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DHS seeks permission to shoot migrants with heat rays. cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/…
"After declaring that it would be an “injustice” to deny access to the sexual assault in ride-sharing info the state commission recently voted to delay release of the last six years of trip data in order to reconsider Lyft’s latest request to withhold it" sfpublicpress.org/san-franci…
Sometimes a foreign-owned publication can be clearer about US politics than we are. A longform look at what happened in Shasta, California to the FDR coalition of 100 years ago. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
404Media reports that the Orange County fusion center is putting out threat briefings on the risk of "emotional confrontations" at public meetings with anti-Flock activists. 404media.co/cops-warned-to-l…
This is a sad read, especially given McCarty's legislative record on police oversight which was pretty good in the Assembly. Disappointing. theobserver.media/local/how-…
"The video shows an agent wearing a flannel shirt pursuing with a handgun, followed by two masked agents in tactical gear. I’m a U.S. citizen the man tells the agents. When asked why he was running, he responds, “Because I don’t know who you are.” sfgate.com/bayarea/article/i…
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Out of state pressure undoes Alameda County judge sealing of Dublin murder case. eastbaytimes.com/2026/10/19/…?
"Meta can use web scrapers to crawl and collect content from websites “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, according to its new commercial terms of use. niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-…
The lawsuits allege the robots’ cameras and LiDAR — a technology that sends out laser pulses to measure distances and map theenvironment — captured measurements of customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to retrieve their orders blockclubchicago.org/2026/10…
ICE ran over people in Texas in a car while in hot pursuit of an immigrant who died nine years ago. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/imm…
Israeli settlers send Washington Post journalist to the hospital. cnn.com/2026/10/16/media/was…
Huge data breach at the Educational Testing Service, a nonprofit that issues tests for the CA Department of Education, malwarebytes.com/blog/data-b…
"A retired prison administrator who reviewed footage of the incident told KQED: “It looks like they’re lining ’em up for the firing squad.” calmatters.org/justice/2026/…?
"This proliferation of datacenters is now attracting modern-day prospectors seeking to cash in on one of the most lucrative industries on Earth. Set in their sights are areas like Imperial county: rural, underdeveloped and desperate for an economic boost" theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
Homeland Security plans to have an intelligence bureau of their own complete with spies and access to classified information. prospect.org/2026/10/14/ice-…
Trump administration floats weird idea of tying transportation infrastructure funding to the rates of marriage and childbirth among the serviced populations. sfpublicpress.org/culture-wa…
Federal DOJ sues California to suppress ballots that Homeland Security claims without tangible evidence are non-citizen voters. sfchronicle.com/politics/art…
“It’s unacceptable that after running through a gauntlet of paperwork to file insurance claims, some wildfire survivors still have not gotten access to the funds they need to rebuild,” said Rohit Chopra, secretary of the Business and Consumer Serv Agency" apnews.com/article/la-fires-…
Definitely the funniest story of the day. theintercept.com/2026/10/12/…
