Sean Kane
@safe4u2.bsky.social
Safety researcher, investigator, advocate. Outing safety hazards and advancing solutions. Auto and real food enthusiast, small scale organic farmer.
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Why would the President meet with (and allow into the country) a head of state who refuses to return a person sent to their custody in error?
Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Why would the President meet with (and allow into the country) a head of state who refuses to return a person sent to their custody in error?
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Great conversation today with Christine Chen Zinner about why and how to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She comes on at the 35 minute mark.
www.youtube.com/live/ubASlY9...
www.youtube.com/live/ubASlY9...
April 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Great conversation today with Christine Chen Zinner about why and how to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She comes on at the 35 minute mark.
www.youtube.com/live/ubASlY9...
www.youtube.com/live/ubASlY9...
Auto safety may not be the highest priority right now, but, here’s our take on why NHTSA matters
Why NHTSA Matters - Safety Research & Strategies, Inc.
As the Trump administration swings the budget axe the safety community is nervously eyeing its approach to the Department of Transportation, and specifically the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini...
www.safetyresearch.net
April 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Auto safety may not be the highest priority right now, but, here’s our take on why NHTSA matters
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Last April I noticed a few people jumped from an EV startup I cover to something called "Slate."
There was basically no public info about the company. Its website was even more bare-bones than the one that exists today.
But we quickly got a tip: Bezos is involved.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/i...
There was basically no public info about the company. Its website was even more bare-bones than the one that exists today.
But we quickly got a tip: Bezos is involved.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/i...
Exclusive: Inside the EV startup secretly backed by Jeff Bezos | TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could start production as soon as next year, according to multiple
techcrunch.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last April I noticed a few people jumped from an EV startup I cover to something called "Slate."
There was basically no public info about the company. Its website was even more bare-bones than the one that exists today.
But we quickly got a tip: Bezos is involved.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/i...
There was basically no public info about the company. Its website was even more bare-bones than the one that exists today.
But we quickly got a tip: Bezos is involved.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/i...
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This is fucking humiliating
President Trump's nominee to head NASA, Jared Isaacman, really really really really really did not want to admit that Elon Musk was in his meeting with Trump, when Isaacman was offered the NASA post. This ranks up there as some of the worst testimony that I have ever seen on Capitol Hill.
April 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is fucking humiliating
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“It’s critical that journalists who cover the presidency—and the Americans who rely on their coverage to stay informed—get unfiltered information free from government control,” Eugene Daniels, president of the WHCA, said in response www.status.news/p/white-hous...
The Pool Filter
Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.
www.status.news
April 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“It’s critical that journalists who cover the presidency—and the Americans who rely on their coverage to stay informed—get unfiltered information free from government control,” Eugene Daniels, president of the WHCA, said in response www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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-Trump bans the AP from the White House press pool
-Judge orders AP be allowed back into the pool
-Trump admin continues to block AP from the pool, and then censors the pool report noting the AP was turned away.
Great reporting from
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/white-hous...
-Judge orders AP be allowed back into the pool
-Trump admin continues to block AP from the pool, and then censors the pool report noting the AP was turned away.
Great reporting from
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/white-hous...
April 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
-Trump bans the AP from the White House press pool
-Judge orders AP be allowed back into the pool
-Trump admin continues to block AP from the pool, and then censors the pool report noting the AP was turned away.
Great reporting from
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/white-hous...
-Judge orders AP be allowed back into the pool
-Trump admin continues to block AP from the pool, and then censors the pool report noting the AP was turned away.
Great reporting from
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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Data about your driving often ends up in the hands of companies that use it to influence insurance premiums & auto loan terms. “There’s just a sea of data floating around and there are very few safeguards about how and where it’s shared,” says Michael DeLong, @consumerfed.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kuUaE9
bit.ly/4kuUaE9
Your Car May Be Spying On You. Here’s How to Get It to Stop. - Consumer Reports
Automakers are collecting and sharing data about your driving. Here's how to stop your car from spying on you.
www.consumerreports.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Data about your driving often ends up in the hands of companies that use it to influence insurance premiums & auto loan terms. “There’s just a sea of data floating around and there are very few safeguards about how and where it’s shared,” says Michael DeLong, @consumerfed.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kuUaE9
bit.ly/4kuUaE9
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NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter: