Roshan Abraham
@roshanabraham.bsky.social
freelance writer | journalist covering housing & homelessness | bylines at The Guardian, WIRED, The New York Times, The Verge, etc I Contributing Editor Next City | formerly @motherboard
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· Sep 22
Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center.
www.wired.com
SCOOP: I FOIA'd economic development agreements & the ground lease for Meta's massive data center in Louisiana and found the state secured no explicit mandates for Meta to create locally-hired full time jobs to receive property tax breaks
www.wired.com/story/louisi...
www.wired.com/story/louisi...
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
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The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as they try to surrender
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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2/ Hamas leaders tell Drop Site Witkoff is inventing history. “No. What he’s saying, I don’t know, but we didn’t say that,” senior leader Osama Hamdan told Jeremy Scahill. “The whole delegation was there and no one said that.”
Any real discussion, he added, “will take time… We have to talk with...
Any real discussion, he added, “will take time… We have to talk with...
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
2/ Hamas leaders tell Drop Site Witkoff is inventing history. “No. What he’s saying, I don’t know, but we didn’t say that,” senior leader Osama Hamdan told Jeremy Scahill. “The whole delegation was there and no one said that.”
Any real discussion, he added, “will take time… We have to talk with...
Any real discussion, he added, “will take time… We have to talk with...
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1/ At a Nov. 6 Miami business conference, Trump adviser Steve Witkoff told investors the U.S. is “in the middle of standing up a decommissioning process” for Gaza’s weapons – a “demilitarization and amnesty program.”
He claimed Hamas already committed to disarmament and told Jared Kushner...
He claimed Hamas already committed to disarmament and told Jared Kushner...
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
1/ At a Nov. 6 Miami business conference, Trump adviser Steve Witkoff told investors the U.S. is “in the middle of standing up a decommissioning process” for Gaza’s weapons – a “demilitarization and amnesty program.”
He claimed Hamas already committed to disarmament and told Jared Kushner...
He claimed Hamas already committed to disarmament and told Jared Kushner...
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🧵THREAD: Drop Site journalists @jeremyscahill.com & Jawa Ahmad warn that Trump’s Gaza plan contains a “Disarmament Trap.”
The U.S. and Israel – now backed by a stamp of approval from the UN and the widely unpopular Palestinian Authority – are attempting to use the new resolution to secure a...
The U.S. and Israel – now backed by a stamp of approval from the UN and the widely unpopular Palestinian Authority – are attempting to use the new resolution to secure a...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🧵THREAD: Drop Site journalists @jeremyscahill.com & Jawa Ahmad warn that Trump’s Gaza plan contains a “Disarmament Trap.”
The U.S. and Israel – now backed by a stamp of approval from the UN and the widely unpopular Palestinian Authority – are attempting to use the new resolution to secure a...
The U.S. and Israel – now backed by a stamp of approval from the UN and the widely unpopular Palestinian Authority – are attempting to use the new resolution to secure a...
since we're talking about pirating art it is ethical and even good to pirate work if paying for it would violate BDS. unrelatedly there are high quality episodes of Andor available on torrenting sites
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
since we're talking about pirating art it is ethical and even good to pirate work if paying for it would violate BDS. unrelatedly there are high quality episodes of Andor available on torrenting sites
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Even in the US where the word is meaningless, I still find that it has a stricter use in actual news media than in Israel. In Israel, in the Hebrew press in particular, even in the straightforward "news" sections, "terrorist" is used to describe any Arab combatant, even if they attack only the IDF.
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Even in the US where the word is meaningless, I still find that it has a stricter use in actual news media than in Israel. In Israel, in the Hebrew press in particular, even in the straightforward "news" sections, "terrorist" is used to describe any Arab combatant, even if they attack only the IDF.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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(this comic is from 1982)
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
(this comic is from 1982)
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to be clear it is also a racial slur in western countries in addition to being a propaganda tool and diplomatic tool which is why it should be avoided in journalism unless it's describing another entity's designation. a news outlet should not be engaging in propaganda, diplomacy or racist incitement
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
to be clear it is also a racial slur in western countries in addition to being a propaganda tool and diplomatic tool which is why it should be avoided in journalism unless it's describing another entity's designation. a news outlet should not be engaging in propaganda, diplomacy or racist incitement
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
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what’s funny (it’s not funny) is how many indie journalists, who—with next to none of the infrastructure propping up the zz’s of the business—not only report incisively on political power but do so without leaving years of embarrassing receipts about their relationships with subjects and sources
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
what’s funny (it’s not funny) is how many indie journalists, who—with next to none of the infrastructure propping up the zz’s of the business—not only report incisively on political power but do so without leaving years of embarrassing receipts about their relationships with subjects and sources
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what's everyone talking about, not something stupid right
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
what's everyone talking about, not something stupid right
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Do not get caught up in his charisma (mostly talking to myself) !! Any NYC mayor needs to feel our heat to reduce the NYPD's power
hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-dodg...
hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-dodg...
Mamdani Suddenly Can't Give a Straight Answer On His NYPD Promises
After NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch agreed to work in his administration, the mayor-elect has gotten cagey on disbanding the SRG, scrapping the gang database, and giving the CCRB the final say in po...
hellgatenyc.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Do not get caught up in his charisma (mostly talking to myself) !! Any NYC mayor needs to feel our heat to reduce the NYPD's power
hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-dodg...
hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-dodg...
"that's okay you can just say yes"
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"that's okay you can just say yes"
the only compliment i will ever give him but "that's okay you can just say yes" is actually funniest line i have heard in a political press conference
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
the only compliment i will ever give him but "that's okay you can just say yes" is actually funniest line i have heard in a political press conference
i hope everyone had fun libbing out and is prepared to restore the time tested nyc tradition of bullying the mayor if he does not dismantle the SRG
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
i hope everyone had fun libbing out and is prepared to restore the time tested nyc tradition of bullying the mayor if he does not dismantle the SRG
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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all the AI slop out there makes me want the most aggressively analog stories out there. like I want a one-of-a-kind homemade zine someone tucked into a baggie in the hollow of a tree, and I want that zine to include a shitty hand drawn map to a treasure it may or may not take 30 years to find
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
all the AI slop out there makes me want the most aggressively analog stories out there. like I want a one-of-a-kind homemade zine someone tucked into a baggie in the hollow of a tree, and I want that zine to include a shitty hand drawn map to a treasure it may or may not take 30 years to find
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out. It’s one bubble to rule them all." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out. It’s one bubble to rule them all." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
what's everyone talking about, not something stupid right
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
what's everyone talking about, not something stupid right