Jerry Beilinson
@jbeilinson.bsky.social
Journalism: digital issues (eg privacy, algorithms), climate, sustainability, nifty science, policy, outdoorsy things. Consumer Reports editor (but what I say isn't CR's fault).
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Just wanted to share this graphic from KFF, the green sliver in this pie chart indicates the amount of Medicaid Spending for Emergency Medicaid in 2023. It's (0.4%) of the total Medicaid budget. Undocumented immigrants sometimes receive Emergency Medicaid.
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Just wanted to share this graphic from KFF, the green sliver in this pie chart indicates the amount of Medicaid Spending for Emergency Medicaid in 2023. It's (0.4%) of the total Medicaid budget. Undocumented immigrants sometimes receive Emergency Medicaid.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov ACT NOW. The IL State Police who participated in this fascist bullshit need to be fired without severance IMMEDIATELY, pensions revoked, rehire potential removed, and these ICE Nazis need to be removed from our state YESTERDAY.
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov ACT NOW. The IL State Police who participated in this fascist bullshit need to be fired without severance IMMEDIATELY, pensions revoked, rehire potential removed, and these ICE Nazis need to be removed from our state YESTERDAY.
Tired of AI overload? You can’t get rid of it altogether, but fiddling with settings can help.
From @consumerreports.org @thomasgermain.bsky.social (and me)
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
From @consumerreports.org @thomasgermain.bsky.social (and me)
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Tired of AI overload? You can’t get rid of it altogether, but fiddling with settings can help.
From @consumerreports.org @thomasgermain.bsky.social (and me)
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
From @consumerreports.org @thomasgermain.bsky.social (and me)
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Read this 👇 thread. They even had planes flying banners over football game and friggin skywriting. You would have to have been comatose to not hear about it. bsky.app/profile/maud...
They had friggin banner planes flying over college football games.
September 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Read this 👇 thread. They even had planes flying banners over football game and friggin skywriting. You would have to have been comatose to not hear about it. bsky.app/profile/maud...
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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
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🤷🏿♂️
Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia
With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.
www.theverge.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🤷🏿♂️
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Left-wing terrorism surpassing right-wing terrorism because the fringe-right's agenda is also the president's isn't really an indictment of the left!
www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...
www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...
September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Left-wing terrorism surpassing right-wing terrorism because the fringe-right's agenda is also the president's isn't really an indictment of the left!
www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...
www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...
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If I were defunding the US government, I would start with this anti-American ICE.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents
The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested Friday after fleeing ...
www.iowapublicradio.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If I were defunding the US government, I would start with this anti-American ICE.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
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Nikole Hannah-Jones on what the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination reveals about the mainstreaming of extremist, racist, bigoted views.
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Nikole Hannah-Jones on what the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination reveals about the mainstreaming of extremist, racist, bigoted views.
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In an era of increasing government crackdowns on speech, can we afford to entrench Google as the gatekeeper to our information landscape?
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
Opinion | Google Wins, We Lose
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In an era of increasing government crackdowns on speech, can we afford to entrench Google as the gatekeeper to our information landscape?
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
Don't like the bizarre DOE report on climate? (You shouldn't.)
You can read about it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
And you can still provide a comment with the DOE here at the Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
You can read about it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
And you can still provide a comment with the DOE here at the Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Don't like the bizarre DOE report on climate? (You shouldn't.)
You can read about it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
And you can still provide a comment with the DOE here at the Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
You can read about it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
And you can still provide a comment with the DOE here at the Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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@margaretatwood.bsky.social is a goddamn national treasure.
September 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social is a goddamn national treasure.
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Damn i knew i liked Evanston
Evanston has confirmed that it is deactivating its Flock ALPRs after many reports IL police were illegally sharing data with ICE and other federal agencies. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ILE...
Statement: Evanston Deactivates Flock Cameras and Terminates Contract
content.govdelivery.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Damn i knew i liked Evanston
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Go to findaprotest.info. To find a protest near you. Please, please, please, share this on all platforms and get the protest info out there. We need 3.5% of the population to show up. Show up before it's too late and you can't protest anymore. Now is the freaking time to SHOW UP!!!
August 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Sadly, there are documented cases:
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sadly, there are documented cases:
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*taps the sign*
August 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
*taps the sign*
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When the AI notetaker shows up but its owner does not.
August 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When the AI notetaker shows up but its owner does not.
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Random gratitude to the @nytimes.com: I can still look up articles like this one on adaptive skiing programs that I wrote in 1999. (It holds up fairly well, but today I'd use slightly different constructions when discussing the people I'd talked to.)
www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/a...
WEEKEND WARRIOR; Hurdles That Go Beyond the Slope (Published 1999)
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Random gratitude to the @nytimes.com: I can still look up articles like this one on adaptive skiing programs that I wrote in 1999. (It holds up fairly well, but today I'd use slightly different constructions when discussing the people I'd talked to.)
www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/a...
www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/a...
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As we continue to obsess over discussions about left wing antisemitism, far right antisemitism continues to explode.
The incidents are largely overlooked. They don’t fit the narrative for those most tasked with this fight. And they don’t get the clicks for media. But they are happening regardless.
The incidents are largely overlooked. They don’t fit the narrative for those most tasked with this fight. And they don’t get the clicks for media. But they are happening regardless.
In the last 24 hours:
1. A school's banner was defaced with swastikas (again)
2. Nazi flags were hung outside another school
3. An antisemitic screed was written on the sidewalk outside a kosher restaurant
Neo-nazi ideology and language is spreading. We cannot allow it to become normalized.
1. A school's banner was defaced with swastikas (again)
2. Nazi flags were hung outside another school
3. An antisemitic screed was written on the sidewalk outside a kosher restaurant
Neo-nazi ideology and language is spreading. We cannot allow it to become normalized.
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As we continue to obsess over discussions about left wing antisemitism, far right antisemitism continues to explode.
The incidents are largely overlooked. They don’t fit the narrative for those most tasked with this fight. And they don’t get the clicks for media. But they are happening regardless.
The incidents are largely overlooked. They don’t fit the narrative for those most tasked with this fight. And they don’t get the clicks for media. But they are happening regardless.
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All of humanity in line for 2025 Darwin Awards
If only we knew what was happening decades ago so we might have acted in time
Stupid humans
If only we knew what was happening decades ago so we might have acted in time
Stupid humans
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
All of humanity in line for 2025 Darwin Awards
If only we knew what was happening decades ago so we might have acted in time
Stupid humans
If only we knew what was happening decades ago so we might have acted in time
Stupid humans
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It is frustrating to see so many Americans say "Why are they only demonstrating just now" - They have been demonstrating *endlessly* against the Netanyahu govt, even before Hamas attacked on Oct 7 2023. You're just not seeing it on your feeds.
But this demonstration is *very* large
But this demonstration is *very* large
That’s about one quarter of the entire population of Israel, including children. The equivalent in the US would be almost 90 million people taking to the streets.
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It is frustrating to see so many Americans say "Why are they only demonstrating just now" - They have been demonstrating *endlessly* against the Netanyahu govt, even before Hamas attacked on Oct 7 2023. You're just not seeing it on your feeds.
But this demonstration is *very* large
But this demonstration is *very* large