Jim Knibbs
@jamesjknibbs.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Lawyer, Arbitrator and Mediator, Chicagoan.
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Chicago police department accompany protesters -not escalating protests - yesterday and the day before as Americans chant, “No walls, no registry, no white supremacy.”
Thank you Chicago.
BTW: MAGA are always talking shit about Chicago. They are wrong about everything.👇
Thank you Chicago.
BTW: MAGA are always talking shit about Chicago. They are wrong about everything.👇
June 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Chicago police department accompany protesters -not escalating protests - yesterday and the day before as Americans chant, “No walls, no registry, no white supremacy.”
Thank you Chicago.
BTW: MAGA are always talking shit about Chicago. They are wrong about everything.👇
Thank you Chicago.
BTW: MAGA are always talking shit about Chicago. They are wrong about everything.👇
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Massive protests in Chicago! Chicago does NOT consent to the tyranny of Trump, oligarchs and the ignoramus maggot-verse!!
June 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Massive protests in Chicago! Chicago does NOT consent to the tyranny of Trump, oligarchs and the ignoramus maggot-verse!!
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Chicago ICE Protests!
June 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Chicago ICE Protests!
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Immigration lawyers say tech visas are under increased scrutiny. Requests for additional documentation on visa applicants are increasing; some are being asked to submit biometrics; one attorney tells WIRED the petition process has become hostile. Latest in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/trump-...
US Tech Visa Applications Are Being Put Through the Ringer
Silicon Valley’s coveted work visas are under heavy scrutiny from the Trump administration, and immigration lawyers say requests for documentation are increasing.
www.wired.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Immigration lawyers say tech visas are under increased scrutiny. Requests for additional documentation on visa applicants are increasing; some are being asked to submit biometrics; one attorney tells WIRED the petition process has become hostile. Latest in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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"We cannot meaningfully engage in self government when we don't know what the government is doing," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @npr.org's 1A show.
The National Archives "plays a key role in ensuring that the public has access to information about government activities."
The National Archives "plays a key role in ensuring that the public has access to information about government activities."
The National Archives and the Trump administration (Rebroadcast)
Most of the government focuses on the future. This agency is more concerned with our past.
the1a.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"We cannot meaningfully engage in self government when we don't know what the government is doing," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @npr.org's 1A show.
The National Archives "plays a key role in ensuring that the public has access to information about government activities."
The National Archives "plays a key role in ensuring that the public has access to information about government activities."
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Accurso, 42, in an emailed response denied having received money from Hamas. “This accusation is not only absurd, it’s patently false,” she said.
defector.com/the-new-york...
defector.com/the-new-york...
The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector
The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are disa...
defector.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Accurso, 42, in an emailed response denied having received money from Hamas. “This accusation is not only absurd, it’s patently false,” she said.
defector.com/the-new-york...
defector.com/the-new-york...
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NEW — Staff at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a federal agency that adjudicates labor disputes within the government, received an email from their executive director this morning announcing Nate Cavanaugh of DOGE will be coming aboard as a "detailee".
Text of full email shared with me:
Text of full email shared with me:
May 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW — Staff at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a federal agency that adjudicates labor disputes within the government, received an email from their executive director this morning announcing Nate Cavanaugh of DOGE will be coming aboard as a "detailee".
Text of full email shared with me:
Text of full email shared with me:
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Also, a reminder: My Signal is kateknibbs.09 and I am looking to speak with federal employees/contractors about direct experiences with DOGE, and I'm *also* specifically looking to hear from federal workers in the sciences/medicine about how DOGE is impacting your work. Anonymity can be granted.
DOGE's cuts to the USDA included a large amount of highly specialized workers checking plants and animals at ports. Logistics experts believe this will lead to a cascade of issues, from groceries spoiling to raised prices: www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Also, a reminder: My Signal is kateknibbs.09 and I am looking to speak with federal employees/contractors about direct experiences with DOGE, and I'm *also* specifically looking to hear from federal workers in the sciences/medicine about how DOGE is impacting your work. Anonymity can be granted.
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meanwhile on x...
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’
In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.
www.wired.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
meanwhile on x...
