Corin Faife
@corin.bsky.social
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Data journalist covering North America for @afp.com. Formerly Verge, Markup, Cornell Tech, some other places. Always looking for the future in the present. ⚡➡️ corinfaife.co ⚡
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Trump suggested just yesterday that he could relocate World Cup matches from cities deemed "unsafe" (i.e. Democrat-run), but a contract solicitation posted today by DHS shows the agency is still looking for hotel rooms in the 11 original host cities:
sam.gov/workspace/co...
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Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."
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New: Records obtained by the @aclum.bsky.social show police across the state are conducting dragnet surveillance of motorists and sharing their location information with cops in states that have banned abortion and gender affirming care, and those that work w/ICE data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/f...
Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location – The Data for Justice Project | ACLU of Massachusetts
data.aclum.org
They must pay the devs really well!
Due to the government shutdown, CBP claims not to have enough money to update its website, though it *does* have the money to keep hiring more border officers.
I don't think many other national governments have a use for something like this
Today I learned there's an XML feed that just tells you if the US government is "Open" or "Closed"
www.opm.gov/xml/operatin...
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I think a lot of people who are distant from immigrant communities really don't realize the things that have been amazing and positive about America that drew so many people here. It's probably worth articulating that this is one of the things we're defending.
A Paris court has ruled that X must share the data with @afp.com, allowing the news agency to calculate how much it is owed for the use of its content.
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"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it.

I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
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Here it is: The @wired.com Politics Issue is now live, with more stories rolling out all week. We're so proud of this one.

Behold this cover; truly a work of art.

And we're treating it that way: Starting today, you can find it on murals, billboards, and posters across in five U.S. cities.
United States vetoes another draft ceasefire resolution in the United Nations Security Council.

Vote count of UNSC members: For 14, against 1.
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New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
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Here's the relevant section of law under which Trump is taking over DC's Metropolitan Police. It appears as though it will require an act of Congress (a joint resolution) for the takeover to extend beyond 30 days.

dccouncil.gov/wp-content/u...
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"The uncanny thing about these models isn’t just their speed but the way they imitate human interiority without embodying any of its values. That may be, from the humanist’s perspective, the most pernicious thing about A.I." nytimes.com/2025/07/18/opinion/ai-chatgpt-school.html
Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
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