Tekendra Parmar
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist. Bylines: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Business Insider, Time, Fortune, and The Nation. www.tekendra-parmar.com.
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Russia was removed from Eurovision in 2022 over its invasion of Ukraine, but Israel is still allowed to compete despite being an apartheid state committing a genocide in Gaza.
Good on Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands. I’m sure they won’t be the last to announce a boycott.
Good on Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands. I’m sure they won’t be the last to announce a boycott.
Spain, Ireland and Netherlands to boycott Eurovision after Israel retains place
Major European nations pull out of song contest after calling for country’s exclusion over conduct of war in Gaza
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Russia was removed from Eurovision in 2022 over its invasion of Ukraine, but Israel is still allowed to compete despite being an apartheid state committing a genocide in Gaza.
Good on Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands. I’m sure they won’t be the last to announce a boycott.
Good on Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands. I’m sure they won’t be the last to announce a boycott.
"Suspected drug smugglers" is doing a lot of work here
Getting there: bsky.app/profile/brad...
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Suspected drug smugglers" is doing a lot of work here
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"If competition from TikTok and YouTube are enough to suggest that Meta’s products aren’t monopolistic, it says more about the limits of antitrust laws than it does Meta’s monopolistic nature," writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social.
Meta victory reveals cracks in antitrust enforcement
If Meta’s not a monopoly, the ruling gives every other tech giant a green light to become one.
www.compiler.news
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"If competition from TikTok and YouTube are enough to suggest that Meta’s products aren’t monopolistic, it says more about the limits of antitrust laws than it does Meta’s monopolistic nature," writes @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social.
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Who says we don't need civics education in this country?
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Who says we don't need civics education in this country?
🚨 Republicans advocated for dismantling content moderation — now they’re shocked it won’t protect them. Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s assassination are still all over social media. For years, the right demanded platforms scale back enforcement. This is what that looks like.
September 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨 Republicans advocated for dismantling content moderation — now they’re shocked it won’t protect them. Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s assassination are still all over social media. For years, the right demanded platforms scale back enforcement. This is what that looks like.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
Was unfortunately fired for expressing my unbridled glee after hearing about the public execution of Benito Mussolini, the un-tragic demise of Moammar Gadhafi, and of course, the self-inflicted gunshot wound that took out Hitler in the bunker.
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Was unfortunately fired for expressing my unbridled glee after hearing about the public execution of Benito Mussolini, the un-tragic demise of Moammar Gadhafi, and of course, the self-inflicted gunshot wound that took out Hitler in the bunker.
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I wrote a column responding to Ezra Klein’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk, and argued that democracy depends not just on civil disagreement, but on the civic equality that Kirk passionately opposed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan
In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wrote a column responding to Ezra Klein’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk, and argued that democracy depends not just on civil disagreement, but on the civic equality that Kirk passionately opposed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Two students shot at a Denver-area high school, per CNN.
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Two students shot at a Denver-area high school, per CNN.
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Great reporting from @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reveals how police departments regularly deactivate safeguards meant to prevent bias and increase oversight of an AI tool designed to generate police reports.
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
Police disable safety features in AI crime tools
Departments are turning off Axon’s A.I. safeguards in software that auto generates reports from body-cam footage, raising accountability concerns.
www.compiler.news
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great reporting from @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reveals how police departments regularly deactivate safeguards meant to prevent bias and increase oversight of an AI tool designed to generate police reports.
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
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Great reporting from @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social that reveals a troubling trend among police departments beginning to use AI that connects to body cameras.
Great reporting from @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reveals how police departments regularly deactivate safeguards meant to prevent bias and increase oversight of an AI tool designed to generate police reports.
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
www.compiler.news/axion-ai-bod...
Police disable safety features in AI crime tools
Departments are turning off Axon’s A.I. safeguards in software that auto generates reports from body-cam footage, raising accountability concerns.
www.compiler.news
September 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Great reporting from @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social that reveals a troubling trend among police departments beginning to use AI that connects to body cameras.
A major undiscussed recession indicator: the number of people throwing hot dog themed parties
August 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A major undiscussed recession indicator: the number of people throwing hot dog themed parties
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🚨 SCOOP🚨: Records obtained by Mother Jones almost uniformly show police departments are deactivating safeguards meant to prevent AI bias while making it difficult or impossible to audit which police reports were generated by AI.
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reports:
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reports:
Government documents show police disabling AI oversight tools
Departments aren't reviewing or disclosing AI-written police reports—which are now being used in plea deals.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨 SCOOP🚨: Records obtained by Mother Jones almost uniformly show police departments are deactivating safeguards meant to prevent AI bias while making it difficult or impossible to audit which police reports were generated by AI.
