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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · Jun 15
Yesterday, I walked ~4 miles through #DC with my camera, starting with the Logan Circle #nokings protest (which then marched to the north side of the WH), then I walked down by the WH to the Mall Wanted to share some photos and thoughts. I'm on insta @/shape_color_motion; doing more politics there.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2h
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2h
This is American exceptionalism, every bit as much as the Trumpist movement is. This perverse psychological need to make the United States the source of all the world's evil is the flip side of people who insist the US is the greatest country in history.
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chbarts @chbarts.bsky.social · 4h
Post like this and I unfollow and mute. This is erasing centuries of European pogroms and other violence prior to WWII by making America the sin-eater for the entire Western world. I won't have it and I won't let it slide:
Cærsten (@cara.city) posted: "we didn't cause Nazism" dude Hitler based the Nuremberg Laws on the Jim Crow south and Lebensraum was partially inspired by the native genocide of the 19th century idk what to tell you ‪ By quote-posting: Will Stancil‬ (@whstancil.bsky.social‬): we didn’t cause Nazism. whatever caused incumbents to tank in 2024, it wasn’t unique to us. we aren’t uniquely corrupt, or violent, or authoritarian. there are good things and bad things about our country like any other, and Americans work a lot like people anywhere
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 2h
One Battle After Another is a good movie, but PTA’s habits for long shots (which make me miss California) make it probably 15 minutes longer than it needs to be.

Also, more Regina Hall.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 8h
Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d
Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · 7h
Lots of attention on this Marc Benioff article, which is excellent and full of jaw-dropping quotes.

It reminds me of how he was when I did a story for NPR about him secretly buying hundreds of acres of land in rural Hawaii. Things got weird.

www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1...
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 6h
I put this on a thread but I wanna underline it. Diane Keaton basically penned her own Oscar, won Woody his first screenwriting award, and her hat/tie look (which was Keaton’s own doing) was almost as iconic as Travolta’s white suit. She wrote her own damn ticket. Legend. Cracked the screen.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 6h
Her born name was Diane Hall. Her family called her Annie. And that performance cracks the damn screen. The most three dimensional character - let alone most three dimensional woman - in any Woody film. And that’s because she formed the character. Woody - for her line reads - was a stenographer.
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 6h
Right. This is discussed in the article; the named officer is certified specifically for this, as a part of his job. Gross negligence.
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 6h
The city statement (which was added afterwards) says he wasn’t exhibiting any objectively serious symptoms (which is a lie) visible to a layman (which the trained officer isn’t, with his cert).
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A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 2d
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours
www.kare11.com
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A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 2d
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours
www.kare11.com
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h
Two people asked Grok if a particular video is AI. One response says it is AI, another says it isn’t.

Please don’t waste your time asking AI chatbots if something is AI.
Pale Sun @PaleSun • 3h Is this Al generated? @grok 38K ıll 5.9M X ill 15K Grok 7 X @grok 贝 X.com Yes, this video appears to be Al-generated. Visual artifacts, like the dog phasing through the fallen branch, and unnatural physics in the fall suggest it's synthetic, consistent with recent trends in fake CCTV clips. 10:12 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.8K Views Htrebreh Navy @Harvisnavy • 2h O Auto-translated by Grok Show original @grok is this video made with Al? • 4 ill 24K X 贝 Grok Y @grok X.com Ø Auto-translated by Grok Show original No, the video seems to be real. It's a security camera clip that captures a genuine incident where a tree branch falls near a couple walking their dog. It shows no obvious signs of Al generation, and there are verified reports of similar events. How lucky they were! Rate this translation: 11:44 AM • 10/11/25 • 5.5K Views
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 7h
🧵 regarding the shutdown:

The Democrats aren’t being clear enough about this but we can be: this shutdown is about saving lives.

