Stephen D
@sdeanit.bsky.social
Moving sideways, but still trying!
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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60 workers at Ubisoft’s studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia voted to form a union.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
Video game giant Ubisoft closes Halifax studio, cutting 71 jobs | CBC News
Staff formed company's first North American union in late December but Ubisoft says unionization did not influence closure.
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
60 workers at Ubisoft’s studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia voted to form a union.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
In response, Ubisoft announced it was closing the entire studio. Maybe it’s time to look into the millions they get in public money for operating in Canada.
Well done!
September 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Well done!
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Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
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Last week in the Rockaways.
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Last week in the Rockaways.
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The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.
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We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
Pentagon to resume medical care for transgender troops
The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
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Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
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No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
wrd.cm
February 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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This is a good idea. A daily Democratic press conference with a consistent, skilled spokesperson who covers two things:
1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today
2. What Democrats are doing in response
1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today
2. What Democrats are doing in response
I firmly believe @petebuttigieg.bsky.social should lead a daily press conference. We are in desperate need of simple, unified messaging
Waging a procedural war and an information war will at least delay — and possibly prevent — an actual war. I don't get why Democratic leaders don't see the necessity here.
February 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is a good idea. A daily Democratic press conference with a consistent, skilled spokesperson who covers two things:
1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today
2. What Democrats are doing in response
1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today
2. What Democrats are doing in response
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The president announced a $500b initiative with OpenAI three weeks ago. Now his grand vizier or whatever, who also happens to be his biggest donor, who also owns a media platform, and who is also a major federal contractor is personally spearheading a hostile takeover of the firm.
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The president announced a $500b initiative with OpenAI three weeks ago. Now his grand vizier or whatever, who also happens to be his biggest donor, who also owns a media platform, and who is also a major federal contractor is personally spearheading a hostile takeover of the firm.
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there is too much red tape, we gotta cut some of these onerous government regulations so it's easier to get things (bribery) done
“.. a pause in enforcement to better understand how to streamline the [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act] to make sure it’s in line with economic interests ..”
@cnbc.com
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@cnbc.com
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February 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
there is too much red tape, we gotta cut some of these onerous government regulations so it's easier to get things (bribery) done
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1. Show up. Go to the places Musk is taking over, bring cameras, demand to find out what's going on and where it breaks the law.
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
1. Show up. Go to the places Musk is taking over, bring cameras, demand to find out what's going on and where it breaks the law.
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc.
3. Be public about how illegal all of this is
4. Lay out a plan
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Community is the antidote to despair.
Happy to host! 🌹
Happy to host! 🌹
Building the multiracial working class today in the Bronx with @aoc.bsky.social at our DSA 101.
January 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Community is the antidote to despair.
Happy to host! 🌹
Happy to host! 🌹
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Me and my Severance guy finally being able to communicate and all we do is send each other really shitty memes
January 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Me and my Severance guy finally being able to communicate and all we do is send each other really shitty memes
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even when republicans lose the press treat them like they represent america’s real majority so it is no surprise that they would talk about a narrow victory like it’s 1964 and democrats just got goldwatered
Donald Trump won less than 50% of the popular vote (49.8%) and won barely by a margin on 1.5% (Harris won 48.3%) - it was the fourth smallest winning margin since 1960.
Yet here is @politico.com's "West Wing Playbook" just casually mentioning he "won in dominant fashion.
Effing shameless.
Yet here is @politico.com's "West Wing Playbook" just casually mentioning he "won in dominant fashion.
Effing shameless.
January 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
even when republicans lose the press treat them like they represent america’s real majority so it is no surprise that they would talk about a narrow victory like it’s 1964 and democrats just got goldwatered
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New pic of a drone over New Jersey.
December 16, 2024 at 12:04 AM
New pic of a drone over New Jersey.
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this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer
January 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer
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I think a lot of US election commentary effectively Red Waved itself--basing analysis on immediate outcome rather than a review of Trump's 1.6% margin and failure to break 50%.
Nothing at the moment is driving me quite as nuts as the folks who are earnestly preaching how Dems must reignite themselves because of their election “disaster.” On what planet? Trump edged out a candidate who had only 15 weeks to campaign and who was running against a global anti incumbent trend.
November 25, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I think a lot of US election commentary effectively Red Waved itself--basing analysis on immediate outcome rather than a review of Trump's 1.6% margin and failure to break 50%.
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I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
November 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
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This guy remains a fucking weirdo. Those may technically be the words of Cormac McCarthy, but they're uttered by a sociopathic killer (Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men) and are a statement of an unrepentant nihilistic world view. Great attitude for a possible future POTUS, right?
November 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM
This guy remains a fucking weirdo. Those may technically be the words of Cormac McCarthy, but they're uttered by a sociopathic killer (Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men) and are a statement of an unrepentant nihilistic world view. Great attitude for a possible future POTUS, right?