William Fitzgerald
@williamfitz.bsky.social
Omidyar announced latest cohort of journalism fellows. cool to see good reporters get some support: omidyar.com/update/omidy...
Omidyar Network announces 2026 class of reporters in residence - Omidyar Network
Today, Omidyar Network announced nine journalists who will serve as 2026 Reporters in Residence in the program’s largest cohort to date. They will spend the next six months independently reporting on ...
omidyar.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Omidyar announced latest cohort of journalism fellows. cool to see good reporters get some support: omidyar.com/update/omidy...
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You are the best! Thank you.
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
You are the best! Thank you.
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In the most desolate, American techno-fascist story one can imagine: ICE descends on a data center construction site in Louisiana to abduct workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Immigration Officers Descend on Meta Data Center, Arrest Drivers
Federal immigration officers targeted a construction site in rural Louisiana where Meta Platforms Inc. is building its largest data center, leading to the arrest of two individuals, according to local...
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In the most desolate, American techno-fascist story one can imagine: ICE descends on a data center construction site in Louisiana to abduct workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Critical piece about a new Palantir app ICE is using to determine the “density” of potential people to deport in a given neighborhood. Gives some indications on how ICE is deciding where to act
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Critical piece about a new Palantir app ICE is using to determine the “density” of potential people to deport in a given neighborhood. Gives some indications on how ICE is deciding where to act
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives. www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives. www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tip @techmeme.com
I wrote about ICE, Silicon Valley's response (or lack of) to ICE flooding US streets, and why "business as usual" for CEOs doesn't really apply in a politically unstable climate www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Tip @techmeme.com
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"Some leaders may want to believe that ICE arrests and the icy streets of Minnesota are far enough away from their own boardrooms not to have any impact, but that belief might not hold much longer."
I wrote about ICE, Silicon Valley's response (or lack of) to ICE flooding US streets, and why "business as usual" for CEOs doesn't really apply in a politically unstable climate www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"Some leaders may want to believe that ICE arrests and the icy streets of Minnesota are far enough away from their own boardrooms not to have any impact, but that belief might not hold much longer."
"Some leaders may want to believe that ICE arrests and the icy streets of Minnesota are far enough away from their own boardrooms not to have any impact, but that belief might not hold much longer."
www.wired.com/story/backla...
www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"Some leaders may want to believe that ICE arrests and the icy streets of Minnesota are far enough away from their own boardrooms not to have any impact, but that belief might not hold much longer."
www.wired.com/story/backla...
www.wired.com/story/backla...
Our home insurance 4 years ago was $1,000. This year it’s $1,900. Our monthly car insurance was $250, now it’s $430.
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Our home insurance 4 years ago was $1,000. This year it’s $1,900. Our monthly car insurance was $250, now it’s $430.
“Senior execs at major tech companies including Meta, Google, Amazon, OpenAI, TikTok, Spotify, and Salesforce have been circulating a letter this week calling on their companies to break ties with the White House’s immigration enforcement” @thebulwark.com
If you work in tech, sign: ICEout.Tech
If you work in tech, sign: ICEout.Tech
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“Senior execs at major tech companies including Meta, Google, Amazon, OpenAI, TikTok, Spotify, and Salesforce have been circulating a letter this week calling on their companies to break ties with the White House’s immigration enforcement” @thebulwark.com
If you work in tech, sign: ICEout.Tech
If you work in tech, sign: ICEout.Tech
“But as the number of prominent tech figures who voice dissent grows, the tech left may see a return to its strength in numbers.” @davelee.me on resurgent tech “left” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... tip @techmeme.com
The ‘Tech Left’ Is Different This Time
The sight of the country’s most powerful technology chief executive officers lined up behind the president at an inauguration they helped pay for was a visual declaration that the Silicon Valley effor...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 AM
“But as the number of prominent tech figures who voice dissent grows, the tech left may see a return to its strength in numbers.” @davelee.me on resurgent tech “left” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... tip @techmeme.com
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Feels like we are at a defining moment right now.
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Feels like we are at a defining moment right now.
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There are forms of power that require consent: laws, rights, institutions, elections, norms, ethics, morality... They only function when all sides agree to a shared premise. We are no longer in one of those moments.
January 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Just when some in tech are starting to speak out, Zuck hires a Trumper. Keep going Zuck, you’re doing the work for us.
Meta names former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president, vice chair
Meta names former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president, vice chair
cnb.cx
January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Just when some in tech are starting to speak out, Zuck hires a Trumper. Keep going Zuck, you’re doing the work for us.
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if you work in tech, please sign this and try to get coworkers talking about and making demands of your workplaces and management. you don't have to go along uncritically with the rancid politics of your weird as fuck billionaire BJJ/MMA enthusiast boss!
Tech demands ICE out of our cities
We are tech industry employees in the United States.
We all witnessed ICE brutally kill a US citizen on the streets of Minneapolis. Then, the Trump administration brazenly lied about what happened.
We...
ICEout.tech
January 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
if you work in tech, please sign this and try to get coworkers talking about and making demands of your workplaces and management. you don't have to go along uncritically with the rancid politics of your weird as fuck billionaire BJJ/MMA enthusiast boss!
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#TeslaTakedownDinerEdition #TeslaTakedown The shit diner was nearly empty.My friends are doing a great job at taking this place DOWN!
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January 10, 2026 at 4:38 AM
#TeslaTakedownDinerEdition #TeslaTakedown The shit diner was nearly empty.My friends are doing a great job at taking this place DOWN!
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it’s incredibly important to note that on the new footage that came out from the ICE agent himself, halfway through the video he switches his phone between his hands, opening up to grab his gun way before renee good even starts driving
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
it’s incredibly important to note that on the new footage that came out from the ICE agent himself, halfway through the video he switches his phone between his hands, opening up to grab his gun way before renee good even starts driving
the amount of benefit these guys have got from physically being in California is immeasurable. it's pathetic what they're doing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
Google Guys Say Bye to California
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
the amount of benefit these guys have got from physically being in California is immeasurable. it's pathetic what they're doing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
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Some folks I trust are organizing this petition of tech workers who oppose ICE.
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Tech demands ICE out of our cities
We are tech industry employees in the United States.
Yesterday, we all witnessed ICE brutally kill a US citizen on the streets of Minneapolis. Then, the Trump administration brazenly lied about what h...
ICEout.tech
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Some folks I trust are organizing this petition of tech workers who oppose ICE.
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Please sign: ICEout.tech
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I hope to see some sysadmins I know signing up.
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I hope to see some sysadmins I know signing up.
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Saturday 1/10: Rage for Renee! Palo Alto Tesla Takedown Protest Against ICE & U.S. Occupation of Venezuela
Saturday 1/10: Rage for Renee! Palo Alto Tesla Takedown Protest Against ICE & U.S. Occupation of Venezuela
Telsa Showroom - sidewalk out front
Intersection of El Camino Real and Charleston Rd.
Palo Alto, CA
www.indybay.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Saturday 1/10: Rage for Renee! Palo Alto Tesla Takedown Protest Against ICE & U.S. Occupation of Venezuela
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Perhaps the best start is for tech workers to protest their bosses who are fluffing Trump.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Perhaps the best start is for tech workers to protest their bosses who are fluffing Trump.