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Yes, it's Monday.

Right now I am listening to my new favorite album: Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina, Live at the Village Vanguard.

This is Cuban jazz at its finest: mambo and chachachá. If you ever saw or listened to The Buena Vista Social Club and liked it, this would be your thing. Particularly, the song El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor).

If you have a music streaming vendor, look for the album. Or watch this and enjoy:

youtu.be/d_BBhVZ_DeE?si=vlNm4E…

Also, here is Broadway, at night, shot at f/1.7 because why not.

#photography #jazz

A monochrome view looking down a San Francisco street and sidewalk, at night. On the right, a row of metal cafe tables shines... but noone is sitting there. On the left. Three people are scrolling along the sidewalk, off to enjoy an evening on this stretch of night clubs and strip joints. Being shot with a wide aperture, most of the scene is blurry bokeh... soft focus.

El manisero

El Manisero interpretado por Bebo Valdes.
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#jazz #photography

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Today, we, along with the National Association of Blind Merchants and several blind entrepreneurs, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a decision by the United States Department of Education that purports to eliminate the Randolph-Sheppard Act priority for blind vendors to operate dining facilities on United States Army installations nationwide.
A blue and white graphic, including the NFB logo at the top right, and text that reads, "January 30, 2026. We filed a federal lawsuit challenging Army-Wide Waiver of the Randolph Sheppard Act."

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RE: mstdn.social/@mcnado/116003078…

Call For A Toxicology Study - Portland Chemical Gas Attacks

Trying to help call attention to this matter of public interest.

Many people, including young children, in Portland have received very heavy chemical gas exposure over the last few days. There are reports of symptoms including respiratory distress and disorientation.

McNadoMD (see below) is putting out the call for medical toxicology experts to assist with analysis and identification in this public health matter.

cc @alissaazar

McNadoMD (@mcnado@mstdn.social)

Hey #emergencymedicine #toxicology peeps! Anyone in PDX interested in a fun experiment being run right now might consider doing a study of heavy metal levels in the blood of people gassed by ICE during recent and upcoming marches.
McNadoMD (Mastodon 🐘)
@Alissa Azar

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Hi everyone. Hope you’re enjoying today’s shows.
Here is the schedule for tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd February.

All times UK.
Good news! We have a new show starting tomorrow from Hunter Wilber. Read on to find out more.
12:00 AM - The Treehouse Collection from the Giant Jukebox.
7:00 AM - The Cutlery Drawer with Bobby Stenhouse.
10:00 AM - The Treehouse Collection from the Giant Jukebox.
4:00 PM - Modern Hype with Hunter Wilber.
5:00 PM - Keeping it Country with Terry Baker, in for Buffy Hartland.
7:00 PM - The Loop with Graham Stearn.
9:00 PM - Theme Fight with Steve and Joe, in for Martin and Shanice.
11:00 PM - The Treehouse Collection from the Giant Jukebox. #THRadio

#thradio

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If you use Mac, definitely try #OpenAI #Codex Desktop App. "For a limited time, Codex will also be available to ChatGPT Free and Go users to help build more with agents. We’re also doubling rate limits for existing Codex users across all paid plans during this period." #LLM #AI developers.openai.com/codex/ap…

Codex app

Your Codex command center
developers.openai.com
#AI #llm #openai #codex

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Re last boost (social.pneumasolutions.com/@pn…): it was a lot of fun working on this feature, and I hope people enjoy it as much as I enjoyed working on it! Working at Pneuma Solutions is an absolutely fantastic experience, they have great company culture and fantastic products. A special thanks to @matt for being an incredible technical mentor throughout this whole process. Happy recording!

