Amanda Whitlock
@amandawhitlock.bsky.social
Supermarket jeans
Photo editing for Forbes, and sometimes I write words about TV. Blunt but charming. Illinois.
Photo editing for Forbes, and sometimes I write words about TV. Blunt but charming. Illinois.
Pinned
“We hope your rules and wisdom choke you”
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When Illinois closed its prison in Dwight more than a decade ago, the transfer to Logan Correctional Center left incarcerated women traumatized. Now, as the state is pitching to close Logan, advocates want to ensure that history is not repeated.
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Advocates Ask Pritzker, IDOC to Endorse Transfer Plan for Women at Logan Prison
In March 2024, Gov. JB Pritzker announced the closure and rebuild of both Stateville and Logan correctional centers, allocating $900 million for the projects. The decision came after a state-commissio...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When Illinois closed its prison in Dwight more than a decade ago, the transfer to Logan Correctional Center left incarcerated women traumatized. Now, as the state is pitching to close Logan, advocates want to ensure that history is not repeated.
https://to.wttw.com/4pRE4qe
https://to.wttw.com/4pRE4qe
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You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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NEW: Four sources tell @mzeff.bsky.social that OpenAI has become reluctant to publish research on the negative economic impacts of AI, including job displacement.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Four sources tell @mzeff.bsky.social that OpenAI has become reluctant to publish research on the negative economic impacts of AI, including job displacement.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
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Reposted by Amanda Whitlock
imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
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Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza ➡️ u.afp.com/S7fB
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza ➡️ u.afp.com/S7fB
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Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat reut.rs/49Zlk3n
Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat
Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok, North Sumatra province.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat reut.rs/49Zlk3n
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There's a spider on the ceiling
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There's a spider on the ceiling
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.
www.nola.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
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A 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 16 inches in coastal communities.
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake triggers tsunami on Japan’s northern coast
Several people were injured at a hotel as a tsunami of 40 centimeters struck the Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures.
www.adn.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 16 inches in coastal communities.
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#BREAKING Tsunami of up to three metres (10 feet) expected to hit Japan's Pacific coast, meteorological agency says, after 7.6-magnitude quake hits
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#BREAKING Tsunami of up to three metres (10 feet) expected to hit Japan's Pacific coast, meteorological agency says, after 7.6-magnitude quake hits
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The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’
Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’
Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@colsonwhitehead.com excellent rt placement on my timeline
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@colsonwhitehead.com excellent rt placement on my timeline
Hand written notes stick in my memory much longer. I also can read better off screen aka books
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hand written notes stick in my memory much longer. I also can read better off screen aka books
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NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
If you see this report w Positive masculinity
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you see this report w Positive masculinity
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The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
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Famed architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, has died at his home in California. He was 96.
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Famed architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, has died at his home in California. He was 96.
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For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
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Supermoon surf's up 🌝🏄
Montrose Beach
Montrose Beach
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Supermoon surf's up 🌝🏄
Montrose Beach
Montrose Beach
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On Dec. 7, we’re taking you to Albany, Georgia, and telling a story as we never have before.
In a new 5-part series, ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues one question: “Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?”
In a new 5-part series, ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues one question: “Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?”
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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POLITICO: “.. Almost half — 46 percent — say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being, a view held by 37 percent of 2024 Trump voters.”
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
POLITICO: “.. Almost half — 46 percent — say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being, a view held by 37 percent of 2024 Trump voters.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...