Ana Isabel Mejia Andrade
@itoldyouso13.bsky.social
Data Analyst | Content Strategist at IndependenThinker
https://www.independenthinker.net/
https://www.independenthinker.net/
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How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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The photo dump from Democrats in the House Oversight Committee include more famous men and upsetting Lolita quotes written on a woman's body. www.wired.com/story/house-...
Terrifying New Photos Emerge From the Jeffrey Epstein Estate
The photo dump from Democrats in the House Oversight Committee include more famous men and upsetting Lolita quotes written on a woman's body.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The photo dump from Democrats in the House Oversight Committee include more famous men and upsetting Lolita quotes written on a woman's body. www.wired.com/story/house-...
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The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
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“.. The US economy is in a hiring recession. Almost no jobs have been added since April.
“Wage gains are slowing.
“710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
“Wage gains are slowing.
“710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“.. The US economy is in a hiring recession. Almost no jobs have been added since April.
“Wage gains are slowing.
“710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
“Wage gains are slowing.
“710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
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December 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
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Today New York made history, becoming the first state to require companies disclose when they use AI-generated actors in advertisements.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Today New York made history, becoming the first state to require companies disclose when they use AI-generated actors in advertisements.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
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If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
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For those of us investigating digital harms, we are receiving an influx of Qs from high-risk US based individuals worried about their devices & how to protect themselves
It's going to be rough
A full spectrum electronic-ecosystem dragnet has been built while oversight is being dismantled
It's going to be rough
A full spectrum electronic-ecosystem dragnet has been built while oversight is being dismantled
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For those of us investigating digital harms, we are receiving an influx of Qs from high-risk US based individuals worried about their devices & how to protect themselves
It's going to be rough
A full spectrum electronic-ecosystem dragnet has been built while oversight is being dismantled
It's going to be rough
A full spectrum electronic-ecosystem dragnet has been built while oversight is being dismantled
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Thanks to the "big beautiful bill", ICE has a lot of money to spend, and they're on a spending spree across the board -- a smorgasbord of hacking/tracking/analysis tools and a bonanza for the private surveillance industry
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thanks to the "big beautiful bill", ICE has a lot of money to spend, and they're on a spending spree across the board -- a smorgasbord of hacking/tracking/analysis tools and a bonanza for the private surveillance industry
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Also, thanks @peter.andringa.me for flagging @citizenlab.ca research into spyware vendor Paragon Solutions Inc, which we discovered has been abused in Italy 🇮🇹 to hack the phones of journalists and migrant support workers
See here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi... and citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
See here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi... and citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across t...
citizenlab.ca
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Also, thanks @peter.andringa.me for flagging @citizenlab.ca research into spyware vendor Paragon Solutions Inc, which we discovered has been abused in Italy 🇮🇹 to hack the phones of journalists and migrant support workers
See here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi... and citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
See here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi... and citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
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An excellent & very disturbing overview of the scope & scale of domestic surveillance systems deployed in the US 🇺🇸 by @peter.andringa.me @financialtimes.com 👇
Ostensibly for deportation, these can (& likely are) being fine-tuned for deployment on critics of the Trump regime -- a chilling prospect
Ostensibly for deportation, these can (& likely are) being fine-tuned for deployment on critics of the Trump regime -- a chilling prospect
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
ig.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An excellent & very disturbing overview of the scope & scale of domestic surveillance systems deployed in the US 🇺🇸 by @peter.andringa.me @financialtimes.com 👇
Ostensibly for deportation, these can (& likely are) being fine-tuned for deployment on critics of the Trump regime -- a chilling prospect
Ostensibly for deportation, these can (& likely are) being fine-tuned for deployment on critics of the Trump regime -- a chilling prospect
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We just launched our new and expanded Adversarial Threat Report! We've been reporting on online threats like foreign interference for 7 years, but today's report expands our work to cover fraud, scams, and AI security threats. There's a ton in the report, I'll try to break it down in this thread. 1/
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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In 2019, we @citizenlab.ca published an investigation into a disinfo / influence operation we called "Endless Mayfly", and which we attributed at the time to an "Iran-aligned entity"
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In 2019, we @citizenlab.ca published an investigation into a disinfo / influence operation we called "Endless Mayfly", and which we attributed at the time to an "Iran-aligned entity"
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
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Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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🎧LEVER TIME: How Wall Street is quietly shorting its own AI investments as chips are depreciating faster than they can come online.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
It’s Not An AI Bubble. It’s A Black Hole.
