Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
civilian drone mapping technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, sometimes journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. minors DNI
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There are numerous reports across the Twin Cities on ICE monitoring pages of drones circling apartment buildings. What valid law enforcement reason could there be for this?
I’m seeking photos and videos of drones used by ICE, like these. Please send any you have my way - trying to better understand the patterns.
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a third of people didn't know which party controlled congress (in 2023). I think it's important to remember that
source: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
source: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
a third of people didn't know which party controlled congress (in 2023). I think it's important to remember that
source: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
source: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
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"...women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings... lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues..."
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"...women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings... lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues..."
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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This lines up with past work about graduate students and male graduate students consistently getting more recs with words like "intelligent", "bright", "genius", while female graduate students consistently getting more recs with "hard working", "cooperative", etc.
"...women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings... lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues..."
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This lines up with past work about graduate students and male graduate students consistently getting more recs with words like "intelligent", "bright", "genius", while female graduate students consistently getting more recs with "hard working", "cooperative", etc.
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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give me the opinion journalist job. every week the opinion will be ‘full communism now’
I'm confused. I thought Washington Post was doing mass layoffs?
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
give me the opinion journalist job. every week the opinion will be ‘full communism now’
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This is quite literally every right-leaning, gun-humping, black helicopter-spotting, Glenn Beck-watching white man's mortal fear from 2010.
Now it's just something they scroll past.
Now it's just something they scroll past.
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This is quite literally every right-leaning, gun-humping, black helicopter-spotting, Glenn Beck-watching white man's mortal fear from 2010.
Now it's just something they scroll past.
Now it's just something they scroll past.
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This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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anybody got a widget that compares prevailing sentiment on Bluesky with weather conditions in major metro areas? just curious
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
anybody got a widget that compares prevailing sentiment on Bluesky with weather conditions in major metro areas? just curious
here’s another free democratic campaign ad
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
here’s another free democratic campaign ad
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The account in the screenshot is very evidently a wrecker
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
The account in the screenshot is very evidently a wrecker
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what if instead of sounding words out letter-by-letter until you know them by heart, you just sorta guessed at words? it's quicker and easier, so long as the books are at about a 1st grade level with plenty of pictures.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM
what if instead of sounding words out letter-by-letter until you know them by heart, you just sorta guessed at words? it's quicker and easier, so long as the books are at about a 1st grade level with plenty of pictures.
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social media's broadcasting of stuff without context often results in understandable misreadings, and then you get replies where they *literally haven't read* the original post in any meaningful sense.
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 AM
social media's broadcasting of stuff without context often results in understandable misreadings, and then you get replies where they *literally haven't read* the original post in any meaningful sense.
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so you know how there's a theory that three-cueing means many Americans literally *can't* read.
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
so you know how there's a theory that three-cueing means many Americans literally *can't* read.
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Since three-cueing literally tells people to just guess the meaning of the next word based on context, yes, reading something-something Ice training something, and assuming it meant training Ice officers is 100 percent possible here. Probable even!
Very AI like, very disturbing.
Very AI like, very disturbing.
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Since three-cueing literally tells people to just guess the meaning of the next word based on context, yes, reading something-something Ice training something, and assuming it meant training Ice officers is 100 percent possible here. Probable even!
Very AI like, very disturbing.
Very AI like, very disturbing.
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"three-cueing causes you to think like an LLM" honestly explains a lot of things
Since three-cueing literally tells people to just guess the meaning of the next word based on context, yes, reading something-something Ice training something, and assuming it meant training Ice officers is 100 percent possible here. Probable even!
Very AI like, very disturbing.
Very AI like, very disturbing.
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"three-cueing causes you to think like an LLM" honestly explains a lot of things
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we will not be silenced.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
we will not be silenced.
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As manufacturers face endless cyberattacks (more than any other industry, per many reports), the sector is banding together to harden its defenses. My colleague David Jones and I looked at why the sector is so vulnerable and what it's doing to fight back: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/manufac...
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As manufacturers face endless cyberattacks (more than any other industry, per many reports), the sector is banding together to harden its defenses. My colleague David Jones and I looked at why the sector is so vulnerable and what it's doing to fight back: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/manufac...
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Fake news, polarization, echo chambers…
The concepts that people deploy actually matter for how they shape our ability to attend to the social world; and we can’t take them for granted on their own terms lest they turn out to be weapons.
The concepts that people deploy actually matter for how they shape our ability to attend to the social world; and we can’t take them for granted on their own terms lest they turn out to be weapons.
When independent journalists get into peril for doing their jobs, we can point to that very first time "fake news" was uttered and say "Oh, that's how seemingly trivial terms evolve into dangerous concepts."
That's why we need to memorialize and document, so we don't forget the horrors.
That's why we need to memorialize and document, so we don't forget the horrors.
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Fake news, polarization, echo chambers…
The concepts that people deploy actually matter for how they shape our ability to attend to the social world; and we can’t take them for granted on their own terms lest they turn out to be weapons.
The concepts that people deploy actually matter for how they shape our ability to attend to the social world; and we can’t take them for granted on their own terms lest they turn out to be weapons.
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no encryption system can beat the iron law of information theory that 2 can keep a secret if 1 or more of them is dead
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
no encryption system can beat the iron law of information theory that 2 can keep a secret if 1 or more of them is dead
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"What if we cant trust this guy" is a problem as old as humanity
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"What if we cant trust this guy" is a problem as old as humanity