Andrew Afram
@andrewafram.bsky.social
Innovation, Justice & Cats
Endlessly curious, full of ideas
NYC-based, globally-minded
Endlessly curious, full of ideas
NYC-based, globally-minded
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Can’t believe we are still doing this
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Can’t believe we are still doing this
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404 Media obtained internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly geolocate photos. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
@josephcox.bsky.social scoop: www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
@josephcox.bsky.social scoop: www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
404 Media obtained internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly geolocate photos. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
@josephcox.bsky.social scoop: www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
@josephcox.bsky.social scoop: www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
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“Ah, a proud assitarian,” the chatbot responds, before listing “Top Assitarian Staples,” which include “Bananas (firm, not overripe; peeled)” as “the gold standard. (Don't do this at home.) www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...
RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.
www.404media.co
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
“Ah, a proud assitarian,” the chatbot responds, before listing “Top Assitarian Staples,” which include “Bananas (firm, not overripe; peeled)” as “the gold standard. (Don't do this at home.) www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...
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At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
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First they said critical ICE detention footage was "destroyed." Then, lost in a system crash. Then, never recorded.
Now, in the latest court docs, it shows the federal government lost three hard drives it was supposed to put footage on in a case where ICE detainees say they faced inhumane abuse.
Now, in the latest court docs, it shows the federal government lost three hard drives it was supposed to put footage on in a case where ICE detainees say they faced inhumane abuse.
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
First they said critical ICE detention footage was "destroyed." Then, lost in a system crash. Then, never recorded.
Now, in the latest court docs, it shows the federal government lost three hard drives it was supposed to put footage on in a case where ICE detainees say they faced inhumane abuse.
Now, in the latest court docs, it shows the federal government lost three hard drives it was supposed to put footage on in a case where ICE detainees say they faced inhumane abuse.
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Trump's View Of the World
Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself.
GIFT LINK 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself.
GIFT LINK 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump Sees the World: It’s Personal (Gift Article)
Historical relationships play little if any role in the second-term worldview of the president, who holds himself as the constant center of global events.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Trump's View Of the World
Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself.
GIFT LINK 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself.
GIFT LINK 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"Employees are going absolutely apeshit in internal Slack about how completely awful it was."
Marc Benioff 'Jokes' ICE Is Watching Salesforce Employees Who Traveled to the U.S.
"Employees are going absolutely apeshit in internal Slack about how completely awful it was."
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"Employees are going absolutely apeshit in internal Slack about how completely awful it was."
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More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
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The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.
OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot's "adult mode" reportedly fired on discrimination claim | TechCrunch
The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.
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I’d like to report a murder. Trying to fix a legacy media company is hard — we all know the economics — but Jeff Bezos just killed the @washingtonpost.com in the most cowardly & inept way possible. He would never entertain others who wanted to fix it too like me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I’d like to report a murder. Trying to fix a legacy media company is hard — we all know the economics — but Jeff Bezos just killed the @washingtonpost.com in the most cowardly & inept way possible. He would never entertain others who wanted to fix it too like me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
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Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
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Our military budget is not a slush fund for the President to carry out his extreme agenda.
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Our military budget is not a slush fund for the President to carry out his extreme agenda.
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Also true for all electeds who vote to fund ICE
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Also true for all electeds who vote to fund ICE
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The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
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Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans says his team arrived on the scene of the shooting to conduct an independent investigation and "were blocked by federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security."
January 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans says his team arrived on the scene of the shooting to conduct an independent investigation and "were blocked by federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security."
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Minnesotans are witnessing and we're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ICE agents and officials responsible for this."
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Minnesotans are witnessing and we're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ICE agents and officials responsible for this."
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Nothing an observer or protestor does or doesn’t do will prevent them from escalating their violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Nothing an observer or protestor does or doesn’t do will prevent them from escalating their violence.
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well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
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Live on MS NOW:
Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised.
Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"
Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised.
Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Live on MS NOW:
Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised.
Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"
Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised.
Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"
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We have a masked death squad wandering our neighborhoods seemingly accountable to nobody but the President
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
We have a masked death squad wandering our neighborhoods seemingly accountable to nobody but the President
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Everyone is starting to sound like AI, even in spoken language
Analysis of 280,000 transcripts of videos of talks & presentations from academic channels finds they increasingly used words that are favorites of ChatGPT
Model collapse, except for humans arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
Analysis of 280,000 transcripts of videos of talks & presentations from academic channels finds they increasingly used words that are favorites of ChatGPT
Model collapse, except for humans arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Everyone is starting to sound like AI, even in spoken language
Analysis of 280,000 transcripts of videos of talks & presentations from academic channels finds they increasingly used words that are favorites of ChatGPT
Model collapse, except for humans arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
Analysis of 280,000 transcripts of videos of talks & presentations from academic channels finds they increasingly used words that are favorites of ChatGPT
Model collapse, except for humans arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
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Biden had kids, infants, appearing in immigration court with no lawyers, no parents, and no hope of being treated like a human being. No one wanted to hear about it, let alone try to stop it while a Democrat was in the White House. ICE is a bipartisan monster for the last 25 years, not just now.
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Biden had kids, infants, appearing in immigration court with no lawyers, no parents, and no hope of being treated like a human being. No one wanted to hear about it, let alone try to stop it while a Democrat was in the White House. ICE is a bipartisan monster for the last 25 years, not just now.