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somsai

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16. Turned out there was more to the story

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:35 AM

Yesterday

I have a general rule of thumb on stories about an individual.

24 hours to get some resemblance of the facts, like male, Irish national, busted by ICE, time of arrival etc.

But I still hold back on making assumptions for a week or two or even a month or two. Sometimes there's more to the story. Like this one.

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