Julie J Lee
@jjlee.bsky.social
grad student in investigative journalism, formerly nerd @ aclu ma 📍 New York, NY 🌐 julielee.net 📱signal: julielee.101
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Mamdani Campaigners Are Optimistic About Winning Staten Island
“People Outside the Borough are Going to be Surprised.” Mamdani supporters have been campaigning in the borough with high hopes.
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NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
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lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene
Yeah, the "dynamic pricing" in big box stores is the same. Depending on who is looking at the tag, time of day, etc. the price for items can literally change from the shelf to the register. 😤 Freaking DISNEY is even going to start using it! deadline.com/2025/11/disn...
Disney Will Bring Dynamic Pricing Similar To Airline Model To Domestic Theme Parks, Says CFO
Disney will bring dynamic pricing similar to the model used by airlines to its domestic theme parks as the company looks to boost incremental revenue.
deadline.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene
Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...
DOCCS Officer Misconduct Database
www.nyclu.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...
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Same thing happened to me a little while back. Must be epidemic at this point.
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Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Same thing happened to me a little while back. Must be epidemic at this point.
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Starting to think handing untested technology to kids with no guardrails might not be the best idea
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Starting to think handing untested technology to kids with no guardrails might not be the best idea
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New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
www.404media.co/cops...
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock
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✨ Day 1 of #GIJC25 is HERE! ✨
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
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GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
✨ Day 1 of #GIJC25 is HERE! ✨
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
The most ridiculous saga on new york's dime
Morning Spew: Eric Adams Is Done With New York City.
The mayor is everywhere but here, and more links for your day.
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The mayor is everywhere but here, and more links for your day.
hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
Morning Spew: Eric Adams Is Done With New York City
The mayor is everywhere but here, and more links for your day.
hellgatenyc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The most ridiculous saga on new york's dime
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The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
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Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
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New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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 3:22 PM
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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one of the funniest parts about Joyce Carol Oates going viral for nuking Elon Musk is that he absolutely needed someone tell him who Joyce Carol Oates is
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
one of the funniest parts about Joyce Carol Oates going viral for nuking Elon Musk is that he absolutely needed someone tell him who Joyce Carol Oates is
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The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
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Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
Breaking: SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p... Lina Khan on the team! Called it
Zohran Mamdani announces an all-female leadership team for his transition including former FTC Chair Lina Khan | CNN Politics
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday announced an all-female team of co-chairs for his transition team, including former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p... Lina Khan on the team! Called it
NEW from me: open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit... Colombo is a Democrat running for borough president in ruby red Staten Island. I met him handing flyers to commuters outside St George ferry terminal this morning
In Staten Island, a Democrat is Challenging an Incumbent for Borough President
By Julie Lee
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NEW from me: open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit... Colombo is a Democrat running for borough president in ruby red Staten Island. I met him handing flyers to commuters outside St George ferry terminal this morning
NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
Mamdani Campaigners Are Optimistic About Winning Staten Island
“People Outside the Borough are Going to be Surprised.” Mamdani supporters have been campaigning in the borough with high hopes.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
Hey NYC, if it's useful to have this google map of polling sites, here ya go: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
All NYC Polling Sites - Google My Maps
All NYC Polling Sites
www.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hey NYC, if it's useful to have this google map of polling sites, here ya go: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
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Two people died in flooded New York City buildings on Thursday after sudden and intense rain brought a deluge of water to the city in a major afternoon squall.
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Two Die in NYC Basements as Squall Brings Massive Rain Burst to City
Two men, one in Central Brooklyn and another in Upper Manhattan, were found dead in flooded areas after intense rain arrived late on Thursday.
www.thecity.nyc
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Two people died in flooded New York City buildings on Thursday after sudden and intense rain brought a deluge of water to the city in a major afternoon squall.
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