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Also @flagrantmag.com still exists (and I’m still co founder) and so does the pod, which I’m still on! Hehe
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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propublica.org
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”

DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
jasonkoebler.bsky.social Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 21d
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:

www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
keegan.bsky.social
this is civics & transparency.
add community
we have our plan.
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22d
Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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theintercept.com
The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. interc.pt/4oUJNer
A collage of screenshots from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, overlaid with the headline, "YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations," and the DEK, "The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions."
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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dangerzone.social.freedom.press.ap.brid.gy
The first release candidate for Dangerzone 0.10.0 is out, and we’re looking for feedback from users, especially on macOS and Windows. Thanks!

https://dangerzone.rocks/news/2025-11-03-0.10.0-call-for-testing/
Dangerzone
Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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rusty.todayintabs.com
Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
damonberes.com Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 23d
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
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October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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jonbois.bsky.social
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND
episode 1 up now

www.patreon.com/posts/histor...
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 1. | Secret Base
Get more from Secret Base on Patreon
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November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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roywoodjr.bsky.social
Podcast be getting deep as hell then they cut to a random ad
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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eff.org
There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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emilyyoshida.bsky.social
You can download this from Apple but not an NC-17 movie
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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jael.bsky.social
Nowhere in this Politico profile of the person trying to primary Nancy Pelosi does the publication disclose the writer, Alex Thomas, is MARRIED to former California Dem congresswoman Katie Hill (who resigned facing allegations of improper sexual relations with staff)
The Totally Outlandish, Dead Serious Campaign to Defeat Nancy Pelosi and Transform the Democratic Party
Saikat Chakrabarti has audacious plans to change American politics.
www.politico.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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dropsitenews.com
🔗 Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War

www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War
Hacked emails show how Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to engineer a Russian-led solution to remove Bashar al-Assad.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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lemonde.fr
Jack DeJohnette, batteur de jazz devant l’Eternel
Jack DeJohnette, batteur de jazz devant l’Eternel
Musicien total, indifférent aux styles et aux tendances, il a joué avec une pléiade de grands noms du jazz. Il est mort le 26 octobre, à 83 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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hollyanderson.bsky.social
if you're one of Poseidon's strongest soldiers, join us tomorrow night and we'll all find out together whether or not Spencer really can swim

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Homefield Presents: Shutdown Fullcast LIVE in Myrtle Beach!
Join Homefield, the Shutdown Fullcast, and special guests Lucy Rohden and Jack DeLongchamps for a special episode LIVE from Myrtle Beach!
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October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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freedom.press
A Chinese hacking collective recently attacked telecommunications companies and may have stolen data from nearly every American.

Using encrypted messengers is one way to protect yourself. Read how in our digital security newsletter (and subscribe):
Great for costume ideas, bad for cybersecurity
State-sponsored hacking collectives are myriad, but let’s focus on one
freedom.press
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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propublica.org
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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python.org
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I’VE
SEEN
FOOTAGE
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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meglinehan.com
the one true oped www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...
Becky Sauerbrunn: Let Missouri trans girls and women play
Those claiming to be concerned about women's sports should focus on real issues like unequal pay, Missouri Olympian Becky Sauerbrunn writes.
www.news-leader.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM