Michael Morisy
@morisy.bsky.social
civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
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Librarians continue to be on the front lines of the war against knowledge and humanity, with little help from those in power. From @404media.co www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Librarians continue to be on the front lines of the war against knowledge and humanity, with little help from those in power. From @404media.co www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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SCOOP: Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
SCOOP: Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
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“ICE loves to demand our papers but it seems they don’t like it as much when we demand theirs,” said Ginger Quintero-McCall, one of our attorneys in our most recent FOIA lawsuit against ICE.
Thank you to Ginger and @kevinok.bsky.social at Free Information Group making this suit possible.
Thank you to Ginger and @kevinok.bsky.social at Free Information Group making this suit possible.
FPF takes ICE to court over dangerous secrecy
FOIA lawsuit targets ICE’s efforts to stop congressional oversight of detention facilities
freedom.press
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“ICE loves to demand our papers but it seems they don’t like it as much when we demand theirs,” said Ginger Quintero-McCall, one of our attorneys in our most recent FOIA lawsuit against ICE.
Thank you to Ginger and @kevinok.bsky.social at Free Information Group making this suit possible.
Thank you to Ginger and @kevinok.bsky.social at Free Information Group making this suit possible.
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DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office.
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
www.foiaball.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office.
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
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This is tonight in Philly. Come see if my pants are normal or not.
Nov 6 at the Pen & Pencil in Philly with @dhm.bsky.social @sad13.horse @lot49books.bsky.social Cody Roggio and Emilie Friedlander www.penandpencil.org/content.aspx...
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is tonight in Philly. Come see if my pants are normal or not.
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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
In Philly and want to know how to get verified information out to people? The News Creator Corps is having me do a Citing Sources training session on Dec. 3! A few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/news-creat...
News Creator Corps Citing Sources Training
Learn how to distinguish between media sources and find credible information you can share with your audiences and communities.
www.eventbrite.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In Philly and want to know how to get verified information out to people? The News Creator Corps is having me do a Citing Sources training session on Dec. 3! A few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/news-creat...
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i will be at mozfest with @trevortimm.bsky.social - come say hi!
👋 Come watch our Freedom of the Press Foundation talk on "lessons from a decade of building whistleblower tech" later this week at Barcelona's #MozFest.
It's kicking off the conference at 9 a.m. local time on Friday.
It's kicking off the conference at 9 a.m. local time on Friday.
Mozilla Festival Schedule
For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. From November 7th to 9th, we’re bringing that energy back to Barcelona, and you're invited to be a part of it.
schedule.mozillafestival.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i will be at mozfest with @trevortimm.bsky.social - come say hi!
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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The Office of the Secretary of War acknowledged a series of detailed questions by The Intercept about designated terrorist organizations but would not even say if it knew which DTOs the U.S. is targeting with lethal attacks, much less provide a list of the groups.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Office of the Secretary of War acknowledged a series of detailed questions by The Intercept about designated terrorist organizations but would not even say if it knew which DTOs the U.S. is targeting with lethal attacks, much less provide a list of the groups.
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Ask us anything: the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast wants listeners’ questions this week for an episode on the 2026 midterms. What issues, candidates, causes are on your mind? Send questions to themail@newyorker.com with the subject line “midterms.” Thanks!
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ask us anything: the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast wants listeners’ questions this week for an episode on the 2026 midterms. What issues, candidates, causes are on your mind? Send questions to themail@newyorker.com with the subject line “midterms.” Thanks!
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We’re on a 15 minute break. Hopefully we we emerge with a solution to bring you those sweet sweet voir dire quotes about the sandwich guy you’re hungry for.
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We’re on a 15 minute break. Hopefully we we emerge with a solution to bring you those sweet sweet voir dire quotes about the sandwich guy you’re hungry for.
