Alex Imparat
@aleximparat.bsky.social
Designer & code tinkerer. At the intersection of journalism & technology and everything in between. Voracious reader and obsessive music listener.
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Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage
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A true Georgian. Protesting the Russian regime under the rain with an umbrella, a mask on to hide from the Chinese surveillance cameras, and a book. #GeorgiaProtests
April 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A true Georgian. Protesting the Russian regime under the rain with an umbrella, a mask on to hide from the Chinese surveillance cameras, and a book. #GeorgiaProtests
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Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Wisconsin hates Elon so much it could be one of his kids.
April 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Wisconsin hates Elon so much it could be one of his kids.
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I spent my Tuesday at an event in Warsaw listening to representatives from Polish civil society discussing their experience in fighting back against authoritarianism. Maybe it's time for pro-democracy groups in the US to start engaging with them because that's clearly not happening at the moment.
March 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I spent my Tuesday at an event in Warsaw listening to representatives from Polish civil society discussing their experience in fighting back against authoritarianism. Maybe it's time for pro-democracy groups in the US to start engaging with them because that's clearly not happening at the moment.
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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Draft dodgers who fire veterans
March 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Draft dodgers who fire veterans
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To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing.
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 49 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing.
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.
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So much this now
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So much this now
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Trump: “You don’t have strong cards.”
Zelensky: “I didn’t come here to play cards.”
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Zelensky: “I didn’t come here to play cards.”
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February 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump: “You don’t have strong cards.”
Zelensky: “I didn’t come here to play cards.”
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Zelensky: “I didn’t come here to play cards.”
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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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“The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that.”
Donald Tusk, Polish PM
Donald Tusk, Polish PM
February 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that.”
Donald Tusk, Polish PM
Donald Tusk, Polish PM
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We are experiencing the old global order coming to an end, old rules, agreements and values being reviewed.
Or, rather, this is not the end. These are changes and transformations, as well as the beginning of something new. There will be new alliances, rules and agreements.
Or, rather, this is not the end. These are changes and transformations, as well as the beginning of something new. There will be new alliances, rules and agreements.
February 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are experiencing the old global order coming to an end, old rules, agreements and values being reviewed.
Or, rather, this is not the end. These are changes and transformations, as well as the beginning of something new. There will be new alliances, rules and agreements.
Or, rather, this is not the end. These are changes and transformations, as well as the beginning of something new. There will be new alliances, rules and agreements.
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Trump is now an aide in Russia’s regime change plan for Ukraine.
Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.
Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.
Trump snaps back at Zelenskyy, blaming Ukraine for the war
The Ukrainian president has been excluded from the administration’s negotiations with Russia seeking an end to the war.
www.politico.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Trump is now an aide in Russia’s regime change plan for Ukraine.
Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.
Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.
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The Munich mistake still haunts as the world debates giving in to Russia.
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Munich mistake still haunts as the world debates giving in to Russia.
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It is the job of diplomats to make the best out of any given situation.
It is the job of journalists, writers and historians to say very clearly and without hesitation what the situation *is*.
Both jobs are important but they are not the same.
It is the job of journalists, writers and historians to say very clearly and without hesitation what the situation *is*.
Both jobs are important but they are not the same.
February 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It is the job of diplomats to make the best out of any given situation.
It is the job of journalists, writers and historians to say very clearly and without hesitation what the situation *is*.
Both jobs are important but they are not the same.
It is the job of journalists, writers and historians to say very clearly and without hesitation what the situation *is*.
Both jobs are important but they are not the same.
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A good general epistemic rule of thumb: If you have spent a few hours or weeks studying an area large numbers of smart, educated people have worked in for decades, and you believe you have discoverer an earthshattering truth they all missed, your default should be to regard this as VERY unlikely.
Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!
February 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A good general epistemic rule of thumb: If you have spent a few hours or weeks studying an area large numbers of smart, educated people have worked in for decades, and you believe you have discoverer an earthshattering truth they all missed, your default should be to regard this as VERY unlikely.
Maybe, just maybe, he is really really stupid. And maybe in this philosophy of “move fast and break things”, the “break things” part is actually extremely harmful.
February 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Maybe, just maybe, he is really really stupid. And maybe in this philosophy of “move fast and break things”, the “break things” part is actually extremely harmful.
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‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
‘Cybertruck Man’
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen
a cartoon in defiance of Musk
#political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen