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Andrew
@andrewdavies.bsky.social
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Interested in the information ecosystem, especially in difficult places, AI's impacts, politics all over the place, and cat photos. Strongly convinced that bad pizza is still better than no pizza.
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 7h
“In every case prior to the collapse [of an empire] there is a slow growth in inequality, oligarchy, corruption and factionalism between elites over the surplus of lootable resources.”
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h
Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.

He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.
Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.
www.nbcnews.com
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
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Andrew @andrewdavies.bsky.social · 2h
For example, there are people who are very good at convincing other people to give them huge sums of money but that doesn't make them qualified to choose the next president
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Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 3h
Being "good at one thing" is probably fine whatever that thing is, being bad at many other things can even be OK. It only becomes a problem when a person who's good at one thing doesn't properly value the things that they're not good at - and often doesn't value people who are good at those things.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
Voters are open to the argument that “authoritarianism” describes the Trump project. But we shouldn’t get so hung up on the label that we forget to prosecute the deeply unpopular facts of each individual case. www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s blanket pardons for stop-the-steal illegality aren’t only about settling scores from past elections. They’re about laying the groundwork to subvert future ones.
www.thebulwark.com
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War on Christmas Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social · 10h
I'm sure Republican insurance price hikes will help these independent small business owners who use ACA exchanges for their healthcare needs
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 10h
Jesus Christ, I want to make a Giloiagn’s Island joke but this is horrible.

Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17h
The Trump administration’s systematic targeting of US knowledge infrastructure spans the entire production chain, from soup to nuts. Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.
Week After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure | TechPolicy.Press
Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.
www.techpolicy.press
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 13h
So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 10h
Wow this is so unlike Republicans
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Andrew @andrewdavies.bsky.social · 22h
I live in The Netherlands and had never heard of the 761st. Truly heroic, thanks for sharing.

Is this the monument you mean?

www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/a...
Amerikaanse begraafplaats Margraten verwijdert gedenktekens over rol van zwarte militairen in WO II
Op de Amerikaanse militaire begraafplaats in het Limburgse Margraten zijn enkele verwijzingen naar de rol van zwarte Amerikanen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog weggehaald. Het lijkt onderdeel van de st...
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 22h
So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand.

Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
Black Panthers logo, used by the 761 tank battalion that liberated over 30 French towns. The 761 Tank Battalion A soldier from the 761 tank battalion looks out from his tank. Soldiers from the 761st tank battalion.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 3d
I don't know, but I believe we are living through the biggest money laundering operation in history.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 1d
Today, I’m remembering the courage of John McCain when he voted to protect the ACA and keep millions of Americans from losing insurance.

Protecting and strengthening healthcare for the American people should be something both parties can agree on, and I won’t stop fighting for it.
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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023
Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
wyden.senate.gov Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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Peter Hagedoorn @peterhagedoorn.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/environment/... It will never be forgiven when world leaders are not leading the world to a save world instead of not acting to prevent the looming disaster. Shame on US for not even be present.
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
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Luke Farrell @lukef.bsky.social · 1d
Today on Can We Still Govern, I got to share new research on how my team at USDS drove around the country in a van to protect Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans after the pandemic - and share some lessons learned for the coming crisis.

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.

Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 1d
“These luxuries and amenities … mark Ms. Maxwell more as a guest at a Trump hotel than a federal prisoner and child sex offender,” Raskin wrote.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 1d
4️⃣ The BBC is the only online news provider in the UK more widely used as a source of online news than search engines and social media, which are increasingly important and popular ways for people to find and access online news
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Andrew @andrewdavies.bsky.social · 1d
Despicable.

Big salute to the driver for keeping control of his car while he can barely see. Lots of people would have panicked. Glad his family is safe.
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