Pneuma Solutions

2026-02-03 00:23:47

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AT instructors, support providers, and everyone else in between - rejoice!
Today, we proudly introduce session recording as an open beta for all #RemoteIncidentManager users!
Say goodbye to the struggles of juggling multiple screenshare and recording tools to cobble together a recording of your remote support session! RIM now makes it effortless to record your sessions as they happen. And did we mention it's absolutely free? Go give it a try and tell us what you think!
getrim.app

Welcome - Remote Incident Manager

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@Matt Campbell

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AT instructors, support providers, and everyone else in between - rejoice!
Today, we proudly introduce session recording as an open beta for all #RemoteIncidentManager users!
Say goodbye to the struggles of juggling multiple screenshare and recording tools to cobble together a recording of your remote support session! RIM now makes it effortless to record your sessions as they happen. And did we mention it's absolutely free? Go give it a try and tell us what you think!
getrim.app

Welcome - Remote Incident Manager

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#remoteincidentmanager
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Gizmodo: Amazon’s Ring Wants to Wash Away Your Surveillance Concerns With Lost Puppies

gizmodo.com/ring-wants-to-wash…?

#privacy #cybersecurity #fascism #ring #bigbrother

Gizmodo: Amazon’s Ring Wants to Wash Away Your Surveillance Concerns With Lost Puppies

Amazon's Ring Wants to Wash Away Your Surveillance Concerns With Lost Puppies

Every technology has positives and negatives.
Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
#privacy #cybersecurity #BigBrother #fascism #ring

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One of Pepper the borrowed dog's neighbors offers free whistles in a Little Free Library.

Tucked inside a sandwich bag are the whistle and lanyard, along with signal protocol documentation and a wallet-card list of constitutional rights.

"GIVE THIS CARD TO THE AGENT."

#Minneapolis #resistance #whistles

Posted on the glass of a Little Free Library in the Minnehaha neighborhood of Minneapolis: FREE! Please take one! WHISTLES! INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE. FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA. TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE
#resistance #minneapolis #whistles
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The face-eating leopard grows fat:

Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE

Trump supporter Júnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were ‘all crooks’

"On Saturday, Pena was himself reportedly detained and sent to the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. One friend told the local newspaper the Brazilian Times that Pena had been taken into custody after missing a court hearing. The detainee’s lawyer, Andrew Lattarulo, was reportedly trying to resolve the situation and prevent him being transferred to another state."

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…


Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE

Tom Phillips (The Guardian)

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the department said the temporary ban (visa) will "remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people."
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Meanwhile?
A study published last week by the Cato Institute, found that "immigrants consumed about 24 percent less in welfare benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis ...
smh
cato.org/blog/immigrants-still…

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I’m absolutely fascinated by old telephone recordings.
I’ve listened to quite a bit of Evan doorbells recordings from the states in the 1970s and I recently found a tape from australia made by blind phone phreak Tom Dekker.
I would love to find more especially from outside the states.

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With the complicity of Democrat politicians who truly don't care if you live or die, the fascists who control the federal government are trying to rebrand ICE as a kinder, gentler Gestapo.

Body cams will make no one safer. The mercenary who murdered Renee Good was filming when he shot her.

crimethinc.com/bodycams

The purpose of ICE is to terrorize the general population and impose a totalitarian regime through ethnic cleansing. Reforms and compromises are underhanded attempts to pacify us while they advance further down the road to fascism. There is only one solution.

ABOLISH ICE! 🏴

A screenshot of a social media post, reading: Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEDirector @CBPCommissioner . Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis. As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country. The most transparent administration in American history—thank you @POTUS Trump. Make America Safe Again 🇺🇸 4:24 PM · Feb 2, 2026 · 1M Views

Cameras Everywhere, Safety Nowhere

Police get away with murder not because no one sees it happening, but because they’re part of a larger system that legitimizes everything they do.
CrimethInc.

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A medley of state & local police officers arrested nearly 70 protesters late at night on Jan. 28 outside of the Graduate Hotel. The arrests followed the third noise demo targeting the Graduate, a chain of hotels run by Hilton, for housing federal agents.

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State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest After Noise Demo at Hotel Housing ICE Agents - UNICORN RIOT

A medley of state and local police officers arrested nearly 70 protesters after the third noise demo at the Graduate Hotel for hosting ICE agents.
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