Beachwood Reporter
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A Chicago-centric news and culture review.
Also, that's not what the cancer scientists tell you at all. Generative AI is out there loose and unregulated and dangerous. Regular ol' AI is doing amazing things.
Sisyphus, but for reducing tail latency@bluespacecanary.bsky.social · 6h agoAssuming "spreadsheet people" only refers to like, parasitic MBAs is ironclad proof you've never worked a real white collar job and know ~nothing about what working scientists actually do tbh
"The new emails highlight a clear departure from a decades-long practice by the U.S. of welcoming Iranian dissidents, exiles and others since the 1979 Islamic Revolution forced a large number of Iranians to flee." What a sterile way of saying we're sending people back to be tortured and killed.
A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show
Emails reveal that Iranian officials had significant influence over which Iranian immigrants in the U.S. were sent back to their home country in 2025, despite tensions between the countries.
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thehill.com/policy/defen... Stars and Stripes has been published since 1861. The Pentagon began taking away its free speech rights with censorship a while back. Now, the publisher of 20 years is leaving because he can't take the interference anymore. #StarsAndStripes #Pentagon #censorship
Stars and Stripes publisher announces retirement, citing displeasure with Pentagon’s direction of outlet
Max Lederer, the publisher of Stars and Stripes for nearly 20 years, is retiring over issues related to how the Pentagon is directing coverage of the outlet under the Trump administration. Lederer,…
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Wow, @columjournreview.bsky.social, you just let this through without further investigation or even comment? www.cjr.org/analysis/mov...
NEW: For the second day, the Census Bureau's homepage, census.gov, features an unauthored report with analysis that @npr.org found was conducted not by career civil servants, but a team that included individuals affiliated with a President Trump-aligned think tank, the America First Policy Institute
Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting
A Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned.
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This a dizzying journey through the politics, influence, impact and difficulties of Israel's Arab parties in a Jewish democracy.
Commandment IV: Don’t Say the A Word
A deep dive into Israel’s most controversial parties.
newsletter.amitsegal.net
Democrats should become the pro-food party.
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 20h agoFDA upgrades recall of frozen blueberries sold at Publix to highest health risk level.
Trump can’t get clearance either so what does it matter.
Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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Trump’s good-faith promises backed by solid policy solutions have been hampered by events out of his control.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 24h agoThe NY Times writes that “Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.” As if it’s just a run of bad luck instead of an ongoing con job against the American people.
Trump’s good-faith promises backed by solid policy solutions have been hampered by events out of his control.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 24h agoThe NY Times writes that “Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.” As if it’s just a run of bad luck instead of an ongoing con job against the American people.
Trump can’t get clearance either so what does it matter.
Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
ms.now
Democrats should become the pro-food party.
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 20h agoFDA upgrades recall of frozen blueberries sold at Publix to highest health risk level.
Update:
Publisher suspends sales of journalist’s book after plagiarism review
New York Magazine said it updated 67 of Ross Barkan’s columns that did not include proper attribution. His Penguin Random House book on Mayor Zohran Mamdani was set for the fall.
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Beachwood Reporter@beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 3d agoRe: previous Barkan posts, here it is, I actually posted it on Mastodon, not Twitter.
"I, myself, was labelled a ‘Zionist’ and ousted from a leadership position.”
ADL-AEN report details higher ed unions being hijacked by anti-Israel activists
Dysfunctional union governance is leaving some Jewish faculty and graduate students marginalized and unrepresented by the labor organizations meant to advocate for them, a report released Wednesday by...
jewishinsider.com
In 2025, Sewell delivered the benediction at Trump's second inauguration.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · yesterdayAfter antisemitic white nationalist Jake Lang ranted that Muslims are "mongrel Third-Worlders" who are "multiplying like cockroaches," MAGA pastor Lorenzo Sewell called on church elders to lay hands on, pray over, & anoint Lang with oil: "I wanna pray for Jake, y'all. I love that. I love you, man."
With the help of certain Americans, we learn in this thread.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · yesterdaySunday’s NYT featured a deeply reported story about Russia’s interference in the elections and future of the small strategically situated country of Moldova, part of Putin’s efforts to destroy NATO and destabilize the EU 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...