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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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What do you think an ICE agent does after a full workday of snatching parents away from their children? Maybe they unwind by plucking the wings off of bats, or leaving out bowls of antifreeze for pets, before gooning to a simultaneous play of Hotel Rwanda and Come and See, muttering "I'm a good guy"
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
What do you think an ICE agent does after a full workday of snatching parents away from their children? Maybe they unwind by plucking the wings off of bats, or leaving out bowls of antifreeze for pets, before gooning to a simultaneous play of Hotel Rwanda and Come and See, muttering "I'm a good guy"
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My cheat sheet to election night now has roughly 100 results from elections up and down the ballot, to the governor races you know about to the startling Democratic sweeps in Pennsylvania school boards.
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
My cheat sheet to election night now has roughly 100 results from elections up and down the ballot, to the governor races you know about to the startling Democratic sweeps in Pennsylvania school boards.
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Don't miss stuff! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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Want to read what I really think about the Trump administration and the Asia Pacific? Here you go. It’s a goddamn catastrophe for U.S. national interests and for the regional economic and diplomatic order.
A United States that is disintegrating and no longer a leader in Asia
As Trump 2.0 hollows out US state capacity, the Asia Pacific must prepare for a world without US leadership
eastasiaforum.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Want to read what I really think about the Trump administration and the Asia Pacific? Here you go. It’s a goddamn catastrophe for U.S. national interests and for the regional economic and diplomatic order.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.
Why AI Breaks Bad
Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.
wrd.cm
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.
Fuck this in particular
Let’s fall in love with cars again on.ft.com/47nn6IG
Let’s fall in love with cars again
Investing more into roads will only mean higher economic returns for the UK
on.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Fuck this in particular
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New @nberpubs: "The Ripple Effects of China’s College Expansion on American Universities" www.nber.org/papers/w34391
"Chinese master’s students generated positive spillovers, driving the birth of new master’s programs, and increasing the number of other international and American master’s students"
"Chinese master’s students generated positive spillovers, driving the birth of new master’s programs, and increasing the number of other international and American master’s students"
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New @nberpubs: "The Ripple Effects of China’s College Expansion on American Universities" www.nber.org/papers/w34391
"Chinese master’s students generated positive spillovers, driving the birth of new master’s programs, and increasing the number of other international and American master’s students"
"Chinese master’s students generated positive spillovers, driving the birth of new master’s programs, and increasing the number of other international and American master’s students"
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
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The British voted for Brexit because of immigration.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The British voted for Brexit because of immigration.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.
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Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
The Cass Review Continues To Be Severely Flawed
A new paper from an Australian team shines a light on the problems with the review
gidmk.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
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“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases
Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.
www.wsj.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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Hughes eventually responded in what Weiss called the longest article they've ever published. And his response, they had to know I was going to parse, was also riddled with easily checkable errors.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
The retconning of George Floyd: a coda
A response to Coleman Hughes and Avak Howsepian
radleybalko.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hughes eventually responded in what Weiss called the longest article they've ever published. And his response, they had to know I was going to parse, was also riddled with easily checkable errors.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
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IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News
The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...
kffhealthnews.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons
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The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
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Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
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A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years.
The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).
The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years.
The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).
The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).
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Article:
Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Article: