Christy Somos
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Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Editor, Producer | Views are mine| Likes & RTs are news I’m following ≠ endorsements | Global affairs, extremism, modern conflict, geo-politics, OSINT| DM for Signal christysomos.com
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ICYMI: The @cajournalists.bsky.social has launched their peer-to-peer support program tackling burnout, stress and industry-related mental health challenges

I urge everyone - from interns to veteran correspondents to producers to reach out.

You are not alone.

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the-independent.com
Judge blasts lawyer for using AI after he cited ‘entirely fictitious’ cases in asylum appeal
Judge blasts lawyer for using AI after he cited ‘entirely fictitious’ cases
www.independent.co.uk
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washingtonpost.com
Exclusive: The U.S. military’s elite Special Operations aviation unit appears to have flown in Caribbean waters less than 90 miles from the coast of Venezuela in recent days, according to a visual analysis by The Post.
U.S. Special Operations helicopters near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission
U.S. Special Operations helicopters flew within 90 miles of Venezuelan territory, according to a Post analysis. Trump authorized CIA covert action inside the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
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404media.co
We found websites that use facial recognition to let partners, stalkers, or anyone else uncover specific peoples’ Tinder profiles, reveal their approximate physical location at points in time, and track changes to their profile including their photos.

🔗 www.404media.co/viral-cheate...
Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Sites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anyone Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles
Videos demoing one of the sites have repeatedly gone viral on TikTok and other platforms recently. 404 Media verified they can locate specific peoples' Tinder profiles using their photo, and found tha...
www.404media.co
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transjournalists.org
What journalists can learn from how we covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days.

Big takeway: based on analysis of a representative sample of articles, 70% of news stories about anti-trans executive orders didn’t quote a single trans person.

bit.ly/TJA_visible
How journalists covered Trump's first 100 days
Trans perspectives were rarely present in articles about the consequences federal actions would have on their lives, according to an analysis conducted by Berkeley Media Studies Group in partnership w...
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thekoreaherald.bsky.social
South Korean police have begun a full-scale investigation into a domestic network linked to the torture and death of a Korean college student in Cambodia, as more reports emerge of similar abduction and confinement cases involving Korean nationals in the country.

www.koreaherald.com/article/1059...
Student killed in Cambodia allegedly recruited by university senior: police
South Korean police have begun a full-scale investigation into a domestic network linked to the torture and death of a Korean college student in Cambodia, as mo
www.koreaherald.com
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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maggieastor.bsky.social
"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."
‘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
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christysomos.bsky.social
Keep this in mind for the next wildfire season
ianjames.bsky.social
Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint. He says California is “well positioned” to support the AI-driven data center boom, and he is reluctant to impose “rigid reporting requirements.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.
www.latimes.com
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farfarraway.bsky.social
During a recent review of the Ellen Greenberg case, Philly Chief M.E. Lindsay Simon stood by the city's suicide ruling, despite finding 3 more stab wounds & 20 more bruises never accounted for before, raising the total number of bruises to 31 and stab wounds to 23.

www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Philadelphia stands by suicide ruling in Ellen Greenberg case following a review revealing three more stab wounds
The determination goes against the position of the pathologist who conducted the autopsy who now believes it “should be designated as something other than suicide."
www.inquirer.com