Diane Sylvester
@di-sly.bsky.social
Journalist, cat-loving broad.
Writing for Editor & Publisher.
Helping independent journalists and newsrooms thrive.
Frm: Founding Investigative EP-Futuro, ABC, CNN
Writing for Editor & Publisher.
Helping independent journalists and newsrooms thrive.
Frm: Founding Investigative EP-Futuro, ABC, CNN
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The university said it expects funding to be restored within 30 days and establish a committee to ensure compliance with the agreement
Agreement linked here:
www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
Agreement linked here:
www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The university said it expects funding to be restored within 30 days and establish a committee to ensure compliance with the agreement
Agreement linked here:
www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
Agreement linked here:
www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
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To put it briefly, opposition leaders are stuck on questions of legality, and the time has come to move past that, because it is obvious the fascists in control of the government simply do not care about the law anymore.
open.substack.com/pub/maeforre...
open.substack.com/pub/maeforre...
He Can't Do That!
The Limits of Representative Democracy
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Happy #Truthsgiving! Let’s honor the full history of this day and the impact by colonialism, war, and injustice #Thanksgiving #DecolonizeThanksgiving
#HaveArtworkWillTravel #TravelerNotTourist
#AndreaArroyoArt #ArtAsSolidarity #FeministArtist #MexicanNewYorker
#NewYorkerArtist #NewYorkTimesArtist
#HaveArtworkWillTravel #TravelerNotTourist
#AndreaArroyoArt #ArtAsSolidarity #FeministArtist #MexicanNewYorker
#NewYorkerArtist #NewYorkTimesArtist
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy #Truthsgiving! Let’s honor the full history of this day and the impact by colonialism, war, and injustice #Thanksgiving #DecolonizeThanksgiving
#HaveArtworkWillTravel #TravelerNotTourist
#AndreaArroyoArt #ArtAsSolidarity #FeministArtist #MexicanNewYorker
#NewYorkerArtist #NewYorkTimesArtist
#HaveArtworkWillTravel #TravelerNotTourist
#AndreaArroyoArt #ArtAsSolidarity #FeministArtist #MexicanNewYorker
#NewYorkerArtist #NewYorkTimesArtist
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ICE’s spending on weaponry is up more than 600 percent over last year, dwarfing not only its spending during the Biden administration but also during Trump’s first term.
ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 600 percent this year
The $71.5 million spent so far has paid mostly for guns, armor, and chemical munitions.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ICE’s spending on weaponry is up more than 600 percent over last year, dwarfing not only its spending during the Biden administration but also during Trump’s first term.
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I put off my own mammo until a pal got diagnosed with breast cancer at 40. Schedule your exams, friends
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www.huffpost.com/entry/breast...
alexzaragoza.substack.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/breast...
Normalize talking about colonoscopies, mammograms (got one last year), etc etc
The below honor is posthumous because Chadwick died of colon cancer at 43
The below honor is posthumous because Chadwick died of colon cancer at 43
Chadwick Boseman’s Star Gets a Prime Spot on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: ‘A Place of Prominence for a King’
As Chadwick Boseman receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his "Black Panther" co-star Lupita Nyong'o reflects on his legacy.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I put off my own mammo until a pal got diagnosed with breast cancer at 40. Schedule your exams, friends
alexzaragoza.substack.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/breast...
alexzaragoza.substack.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/breast...
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ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
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@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
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We have gotten so used to Great Replacement becoming normalized that most people hardly noticed that a racist, antisemitic, xenophobic conspiracy theory popularized by mass shooters and 4chan trolls is now government policy.
The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We have gotten so used to Great Replacement becoming normalized that most people hardly noticed that a racist, antisemitic, xenophobic conspiracy theory popularized by mass shooters and 4chan trolls is now government policy.
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A West African woman deported by the U.S. to Ghana has attempted suicide while in custody.
Dozens of migrants have been secretly transferred under a new third country deportation program with at least five African nations.
@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports on the lack of protections for deportees.
Dozens of migrants have been secretly transferred under a new third country deportation program with at least five African nations.
@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports on the lack of protections for deportees.
Deportee Attempts Suicide as U.S.–Ghana Transfer Deal Unravels
Secret third-country deportation agreements leave West African migrants in danger, with some sent back to countries where they fear torture or death, despite U.S. assurances.
inthesetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A West African woman deported by the U.S. to Ghana has attempted suicide while in custody.
Dozens of migrants have been secretly transferred under a new third country deportation program with at least five African nations.
@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports on the lack of protections for deportees.
Dozens of migrants have been secretly transferred under a new third country deportation program with at least five African nations.
@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports on the lack of protections for deportees.
the beginning of this sentence could have gone in so many directions...
but yes.
but yes.
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the beginning of this sentence could have gone in so many directions...
but yes.
but yes.
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This perfect short essay by Kaitlyn Greenidge puts the current situation in DC in its appropriate historical context.
A necessary step if we want to effect change.
A necessary step if we want to effect change.
Chocolate City
Right after slavery ended in the United States, thousands of Black people, formerly enslaved by white slave holders in the South, flooded Washington, DC.
kaitlyngreenidge.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This perfect short essay by Kaitlyn Greenidge puts the current situation in DC in its appropriate historical context.
A necessary step if we want to effect change.
A necessary step if we want to effect change.
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
The alt text in this photo... 🤌🏼
I saw this photo and could not stop laughing. Trump is so utterly starstruck.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The alt text in this photo... 🤌🏼
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As the nationwide outbreak of infant botulism continues to grow, and new test results show botulism bacteria in some samples of ByHeart infant formula, the source of the potentially deadly contamination remains unknown.
Major Stores Still Selling Recalled Baby Formula Even as Botulism Outbreak Grows
Beyond the US, Amazon consumer data shows that ByHeart formula was distributed to about 20 countries.
truthout.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As the nationwide outbreak of infant botulism continues to grow, and new test results show botulism bacteria in some samples of ByHeart infant formula, the source of the potentially deadly contamination remains unknown.
This part.
He insulted a journalist like that, then hosted a man in the White House who our CIA said was responsible for ordering the killing of a journalist, and absolutely none of her colleagues said a word.
That should make you mad for multiple, nuanced reasons.
That should make you mad for multiple, nuanced reasons.
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This part.
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So much for privacy.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So much for privacy.
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Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
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The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
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Leaked footage from inside an ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men, women, and children in one combined cell/room. They are kept in freezing conditions.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Leaked footage from inside an ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men, women, and children in one combined cell/room. They are kept in freezing conditions.
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Had a great convo with an artist I know who’s looking for a way to help out. We talked about how there are images photogs often won’t share right now to avoid incriminating folks & talked about the possibility of trusted artists creating illustrations that don’t reveal people’s real world features.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Had a great convo with an artist I know who’s looking for a way to help out. We talked about how there are images photogs often won’t share right now to avoid incriminating folks & talked about the possibility of trusted artists creating illustrations that don’t reveal people’s real world features.