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Jury selection is underway in the trial of the DC “sandwich guy,” but Judge Nichols is doing the whole thing with hushers. Closing voir dire has previously been a violation of 6th Amendment. @nbcnews.com and other outlets have raised objections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'
Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.
www.nbcnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Jury selection is underway in the trial of the DC “sandwich guy,” but Judge Nichols is doing the whole thing with hushers. Closing voir dire has previously been a violation of 6th Amendment. @nbcnews.com and other outlets have raised objections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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JSK alum Matt Kiefer and colleague Hannah Harris Green created an open-source database for their investigation into drug overdose trends across the country. It's powerful example of data-driven #journalism serving the public good. Links to their reporting are in the comments. buff.ly/hsVqpsU
GitHub - mattkiefer/us-overdoses: analyzing state- and county-level overdose trends over time
analyzing state- and county-level overdose trends over time - mattkiefer/us-overdoses
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
JSK alum Matt Kiefer and colleague Hannah Harris Green created an open-source database for their investigation into drug overdose trends across the country. It's powerful example of data-driven #journalism serving the public good. Links to their reporting are in the comments. buff.ly/hsVqpsU
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I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.
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The company behind ChatGPT is converting to a for-profit company and settling an investigation by California’s attorney general. Experts and advocates say the company could still exploit its charitable roots. bit.ly/4oJqKnd
📝 @levisu.bsky.social& @khari.bsky.social
📸 Eric Risberg, AP
📝 @levisu.bsky.social& @khari.bsky.social
📸 Eric Risberg, AP
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The company behind ChatGPT is converting to a for-profit company and settling an investigation by California’s attorney general. Experts and advocates say the company could still exploit its charitable roots. bit.ly/4oJqKnd
📝 @levisu.bsky.social& @khari.bsky.social
📸 Eric Risberg, AP
📝 @levisu.bsky.social& @khari.bsky.social
📸 Eric Risberg, AP
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Shining a light. #foi
A Matter of Fact: Shining a light on the news
FOIA stands for the Freedom of Information Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966.
www.9news.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Shining a light. #foi
Has web Gmail gotten really, really bad in terms of loading and weird lag for anyone else? Particularly on Safari -- not sure if it's a browser thing, extension thing, 139GB of email thing?
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Has web Gmail gotten really, really bad in terms of loading and weird lag for anyone else? Particularly on Safari -- not sure if it's a browser thing, extension thing, 139GB of email thing?
"Modi doesn’t really do interviews, so I think that’s unlikely. Kissinger seems even more unlikely at this point." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
The Interview Assassin: Why Isaac Chotiner doesn’t mind the “gotcha” label.
Why Isaac Chotiner doesn’t mind the “gotcha” label.
www.cjr.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Modi doesn’t really do interviews, so I think that’s unlikely. Kissinger seems even more unlikely at this point." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling. New from @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com: truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
truthout.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling. New from @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com: truthout.org/articles/ice...
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ICE reportedly removed leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Diego, replacing at least some with “senior Border Patrol agents,” in an effort to ratchet up deportations.
“The five cities are believed to be the first of more to come.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3864929...
“The five cities are believed to be the first of more to come.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3864929...
Trump administration quietly purges ICE leaders in five cities: Sources
The Trump administration has replaced senior ICE personnel in five cities with Border Patrol officials.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
ICE reportedly removed leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Diego, replacing at least some with “senior Border Patrol agents,” in an effort to ratchet up deportations.
“The five cities are believed to be the first of more to come.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3864929...
“The five cities are believed to be the first of more to come.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3864929...
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Fun fact about this: CourtListener.com is now hard-coded into the Blue Sky code base. If you want to do this for your PDFs, search for CourtListener, and you should be on your way. Looking at you @morisy.bsky.social.
A new version of @bsky.app is rolling out, and we're proud to be contributors! Now, if you share a CourtListener PDF link, it will magically have metadata and a preview thumbnail. Here's a random example: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#45 in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc (3rd Cir., 25-2153) – CourtListener.com
ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC AMICUS BRIEF on the merits on behalf of Next Generation Legal Research and Technology Platforms Cicerai Corp., Dispute Resolution AI, Free Law Project, Juristai Legal Technology ...
storage.courtlistener.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fun fact about this: CourtListener.com is now hard-coded into the Blue Sky code base. If you want to do this for your PDFs, search for CourtListener, and you should be on your way. Looking at you @morisy.bsky.social.