Sophie Hurwitz
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ICE just spent $16.7 million arming agents with shock gloves—wearable devices that deliver a painful electric shock. Human rights organizations like Amnesty International say the gloves “could be readily misused for torture.” Mother Jones' @hurwitz.bsky.social investigates: https://bit.ly/472ZbhV
Americans are increasingly aware of the surveillance systems used by almost 80 percent of police departments to trace vehicles and drivers without a warrant—and they are pissed.
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
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not the main point here but god that’s such an ugly statue. i thought these guys claimed to care about truth and beauty or whatever !
For folks who rage about statues being torn down, they sure love building million-dollar god-idols for billionaires that end up by a Texas roadside.
Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town...
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk...
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After years of making busts of Jordan Petersen, the foreign fascist foundry comes to the US courtesy of Peter Thiel's 1517 venture capital fund and pretends a Texas roadside 10 miles away is Musk's Starbase. bsky.app/profile/moth...
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2d agoA studio promising “art so epic it will raise the birthrate” gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk’s Starbase.
"Atelier Missor, active since 2021, describes itself on X as a “classical foundry in Paris, on its way to building a new Rome.” Le rayonnement de la France à l'international www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase.
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Wait, there’s TWO groups of weirdos building giant Prometheus statues? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
A year later, plans for a $450 million Prometheus statue on Alcatraz remain a digital dream
The project - pitched as a $450 million symbol of innovation and "Manifest Destiny" - remains purely conceptual, with no federal approval or funding.
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Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2d agoA studio promising “art so epic it will raise the birthrate” gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk’s Starbase.
FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors
The Federal Election Commission this year asked Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign committee about donations that appear to exceed federal limits and other issues with his reports.
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Legit drove by where they were starting to build this like two months ago. It was just a foot and super weird. The whole place is weird.
Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d agoGot a weird one for you guys tonight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I remember the story and Prometheus and an eagle become close friends
A studio promising “art so epic it will raise the birthrate” gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk’s Starbase.
Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase.
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The Covid conscious lesbian bar was self-destructive but there’s no denying that the world would be richer if those folks had access to this kind of capital instead of self-loathing Elonophiles
Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d agoGot a weird one for you guys tonight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
>>Atelier Missor received curt recognition from their idol on October 1st. “Nice work,” Elon posted. They spent $1 million of their own money on this thing!!!! wtf man
Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d agoGot a weird one for you guys tonight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"A relationship implies that there’s somebody home who’s talking to you, but with a chatbot, there’s nobody at home" | @nitishpahwa.com and MIT's Sherry Turkle on technology that "scrambles our ability to live in the real world" slate.com/technology/2...
There’s One Word That Your Chatbot Should Never Say
Artificial intimacy is harming us in ways we don’t fully understand. An MIT professor thinks she knows how to combat it.
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Why did ICE just spend $16.7 million on electric shock gloves? @hurwitz.bsky.social investigated. Watch:
The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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Direct quote from the Defense Sec: “We are no longer the woke department or the weak department” Follow along:
Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s your lucky day folks: At @ms.now we're live-blogging Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” speech, starting in 10 mins. Last year he used it to rail against “fat generals” and “beardos.” 👀 Follow along here ⤵️
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Attn: hospital workers using Timpani or similar scheduling software
Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 5d agoAre you a nurse working in a hospital that’s using Palantir technology? Do you want to talk about how that affects your work for @motherjones.com ? Reach out on Signal at shurwitz.18–your anonymity will be protected
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