We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info, Alianza Rebelde Investiga

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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AGAINST FORGETTING - portraits of Holocaust survivors in #Mannheim, birthplace of the automobile. Germany’s culture of remembrance 🙏🕊️ #VictoryDay

“And not the other color, so police think: They have the AUTHORITY TO KILL A MINORITY… ‘Cause they’ll slam you down to the street top BLACK POLICE SHOWING OUT FOR THE WHITE COP” #JusticeForTyreNichols 🤬🤬🤬

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last yr.

JUST NOW: Former MEMPHIS cops found “Not guilty” of killing Tyre Nichols in state trial. 🤔 Unanimous. The jury deliberated for 9 hours. www.localmemphis.com/article/news...

Incredible visit to portco Gropyus.com - attractive, affordable, sustainable housing designed by humans, engineered by software, built by robots, and worker-assembled to German-level quality, safety, energy efficiency (~LEED Gold) 🏡🌱 #FactoryForHousing #AffordableByDesign #MassTimber

China may outspend the U.S. on R&D by >30% by 2030 📈 www.rdworldonline.com/china-could-... Meanwhile Trump’s budget slashes NSF by 56%, NIST 40%, EPA 55%, CDC by 33%, NASA 24.3%, NOAA 25%, USGS 38.6% 😵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · last yr.

We will be feeling the suicidal consequences of destroying US research science thirty years from now

All net new job creation in the US is from new businesses (5 years old or less). In Michigan, our past is strangling our future speakerdeck.com/dugsong/impa...

IMPACT 2023

Keynote for A2Y Chamber IMPACT 2023

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@bridgedet313.bsky.social · last yr.

Whitmer subsidy record: Companies get $1 billion; jobs fall short of promises Since Gretchen Whitmer became governor, Michigan has given $995 million to companies that promised to create 65,000 jobs. They’ve produced 13,000 — a rate of $76,000 per job, a Bridge investigation finds.

Timothy Snyder (who has been consistently amazing throughout this crisis!) has written a very important article preparing people’s minds for what I fear is near-inevitable: a US equivalent to the Reichstag fire.

The Next Terrorist Attack

And What Comes After

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You can catch @dugsong.com talking about the security industry, building companies and shaping cultures on the latest episode of “Inside the Network” - insidethenetwork.co/episodes/dug... Dug is always considered and always worth listening to..

Inside the Network | Dug Song: Values over valuation—reflections on building Duo Security and leading with purpose

In this episode of Inside the Network, we sit down with Dug Song, the legendary co-founder and former CEO of Duo Security. Dug's journey is nothing short of iconic—he turned a side project into a c...

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The future of American opera is in #Detroit! Yuval Sharon’s wild reimagining of Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” as BigTech AI dystopia just premiered - thx to Barb Walkowski for securing him for Detroit Opera! www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/m...

Another keynote at #Michigan Ross, this time for the student-run Midwest Ventures Conference. The kids are alright, and so is the entrepreneurial future of b-school!

Fact-check of Trump’s tariff speech finds some doozies. Why tariffs? Speech suggests they could replace income tax, benefiting wealthy over lower income Americans. When a choice makes no apparent sense, it’s usually about $$$.

An incredible conversation with @jeffiel.bsky.social & @karaswisher.bsky.social today, and dinner with founders from #AnnArbor to #Detroit tonight! Great to have Jeff back in Mich-again!!! ❤️

Dug Song@dugsong.com · last yr.

Area Man Returns To Show Those Who Leave Can Also Be Champions 〽️ Stoked to have old friend, Twilio founder, & @theonion.com owner @jeffiel.bsky.social in #AnnArbor next week! democracy.umich.edu/events/democ...

Some data worth pondering as the conversation shifts to "reciprocal" tariffs.

New season of free/PWYW/all-ages shows at the #Ypsi Freighthouse April 3-19: Latin jazz, sonic meditation, Palestinian jazz, alt-folk, all-women jazz, second line brass band! 🎶🛤️ ums.org/season/ums-a... #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #AnnArbor #Ypsilanti #Detroit

UMS at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse

University Musical Society

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Dug Song@dugsong.com · last yr.

