “live listening” to your conversations. Go to settings > accessibility > audio and visual > live listen, and turn that shit off. Please SHARE WIDELY. Mine was set to “on”.

Mister Midnight@mstrmidnight.bsky.social · 4h ago

From a colleague of mine: New Apple update - The recent Apple IOS 27 update automatically enables “Live Listening” on Apple devices. This means that **all the iPhones and iPads** with this update, both **personal and operational**, are by default listening in on all conversations around them,

Today at the Williamsport ICE warehouse: unmarked grey enclosed cargo trailers towed in by unmarked SUVs through the open doors, at least ten that were not there before, two roll-off dumpsters full of debris at the docks, and roughly 100 vehicles now stored

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Democrats, who just erased the Republican majority on the State Board of Education, say one of their first moves will be to revisit Christian nationalist changes to curricula that were approved by the board this year.

Texas Democrats plan to undo GOP’s work on State Board of Education

Democrats say they have a majority on the State Board of Education, and now want to revisit the Christian-infused reading lists and social studies standards passed by Republicans in recent years.

houstonchronicle.com

Thinking about how Wiles explained her relationship with Trump as functionally the same as managing her alcoholic dad. She was the Daddy Whisperer and being the Daddy Whisperer to an abusive and unstable man means a whole lot of de-escalatory emotional work that men rarely know how to do

Congratulations to Rep. Wahab on being reelected by her constituents in CA-14! For the second time in recent months, Dr. Wahab has overcome millions in outside spending by Trump donors. That's because she has a proven record of answering to her communities and getting results.

ARRESTS AT SUPREME COURT Police arrested 31 peaceful protesters under Sections 11 & 12 of the Terrorism Act outside the Supreme Court yesterday. If charged and convicted, each offence could carry up to fourteen years in prison for saying a few words to oppose genocide.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that GOP Gov. Brian Kemp confirmed he won't call a special legislative session to redraw Georgia's districts or take any action to limit the powers of Gov-Elect Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Reminder that Miller isn't only behind the Trump administration's immigration policies. He's also the central driver of the lethal, illegal "boat strikes." From www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Big: Kris Kobach, the Kansas attorney general, one of the country’s most notorious far-right figures who charted the way for Trump’s election denialism well before Trump got to it, has lost his reelection bid. Democrat Chris Mann will be the new Kansas attorney general, APcalls.

Judge blocks construction of Trump’s arch within an hour of its final approval www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/p...

Judge blocks construction of Trump’s arch within an hour of its final approval | CNN Politics

A federal judge has blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s arch for 14 days after a final vote approving the structure passed late Thursday despite fierce opposition from citizens who voiced...

cnn.com

Midterms 2026: Abortion rights upheld in several states, except Idaho

Midterms 2026: Abortion rights upheld in several states, except Idaho

Residents of Virginia, Nevada and Missouri reaffirmed their support for abortion rights, while those in Idaho did not alter the current ban. The resounding Democratic victory in the midterms could shift the landscape in a country where about 60% of the population supports abortion access.

lemonde.fr

Guy Richards Smit

When you govern without any evident regard for the voters who elected you; when you start a war with no proper explanation for it and no real plan to end it; when that war results in punishingly high prices for the things people need to live by, on top of the higher prices they already have to pay

Trump has paid the price for vanity, cronyism and economic lunacy

The Republican president had a historic opportunity and signally failed to deliver. Is anyone really surprised the Democrats have routed his party in Congress?

thetimes.com

The new Democratic congress has their work cut out for them. Undoing the damage done by the Trump administration will not happen overnight. Realistically we need a Democratic president in 2028 undo everything at a higher level. 🧪 archive.today/aR1cM

What a Democratic Congress Could Mean for Science

The Trump administration has sought to reshape the nation’s research infrastructure. Democratic lawmakers, newly empowered, are preparing to push back.

nytimes.com

🏆REPORTING DataOne in Vineland NJ uses power sources w/o permits. It ran 62 Caterpillar G3516H stationary reciprocating engines & released an estimated 140 tons of nitrogen oxide w/potential annual emissions > 1,500 tons. Oh and the noise. 15 Min. VIDEO 📽️ 👀 jerseyvindicator.org/2026/11/05/v...

Video: How a drone investigation uncovered pollution violations at a New Jersey data center • Jersey Vindicator

Floodlight takes viewers behind the scenes of its investigation into DataOne's Vineland facility, where state regulators imposed a $1.07 million fine over unpermitted gas-powered generators.

jerseyvindicator.org

🇺🇸💰 $93,000 IN REPORTED SECRET SERVICE HOTEL COSTS! Federal contracts reportedly covered agents’ accommodations at 2 luxury hotels around Ivanka Trump’s birthday visit to Morocco. That doesn’t include flights, meals, transportation or agents’ wages. Accountability matters! #SheShed #TaxpayerMoney

Force every Republican coward to vote on a Hegseth impeachment. Make every one of them who votes against it own all of his stupidity and incompetence heading into 2028 so we can cement a larger majority.

The descriptions of Miller as "a fiery hard liner" or "a controversial aide" or "immigration hardliner" are disgracefully evasive. He's a white supremacist, full stop.

Nashville? For Peter Thiel's capital of ketamine-addled fascist fundamentalists? Saint Dolly won't have it.

Dolly Parton: Is That The Thanks I Get?

ALT: Dolly Parton: Is That The Thanks I Get?

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Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 5h ago

NEW: In leaked recordings, Peter Thiel argued that Nashville should be a moral alternative to Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church, which he called “a dubious ally” against a hypothetical future Antichrist Democratic president.

So we've gone from Iran's nuclear program being "totally obliterated" to "please, somebody, anybody, we'll pay you $20 million to tell us where it is."

Shots fired y'all

We cannot relent until these masked thugs have been withdrawn from our cities and states, and the agents and officials encouraging this violence have been held accountable. #ResistTrump

Three days ago, Americans overwhelmingly rejected Republicans’ cruelty, chaos and corruption. Trump’s response? Elevate the architect of his failed policies, Stephen Miller, to WH chief of staff. The president isn’t just ignoring people across this country, he’s giving them the middle finger.

Sort of amazed that the GOP and MAGA have no clue what they did wrong and are going to continue to do it for the next two years.

Cornell University’s Faculty Senate has voted “no confidence” in the school’s leadership over its handling of sexual assault allegations on campus.

Cornell faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape

Cornell University’s Faculty Senate has voted “no confidence” in the school’s leadership over its handling of sexual assault allegations on campus.

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Iran says that after 8 months of U.S.-Israeli war on them they have successfully achieved regime change in the U.S. and Israel.😆