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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 11h

NY Times, Atlantic, Guardian, CNN & Washington Post refuse to sign Pentagon pledge to only report authorised material. Media orgs were told sign by 5pm Tues or have 24hrs to turn in their press credentials.

Pete Hegseth responded on social media by posting a single emoji 👋

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 1d

New from me www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, you don't like my ideas BlueSky? Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. Go ahead and repost this piece. I dare you.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Back at work after a week off. Let's get into it.

from Barry Adams @polemicdigital.com in his newsletter: AI Survival Strategies for Publishers

AI Survival Strategies for Publishers

AI is seen as an existential threat to publishers. There are strategies that allow for news to survive and even thrive in the AI-first world. But these may involve some tough challenges.

www.seoforgooglenews.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

New post with correct name (!) here bsky.app/profile/earl...

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Starbuck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

EDIT: Name correction

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Starbuck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

EDIT: Name correction

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

CORRECTION: Robby *Starbuck

With apologies to Robby Buck.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Buck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

The Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

CORRECTION: Robby *Starbuck

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

😬 thanks!

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Electricity generated from renewable sources has surpassed the amount of electricity generated from coal in Australia for the first time. www.theguardian.com/...

One Big Chart from @nickevershed.bsky.social

Electricity generation from renewables has overtaken coal for the first time in Australia

Hand drawn graph Showing terawatt hours of electricty generated per month from coal and renewable sources

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Buck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

The Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2d

it was 2017 when I made the video from this cartoon about Australia's desire to put people in immigration detention camps. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Guardian readers (the most sensible people on earth) decide who should be sent to the camps! | First Dog on the Moon

Take our exciting and extremely scientific poll and we’ll use our sinister mainstream media powers to sway public opinion to your awful ideas

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2d

@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social has been using "get in the van" for many years. Sadly it's a reality now

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago TV journalist violently forced to the ground by ICE agents, handcuffed and put in a van. Witnesses call arrest of the US citizen by masked federal agents "absolutely horrifying"

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

Seems to me the least American people in these interactions are the ICE agents and Trump administration ignoring basic American rights.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 4d

Well played, @theguardian.com
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 4d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 4d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Err, not that they'll listen to anything approaching evidence but wouldn't that mean rates of autism would be higher in the US compared to Europe, the UK, and Australia? amp.9news.com.au/article/a6af...

Robert F Kennedy claims circumcision linked to autism

amp.9news.com.au

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 4d

I was really hoping the explanation here was other politicians got sick of being absolutely hammered by Pocock at every touch footy get together. It's not that.

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 4d

I'm off work this week, so don't know who wrote this headline, but it deserves an award. Perhaps a Walkley, a Pulitzer… a Nobel Peace Prize!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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