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lincolnproject.us
RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year."

It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
It's 2025, and people decided that we should put Trump back in office despite the first time infamously being a complete shitshow. So OF COURSE FyreFest is back for another try

www.fyre.mx
Home | FYRE Festival 2
FYRE Festival 2, FYRE 2, is a three day escape to the Mexican Caribbean where you’ll embark on intimate adventures and come together at night to celebrate with music
www.fyre.mx
February 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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keithedwards.bsky.social
BREAKING: Josh Shapiro just sued Donald Trump and won, unfreezing $2.1 billion in funds the administration tried to freeze.

Another win for Democrats in the courts. Don’t let anyone tell you Donald Trump is unstoppable.
February 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
ekosunshine.bsky.social
“We are the federal law”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 21
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?

JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here

TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?

JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law

T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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wired.com
happy friday! just leaving this here...
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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lincolnproject.us
When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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emilyesfraser.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @scishow.bsky.social for warning all the new folks out there dealing with early M.E. as a result of Covid:

***Exercise makes ME/CFS worse.***

Big props to @diatoma.bsky.social for proposing this topic! REALLY wish I had seen this a decade ago 😭

youtu.be/wxSwYUennBA?...
Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
YouTube video by SciShow
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February 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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coreyryung.bsky.social
This is even more unconstitutional than usual. Article I gives Congress the power to establish the post office. It cannot be "dissolve[d]" by the Executive.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Feb 21
Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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cdt.org
“The Center for Democracy & Technology said in a Wednesday statement that this executive order seeking complete control over most federal agencies, including the FTC, ‘contradicts’ the Constitution.” www.k12dive.com/news...
What could schools expect under the new COPPA Rule?
The Federal Trade Commission’s updated rule would impact the way K-12 leaders interact with ed tech companies — if Trump keeps it.
www.k12dive.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Your outie understands when someone is making a joke on the internet and doesn't embarrass themselves in people's replies
Ms Casey from Severance
February 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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lexlanham.bsky.social
marvel sent cease & desist letters to @wwe alleging rey mysterio superhero costumes infringed @marvel intellectual property rights

www.timesnownews.com/entertainmen...
February 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel.

👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
Bending the arc of AI towards the public interest
By Abeba Birhane, 18/02/2025 Following the first in Bletchley Park in 2023 and the second in Seoul in 2024, the third AI Action Summit took place in February 2025 in Paris. In the context of previous ...
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February 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ilpfoundry.bsky.social
After a brief holiday hiatus, the Tech Policy Grind is BACK with a NEW episode on privacy in Brazil.

TPG host Reema Moussa chats with VMCA Advogados Partners Nathalie Fragoso & Marcela Mattiuzzo on data protection, surveillance, and more in Brazil.

Tune in: www.ilpfoundry.us/podcast/braz...
Brazilian Privacy Update with Marcela Mattiuzzo and Nathalie Fragoso [S4E34] - The Foundry
Reema chats with Marcela Mattiuzzo and Nathalie Fragoso, Partners at VMCA Advogados, on Brazilian privacy law and regulatory policy.
www.ilpfoundry.us
November 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
“After a grueling 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios, a move that is heralding the end of the 2023 actors’ strike.”
SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios, Ending Actors Strike
The work stoppage will end 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 9, 2023 at 12:43 AM