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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Nothing to worry about, just dead bodies washing ashore in a region where the US is carrying out extrajudicial killings of boats at sea

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

Unidentified bodies with missing limbs washed ashore on Trinidad’s coast after the U.S. carried out its first strike on a boat in the Caribbean. In Trinidad, some are questioning whether the prime minister’s hesitance to cross the Trump administration is keeping residents from getting answers.

A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes

The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 20h

Tapping the sign

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

will there be any followup to this fascinating story by the president of the united states that a friend of his sent him a check for $130 million dollars and the president is going to give the money to the military because i for one am fascinated about the details tbh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 1d

The voices of children can be
heard from under the rubble
Everyone was in agreement that they did not believe
in Hell anymore per se. Was it even mentioned in the
Bible after all? But also that they nevertheless wished
that it were in fact real. If only for the sake of these
goddamned bastards.
For a limited time being of course. Nothing
eternal. Nothing drastic like that. We weren’t
monsters ourselves.
And I do too. I also wish that. I stood up and told
them that. Hat in hand. Even teared up a little bit. It
was a rousing speech someone said afterwards looking
me directly in the eye and shaking my hand like a
senator. Telling me there were people he wanted me
to come and meet out back.
But we have to be careful about what we collectively
dream into being I said. I am pretty sure that this is
how they invented it the first time around.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

a teen's parents filed a wrongful death suit against openai after their kid had "lengthy conversations" with chatgpt about his intention to kill himself. how did the company respond? with harassing subpoenas www.ft.com/content/47b0...

Lawyers for the Raines told the Financial Times that OpenAI had requested a full list of attendees from Adam’s memorial, which they described as “unusual” and “intentional harassment”, suggesting the tech company may subpoena “everyone in Adam’s life”.

OpenAI requested “all documents relating to memorial services or events in the honour of the decedent including but not limited to any videos or photographs taken, or eulogies given . . . as well as invitation or attendance lists or guestbooks”, according to the document obtained by the FT.

“This goes from a case about recklessness to wilfulness,” Jay Edelson, a lawyer for the Raines, told the FT. “Adam died as a result of deliberate intentional conduct by OpenAI, which makes it into a fundamentally different case.”

OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment about documents it sought from the family.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

Foreign spies are going to be eating well

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

The new Pentagon press corps appears to be a who's who of pro-Trump propagandists. And a security nightmare. At least one of these—Tim Pool's Timcast—was tied to a network of influencers that received money as part of a Russian influence operation. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 1d

Congress gave ICE 💰$75 billion 💰 through Trump’s megabill.

Now we’re seeing the result: mass data collection, surveillance, + detention on an unprecedented scale.

🔗Read more here:

www.axios.com/2025/10/21/i...

ICE windfall from Trump megabill fuels surveillance juggernaut

"The fact that I don't have facts makes me very uncomfortable," said Sen. Gary Peters.

www.axios.com

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 1d

Developing: At least five people, including vendors and a man doing laundry, were taken during a Border Patrol raid led by Gregory Bovino in Little Village.

Little Village, known as the ‘Mexico of the Midwest,’ is the second-highest grossing shopping district in Chicago.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Border Patrol has reportedly detained several people in Little Village this morning.

Video from Facebook shows Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and his agents walking the streets as warning whistles blow in the background.

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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 1d

Back in '05 I used to joke that Patraeus lost me when he cut in line in front of me for Physical Therapy in Iraq. I had no idea how terrible he would end up being. Or that after everything he did he'd just be allowed to walk around and talk to people.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

As a practical matter the people/orgs that are willing to host the guy who traded SCI (and exquisite SCI at that) for sex aren't gonna be willing to put officers into Article 32 hearings for following blatantly illegal orders for the use of force

At some point we're gonna have to rip the bandaid

Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

American national security - even (especially?) when Ds have power - will maintain a critical vulnerability as long as criminals like David Petraeus are invited to polite panel discussions about the intelligence community.

Elite impunity is a cancer and the people on this panel are all responsible.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

This is the third strike in less than a week and the fourth since last Tuesday. The rate of strikes is definitely speeding up.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just murdered some more people, this time on the Pacific side of South America

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4d

From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests

From @schuba.bsky.social @sophiesherry.bsky.social @chipmitchell1.bsky.social and Frank Main: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests

Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chic...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Greg Bovino.

Screenshot of IG live video where ICE agents are standing at an intersection.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 1d

This kind of self-censorship is a key way our media is failing us. Kudos to Greenblatt for his integrity, and to Politico for publishing this.

Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit.

A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.

www.politico.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Pitching mass deportation and ethnic cleansing as male bonding, all tinged with mythic nostalgia.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Can you imagine that this is an ICE recruitment poster?
It’s like “why sit around on your sofa w/your wife nagging you every two minutes when you can sit in comfort in a van big enough for friends? You’ll get a mask, a gun, & your very own “illegal” so you can feel superior & secure in your ride.”

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

when you make the *existing city* illegal to build again today this is the obvious and inevitable consequence: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A Border Patrol spokesperson did not deny agents pointed a gun at state Rep. Huynh in a statement to @wttw.bsky.social.

"He was given a warning the first time he was stopped, and he ignored that warning forcing agents to get out of their car a second time to assess if he was a threat."

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social

Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids

State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI, Dominion Voting has been acquired by Scott Leinendecker, a former GOP election official from Missouri. Leindendecker is also the CEO of electronic poll book supplier Knowink whose product manager, Mitch Millville, was Ed Martin’s campaign IT director in Missouri in 2011. This Ed Martin. 1/

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Today on Volts: Redwood Materials, the biggest battery recycler in the US, has launched Redwood Energy, which will gather used batteries & hook them up to power banks to serve as grid-scale storage until they're depleted. I talk with the CTO about the logistics & potential of second-life batteries.

Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?

Colin Campbell explains how Redwood drains every drop of capacity from used batteries before they are recycled.

www.volts.wtf

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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 1d

If that's disconcerting you should see the "American style" hot dog that they sell at that cart. As a Chicagoan, it gave me a case of the sads.

+1 for having hot dog carts at the airport; - 10 for the hot gods.

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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, so here is the thing. US sniper teams already have their own symbols. So using the Nazi unit insignia for a non-sniper unit is definitely a choice.

Army on the left Marine scout snipers on the right.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

State Representative Hoan Huynh speaks about his experience with ICE and how they pointed a gun at him while in his car.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

It's not unusual for a politician to have committed embarrassing or harmful transgressions during their personal journey.

Good ones make it easy for you to defend them in spite of it. Bad or inexperienced ones fumble around and come off looking worse because of it. Current guy is vibing the latter.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Ai is an integral part of modern fascisms unreality state and people are not at all prepared for what is coming for the world as it becomes the weapon it was always being created to be.

Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 2d

We knew this would happen. Note how realistic the visuals and voices are.
This AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly ‘withdrawing’ from presidential contest and that Friday’s poll is ‘cancelled’ is live and viral on Facebook tonight.
1000s watching, commenters believing it.

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