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Many of the crypto investors who won seats at a dinner with US president Donald Trump next week by purchasing large amounts of Trump’s personal crypto coin have now offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
The Trump Memecoin Dinner Winners Are Getting Rid of Their Coins
Many of the crypto investors preparing to attend an exclusive gala dinner with US president Donald Trump have offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
www.wired.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Many of the crypto investors who won seats at a dinner with US president Donald Trump next week by purchasing large amounts of Trump’s personal crypto coin have now offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
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SCOOP from @telliotter.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: DOGE is recruiting technologists for a project intended to deploy AI agents to automate tasks currently done by federal workers. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCOOP from @telliotter.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: DOGE is recruiting technologists for a project intended to deploy AI agents to automate tasks currently done by federal workers. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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Let me be clear, we're in a perilous moment in this country.
Donald Trump is taking away our economic and civil rights — and Americans are feeling helpless and powerless.
It's time to step out of your comfort zone, into the streets, and make your voice heard.
Donald Trump is taking away our economic and civil rights — and Americans are feeling helpless and powerless.
It's time to step out of your comfort zone, into the streets, and make your voice heard.
April 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Let me be clear, we're in a perilous moment in this country.
Donald Trump is taking away our economic and civil rights — and Americans are feeling helpless and powerless.
It's time to step out of your comfort zone, into the streets, and make your voice heard.
Donald Trump is taking away our economic and civil rights — and Americans are feeling helpless and powerless.
It's time to step out of your comfort zone, into the streets, and make your voice heard.
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It's time to make your voices heard, Illinoisans.
Demand that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Congressional Republicans prioritize your education over tax cuts for their wealthy friends.
Stand up. Speak out. Show up.
Demand that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Congressional Republicans prioritize your education over tax cuts for their wealthy friends.
Stand up. Speak out. Show up.
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's time to make your voices heard, Illinoisans.
Demand that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Congressional Republicans prioritize your education over tax cuts for their wealthy friends.
Stand up. Speak out. Show up.
Demand that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Congressional Republicans prioritize your education over tax cuts for their wealthy friends.
Stand up. Speak out. Show up.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
Now Signal and a shot Pete wants to torpedo what Rubio and Noem co-sponsored.
Donald Trump signed WPS into law in 2017. Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem were co-sponsors and Mike Waltz was co-chair of the House WPS caucus. Now they are Cabinet members, and today Secretary Hegseth declared that women have no value or role in peace negotiations or mediation work.
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Now Signal and a shot Pete wants to torpedo what Rubio and Noem co-sponsored.
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Truly terrifying SCOOP: DOGE is building a database to track immigrants. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
- By @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social
- By @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Truly terrifying SCOOP: DOGE is building a database to track immigrants. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
- By @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social
- By @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social
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A picture is worth a thousand words. What could possibly go wrong? Steady as she goes 😱
April 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words. What could possibly go wrong? Steady as she goes 😱
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Goodnight Humans
Be kind always 🌊🌊
Be kind always 🌊🌊
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Goodnight Humans
Be kind always 🌊🌊
Be kind always 🌊🌊
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Remember this all the time!
March 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Remember this all the time!
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BREAKING: British PM Keir Starmer announces billions in support for Ukraine following a summit with European leaders, just days after President Trump berated Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
U.K.'s Keir Starmer pledges 1.6 billion pounds to help Ukraine buy missiles
Russia, meanwhile, praised what it called Donald Trump’s “common sense” aim to end the war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING: British PM Keir Starmer announces billions in support for Ukraine following a summit with European leaders, just days after President Trump berated Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
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Spring is in the air and paczki are in the groceries stores 💕
March 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Spring is in the air and paczki are in the groceries stores 💕
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Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction.
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s state pension suspended following conviction
Lawmakers convicted of felonies tied to their government jobs, like ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, are banned from receiving legislative pensions.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction.
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One of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s aides warned Republicans not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson because doing so would likely reveal all of the sexually explicit text messages Republicans have been sending Hutchinson since 2018.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190619/republic…
https://newrepublic.com/post/190619/republic…
Republicans Scared to Call Jan. 6 Witness After Sending Sexual Texts
House Republicans are suddenly afraid of subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson for fear that she could leak some sexually explicit texts.
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s aides warned Republicans not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson because doing so would likely reveal all of the sexually explicit text messages Republicans have been sending Hutchinson since 2018.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190619/republic…
https://newrepublic.com/post/190619/republic…
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Thank you @knibbs.bsky.social for taking over WIRED's AI newsletter again this week. You can read her excellent dispatch, on an interesting new AI search tool featuring something called "humans", here: www.wired.com/story/this-n... (Also, please subscribe).
This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions
A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you @knibbs.bsky.social for taking over WIRED's AI newsletter again this week. You can read her excellent dispatch, on an interesting new AI search tool featuring something called "humans", here: www.wired.com/story/this-n... (Also, please subscribe).