If we don’t reverse the Medicaid cuts (and the ACA subsidies on insurance bought through the exchanges) that Republicans made this year, people will die.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 7h
On Thursday, I'll join Megan Molteni at the 2025 @statnews.com Summit for a fireside chat on the future of science, technology, and research policy--from AI governance to public trust, from access to human rights. And how to ensure science serves the public good. www.statnews.com/stat-summit-...
Thu Oct 16, 11:50 AM - 12:15 PM EDT (25 min) Staying Human in the Age of AI How do we build technologies in ways that expand opportunity, improve human life, and strengthen democracy? A wide-ranging interview that will span genomics, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and Silicon Valley’s growing influence on American sociopolitics. Speakers Alondra Nelson Former Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden & Director White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Speaker Megan Molteni Science Writer STAT Moderator
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 7h
The wrong star of Annie Hall died.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7h
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ reportedly dies at 79
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” has died. She was 79.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 10h
Imagine using Meta’s AI in educational contexts or having it integrated into edtech products. When it’s overseen by MAGA representatives like this, imagine asking it what Antifa means, if there is a relationship is between race and IQ or what is causing climate change.
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joshstein.bsky.social
Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 9h
Is this gross? Yes.

But the opposition leader s in any country looking for support from the US know that the only way to get it now is with praise of Trump, because that’s how dictators work.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 10h
Oh, for fuck's sake.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30
No words
America’s brain drain
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 10h
Totally plausible this is someone in the administration. Also possible that it’s a foreign or private actor who got info ahead of time from the leakiest and least disciplined administration in modern history.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 11h
I love how the big news on Trump’s tariff announcement is how moments before he made it a bunch of people made insanely profitable shorts on crypto, a thing that Bitcoin Bros are all astounded to see happening in a completely unregulated market of a fake currency primarily used by criminals.
BREAKING: Look at this. A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning. 30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF. The market dumped. The trader made a profit of $192 million in two hours. Unusual. JUST IN: An anonymous trader opened massive crypto short positions just 30 minutes before Trump’s tariff announcements yesterday. They made an estimated $192M in profits. Someone knew the market would crash…. A Random brand new fresh wallet opened a massive $BTC short just 30 minutes before Trump’s tariff announcement and this trader made $88,000,000 profits. Donald Trump needs to go to jail. He is thief, he is literally robbing people internationally. He announced 100% Tarrifs on China and sends the US stock market into a death spiral. At the same time someone put over 1 Billion dollars into crypto with orders for 100 million being placed on Ethereum and Bitcoin and other crypto currencies across the board whilst markets got wiped after what he said. Billions, and I mean fucking billions got wiped out, whilst Bitcoin had it a biggest dip ever in a single candle losing 20k per Bitcoin, Whilst alt coins lost over 60-70% of value, everyone with leverage on the market with even 2 x leverage got murdered and robbed. This was co ordinated, this was market manipulation with one anonymous wallet making over 200 million dollars in one day with trades showing that they knew Trump was going to announce this and crash the market.
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 10h
It says a lot about our society that 13M people believing obvious medical disinfo completely uncritically is “better than expected.”
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11h
Thats still thirteen million and more people who think Trump's and RFK Jr's claims that Tylenol causes autism are definitely true.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 14h
Some good news: Most people don't trust Trump and RFK Jr.'s claims about autism.
Just four percent of respondents told a KFF poll they believed the claim was definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 17h
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 12h
I do wonder what these ICE agents think is going to happen to them when the administration changes. Do they think nobody will remember this? No one will investigate or publish their names? They know people loathe them; that’s why they’re masking, but they’ve got a lot of life as pariahs ahead.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 15h
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d
BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.
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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 16h
🚨CW: abuse descriptions🚨
Another case of Penguin Books failing to do basic research into the life of an author whose memoir they were buying. Somehow much worse than the Salt Path fraud.
youtu.be/2a3A4vQFtMg?...
‘The Penguin Lessons' author accused of historic sexual abuse by former students
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d
[disclaimer: i'm just talkin, these are normative statements, idk and am not commenting on what infrastructure exists irl]

there has to be a way to absorb some of these people into state health departments..or set up an interstate body to keep tryna do this work..we just cant lose all this capacity
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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