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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 2d

Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...

What happened to hoverboards? | Version History

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a good blog: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 3d

cum park plaza

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 4d

If you have nothing to do next Saturday, I'll be at the Westport, CT library speaking about AI, Law and Cybersecurity with @knguyen.bsky.social at noon. westportlibrary.org/the-westport...

The Westport Library Joins National Conversation on Artificial Intelligence with ‘AI & Us: A Civic Symposium,’ Presented by Verso University

AI & Us is a community-centered symposium exploring the implications of artificial intelligence across legal, civic, creative, business, healthcare, and technological spheres. Designed for broad publi...

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 3d

the right wing keeps accusing wikipedia of having a liberal bias when its actual bias is one they would love (videogames, sports, men)

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 4d

Who is the bad AI Friend?

With a Friend like this, who needs enemies?

I’m inclined to agree with the graffiti-ed ads.

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 4d

A vision of an all-slop future

I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop

AI Altmans as far as the eye can see.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.wtf · 5d

"In journalism, you take muddy ideas and try to clarify them for the reader; a powerful thing you can do in fiction is take assumptions—things people thought were clear—and muddy them up." — @knguyen.bsky.social absolutely crushing it on @thedailyshow.com (!!!)

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Kevin Nguyen - “Mỹ Documents: A Novel” | The Daily Show

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 5d

ty!! 💙

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 5d

I feel very lucky that I got to talk about my Homeland-Security-mass-detention-Asian-American book on The Daily Show

Kevin Nguyen - “Mỹ Documents: A Novel” | The Daily Show

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 6d

Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America

But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

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Alex Sujong Laughlin @alexlaughs.bsky.social · 7d

when they tell you publishing is slow they mean S L O W

i've been working on this for five years and we sold it six months ago but now i get to announce to the world! i'm writing a book! never say the word "talent" around me if you don't want a whole ass dissertation!!!!!

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 9d

Great writeup by @thelincoln.bsky.social on how major book clubs—Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, George W. Bush's daughter—are warping the publishing industry. I would go further and say this influence is very, very bad!

The Book Club Industrial Complex, Speculative Detectives, Remembering Maxine Clair, and Other Sunday Sundries

A Sunday roundup of writing-related things from the past week.

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 10d

i left the theater feeling ecstatic

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10d

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The Tyrant Test

A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 11d

In my first piece for @theverge.com, I look at how the H-1B program is understood (and misunderstood) and how the Trump's moves against every piece of the talent pipeline — from undergrad through work visa — will have long-lasting impact on industries from tech to healthcare

Trump’s new H-1B policy caused short-term panic — and will cause long-term chaos

Do engineers and doctors stop coming to the US?

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 12d

for the next week, no one is allowed to text me about anything other than One Battle After Another

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 19d

not their best headline work here

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