Justin Tu
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
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All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
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ICE Air getting shackles ready for five van loads of deportees today at MSP, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. It was 15° F, windchill 6°.
Route was AEX-MSP-OMA, operated by Eastern Air Express's N625SW as TYSON42, loaded and fueled at Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal.
Route was AEX-MSP-OMA, operated by Eastern Air Express's N625SW as TYSON42, loaded and fueled at Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal.
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
ICE Air getting shackles ready for five van loads of deportees today at MSP, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. It was 15° F, windchill 6°.
Route was AEX-MSP-OMA, operated by Eastern Air Express's N625SW as TYSON42, loaded and fueled at Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal.
Route was AEX-MSP-OMA, operated by Eastern Air Express's N625SW as TYSON42, loaded and fueled at Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal.
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Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to:
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration proposals seek to eliminate transit funding
DOT recently sent two proposals to the White House budget office seeking to pare back transit money.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to:
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
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"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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“We as Americans must stand up for the rights for people in the future to understand the struggles Americans have had in the past.”
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“We as Americans must stand up for the rights for people in the future to understand the struggles Americans have had in the past.”
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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@techpolicypress.bsky.social
Gonçalves and Bareis say that “To resist hype and the ways in which it rewards the powerful and abets authoritarianism, we must recognize hype not just as an economic or a technological phenomenon, but as a political one.”
Gonçalves and Bareis say that “To resist hype and the ways in which it rewards the powerful and abets authoritarianism, we must recognize hype not just as an economic or a technological phenomenon, but as a political one.”
Expanding Hype Literacy to Protect Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Understanding and dismantling the current rise of techno-authoritarianism requires hype literacy, write Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves and Jascha Bareis.
www.techpolicy.press
August 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Gonçalves and Bareis say that “To resist hype and the ways in which it rewards the powerful and abets authoritarianism, we must recognize hype not just as an economic or a technological phenomenon, but as a political one.”
Gonçalves and Bareis say that “To resist hype and the ways in which it rewards the powerful and abets authoritarianism, we must recognize hype not just as an economic or a technological phenomenon, but as a political one.”
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They gaslit you all throughout the election.
August 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
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@2avesag.as @nyc.streetsblog.org MTA shared plans with CB7 for adding new entrances and elevators to Brooklyn's 36 St station 9 months ago and I'm surprised I haven't seen any reporting on it.
This looks fantastic! And they're doing it with new head houses and only two elevators instead of three.
This looks fantastic! And they're doing it with new head houses and only two elevators instead of three.
August 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@2avesag.as @nyc.streetsblog.org MTA shared plans with CB7 for adding new entrances and elevators to Brooklyn's 36 St station 9 months ago and I'm surprised I haven't seen any reporting on it.
This looks fantastic! And they're doing it with new head houses and only two elevators instead of three.
This looks fantastic! And they're doing it with new head houses and only two elevators instead of three.
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𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀
Forget all the AI "innovation" that bring little benefit to flight shopping, this is what I have wanted for 10 years. Google Flights now lets uses filter out Basic Economy fares from flight search for the US and Canada.
Forget all the AI "innovation" that bring little benefit to flight shopping, this is what I have wanted for 10 years. Google Flights now lets uses filter out Basic Economy fares from flight search for the US and Canada.
August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀
Forget all the AI "innovation" that bring little benefit to flight shopping, this is what I have wanted for 10 years. Google Flights now lets uses filter out Basic Economy fares from flight search for the US and Canada.
Forget all the AI "innovation" that bring little benefit to flight shopping, this is what I have wanted for 10 years. Google Flights now lets uses filter out Basic Economy fares from flight search for the US and Canada.
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"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
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I mentioned this in the replies, but you absolutely should never leave the trail when you're hiking. Not only does it damage the environment, it's incredibly easy to get lost and die in the backcountry if you go off trail.
Always use a paper map that you got from the park and a compass.
Always use a paper map that you got from the park and a compass.
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I mentioned this in the replies, but you absolutely should never leave the trail when you're hiking. Not only does it damage the environment, it's incredibly easy to get lost and die in the backcountry if you go off trail.
Always use a paper map that you got from the park and a compass.
Always use a paper map that you got from the park and a compass.
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We are following reports of an accident involving an Air India flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. It was operated by VT-ANB, a Boeing 787-8.
We received the last signal from the aircraft at 13:38 local time (08:08 UTC), just seconds after take off, at an altitude of 625 feet.
We received the last signal from the aircraft at 13:38 local time (08:08 UTC), just seconds after take off, at an altitude of 625 feet.
June 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We are following reports of an accident involving an Air India flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. It was operated by VT-ANB, a Boeing 787-8.
We received the last signal from the aircraft at 13:38 local time (08:08 UTC), just seconds after take off, at an altitude of 625 feet.
We received the last signal from the aircraft at 13:38 local time (08:08 UTC), just seconds after take off, at an altitude of 625 feet.
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Seeing as I am soon to leave the company, I will list out a few replies to points in the article. The English version had the xenophobic edges sanded off by Kwangyin.
From the start, the only instruction on editorial policy received by the team is that T+ should operate as an int'l news channel.
From the start, the only instruction on editorial policy received by the team is that T+ should operate as an int'l news channel.
Important article on the problems at Taiwan Plus, which suffers from the problem that every Taiwan company suffers from. They dream of global expansion but do not want to spend the money necessary to support that.
english.cw.com.tw/article/arti...
english.cw.com.tw/article/arti...
Inside TaiwanPlus: Can New Leadership Fix Taiwan’s English-Language Channel?｜Politics & Society｜2025-06-09｜web only
English-language media outlet TaiwanPlus was established with the mission to propel Taiwan's voice internationally. But three years later, the channel's performance continues to fall short. What facto...
english.cw.com.tw
June 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Seeing as I am soon to leave the company, I will list out a few replies to points in the article. The English version had the xenophobic edges sanded off by Kwangyin.
From the start, the only instruction on editorial policy received by the team is that T+ should operate as an int'l news channel.
From the start, the only instruction on editorial policy received by the team is that T+ should operate as an int'l news channel.
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If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.
California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)
docs.google.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.
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she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”
June 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”
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people think agriculture is fully solved science for some reason and, uh, it’s not
June 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
people think agriculture is fully solved science for some reason and, uh, it’s not
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Good news! The same company building the domestic intelligence data panopticon is going to check you out at your local grocery!
Hidden in a bunch of tech and corporate jargon is a simple fact here: Palantir is going to collect data on how you spend your money now.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Bolt and Palantir Partner to Launch Checkout 2.0: The Smartest, Most Personalized Checkout Experience Yet
/PRNewswire/ -- Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, and Palantir Technologies Inc., a leading provider of AI software, today announced a strategic...
www.prnewswire.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Good news! The same company building the domestic intelligence data panopticon is going to check you out at your local grocery!
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I wrote about Palantir’s new contracts and how current employees raising concerns with management is a complete waste of time. If they want the company to change they’ll need to take some real risks. hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
Palantir Workers: Talking to Management Is A Waste of Time.
Palantir workers had the same conversations during the first Trump administration and nothing changed.
hardresetmedia.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I wrote about Palantir’s new contracts and how current employees raising concerns with management is a complete waste of time. If they want the company to change they’ll need to take some real risks. hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/palantir-w...