Jed Miller
@jedm.bsky.social
Columbia Heights | former UWS
3 Bridges | former ACLU, NYT
Balding | former hair
#responsibletech #civilrights #datagovernance
3 Bridges | former ACLU, NYT
Balding | former hair
#responsibletech #civilrights #datagovernance
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The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise
There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
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EXCLUSIVE: Jeffries will endorse Mamdani for NYC mayor, after nine months of pressure and just before early voting begins Saturday.
That leaves Schumer as the last key person in the state's Dem leadership to withhold support.
That leaves Schumer as the last key person in the state's Dem leadership to withhold support.
After a lengthy wait, Jeffries to endorse Mamdani
The powerful Brooklyn Democrat plans to endorse the democratic socialist Friday afternoon.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffries will endorse Mamdani for NYC mayor, after nine months of pressure and just before early voting begins Saturday.
That leaves Schumer as the last key person in the state's Dem leadership to withhold support.
That leaves Schumer as the last key person in the state's Dem leadership to withhold support.
👀 When is research not exactly facts. When it's Silicon Valley.
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
👀 When is research not exactly facts. When it's Silicon Valley.
Who's in the room when legislators make tech decisions? What makes communities visible? What makes science legible? Some highlights from CAT Lab @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Summit on NY State tech policy.
citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...
w @eleag.bsky.social @natematias.bsky.social
citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...
w @eleag.bsky.social @natematias.bsky.social
At CAT Lab Summit on New York State Tech Policy, a Call for Listening - Citizens and Technology Lab
For most of us, daily life depends on government data of one kind or another. Your payroll taxes (or unemployment check), the bus schedule, your property taxes or medical bills—all of these are genera...
citizensandtech.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who's in the room when legislators make tech decisions? What makes communities visible? What makes science legible? Some highlights from CAT Lab @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Summit on NY State tech policy.
citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...
w @eleag.bsky.social @natematias.bsky.social
citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...
w @eleag.bsky.social @natematias.bsky.social
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What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
I don't think Dowager Countess dry delivery meets the moment, NYT.
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I don't think Dowager Countess dry delivery meets the moment, NYT.
@mashagessen.bsky.social on 'angry grief': "[Robert Jay] Lifton used this term when he carried out research on the 1968 My Lai massacre in South Vietnam, in which American soldiers killed as many as 500 unarmed civilians ... in one hamlet. 1/4
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@mashagessen.bsky.social on 'angry grief': "[Robert Jay] Lifton used this term when he carried out research on the 1968 My Lai massacre in South Vietnam, in which American soldiers killed as many as 500 unarmed civilians ... in one hamlet. 1/4
"In a sign of the continuing chaos in Nepal, where many official documents and records have gone up in smoke, Ms. Karki’s online biography was unavailable. In fact, the entire Supreme Court website was not operational."
September 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"In a sign of the continuing chaos in Nepal, where many official documents and records have gone up in smoke, Ms. Karki’s online biography was unavailable. In fact, the entire Supreme Court website was not operational."
Iran Likely to Have Moved Nuclear Components Ahead of Fordow Attack - @mazmhussain.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-nucle...
Iran Likely to Have Moved Nuclear Components Ahead of Fordow Attack: Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Despite the Trump administration's claims, Iran's nuclear program has not been "totally obliterated."
www.dropsitenews.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Iran Likely to Have Moved Nuclear Components Ahead of Fordow Attack - @mazmhussain.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-nucle...
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Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland
June 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Unfolding reactions to SCOTUS stripping/limiting lower court power to issue nationwide injunctions. See NYT, and @katiephang.bsky.social on Substack:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Live Updates: Trump Hails Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Nationwide Injunctions
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Unfolding reactions to SCOTUS stripping/limiting lower court power to issue nationwide injunctions. See NYT, and @katiephang.bsky.social on Substack:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
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Advocacy in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia shows that Global South demands gain traction in platform governance when they align with Western priorities, are amplified by international allies, and build trust with marginalized communities, writes Mai Van Tran.
Lessons from Resisting Big Tech Power in Southeast Asia | TechPolicy.Press
It is more important than ever for Western donors to champion the inclusion of digital rights in their development aid agendas, writes Mai Van Tran.
buff.ly
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Advocacy in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia shows that Global South demands gain traction in platform governance when they align with Western priorities, are amplified by international allies, and build trust with marginalized communities, writes Mai Van Tran.
As Malaysia investigates possible Chinese local use of restricted chips, this explainer on remote poaching I helped develop remains very timely. Researcher Min-yen Chiang goes deep on how China continues sourcing chips and expertise.
www.opentech.fund/news/how-chi...
www.opentech.fund/news/how-chi...
How China is Poaching Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry to Power Its Digital Authoritarianism: A Supply Chain Analysis
ICFP research reveals how the CCP is acquiring advanced AI and chip technology to expand the scope of its information control regime.
www.opentech.fund
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As Malaysia investigates possible Chinese local use of restricted chips, this explainer on remote poaching I helped develop remains very timely. Researcher Min-yen Chiang goes deep on how China continues sourcing chips and expertise.
www.opentech.fund/news/how-chi...
www.opentech.fund/news/how-chi...
So far, the two let's-normalize-war alerts I've gotten are from NYT and the UK's conservative standby The Spectator.
June 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So far, the two let's-normalize-war alerts I've gotten are from NYT and the UK's conservative standby The Spectator.
New Yorkers
NYC: if you can get to Federal Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall subway stops, come support Brad Lander, the latest Dem politician to be manhandled/detained by ICE for no legal reason. Zohran Mamdani is there in support of his fellow mayoral candidate. NYT's darling Cuomo nowhere in sight.
The current scene outside 26 Federal Plaza where Democratic mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested by ICE agents earlier for asking to see a judicial warrant.
The crowd supporting Lander is growing - and includes other elected officials.
(🎥 Annie McDonough)
The crowd supporting Lander is growing - and includes other elected officials.
(🎥 Annie McDonough)
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New Yorkers
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So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem
More accurate headlines.
2024: Netahyahu OKs Biden exaggeration of ceasefire prospects.
2025: Netanyahu OKs Trump proxy saber-rattling.
2024: Netahyahu OKs Biden exaggeration of ceasefire prospects.
2025: Netanyahu OKs Trump proxy saber-rattling.
June 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
More accurate headlines.
2024: Netahyahu OKs Biden exaggeration of ceasefire prospects.
2025: Netanyahu OKs Trump proxy saber-rattling.
2024: Netahyahu OKs Biden exaggeration of ceasefire prospects.
2025: Netanyahu OKs Trump proxy saber-rattling.
On Russian relationship w/Iran: "Iran has supplied Russia with Shahed kamikaze drones to be used on Ukrainian targets, and last year, there were reports that Russia received hundreds of Fath-360 ballistic missiles from Iran." @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
How will Russia respond to the Israel-Iran conflict?
A delicate balancing act awaits Russia, one of Iran’s key allies that also maintains ties with Israel.
www.aljazeera.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On Russian relationship w/Iran: "Iran has supplied Russia with Shahed kamikaze drones to be used on Ukrainian targets, and last year, there were reports that Russia received hundreds of Fath-360 ballistic missiles from Iran." @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
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I get so tired of all the ways pundits talk around Democrats’ real problem, which is so obvious that an entire industry exists to obfuscate it. They cannot describe, let alone attack, the real sources of injustice in this country because to do so would indict themselves and their donors.
June 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I get so tired of all the ways pundits talk around Democrats’ real problem, which is so obvious that an entire industry exists to obfuscate it. They cannot describe, let alone attack, the real sources of injustice in this country because to do so would indict themselves and their donors.
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If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
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June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it.
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
Watching Karen Hao, Emily Bender & Alex Hanna discuss links between AI as an "empire" (Hao's book) and AI as a "con" (Bender/Hanna book). "'Empire' and 'con' are both powerful frames to look at what AI is doing, and doesn’t actually do." @karenhao.bsky.social datasociety.net/events/chall...
Challenging AI Hype and Tech Industry Power
datasociety.net
June 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Watching Karen Hao, Emily Bender & Alex Hanna discuss links between AI as an "empire" (Hao's book) and AI as a "con" (Bender/Hanna book). "'Empire' and 'con' are both powerful frames to look at what AI is doing, and doesn’t actually do." @karenhao.bsky.social datasociety.net/events/chall...
The quote marks are attempting a lot of work here. George Lakoff called.
Trump voters want Republican members of Congress to show loyalty to the president, not independence, and they disparage any who balk, whether it be the hard-right Freedom Caucus or more moderate "RINOs" senators. @anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
For These Trump Voters, a Rubber-Stamp Congress Is a Key Demand
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The quote marks are attempting a lot of work here. George Lakoff called.