"ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next." https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children
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"Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas."Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight." https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters
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This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating.@mewsleah That’s probably true!
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This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating.This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
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Unpopular opinion: building and using technology ethically is not the same thing as going back to a previous era of technology or staying frozen in time.Unpopular opinion: building and using technology ethically is not the same thing as going back to a previous era of technology or staying frozen in time. Instead, it's really important to keep moving forward and building the future - new techniques, new platforms, new ideas - in a pro-social way.