American Gulag
15:06 Sunday, 8 February 2026
Current Wx: Temp: 7.74°F Pressure: 1030hPa Humidity: 60% Wind: 13.02mph
Words: 132
In her most recent post in Letters From an American, Heather Cox Richardson discusses the detention system being constructed by ICE.
This policy has dramatically increased detention of immigrants. Before it, the U.S. held about 40,000 people on any given day. Now, according to Laura Strickler and Julia Ainsley of NBC News, the United States is currently holding more than 70,000 immigrants in 224 facilities across the nation, 104 more facilities than it had before Trump took office. Those detainees include children.
104 more facilities, and growing. They're building the infrastructure and processes to "disappear" people.
Laugh if you want. If you wanted to build a massive system to round up and imprison political enemies, how could you get away with it in the United States of America?
This is how.
✍️ Reply by emailPot Pouri for $50, Alex
08:07 Sunday, 8 February 2026
Current Wx: Temp: 0.01°F Pressure: 1030hPa Humidity: 79% Wind: 11.34mph
Words: 336
Didn't snow as much as forecast, though the wind has piled it up over the side porch which is the main entrance, so I'll get to shoveling it again shortly.
I lurk in some of the retro-computing forums and noticed that Christopher Drum took a look at Hypercard back in December. He blogs about using old software today, and what the experience feels like. That had the inevitable effect of making me want to play with Hypercard. Earlier in the day, I searched Goodwill for "vintage Apple computers" and an iMac G5 came up. I never owned one of those.
So now I'm wondering what an iMac G5 runs on eBay. Turns out, you can get one for less than an Apple II. And if I was going get a PowerPC iMac G5 to run Hypercard, then I could also run Total Annihilation!
And then I recognized what was going on. I do this all the time. I buy all this old crap to do stuff I think I want to do, and then it gets here and sits around taking up space. Sigh.
Besides, Apple made a version of Hypercard for the IIgs that's sitting in my closet, and it's a near-peer, if not 100% compatible with the Mac version.
I still think it would be cool to have an iMac G5 to use all the old MacOS 8 and 9 software I used back in the day. But life is short. Make better choices.
I've been watching some of the skiing events at the Olympics on YouTube. I have to say that I find the whine of the drones intolerable. And I can't even see where they're airing any footage from the drones? If they are, it isn't especially noticeable, like "Wow!" or anything.
Anyway, a couple of mentions of the mundane. "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."
Before dictatorship, blog about bullshit. After dictatorship, blog about bullshit.
Same-same.
Enjoy your liberties while they last.
✍️ Reply by emailScott Galloway on Resist and Unsubscribe
07:46 Sunday, 8 February 2026
Current Wx: Temp: 0.01°F Pressure: 1029hPa Humidity: 77% Wind: 11.34mph
Words: 46
Galloway posted a video answering questions from Reddit mostly, I think. It's short, only a few questions, but I think it's worthwhile.
Here's the web site again, Resist and Unsubscribe.
And don't forget to delete the apps from your devices. You can always use the browser.
✍️ Reply by email