evy kwong
@evystadium.bsky.social
鄺文詠 | contributor @404media.co —evy@404media.co | formerly @wired.com and vice news | moving between the hellscape and food | THOUGHTS/OPINIONS MY OWN
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
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ok what's next? let's just say after 10+ years in journalism this is the most excited and responsible i feel to contribute to something because i believe in it so much. beating out everyone else's coverage of ICE/tech/your privacy in this dystopia, @404media.co, its an honor to join your badass team
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Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AI’s massive power demands—and Trump’s done a lot to make it easier for them. Heidy Khlaaf, the head AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, tells us why that’s dangerous.
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story:
www.404media.co/power-compan...
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story:
www.404media.co/power-compan...
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AI’s massive power demands—and Trump’s done a lot to make it easier for them. Heidy Khlaaf, the head AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, tells us why that’s dangerous.
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story:
www.404media.co/power-compan...
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story:
www.404media.co/power-compan...
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NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
“It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”
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guys, we're throwing a show!
404 Media is joining hands with community members and organizations to throw LA FIGHTS BACK, a benefit show to raise money to support immigrants and refugees as ICE and DHS continue their dehumanzing crackdown across the U.S.
learn more: regentdtla.com/tm-event/hea...
404 Media is joining hands with community members and organizations to throw LA FIGHTS BACK, a benefit show to raise money to support immigrants and refugees as ICE and DHS continue their dehumanzing crackdown across the U.S.
learn more: regentdtla.com/tm-event/hea...
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
guys, we're throwing a show!
404 Media is joining hands with community members and organizations to throw LA FIGHTS BACK, a benefit show to raise money to support immigrants and refugees as ICE and DHS continue their dehumanzing crackdown across the U.S.
learn more: regentdtla.com/tm-event/hea...
404 Media is joining hands with community members and organizations to throw LA FIGHTS BACK, a benefit show to raise money to support immigrants and refugees as ICE and DHS continue their dehumanzing crackdown across the U.S.
learn more: regentdtla.com/tm-event/hea...
guys it actually rules so much to be free of overlords and contribute to @404media.co where we unapologetically report on the dystopia. from meta ray-bans being a dangerous surveillance tool to whatever this horrible episode of ICE is, if you can support, head here: www.404media.co/membership/
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
guys it actually rules so much to be free of overlords and contribute to @404media.co where we unapologetically report on the dystopia. from meta ray-bans being a dangerous surveillance tool to whatever this horrible episode of ICE is, if you can support, head here: www.404media.co/membership/
yeah what the fuck could possibly go wrong
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
yeah what the fuck could possibly go wrong
meta pr keeps implying that the glasses and a phone are no different. in response, we say this:
Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
meta pr keeps implying that the glasses and a phone are no different. in response, we say this:
we spoke to @stopthedata.bsky.social’s amber fellows on why the town of ypsilanti is rallying against a proposed AI data center that will be used by nuclear weapons researchers and the personal trauma of fighting this as a Japanese-American person 80 years after from the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings
This town has officially decided to fight against the construction of an AI data center that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
we spoke to @stopthedata.bsky.social’s amber fellows on why the town of ypsilanti is rallying against a proposed AI data center that will be used by nuclear weapons researchers and the personal trauma of fighting this as a Japanese-American person 80 years after from the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings
guys idk why i agreed to go to a live group roleplay where we acted as fifth graders who got tingly asmr lice checks but it happened and i lived to tell the tale (you’re welcome). for @wired.com
Lice Checks, Crafts, and Being Touched by Strangers: Inside a Role-Playing ASMR Spa
Tinglesbar incorporates ASMR into elementary school and doctor’s visits simulations, offering a social haven for introverts.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
guys idk why i agreed to go to a live group roleplay where we acted as fifth graders who got tingly asmr lice checks but it happened and i lived to tell the tale (you’re welcome). for @wired.com
but guys did liberal feminism ruin the workplace
While women are fighting for basic reproductive rights, Silicon Valley is literally investing in guys who want their cum to race.
www.jezebel.com/more-bad-new...
www.jezebel.com/more-bad-new...
More Bad News: Tech Bros Are Sperm Racing
While women are fighting for basic reproductive rights, Silicon Valley is literally investing in guys who want their cum to race.
www.jezebel.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
but guys did liberal feminism ruin the workplace
a pad, like a literal pad with layers of cotton and plastic, is still allegedly the safest thing for a period bc that’s how far innovation has gone for us (and also is expensive as fuck) and then you got men doing shit like this
While women are fighting for basic reproductive rights, Silicon Valley is literally investing in guys who want their cum to race.
www.jezebel.com/more-bad-new...
www.jezebel.com/more-bad-new...
More Bad News: Tech Bros Are Sperm Racing
While women are fighting for basic reproductive rights, Silicon Valley is literally investing in guys who want their cum to race.
www.jezebel.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
a pad, like a literal pad with layers of cotton and plastic, is still allegedly the safest thing for a period bc that’s how far innovation has gone for us (and also is expensive as fuck) and then you got men doing shit like this
putting elf on right fkn now i don’t make the rules
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
putting elf on right fkn now i don’t make the rules
make boxed beef great again
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
make boxed beef great again
lmao the way the clowns running this shit think it’s an identity… like go pick up line dancing yall are bored
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
lmao the way the clowns running this shit think it’s an identity… like go pick up line dancing yall are bored
the app used by the feds keeps people’s faces (including US citizens) for 15 years. now they’re rolling it out to da local cops like what could go wrong
CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the app used by the feds keeps people’s faces (including US citizens) for 15 years. now they’re rolling it out to da local cops like what could go wrong
Reposted by evy kwong
CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
iconic
Jake Lahut, a Wired reporter who from the Nancy Mace airport story last week, was among those fired.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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proud to have worked with @jakelahut.writes.news and even more proud to call him a friend. as corporate nightmare fuel drives us out, huge fucking kudos to all who want to survive, use our platforms to challenge the status quo, and care for their coworkers and industry as a whole
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
proud to have worked with @jakelahut.writes.news and even more proud to call him a friend. as corporate nightmare fuel drives us out, huge fucking kudos to all who want to survive, use our platforms to challenge the status quo, and care for their coworkers and industry as a whole
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
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Ticketmaster's personalized AI slop ads on Facebook are just a glimpse at the future of social media advertising. And Mark Zuckerberg? He's a fan.
Welcome to the dystopic world of AI generated (and personalized) ads. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
Read more: www.404media.co/the-future-o...
Welcome to the dystopic world of AI generated (and personalized) ads. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
Read more: www.404media.co/the-future-o...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ticketmaster's personalized AI slop ads on Facebook are just a glimpse at the future of social media advertising. And Mark Zuckerberg? He's a fan.
Welcome to the dystopic world of AI generated (and personalized) ads. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
Read more: www.404media.co/the-future-o...
Welcome to the dystopic world of AI generated (and personalized) ads. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
Read more: www.404media.co/the-future-o...
attacking SNAP benefits while also telling US army soldiers to rely on foreign government handouts
At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
attacking SNAP benefits while also telling US army soldiers to rely on foreign government handouts
Reposted by evy kwong
At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
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A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
and while we’re at it shout out to meme admins for their service
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
and while we’re at it shout out to meme admins for their service
god forbid bad bitches want rights lfg
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
god forbid bad bitches want rights lfg