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@jeffreyballinger.bsky.social
Longtime worker rights activist. Decade w/ textile+clothing unions. 10yrs in Asia for AFL-CIO. Founded anti-sweatshop NGO, Press for Change. Header: Indonesian union workers celebrate strike victory https://inthesetimes.com/authors/jeff-ballinger
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762,000 are dead after DOGE cut USAID funding. 500,000 were children.
@emptywheel.bsky.social points to a @reuters.com article on how Russ Vought is using #USAID money for his private security.
As @nicolesandler.bsky.social said "It's obscene."
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi... @gottalaff.bsky.social
@emptywheel.bsky.social points to a @reuters.com article on how Russ Vought is using #USAID money for his private security.
As @nicolesandler.bsky.social said "It's obscene."
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi... @gottalaff.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
762,000 are dead after DOGE cut USAID funding. 500,000 were children.
@emptywheel.bsky.social points to a @reuters.com article on how Russ Vought is using #USAID money for his private security.
As @nicolesandler.bsky.social said "It's obscene."
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi... @gottalaff.bsky.social
@emptywheel.bsky.social points to a @reuters.com article on how Russ Vought is using #USAID money for his private security.
As @nicolesandler.bsky.social said "It's obscene."
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi... @gottalaff.bsky.social
The streaming premiere marks a late career first for Orhan Pamuk, 73, Turkey’s best-known novelist, whose books of fiction, memoir, essays and photography have been translated into scores of languages. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
Nobel Novelist Orhan Pamuk Finally Gets the Netflix Series He Wanted
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:01 AM
The streaming premiere marks a late career first for Orhan Pamuk, 73, Turkey’s best-known novelist, whose books of fiction, memoir, essays and photography have been translated into scores of languages. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
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This only applies to data centers Anthropic owns, not leased capacity, which is most of their footprint. There's no methodology for calculating what costs are "attributable" to them. Voluntary corporate commitments aren't a substitute for federal regulation. poulos.house/issues/ai-da...
Covering electricity price increases from our data centers
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This only applies to data centers Anthropic owns, not leased capacity, which is most of their footprint. There's no methodology for calculating what costs are "attributable" to them. Voluntary corporate commitments aren't a substitute for federal regulation. poulos.house/issues/ai-da...
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funny to see this clip of an anonymous chud who needs white supremacy to feel like his life has meaning just after attending an event honoring a brilliant black scholar for her brilliant book
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
funny to see this clip of an anonymous chud who needs white supremacy to feel like his life has meaning just after attending an event honoring a brilliant black scholar for her brilliant book
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George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.
AIPAC shoots itself in the foot. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
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February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
AIPAC shoots itself in the foot. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
RT @jamellebouie.net i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
Proposed ICE Warehouse Locations to be used as mass "detention" centers by DHS. Call your state Governors, Senators, Reps to stop this horrific act. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
Proposed ICE Warehouse Locations - Google My Maps
Proposed sites for industrial warehouses to be used as mass detention centers by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Descriptions include current status of each site, and any response from local...
www.google.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
RT @jamellebouie.net i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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And no one got fired. "An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, her lawyers said, a little less than a year after masked federal agents in plainclothes arrested her on a street near Tufts University where she was studying." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
And no one got fired. "An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, her lawyers said, a little less than a year after masked federal agents in plainclothes arrested her on a street near Tufts University where she was studying." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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"gaming-honed skills" = "undiagnosed ADHD"
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"gaming-honed skills" = "undiagnosed ADHD"
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Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
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will god forgive us www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
British woman ‘shot dead by father on US holiday after argument about Trump’
Lucy Harrison’s boyfriend says he found her lying dead while her father screamed ‘nonsense’
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
will god forgive us www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Ollie Ballinger, a lecturer in geocomputation at @ucl.ac.uk's Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, wrote a computer program that can search for specific vessels in free, publicly available satellite images
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Ollie Ballinger, a lecturer in geocomputation at @ucl.ac.uk's Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, wrote a computer program that can search for specific vessels in free, publicly available satellite images
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Just learned that AIPAC has now jumped into a fourth open seat House race in Illinois, backing Melissa Conyears Ervin with what has been described as a $2.8 million buy (around $500k a week).
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Just learned that AIPAC has now jumped into a fourth open seat House race in Illinois, backing Melissa Conyears Ervin with what has been described as a $2.8 million buy (around $500k a week).
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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On the its 50th anniversary, you could not ask for a more perceptive, impassioned & lyrical guide to *Taxi Driver*—& the NYC that is backdrop & foreground to it—than @mgemancipation.bsky.social. From BBCArchive BBCRadio4. Do not miss.
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BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Taxi Driver at 50: New York, Then and Now
The film Taxi Driver is 50 years old. Michael Goldfarb looks at New York then and now.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
On the its 50th anniversary, you could not ask for a more perceptive, impassioned & lyrical guide to *Taxi Driver*—& the NYC that is backdrop & foreground to it—than @mgemancipation.bsky.social. From BBCArchive BBCRadio4. Do not miss.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.
“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.
“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.
“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.
“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
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“They asked, 'What’s going to happen to my house? Now, if I’m going to lose my work permit and I cannot work, how am I going to pay for my mortgage?’” said Dr. Geralde Gateau.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-01-30/thousands-of-mass-haitians-face-end-of-temporary-protected-status-in-february
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-01-30/thousands-of-mass-haitians-face-end-of-temporary-protected-status-in-february
Thousands of Mass. Haitians face end of temporary protected status in February
Immigrants, business leaders, and elected officials fear possible deportation
www.wgbh.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“They asked, 'What’s going to happen to my house? Now, if I’m going to lose my work permit and I cannot work, how am I going to pay for my mortgage?’” said Dr. Geralde Gateau.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-01-30/thousands-of-mass-haitians-face-end-of-temporary-protected-status-in-february
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-01-30/thousands-of-mass-haitians-face-end-of-temporary-protected-status-in-february
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Throughout this series of investigations we used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify ships in port, at anchor or at sea. Bellingcat contributor Ollie Ballinger built a ship detection tool based on SAR imagery so others could track vessel movements www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Peering Beyond the Clouds: A Guide to Bellingcat’s Ship Detection Tool - bellingcat
The Ship Detection Tool is a satellite imaging resource that uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify ships in port, at anchor or at sea.
www.bellingcat.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Throughout this series of investigations we used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify ships in port, at anchor or at sea. Bellingcat contributor Ollie Ballinger built a ship detection tool based on SAR imagery so others could track vessel movements www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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An particular piece I'm proud of is this collaboration with Ollie Ballinger on visualising pollution from #Iraq's oil industry, using SkyTruth and Google Earth Engine to map affected areas and populations that later inspired journalists to dig deeper 13/x
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
What Oil, Satellite Technology and Iraq can Tell us About Pollution - bellingcat
Measuring the extent of pollution in Iraq is a challenge. But open source techniques can help put the issue into context as well as show how communities are being impacted.
www.bellingcat.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:44 PM
An particular piece I'm proud of is this collaboration with Ollie Ballinger on visualising pollution from #Iraq's oil industry, using SkyTruth and Google Earth Engine to map affected areas and populations that later inspired journalists to dig deeper 13/x
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Ollie Ballinger, a lecturer in geocomputation at @ucl.ac.uk's Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, wrote a computer program that can search for specific vessels in free, publicly available satellite images
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Ollie Ballinger, a lecturer in geocomputation at @ucl.ac.uk's Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, wrote a computer program that can search for specific vessels in free, publicly available satellite images
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
FREE LINK: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Our @bellingcat.com colleague Ollie Ballinger also developed a machine-learning model to track thise waste pits with #earthobservation, see his study here for @globalwitness.org
alan-turing-institute.github.io/DSGFeb2023GW/
alan-turing-institute.github.io/DSGFeb2023GW/
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our @bellingcat.com colleague Ollie Ballinger also developed a machine-learning model to track thise waste pits with #earthobservation, see his study here for @globalwitness.org
alan-turing-institute.github.io/DSGFeb2023GW/
alan-turing-institute.github.io/DSGFeb2023GW/