How $400 billion in AI spending became a gravitational force that's distorting the entire economy.
www.levernews.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎧LEVER TIME: How Wall Street is quietly shorting its own AI investments as chips are depreciating faster than they can come online.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
Oh, Jon! 😏
We have seen this movie before haven't we?
Coalition of the willing Remember that one? 🗽😎🤣
@thedailyshow.com www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrCWT93v/
We have seen this movie before haven't we?
Coalition of the willing Remember that one? 🗽😎🤣
@thedailyshow.com www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrCWT93v/
Jon Stewart goes old-school Daily Show to show how Trump’s push for war in Venezuela is Iraq all over again #DailyShow #JonStewart #Venezuela
TikTok video by The Daily Show
www.tiktok.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh, Jon! 😏
We have seen this movie before haven't we?
Coalition of the willing Remember that one? 🗽😎🤣
@thedailyshow.com www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrCWT93v/
We have seen this movie before haven't we?
Coalition of the willing Remember that one? 🗽😎🤣
@thedailyshow.com www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrCWT93v/
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On Monday, I joined community leaders in the South Bronx for a listening session to identify shared priorities for 2026.
Working with our local service providers, organizers, and small businesses is incredibly meaningful. I’m honored to keep doing this work together.
Working with our local service providers, organizers, and small businesses is incredibly meaningful. I’m honored to keep doing this work together.
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Monday, I joined community leaders in the South Bronx for a listening session to identify shared priorities for 2026.
Working with our local service providers, organizers, and small businesses is incredibly meaningful. I’m honored to keep doing this work together.
Working with our local service providers, organizers, and small businesses is incredibly meaningful. I’m honored to keep doing this work together.
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With Netflix and Paramount both vying to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, media watchdog Craig Aaron says such massive mergers have proven "disastrous" in the past, including for workers, consumers and even the businesses themselves.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/warner_bros_discovery_sale
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/warner_bros_discovery_sale
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
With Netflix and Paramount both vying to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, media watchdog Craig Aaron says such massive mergers have proven "disastrous" in the past, including for workers, consumers and even the businesses themselves.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/warner_bros_discovery_sale
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/warner_bros_discovery_sale
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A Yale youth poll published Monday asked respondents who they’d support if the primary were held today—
#AOC lead by double digits among Democrats under 35 — outpacing Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, & other hypothetical 2028 contenders
#AOC lead by double digits among Democrats under 35 — outpacing Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, & other hypothetical 2028 contenders
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A Yale youth poll published Monday asked respondents who they’d support if the primary were held today—
#AOC lead by double digits among Democrats under 35 — outpacing Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, & other hypothetical 2028 contenders
#AOC lead by double digits among Democrats under 35 — outpacing Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, & other hypothetical 2028 contenders
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Mijente, a national Latino organizing group focused on immigrant rights and political empowerment, is escalating its “Apaga el odio” campaign against Univision and Telemundo by launching a national Week of Action that started this past weekend.
New from @juliorvarela.com for @thelatinonewsletter.org
@conmijente.bsky.social Announces Week of Action Against DHS Ads on Univision and Telemundo
@conmijente.bsky.social Announces Week of Action Against DHS Ads on Univision and Telemundo
Mijente Announces Week of Action Against DHS Ads on Univision and Telemundo
Mijente, a national Latino organizing group focused on immigrant rights and political empowerment, is escalating its “Apaga el odio” campaign against Univision and Telemundo by launching a national We...
thelatinonewsletter.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Mijente, a national Latino organizing group focused on immigrant rights and political empowerment, is escalating its “Apaga el odio” campaign against Univision and Telemundo by launching a national Week of Action that started this past weekend.
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Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
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Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
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I am beginning to see the Democrats' strategy.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I am beginning to see the Democrats' strategy.