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Humans. Data. Puns. AI/ML. WIDS_Sweden. MSc Epidemiology program at LSHTM. Tripledot Studios. Ex-King. Ex-Google. Ex-Northvolt. ☕☕☕. A mostly American living in Sweden. Formerly @galinash on the semi-dead app.

This week’s main story is about how police use surveillance tools like cameras, microphones, license plate readers, “cell site simulators,” and the practice of “predictive policing,” to create a world that has been lovingly described as “Big Brother on steroids.” Full segment at the link in our bio.

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I was pulling photos from Getty Images today and this one took my breath away for a second. "Plain clothed federal agents pursue a man through the lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center before tackling and arresting him Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn."

A watermarked image of an ICE agent wearing a white sweatshirt and gray pants moving in to tackle a guy wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans 

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/plain-clothed-federal-agents-pursue-a-man-through-the-lobby-news-photo/2260946195?adppopup=true

The International Olympic Committee is lifting the suspension of Russian boxers while Russia is bombing the old boxing center in Kherson. The IOC is on the wrong side of history.

NEW: The Trump administration is in court today seeking to reinstate rules that would allow virtually any employer and university to *stop covering* birth control in their insurance plans. All they'd have to do is claim a religious or moral objection to contraception. More in @autonomynews.co

Trump Is Still Fighting to Let Employers Object to Birth Control for ‘Moral’ Reasons

The administration will ask an appeals court today to restore sweeping, ideological exceptions to insurance coverage of contraception.

autonomynews.co