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@salvagemediasf.bsky.social
Journalist/poet/tour guide. Rachmaninoff, reggaetón, rancheras. Jacques Brel & Karel Kryl. Prague/SF. слава україні. (ona, вона, ella, elle, היא)
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"In the terrible years of the Yezhov terror...a woman, with lips blue from the cold...asked me in a whisper: 'Can you describe this?' And I said: 'I can.' Then something like a smile passed fleetingly over what had once been her face."-Anna Akhmatova
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This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/
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RIP Norwegian writer Nordahl Grieg, died this day 1943, known for his resistance to Nazism.
"Here is your shield against violence, here is your sword: the belief in our life, in humans' worth. For all our futures' sake, seek it and grow it. Die if you have to, but increase it and strengthen it"
"Here is your shield against violence, here is your sword: the belief in our life, in humans' worth. For all our futures' sake, seek it and grow it. Die if you have to, but increase it and strengthen it"
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
RIP Norwegian writer Nordahl Grieg, died this day 1943, known for his resistance to Nazism.
"Here is your shield against violence, here is your sword: the belief in our life, in humans' worth. For all our futures' sake, seek it and grow it. Die if you have to, but increase it and strengthen it"
"Here is your shield against violence, here is your sword: the belief in our life, in humans' worth. For all our futures' sake, seek it and grow it. Die if you have to, but increase it and strengthen it"
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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With the dangerous rise in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant bigotry, it's important to fight back with truth and powerful narratives.
Listen to @haristarin.bsky.social, an Afghan American, who helped bring 200,000 Afghans to America in 2021.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-immigr...
Listen to @haristarin.bsky.social, an Afghan American, who helped bring 200,000 Afghans to America in 2021.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-immigr...
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With the dangerous rise in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant bigotry, it's important to fight back with truth and powerful narratives.
Listen to @haristarin.bsky.social, an Afghan American, who helped bring 200,000 Afghans to America in 2021.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-immigr...
Listen to @haristarin.bsky.social, an Afghan American, who helped bring 200,000 Afghans to America in 2021.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-immigr...
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
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NEW: Last week an arbitrator ruled that Politico management violated key AI terms in its union contract.
The decision is a landmark win for the Politico union, which is one of the first to legally challenge the rollout of AI technology in its newsroom. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
The decision is a landmark win for the Politico union, which is one of the first to legally challenge the rollout of AI technology in its newsroom. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards, arbitrator finds
The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.
www.niemanlab.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: Last week an arbitrator ruled that Politico management violated key AI terms in its union contract.
The decision is a landmark win for the Politico union, which is one of the first to legally challenge the rollout of AI technology in its newsroom. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
The decision is a landmark win for the Politico union, which is one of the first to legally challenge the rollout of AI technology in its newsroom. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
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Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Northwestern Folds to Pressure, Betraying Trans Students — Assigned
Leading Off: Northwestern University reached an agreement with the Department of Education on Friday to restore federal funding which would remove virtually all protections for transgender students an...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Northwestern University offered bland reassurance to trans students and faculty after signing a deal with the Trump administration that sacrificed them for restored funding.
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More here from the peerless @valorievandieman.bsky.social:
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
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Retaliate? With what? How? The boat is splinters, and it's not like they have surface to air missile systems
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Retaliate? With what? How? The boat is splinters, and it's not like they have surface to air missile systems
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Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Strong floor, no ceiling:
(IMAGE CREDIT: SURKHAB AHMAD ART/SHUTTERSTOCK/Discover Magazine)
(IMAGE CREDIT: SURKHAB AHMAD ART/SHUTTERSTOCK/Discover Magazine)
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling:
(IMAGE CREDIT: SURKHAB AHMAD ART/SHUTTERSTOCK/Discover Magazine)
(IMAGE CREDIT: SURKHAB AHMAD ART/SHUTTERSTOCK/Discover Magazine)
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Strong floor, no ceiling - Zillow listing for an open grave
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Dear Heaven, CEOs will do absolutely *anything* to avoid having to pay, provide healthcare for, and talk to human beings. This is ridiculous. Assuming basic work skills, a respected, well-treated, well-compensated employee returns infinitely more value to a company & a community than a robot.
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dear Heaven, CEOs will do absolutely *anything* to avoid having to pay, provide healthcare for, and talk to human beings. This is ridiculous. Assuming basic work skills, a respected, well-treated, well-compensated employee returns infinitely more value to a company & a community than a robot.
I notice this on Audible too. As AVClub.com says: "...if you don't mind lifeless, drab, voice-actor free zombie audio." I do mind. I'm committed to supporting human creators & to never watching or purchasing anything scripted by, or interpreted by, an AI. www.avclub.com/amazon-banan...
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I notice this on Audible too. As AVClub.com says: "...if you don't mind lifeless, drab, voice-actor free zombie audio." I do mind. I'm committed to supporting human creators & to never watching or purchasing anything scripted by, or interpreted by, an AI. www.avclub.com/amazon-banan...
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
“While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs.. LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels," say MIT researchers. Other studies have found a negative correlation between AI use and cognitive abilities.
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs.. LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels," say MIT researchers. Other studies have found a negative correlation between AI use and cognitive abilities.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.