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Lawfare

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Today at 4 pm ET, watch @nkorpett.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social and James Pearce a judge dismissing the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed to served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Lawfare Live: Judge Dismisses Indictments Against James Comey and Letita James

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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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Al Jazeera English

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Abuse survivors urge accountability, support ahead of the release of the files related to the sex offender in the US.

Epstein victims expect death threats to rise as US release of files nears

Abuse survivors urge accountability, support ahead of the release of the files related to the sex offender in the US.

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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

not just Nurses being reclassified HR, Markering, Engineering, MBAs, Architects. Full list compiled by AI:

www.linkedin.com/posts/alinab...

#makeamericadumberagain #doe #degree

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It's not just nurses, don't we have a shortage, any how it impacts Business Degrees as well. There will be a public comment period check www.ed.gov and search for "RISE Committee" or "professional de...

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November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴

@miawong.bsky.social

They fucking killed this guy it's so fucking awful I don't even have words for it

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 20

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney

The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

Also grandma 9 mos pregnant walked 2500 ml to Uzbekistan, giving birth along the way & relatives killed at Baba Yar. Is this how you Sara Hurwitz honor my family, killing women & children?! Do you sit at Passover saying next yr in Jerusalem? go bleed for it then! send your kids. #freepalestine

November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

No Sarah Hurwitz we watched Al Jazeera in the 90s to hear news of hidden nuclear weapons in Iraq that Israel made up. I have always been against the state of Israel as a refugee with 2 Jewish Red Army officers who along with 500,000 lost their lives kicking Nazi ass. You honor them by killing? #war

November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

oh ok now there
might be an AI bubble, can’t the “human” AIs stop it? 🙄 I mean they’re
thinking on their own now right? This is tech bro innovation. This bs is exhausting #tech

November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM

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Ed Zitron

@edzitron.com

Premium: This is Vol 2 of the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, an 18k word guide to the major public/private players in AI, with bits on why ads won't save OpenAI, why vibe coding is a scam, and how we must hold every booster accountable once the bubble bursts.

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Premium: The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble Vol. 2

We’re approaching the most ridiculous part of the AI bubble, with each day bringing us a new, disgraceful and weird headline. As I reported earlier in the week, OpenAI spent $12.4 billion on inference...

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November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Access Now

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It’s been more than a decade since @rankingrights began assessing how tech giants respect human rights. The latest results are disappointing.

The 2025 RDR Index reveals that none of the 14 companies evaluated achieved a score above 50% in their human rights performance. 🧵 ⬇️

How much can you really trust Big Tech?

The 2025 RDR Index reveals that the world’s biggest tech companies are falling behind on transparency for their users.

Why does this matter?

What’s the RDR Index?

The RDR Index evaluates the policies and practices of the world’s most powerful tech and telecom companies — and examines how they affect people’s fundamental human rights.

The 2025 Big Tech Edition measured:
Governance
Freedom of expression
Privacy

This year, they looked at 14 major companies. None of them scored above 50%.

The Index looked at:

Alibaba, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Baidu, ByteDance (TikTok), Kakao, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung, Tencent, VK, X, Yandex.

Some showed improvements, but none scored high enough to show they are protecting users’ rights. In other words, no company is doing enough.

We reached out to all 14 companies with the RDR Index recommendations, asking how they will improve.

So far, responses have only come from Meta and Microsoft. The other companies — like Google, Amazon, and Apple — have remained silent.

October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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Al Jazeera English

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The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa

The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Joe Kassabian

@jkass99.bsky.social

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

Not a fan but yup this showed up on my phone last night. Soon it’ll be-a FaceTime that’s indistinguishable, AI is mostly used for deepfakes and spam and growing. #tech #AI #fraud #privacy #deepfakes

October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM

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Ed Zitron

@edzitron.com

In the same article it says that Microsoft executes believe OpenAI would fail
www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...

After striking the blockbuster deal in 2023, several top Microsoft executives told colleagues around that time that they thought OpenAI’s business would eventually fail, even if its technology was good, according to a former manager who discussed it with them.

October 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM

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Suzette Smith

@suzettesmith.bsky.social

Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.

October 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM

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Olga Nesterova

@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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Fight For A Union

@fightforaunion.bsky.social

Here at the Portland #NoKings, the costumes are ON POINT.

October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Alina Lara B

@alinalara.bsky.social

Meanwhile a Singaporean co built an AI 100x faster and a third cheaper but sure ChatGPT go on with your bad self and allow erotica deepfakes.

If your looking for a new career I’d suggest tech lawyer. #ai #technews #deepfakes #news #law

October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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Rachel Maddow

@maddow.bsky.social

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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