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Amy Farley

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the kicker: Geo’s chairman, George Zoley, is an immigrant himself. He arrived here as a child from Greece. @michaellinhorst.bsky.social looks at the company—and man—at the heart of Trump’s hard-line immigration machine. 6/6 www.fastcompany.com/91396722/the...

The house that ICE built

Geo Group, America's largest for-profit jailer of immigrants, is preparing for a windfall under Trump. Its chairman is an immigrant himself.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

Last year, Geo took in about $1 billion from its contracts with ICE—41% of its annual revenue. That’s set to skyrocket alongside ICE’s budget, which is earmarked to receive an additional $75 billion through 2029 via the One Big Beautiful Bill. 5/6

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

But under Trump, Geo is evolving from a background player in federal enforcement into something closer to a government appendage. U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi worked as a lobbyist for Geo in 2019. The company paid consulting fees to Tom Homan before he joined the administration. 4/6

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

Geo is a key partner in the government’s efforts to detain, monitor, and deport immigrants: It runs detention facilities, operates deportation flights, and provides electronic surveillance of immigrants awaiting deportation decisions. 3/6

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

Geo Group runs the Georgia center where Salvadorian journalist Mario Guevara, who was arrested covering a No Kings protest in June, was held for more than three months before his deportation today. It runs the Louisiana facility where Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Khalil was held. 2/6

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 5d

When you hear about someone arrested or swept up in an immigration raid, there’s a good chance they’ve ended up at a facility run by Geo Group, the nation’s largest for-profit jailer of immigrants and one of ICE’s biggest contractors. 🧵👇 1/6 www.fastcompany.com/91396722/the...

The house that ICE built

Geo Group, America's largest for-profit jailer of immigrants, is preparing for a windfall under Trump. Its chairman is an immigrant himself.

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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 12d

“…What will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them.”

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 12d

Embryo screening startups like Orchid promise to reduce genetic risks & help parents avoid passing on inherited conditions. But are we edging toward designer babies? @ainsleyharris.bsky.social explores the hope & discomfort of genetic optimization. Worth a read. www.fastcompany.com/91396712/sil...

Silicon Valley wants you to stop 'rolling the dice' about your future baby's health

Genomics startups like Noor Siddiqui's Orchid promise healthier children through advanced embryo screening. Do they deliver?

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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · Jul 14

It’s 1995 Week on Fast Company! Here’s my colleague Mark Sullivan on Johnny Mnemonic, a prescient movie I somehow still haven’t seen. www.fastcompany.com/91356470/joh...

'Johnny Mnemonic' predicted our addictive digital future - Fast Company

The much-maligned 1995 cyberpunk film envisioned a world of tech addiction, brain implants, and AI companions—ideas that feel eerily relevant in today's world.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 18

💉 Does a pharma company have a responsibility to release a safer drug when it develops one? Do its good works abroad offset its harms back home? @adambluestein.bsky.social looks at what happens when one drugmaker dominates an entire group of patients. www.fastcompany.com/91336445/gil...

This company's drug could effectively end the HIV epidemic—but patients remember how it slow walked a past treatment

Gilead Sciences' lenacapavir PrEP shot could reshape the AIDS epidemic. A California lawsuit reveals how it slow walked a previous treatment.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Jun 13

"We will erase the national debt by selling illegal green cards to millions of extremely wealthy foreigners who (1) definitely exist and (2) want to move to our budding police state" is the kind of delusional nonsense that only this country's stupidest billionaires could come up with

Trump’s 'gold card' visa scheme is pure gilded nonsense

Wealthy foreigners willing to buy a dubiously legal way to immigrate to the U.S. now have a website where they can register their interest.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 13

"In news I am sure will astonish you, Trump and his handlers do not appear to have a firm grasp on the legal intricacies here." @jaywillis.net on the gilded nonsense known as the Trump Gold Card: www.fastcompany.com/91352164/tru...

Trump’s 'gold card' visa scheme is pure gilded nonsense

Wealthy foreigners willing to buy a dubiously legal way to immigrate to the U.S. now have a website where they can register their interest.

www.fastcompany.com

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 9

I know some folks don't have much sympathy for Moderna, but RFK Jr's war on vaccines and the science behind them could affect everything from the government's response to avian flu to ground-breaking cancer therapeutics.

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 9

Did CEOs ever really believe in ‘doing good’—or was it all just PR? For Fast Company's latest cover story, Jim Surowiecki looks at what's behind the corporate retreat from DEI, ESG, and idea that business can and should be a force for good.