For #BlackHistoryMonth, a jazz/hip-hop history of #Ypsilanti by Marcus Elliot & friends, with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, commissioned by ums.org for #Ypsi's bicentennial #AACHM #Ypsi200 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR_...

Presidents Are Temporary; Wu-Tang Is Forever 👐 #AnnArbor #BuildTheResistance #BringDaRuckus #WuTangIsForTheChildren

Ford securing access to Tesla’s supercharger network was the best free upgrade ever 💙🚙 #MachE

Ann Arbor was meant to grow. We just didn’t follow through. In the 1970s, city planners envisioned 150K residents in a compact, connected city. Instead, we built zoning walls around downtown and called it progress. Part 4 of my “Density is Fun” series. #a2council thewychefamily.com/density-is-f...

Density is Fun: Why Ann Arbor’s Future Depends on a Good Plan

Ann Arbor’s future depends on smart growth. It’s time to build more homes of all kinds—and shape a city that welcomes more neighbors.

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In 1967, “The Innovation Millionaires” called out Ann Arbor, Boulder, LA, Phoenix, and Ft. Lauderdale as likely tech hubs after Boston-Cambridge & Santa Clara County (only one mention of “Silicon Valley”) - but A2 has been by far the laggard

Congrats to our first #MichiganFoundersFund pre-accelerator cohort!! Founders for founders, founders for community 💫 #givefirst

Area Man Returns To Show Those Who Leave Can Also Be Champions 〽️ Stoked to have old friend, Twilio founder, & @theonion.com owner @jeffiel.bsky.social in #AnnArbor next week! democracy.umich.edu/events/democ...

Ann Arbor is already in the Studio Ghibli universe, though

From Tribeca to #AnnArbor — we’re proud to present a free screening of New Wave at UMMA on April 19! www.eventbrite.com/e/new-wave-t... #vietkieu #newwave #documentary

Duḥkha Saṃsāra ☸️@dugsong.bsky.social · 2y ago

“New Wave” is a joyful, raucous, and heartbreaking look at how family & communities suffer from wars long after they’re over. Congrats to Elizabeth Ai on an outstanding @Tribeca premiere - NYT critic’s pick! 🔥 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/movies/tribeca-festival-standouts.html

Congrats to Ronnie & Malek on TidewayLogistics.com new office in #Dearborn - the youngest & fastest-growing city in Michigan, thx to Mayor Hammoud & friends!

Welcoming Bo’s Bagels to #AnnArbor, imported from NYC by old friend & classmate, Joe’s Pizza partner, Professor Thom’s founder, & Saturday Night Live crewmember Pete L.!

#Solarpunk dreams of planetary abundance - but can we govern our way to it? 🤔🌎🌳 @nicolasberggruen.bsky.social @ezraklein.bsky.social

Dug Song@dugsong.com · last yr.

Congrats to Justin, Lee, & team on the launch of #Detroit’s electricplant.co! See their techno-biophilic vision for our #solarpunk future: mastj.substack.com/p/we-are-pla... 🌞🌱✌️

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

So much love at tonight’s #a2skatepark art show! Stoked to snag the Margaret Kilgallen tribute deck, but snaked by @ccassell.bsky.social on the printmaker’s woodcut!!

Dug Song@dugsong.com · last yr.

Annual #a2skatepark art show tonight at the Circ Bar! Support your local skatepark 🤙

Mark Pauline’s Survival Research Labs (SRL) was total GWAR + Battlebots + Kaiju chaos in the 80s/90s, blowing minds, eardrums, phalanges. Will future resistance / #Michigan militias go full Mad Max? youtu.be/QuRKYUBoD9I?...

SRL pandemonium segment 1996

YouTube video by Genuine Survival Research Labs

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Annual #a2skatepark art show tonight at the Circ Bar! Support your local skatepark 🤙