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reports:
@tekendra-parmar.bsky.social reports:
Today, in being the family fact-checker.
August 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today, in being the family fact-checker.
Good news everyone! My I-485 was approved and I'm getting my green card in three weeks. No intermediary EAD cards and advanced parole it seems!
August 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Good news everyone! My I-485 was approved and I'm getting my green card in three weeks. No intermediary EAD cards and advanced parole it seems!
Yep... It's really "the world" that's in the way of Gazans getting food. Not the systemic use of starvation on a population by a regime propped up by our government.
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine,” the chef José Andrés writes about Gaza.
“There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine,” the chef José Andrés writes about Gaza.
Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yep... It's really "the world" that's in the way of Gazans getting food. Not the systemic use of starvation on a population by a regime propped up by our government.
A new startup wants to insure against AI risk—from hallucinating chatbots to deepfakes.
It’s called AIUC, and it just raised $15M to underwrite companies deploying advanced AI systems.🧵
It’s called AIUC, and it just raised $15M to underwrite companies deploying advanced AI systems.🧵
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new startup wants to insure against AI risk—from hallucinating chatbots to deepfakes.
It’s called AIUC, and it just raised $15M to underwrite companies deploying advanced AI systems.🧵
It’s called AIUC, and it just raised $15M to underwrite companies deploying advanced AI systems.🧵
🚨 A quantum startup is building a $50M computer on the site of a shuttered steel mill in Chicago.
This is about more than one company—it’s the start of a $9B industrial bet to turn Illinois into the heart of quantum tech.🧵
This is about more than one company—it’s the start of a $9B industrial bet to turn Illinois into the heart of quantum tech.🧵
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🚨 A quantum startup is building a $50M computer on the site of a shuttered steel mill in Chicago.
This is about more than one company—it’s the start of a $9B industrial bet to turn Illinois into the heart of quantum tech.🧵
This is about more than one company—it’s the start of a $9B industrial bet to turn Illinois into the heart of quantum tech.🧵
Does Stephen Miller regularly get cucked by immigrants? Is that why he's so pissy about us?
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Does Stephen Miller regularly get cucked by immigrants? Is that why he's so pissy about us?
The hive-mind of the right is something to behold. It seems like all the free thinkers made an aboutface on the Epstein files all at once
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The hive-mind of the right is something to behold. It seems like all the free thinkers made an aboutface on the Epstein files all at once
Been thinking a lot about how our species evolved to detect snakes, even when they're camouflaged, in the grass. I wonder if over the years, we'll also naturally select for people who are better at identifying AI slop? Will this become an essential skill to our survival? Identifying what is human.
July 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Been thinking a lot about how our species evolved to detect snakes, even when they're camouflaged, in the grass. I wonder if over the years, we'll also naturally select for people who are better at identifying AI slop? Will this become an essential skill to our survival? Identifying what is human.
I feel like Zohran should release a custom Instagram filter
July 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I feel like Zohran should release a custom Instagram filter
People too often treat history like its a bowling alley with bumper guards. Balls forever hurtling down the path of the righteous. "History will remember them deplorably," they'll say. You sure? Why don't you ask a Native American what they think about that?
July 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
People too often treat history like its a bowling alley with bumper guards. Balls forever hurtling down the path of the righteous. "History will remember them deplorably," they'll say. You sure? Why don't you ask a Native American what they think about that?
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New York’s financial elite are frantically raising $20 million to block Zohran Mamdani’s path to City Hall, the WSJ reports.
A new super PAC, New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25, has been formed to spearhead anti-Mamdani efforts.
A new super PAC, New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25, has been formed to spearhead anti-Mamdani efforts.
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York’s financial elite are frantically raising $20 million to block Zohran Mamdani’s path to City Hall, the WSJ reports.
A new super PAC, New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25, has been formed to spearhead anti-Mamdani efforts.
A new super PAC, New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25, has been formed to spearhead anti-Mamdani efforts.
Catch me on @marketplace.org this week talking about the rise of "Peace Tech" and how AI is being used to predict wars.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
Could AI be a peacekeeper of the future?
Tech companies are training AI to help predict and prevent global conflict. Investigative journalist Tekendra Parmar breaks down how governments may begin to use it.
www.marketplace.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Catch me on @marketplace.org this week talking about the rise of "Peace Tech" and how AI is being used to predict wars.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...