Seumalu Elora Lee Raymond
@eloralee.bsky.social
Housing, finance, land. Views are my own. 🇼🇸🇦🇸 she / her / ia
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"Despite limited funding and no institutional backing, a small academic team was able to compile a detailed, verifiable record of Africa’s debt instruments by combining public data sources with digital tools" voxdev.org/topic/method...
Africa’s domestic debt boom: New evidence from the African Debt Database
Africa’s total public debt has risen more than fourfold since the early 2000s, but just as important as the increase in debt volumes is the shift in structure. This column uses a new open-access datas...
voxdev.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"Despite limited funding and no institutional backing, a small academic team was able to compile a detailed, verifiable record of Africa’s debt instruments by combining public data sources with digital tools" voxdev.org/topic/method...
It's raining hard, so instead of grocery shopping I'm sitting in my EV on my phone while it's charging. Wondering if this is the new smoking a cigarette at the gas pump.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's raining hard, so instead of grocery shopping I'm sitting in my EV on my phone while it's charging. Wondering if this is the new smoking a cigarette at the gas pump.
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I have not seen this laid out anywhere so I want to put this here. From what I could find there are about 800 million active weekly users of ChatGPT. About 28 million users pay to use its features. For comparison There are 3 billion FB/Meta/WhatsApp users. None of them pay directly for the service.
For the last few months, we've been talking to current and former employees of OpenAI to understand what went wrong with ChatGPT this year and how the company is fixing it. Here's the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I have not seen this laid out anywhere so I want to put this here. From what I could find there are about 800 million active weekly users of ChatGPT. About 28 million users pay to use its features. For comparison There are 3 billion FB/Meta/WhatsApp users. None of them pay directly for the service.
I forget if I posted this here, but I wrote an op ed about the special interest lawyers Right to Democracy. I don't buy their decolonial rhetoric and I think they are a threat. www.samoanews.com/opinion/gues...
Guest Editorial: A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Since 1996, there have been a string of court cases that harm indigenous rights to land and self-determination. I want to share the story of cases in Hawaii, in Puerto Rico, Guam, and in the
www.samoanews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I forget if I posted this here, but I wrote an op ed about the special interest lawyers Right to Democracy. I don't buy their decolonial rhetoric and I think they are a threat. www.samoanews.com/opinion/gues...
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We had Tim Wu on the podcast to talk about his new book The Age of Extraction, whether the degradation of Big Tech was fated or not, and why the incipient idealism about the Internet ended up being so wrong. Great conversation, listen in!
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
Big Tech and Fascism
Legal scholar, professor, and author Tim Wu talks about his new book, how platforms shape commerce and society, why the new extraction economy is caustic, and how we can fix it.
www.organizedmoney.fm
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We had Tim Wu on the podcast to talk about his new book The Age of Extraction, whether the degradation of Big Tech was fated or not, and why the incipient idealism about the Internet ended up being so wrong. Great conversation, listen in!
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
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FILE THAT SHIT. ALL MY HOMIES FILE CLASS ACTION CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAGIARISM MACHINE.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
FILE THAT SHIT. ALL MY HOMIES FILE CLASS ACTION CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAGIARISM MACHINE.
Could they just fix email search tool, rather than feed me AI summaries of all my own content? Still wouldn't justify the environmental costs of data centers but it might feel less bad
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Could they just fix email search tool, rather than feed me AI summaries of all my own content? Still wouldn't justify the environmental costs of data centers but it might feel less bad
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
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"There were spaces to meet (and argue), spaces to organize and plan – and spaces to socialize too... Having different groups sharing the same space provided opportunities for people to learn how to organize together." "Yet now, the left is looking at a very different and less vibrant landscape."...
Radical organizing was once backed up by a network of physical spaces. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? By Rosie Hampton (@rosiehampton.bsky.social)
Where is the left?
Radical organizing was once backed up by a network of physical spaces. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? By Rosie Hampton.
newint.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"There were spaces to meet (and argue), spaces to organize and plan – and spaces to socialize too... Having different groups sharing the same space provided opportunities for people to learn how to organize together." "Yet now, the left is looking at a very different and less vibrant landscape."...
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Note: As I point out in my piece, the demonstration DHS is referencing here was led by faith leaders — seven of whom were among the 21 arrested.
I asked some of those clergy what they thought about DHS’ statement.
This was their reply: religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
I asked some of those clergy what they thought about DHS’ statement.
This was their reply: religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Note: As I point out in my piece, the demonstration DHS is referencing here was led by faith leaders — seven of whom were among the 21 arrested.
I asked some of those clergy what they thought about DHS’ statement.
This was their reply: religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
I asked some of those clergy what they thought about DHS’ statement.
This was their reply: religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
This, but for single family/med-high density multifamily
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This, but for single family/med-high density multifamily
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
They.
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Lie.
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"It isn’t possible to know how different the World Bank's portfolio looks because of the focus on climate, nor what is the impact of that on the average local economic return to investments, nor the impact on emissions" www.cgdev.org/blog/have-cl...
Have Climate Finance Targets Changed What the World Bank Actually Finances?
How much do World Bank targets, rules about project appraisals considering mitigation and adaptation, and a shadow price of carbon make a difference to what the World Bank actually finances? In a new ...
www.cgdev.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"It isn’t possible to know how different the World Bank's portfolio looks because of the focus on climate, nor what is the impact of that on the average local economic return to investments, nor the impact on emissions" www.cgdev.org/blog/have-cl...
Whelp, I guess the govt is back open so it's back to deep sea mining in the pacific. BOEM has summarized the public commentary and is moving forward with environmental review. Also, they have more firms interested in leasing the bottom of the ocean and put out a map. www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Whelp, I guess the govt is back open so it's back to deep sea mining in the pacific. BOEM has summarized the public commentary and is moving forward with environmental review. Also, they have more firms interested in leasing the bottom of the ocean and put out a map. www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school