Keith Fitzgerald
@keithfitzgerald.bsky.social
Negotiator. Conflict Advisor.
Former Harvard Negotiation Project
Former Kennedy School & NUS Lecturer
Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners
Co-author, "Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists"
Photographer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithfitz
Former Harvard Negotiation Project
Former Kennedy School & NUS Lecturer
Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners
Co-author, "Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists"
Photographer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithfitz
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Some basic fundamentals on the Rule of Law to help understand what's happening; why it's happening; and how it's happening (Actually, it's not just "happening." It's being done deliberately):
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Please read our latest on how Israel's Cellebrite is being used to break into the phone of a prominent pro-democracy activist. This time, in Kenya. Guess who else has access to this tool? (with Carlos Mureithi) cc @rondeibert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist’s phone, report claims
Citizen Lab report suggests Cellebrite software was used to break into Boniface Mwangi’s phone while he was under arrest
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Please read our latest on how Israel's Cellebrite is being used to break into the phone of a prominent pro-democracy activist. This time, in Kenya. Guess who else has access to this tool? (with Carlos Mureithi) cc @rondeibert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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"russia wants peace on their own terms" is the equivalent of "the Taliban want to educate women differently". We'd all mock and reject the second framing. Stop whitewashing russia and its intentions.
February 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"russia wants peace on their own terms" is the equivalent of "the Taliban want to educate women differently". We'd all mock and reject the second framing. Stop whitewashing russia and its intentions.
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The Atlantic continues to cover itself in glory. This guy is treated as an elder statesman for a career that peaked with—drumroll—being one of the earliest and loudest proponents for invading Iraq after 9/11. I suppose it's good he's now a fan of white nationalism, that means it too will fail.
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The Atlantic continues to cover itself in glory. This guy is treated as an elder statesman for a career that peaked with—drumroll—being one of the earliest and loudest proponents for invading Iraq after 9/11. I suppose it's good he's now a fan of white nationalism, that means it too will fail.
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Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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One way to identify right-wing dominance of the US media environment: This is much more direct, egregious government censorship than the biggest claims of the “Twitter Files”—including ones they made up that had no evidence behind them—and will get a small fraction of the attention and outrage.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
One way to identify right-wing dominance of the US media environment: This is much more direct, egregious government censorship than the biggest claims of the “Twitter Files”—including ones they made up that had no evidence behind them—and will get a small fraction of the attention and outrage.
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Corporate America made over $22 billion from contracts with ICE and CBP last year.
The list of companies profiting from Trump's aggressive deportation regime includes Palantir, Deloitte, GEO Group, and many more.
www.ft.com/content/c741...
The list of companies profiting from Trump's aggressive deportation regime includes Palantir, Deloitte, GEO Group, and many more.
www.ft.com/content/c741...
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Corporate America made over $22 billion from contracts with ICE and CBP last year.
The list of companies profiting from Trump's aggressive deportation regime includes Palantir, Deloitte, GEO Group, and many more.
www.ft.com/content/c741...
The list of companies profiting from Trump's aggressive deportation regime includes Palantir, Deloitte, GEO Group, and many more.
www.ft.com/content/c741...
It's like he sh*ts himself from both ends
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It's like he sh*ts himself from both ends
This is like those old shows where Laurel & Hardy, or Abbott & Costello, find themselves in extremely unlikely scenarios, and then hijinx ensue. Except the current incarnation is dumber, not at all funny, and hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of lives are at stake.
Dim-witted real estate guy and inexplicably US envoy Steve Witkoff will be taking part in talks in Geneva today to end the war in Ukraine *and* the forthcoming one in Iran.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
This is like those old shows where Laurel & Hardy, or Abbott & Costello, find themselves in extremely unlikely scenarios, and then hijinx ensue. Except the current incarnation is dumber, not at all funny, and hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of lives are at stake.
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The first proof that Hannibal’s War Elephants existed.
Ancient bone found in Spain could be from Hannibal's war elephants
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The first proof that Hannibal’s War Elephants existed.
PSA: Don't ever put yourself in a position where a tech company can rug-pull your love life.
'the company that maintains my boyfriend's AI persona has jacked up the price ten-fold' is pretty classic cyberpunk; that the persona or the relationship never meaningfully existed in the first place is a level of bitter irony that might be too much even for an often ironic genre.
Oof, this pinned post where a mod describes predatory product promoters. My impression of AI service costs for a heavy user at the $20 a month level is currently heavily subsidized; being in a position where you need something a company is providing at a loss is a precarious position.
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
PSA: Don't ever put yourself in a position where a tech company can rug-pull your love life.
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i wasn’t sure if they did this because she’s female or brown or progressive and then i realized the answer is “yes”
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 AM
i wasn’t sure if they did this because she’s female or brown or progressive and then i realized the answer is “yes”
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When boomers were kids, they played "Cowboys and Indians."
The next generation of kids will play "ICE and Immigrants."
The next generation of kids will play "ICE and Immigrants."
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
When boomers were kids, they played "Cowboys and Indians."
The next generation of kids will play "ICE and Immigrants."
The next generation of kids will play "ICE and Immigrants."
Have people not seen the movies?
A strain of bacteria found in a Romanian ice cave is resistant to ten modern antibiotics, according to a new study.
Researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria from 5,000 years ago
A strain of bacteria found in a Romanian ice cave is resistant to ten modern antibiotics, according to a new study.
l.euronews.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Have people not seen the movies?
A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
How the Visa Debate for Foreign Workers Fuels Racism Against South Asians
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Tell us you're in the Epstein Files without telling us you're in the Epstein Files.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Tell us you're in the Epstein Files without telling us you're in the Epstein Files.
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This is what AI scrapers are doing to our platform. Our database capacity is just being ruined every time they initiate a fresh scrape and our tech team has to scramble, taking radical measures, to keep the platform up.
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is what AI scrapers are doing to our platform. Our database capacity is just being ruined every time they initiate a fresh scrape and our tech team has to scramble, taking radical measures, to keep the platform up.
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Per @juliaioffe.bsky.social, the U.K., Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands unanimously concluded that Navalny had been “poisoned with a lethal toxin” but the US didn’t sign onto the statement.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Per @juliaioffe.bsky.social, the U.K., Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands unanimously concluded that Navalny had been “poisoned with a lethal toxin” but the US didn’t sign onto the statement.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM