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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 17h

Classic big tech. It’s not enough to destroy the planet, everyone else has to subsidize it too.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Same. My sis & BIL live in Burbank, so BUR is my go-to.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

My husband’s a pilot & flies in there all the time so this is a bit scary, AND you made me laugh out loud with this one!

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Southwest Airlines flies in and out of BUR on the daily, along with Alaska, Delta, and a few others.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. Weird.

Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 2d

The Cubs-Brewers game will start on TNT until Phillies-Dodgers, currently in the 9th, is over on TBS.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Frightening.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI books are popping up everywhere, especially nonfiction and kidlit. And especially on Amazon. You can usually tell by the cover, but if you're piling stuff into a cart without looking into the titles or buying off a bulk list from a vendor, they're going to slip through the cracks.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”

How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves

AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.

www.governing.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump would turn the military against civilians. She warned us that he would pursue Project 2025. The media mocked her, but she was dead right about both.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 4d

Which is what Black people have been saying about law enforcement for centuries.

No one listened though. Now here we are.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 4d

Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near a school on a busy Northwest Side street.

"It’s upsetting to see people being paid to attack our community for senseless stupid reasons.”

📝 @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @jake-sheridan.bsky.social and @tesskenny.bsky.social

Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street

The deployment of smoke canisters — some witnesses described it as tear gas — came as tensions boiled over on the city’s Northwest Side Friday afternoon.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

open.substack.com

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 9d

The Right’s idea of free speech is the freedom to call marginalised people slurs without facing public consequences. The Left’s idea of free speech is challenging power and systemic abuse without being arrested. I hope that clears things up for the intellectually disingenuous.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 10d

That’s correct!

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 10d

All of this, my fellow white brethren, is fact.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 10d

lol I may get in trouble (also probably not good for book sales) but:

The white diaspora, globally, has directly or indirectly benefited from the subjugation, dehumanization, and humiliation of people unlike them. Your heroes were not messiahs, they were menaces. Like consistently. #blacksky

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aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 11d

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

Yesterday, Meta unveiled a new "feed" on its platforms that will exclusively feature AI-generated videos.

This overshadowed another big announcement...

On Tuesday, Meta launched a super new PAC geared towards electing politicians that will block any AI regulation.

Hello?

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Silvia Pareschi @silviapare2.bsky.social · 12d

This is a very important study

www.media.mit.edu/publications...

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …

www.media.mit.edu

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, I can’t believe I get to say this but Hekate is a #1 New York Times Bestseller:

New York Times Bestseller list with number 1 listing for Hekate the Witch by Nikita Gill

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