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Michael Bono
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We affect each other whether we want to or not, so let's use that connection for good. Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19h
If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,
Rtorney Pamela ' @AGPamBondi Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @lCEgov in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcernent. Last edited g:23AM , Oct 14, 2025 Views
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 11h
Apologies to anyone who got stuck today driving south across the BU Bridge at rush hour.

At one point there were four 47 buses stuck on one block, and it took about an hour to get through the rotary.

@universalhub.com
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 11h
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 12h
and remember, it especially matters who they have illegally fired and how — they have effectively destroyed many of the CDC's core capacities by targeting leadership, policy, comms, and administrative offices
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 15h
The CDC's union estimates that a quarter of the agency been gutted under the Trump administration. Here's our story at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 12h
Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
this frightens me because not only does AI have biases from the training data, the business model of enshittification means they will want to make us dependent and then bias it. Look at e.g. the history of search.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 12h
People preferred to get political information from an AI over both in-group and out-group sources!

This reveals that even when we like our own side, we may recognize their potential for bias in political contexts and turn to AI as a neutral alternative.
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-ai-hel...
Can AI Help Us Escape Our Echo Chambers?
Issue 183: Our latest research provides evidence that people see AI as a neutral source of political information and trust it over in-group or out-group members
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.
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James F. Love IV @jamesfloveiv.bsky.social · 12h
Breaking:
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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 12h
Curious how many Democrats are going to claim they support No Kings and then walk back to the Congress and continue sabotaging impeachment efforts.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14h
The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland with over 70,000 members has been taken down by Meta.

Meta spokesperson Francis Brennan, who was director of strategic response for Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, said the page violated its policies on coordinating harm.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 14h
A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.
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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 18h
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 17h
I have folded over 100 of these so far and will be headed to the library to print more for free once I finish up this first batch.

Tip: Do your folds and cuts in batches rather than doing one zine start to finish. It'll make getting them assembled go faster.

Thank you Megan!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d
W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections.
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W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections
The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics.
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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 17h
a prompt from Google saying “generate your next big idea with Gemini” and offering as an example “help me write: thank you note to my child’s teacher for teacher appreciation week” Lawrence (Diedrich Bader) in the movie OFFICE SPACE saying “shit, no, man, I believe you’d get your ass kicked saying something like that.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d
We’re seeing a lot of pop-up protests against ICE in the Chicago area, such as this one outside a Home Depot in Evanston, IL, where 2 of our neighbors were taken yesterday.
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 18h
Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach Sam Douglass, Vermont state senator
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17h
The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.
Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe
Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d
The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.

She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”

She had to return to the hospital.

These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.

They must be held accountable.
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2d
Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 17h
I guess this is a good time to remind everyone of why there is virtually no federal oversight into the supplements business... And yea, it's because of a single Senator, Orrin Hatch -- www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/u...

www.npr.org/sections/hea...
Support Is Mutual for Senator and Utah Industry (Published 2011)
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h
More of this, please.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h
Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/
Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report
Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...
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U.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 17h
State-led climate action is working — & our governors are continuing to press forward.

Track the latest at: usclimatealliance.org.
State-Led Climate Action Is Working: The Latest Progress from Across the Alliance New York Allocates Funds Through $1 Billion Program Washington Expands Access to ZEVs Oregon Accelerates Wind and Solar Projects
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h
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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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 18h
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 17h
The dominant dynamic in the information environment for the past 8 or so years has been literal nazis using rhetorical games to claim anything hindering dominance of pro-nazi ideas as censorship, and pretty much everyone in a position of control of information and social spaces going along with it.
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Molly Weston Williamson @mollyww.bsky.social · 23h
The Trump Administration is planning a proposal to prevent too many people, especially older adults, from qualifying for Social Security disability benefits they need.

New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Plans To Covertly Cut Social Security Disability Benefits
An upcoming regulatory proposal would change the rules of Social Security disability programs to make it harder to qualify, particularly harming older adults.
www.americanprogress.org
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