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Ed Forgotson
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.

These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.

It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
This seems like an important story.
The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow?
New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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jessdkant.bsky.social
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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atrupar.com
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist known for her virulently anti-Muslim views, was quick to speculate about the shooter’s background on X, where she has 1.8 million followers. “Communist, Muslim, Trans terrorist, Furry, or ANTIFA?” she asked. Loomer also posted a photo of a bearded man being carried into an ambulance, though The Washington Post could not immediately verify that the image came from Wednesday’s crime scene. “I’m just going to say. That’s a very Mohammedan looking beard,” she wrote. “I’ll wait for more details. But the beard with no mustache the night before a Western holiday is not lost on me.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.
CORDER LIST: 607 U.S.) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2025 25A478 ORDER IN PENDING CASE BLANCHE, TODD, ET AL. V. PERLMUTTER, SHIRA The application for a stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332, and Trump v. Cook, No. 25A312. Justice Thomas would grant the application.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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aawayne.bsky.social
Louisiana's former surgeon general is reportedly now the deputy director of the CDC. Earlier this month, we published a story about how he addressed a deadly (and vaccine-preventable) whooping cough outbreak.

By @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak - KFF Health News
Louisiana health officials appear to have deviated from the usual steps for public health communications amid a whooping cough outbreak after it killed two infants.
kffhealthnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
There's nothing wrong with this New York Times video except the headline (which some would say is the most important part).
The headline reads:
"Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability?"
A headline that reflected the reporting would read:
"Fact Check: Trump Is Wrong About Affordability"
Video: Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability?
President Trump has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, turkey and gasoline.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
[… and that’s why we axed the public-editor position…]

www.thewrap.com/trump-nyt-ws...
"Letting the journalism speak for itself is an approach from a bygone era," Patrick Healy, the Times' assistant managing editor for trust and standards, told TheWrap. "Our audience is understandably asking really tough questions about why and how we publish what we publish — that's fair, and I think we want to do a better job of opening up our process and how we work in that regard."
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
Link to item on SPJ website: www.mnspj.org/2025/11/26/m...
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists – Minnesota SPJ
www.mnspj.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
"All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work."
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul. At least three local photojournalists were injured by less-lethal munitions deployed by St. Paul police officers while covering the story. One was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work. All three photojournalists and multiple other local journalists on scene were also injured by chemical irritants. Kerem Yücel, with MPR News, was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder and was transported to a hospital by ambulance. He has since been released and is recovering. Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist with Reuters, was struck in the stomach with a pepper ball round. Aaron Nesheim, a photojournalist with Sahan Journal, was struck in the head with a pepper ball round. Evans and Nesheim did not require hospitalization. The three journalists hit by munitions shared with MNSPJ that they believe they were targeted by law enforcement for doing their jobs. Photojournalists are on the frontlines of documenting history and it is imperative that they are kept safe and their First Amendment rights are protected. Attacking journalists sends a message to both journalists and everyday citizens that their First Amendment rights will not be respected. The First Amendment protects the rights of journalists to report on their communities and provide information that communities need — information that, on Tuesday, was not transparently available from any law enforcement agency. We demand answers from St. Paul city leadership about why the city’s police department attacked our colleagues and a commitment to seeing that this will never happen again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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joshsternberg.com
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.

She got the joke.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again. I won the 2024 Presidential Election in a Landslide, winning all Seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, and the Electoral College by a lot. I one our Nation’s Districts by 2750 to 550, a complete wipeout. I settled 8 Wars, have 48 New Stock Market Highs, our Economy is Great, and our Country is RESPECTED AGAIN all over the World, respected like never before. The last Administration had the Highest Inflation in history - I have already brought that down to normal, and prices, including groceries, are coming down. To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life. Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE. This cheap “RAG” is truly an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.” The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out. Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up. There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (“That was aced”) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now! GOD BLESS AMERICA & MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
"Bitcoin’s loss of spending power since an October 6 peak would be the equivalent of an annualised 900 per cent inflation rate."

lol www.ft.com/content/a18c...
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency
There is a crypto parallel in the aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Dystopia defined:
Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools
Fox News and Palantir have built three main tools to improve efficiency.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others.

The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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gerritd.bsky.social
Raine’s family alleges that ChatGPT coached Adam to take his own life and encouraged him to hide his self-harm and plans from his family. BG: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen user’s death by suicide
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it will add parental controls that can detect “acute distress,” after a lawsuit alleging the chatbot aided a teen’s death by suicide.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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tyleraking.com
Insurance companies are not stoked to cover AI and are asking regulators to let them exclude coverage from liability policies. “‘It’s too much of a black box,’ Dennis Bertram, Europe head of cyber insurance for Mosaic told the FT.”
Insurance Companies Are Terrified to Cover AI, Which Should Probably Tell You Something
Three major insurance companies have requested permission to exclude AI from their policies as anxiety grows throughout the industry.
futurism.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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gerritd.bsky.social
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Thanks for the reminder that I can look this sort of thing up at www.charitynavigator.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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bloomberg.com
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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wired.com
ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms, according to new contracting records reviewed by WIRED.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
This is just from the past week.

@washingtonpost.com
@cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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craigipedia.bsky.social
Hey umm... is it good or bad when people find themselves unable to sell their homes to willing buyers?

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/h...
Sellers are taking their homes off the market at the fastest pace in nearly a decade
Home sellers are taking their homes off the market at a fast clip, because they are sitting for more than 60 days and prices are weakening.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM