Timothy Pratt
@onofftherecord.bsky.social
Reporter, writer, editor. Sp./Eng. He/him. Stories: NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, Esquire, TIME, LAT, Reuters, AP, Scalawag, more.
Website: https://authory.com/TimothyPratt
Email: tpsowhat@gmail.com
Website: https://authory.com/TimothyPratt
Email: tpsowhat@gmail.com
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Another public records request win!
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Another public records request win!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Reposted by Timothy Pratt
NEW: Despite Trump's efforts to keep loyalists in acting U.S. attorney positions, judges have already ruled three of these appointments unlawful. This week, challenges continued to mount as a watchdog group requested two state bar associations investigate one of the attorneys.
Trump's Political Prosecutions in Trouble as Challenges Mount to His Acting U.S. Attorneys
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NEW: Despite Trump's efforts to keep loyalists in acting U.S. attorney positions, judges have already ruled three of these appointments unlawful. This week, challenges continued to mount as a watchdog group requested two state bar associations investigate one of the attorneys.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
ICYMI: How Atlanta communities are affected by and responding to SNAP cuts – including rescued food, reduced-price markets, food distros:
atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/04/w...
@neonflag.bsky.social @atlsolfund.bsky.social @atlurbanist.bsky.social
atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/04/w...
@neonflag.bsky.social @atlsolfund.bsky.social @atlurbanist.bsky.social
Atlanta community members respond to SNAP cuts
The Trump administration cut funds to SNAP on Saturday, putting at risk the 1.4 million Georgians who depend on SNAP to feed their families,
atlpresscollective.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICYMI: How Atlanta communities are affected by and responding to SNAP cuts – including rescued food, reduced-price markets, food distros:
atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/04/w...
@neonflag.bsky.social @atlsolfund.bsky.social @atlurbanist.bsky.social
atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/04/w...
@neonflag.bsky.social @atlsolfund.bsky.social @atlurbanist.bsky.social
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In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
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"When I write, I don’t feel proud. I feel late. Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss."
Alphabets on the Sand
In Gaza, language is insufficient to describe the magnitude of our loss, but I write anyway.
jewishcurrents.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"When I write, I don’t feel proud. I feel late. Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss."
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Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What a beautiful, honest remembrance of a friend:
Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What a beautiful, honest remembrance of a friend:
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Hey there!
We're The 12th - a new online magazine covering Atlanta's soccer scene and the people who make it special, and now we're live!
From Atlanta United to the World Cup, up-and-coming leagues to immigrant stories, we want to be your ATL home for football.
Read more at www.12thnews.com
We're The 12th - a new online magazine covering Atlanta's soccer scene and the people who make it special, and now we're live!
From Atlanta United to the World Cup, up-and-coming leagues to immigrant stories, we want to be your ATL home for football.
Read more at www.12thnews.com
The 12th
Stories from Atlanta's Soccer Culture
www.12thnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hey there!
We're The 12th - a new online magazine covering Atlanta's soccer scene and the people who make it special, and now we're live!
From Atlanta United to the World Cup, up-and-coming leagues to immigrant stories, we want to be your ATL home for football.
Read more at www.12thnews.com
We're The 12th - a new online magazine covering Atlanta's soccer scene and the people who make it special, and now we're live!
From Atlanta United to the World Cup, up-and-coming leagues to immigrant stories, we want to be your ATL home for football.
Read more at www.12thnews.com
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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...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
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Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
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Hey you guys, @lataco.bsky.social has been doing ESSENTIAL work covering ICE raids and the ways in which they are tearing at the fabric of our communities. Now they are having a membership drive. If you want to support their work, pitch in here:
lataco.com/join
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hey you guys, @lataco.bsky.social has been doing ESSENTIAL work covering ICE raids and the ways in which they are tearing at the fabric of our communities. Now they are having a membership drive. If you want to support their work, pitch in here:
lataco.com/join
lataco.com/join
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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Posted in March. Still true today.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Posted in March. Still true today.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Empezando bien
la semana 😁
Ánimo con el lunes, cieletes 😘
la semana 😁
Ánimo con el lunes, cieletes 😘
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Empezando bien
la semana 😁
Ánimo con el lunes, cieletes 😘
la semana 😁
Ánimo con el lunes, cieletes 😘
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I am very proud of @cityandstateny.bsky.social's coverage of Zohran's remarkable campaign. I broke the news he was exploring a run (3 months before he announced). And when he was polling at just 2%, our publisher wrote a prescient column suggesting he could actually win.
Editor’s note: City & State’s groundbreaking coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s rise
Our magazine will continue to be ahead of the curve reporting on campaigns and elections.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I am very proud of @cityandstateny.bsky.social's coverage of Zohran's remarkable campaign. I broke the news he was exploring a run (3 months before he announced). And when he was polling at just 2%, our publisher wrote a prescient column suggesting he could actually win.