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More than two dozen times over the past year, ICE agents have drawn or pointed their guns at people, almost all of them US citizens. / Jacobin
See also: A sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota. / MN ICE Witness
Palantir is building an app for ICE that maps potential deportation targets using HHS address records, among other sources. / 404 Media
The El Paso medical examiner’s office is likely to classify the death of an ICE detainee as a homicide by detention staff. / Common Dreams, The Washington Post [$]
Inside the legal battles against Trump’s National Guard deployments: “We were able to have a little bit of a sigh of relief. But only for a few hours.” / NPR
That we have to discuss whether Trump is joking when he talks about canceling the midterms, “should tell you something about the health of our democracy.” / The Atlantic [$]
As Trump limps into the midterms, anti-abortion groups may threaten to pull their support in a bid to reassert their influence in the White House. / Politico
New research shows climate change has reduced American incomes by an average of 12%. / The Guardian
See also: Twice this week, judges ruled wind farm projects Trump sought to halt will indeed move forward. / The Hill
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Photos from inside a Myanmar office park where thousands of workers—some of them enslaved—operated countless scams around the world. / The New York Times [$]
Uncovering the history of The Wishing Well, a lesbian personals quarterly that launched in the mid-’70s and briefly made it to the internet before disappearing. / The Paris Review
Researchers say all living things emit visible wavelengths of light from biological processes, and that this “glow” ceases when we die. / Science Alert
Emma Freud gets a view into her renowned great-grandfather’s life through a cutting of his beloved begonia. / Observer
Visiting a Spanish farm that grows uncommon citrus varieties, such as finger limes, which “contain zesty pearls that burst in the mouth and have a fragrant sweet-and-sour flavor.” / The Guardian
See also: A list of individual trees. / Wikipedia
“Although the coefficient of variation is quite high for all ingredients, it seems that pine nuts, basil leaves, garlic, and lemon juice are all added to taste.” You need a kitchen slide rule. / Entropic Thoughts
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