Fast Company @fastcompany.com · Jun 9

By around 2019, the notion of “business for good” was mainstream: Big established companies launched diversity initiatives and took steps to reduce their carbon footprint.⁠

“Doing well by doing good” was here to stay. Or so it seemed.

Read more in our latest issue: bit.ly/3Td0TX0

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 9

This isn’t just a pharma story—it’s about what happens when ideology starts writing the rules of science. @adambluestein.bsky.social on what went wrong Moderna. www.fastcompany.com/91337309/wha...

MAHA v. Moderna: The COVID vaccine maker is under attack by RFK Jr.'s department of health

Moderna went all in on mRNA vaccines. Now, its technology is under attack by RFK Jr and MAHA, and its future is more uncertain than ever.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Jun 1

Wanna make it in music today? Get yourself a Tiny Desk concert! Love this story by the great @davidsalazar.bsky.social

David Salazar @davidsalazar.bsky.social · Jun 1

Almost since it started, I've subjected many friends to forced viewings of @npr.org's Tiny Desk Concerts. So I was thrilled when @afarles.bsky.social told me to write about the Tiny Desk effect and its ability to create global stars/reinvigorate artists' careers. www.fastcompany.com/91337277/npr...

How NPR’s Tiny Desk became the biggest stage in music

NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts are now minting global pop stars quicker than ever. Just ask Argentina’s Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · May 27

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · May 25

I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · May 23

After throwing a grenade at Harvard, Trump is off to dinner with 220 of his favorite people in the world: crypto speculators willing to pay for access to the White House. @jaywillis.net takes a look at the president's brazen cash grab
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Trump’s 4,000 meme-coins-per-plate crypto dinner is an American embarrassment

During his second term, Trump is best understood as a crypto industry booster who also happens to be President of the United States.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · May 22

I have always viewed Trump’s political career as a grift, and yet, if you’d told me in 2016 that he’d be hosting a private dinner for hundreds of crypto speculators who’d spent $150 million on his memecoin, I would have assumed democracy was on the brink of collapse. Wait, hold that thought

Trump’s 4,000 meme-coins-per-plate crypto dinner is an American embarrassment

During his second term, Trump is best understood as a crypto industry booster who also happens to be President of the United States.

www.fastcompany.com

Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · May 16

"Trump's preoccupation with ferreting out 'racial handouts' is so all-consuming that he's trying to cut government spending that would meaningfully improve the lives of millions of voters, many of whom cast their ballots for him." - @jaywillis.net www.fastcompany.com/91335032/tru...

Trump is trying to kill rural internet because the law that pays for it has 'equity' in the name

The Digital Equity Act set aside $2.75 billion to expand internet access and close the digital divide. Trump thinks it's illegal DEI.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · May 13

Before this year, Target had never given a dime to an presidential inaugural committee. Then, in January, it gave $1 million to welcome Trump back to the White House. (Walmart, in contrast, gave $150,000.) Target followed up by ditching all its DEI commitments.
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Inside Target’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year

Target has been battered this year, but its woes go back longer than you think. Inside the company’s struggle to return to retail greatness.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · May 2

a16z has a new logo to go along with its 'techno-optimism' under Trump. @ctrlzee.bsky.social takes a look
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A16z’s new Ayn Rand-style logo is the perfect embodiment of its Trumpian ethos

The storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm has ditched sans serifs for Art Deco and Objectivism.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Apr 8

If you’re unsettled by the power that Elon Musk wields on Earth, don’t look up. @adambluestein.bsky.social profiles more than a dozen companies that are challenging SpaceX and Starlink and bringing more competition to the skies. www.fastcompany.com/91310407/spa...

Elon Musk won't rule space forever—here are the companies challenging SpaceX and Starlink

Between SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk dominates access to space and satellite communications. These companies have other plans.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · Apr 6

But how would you know it's working if it didn't sting like hell?

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Apr 2

Eighteen-year-old Carlos Daniel Terán was taken from his home and shipped to a notorious prison on the charge that he is a gang member.

The government hasn't produced evidence supporting the claim, says his lawyer. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

The Austin-Area Teen Trump Disappeared to El Salvador

Eighteen-year-old Daniel Terán was taken from his home and shipped to a notorious prison on the charge that he is a gang member. The government hasn't produced evidence supporting the claim, says his ...

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