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Dan Friedman@dfriedman.bsky.social · 5d ago

It surprised me that the NYT story, which has five bylines, does not mention that Walters’ company, Salus Worldwide, has lost its $915M self-deportation contract. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-taps-r...

DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract

The company, whose growing ICE portfolio includes locating people for deportation, will now run DHS’s contract for people leaving through the CBP Home app.

projectsaltbox.com

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5d ago

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk.

Loll Yudkowsky, Soares and such AREN'T SHILLS? The Yudkowsky who founded the eugenicist, rationalist cult? The one who predected singularity to be 2025? The one in the sex parties that women have to attend to "network? The rape orgies with dubious consent mechanisms that Soares coorganizes?

Noke Vohle@nokevohle.bsky.social · last wk.

I understand the (extremely justified) skepticism of claims by Altman, etc. but Yudkowsky, Soares, and such aren’t shills (to my knowledge) and have been sounding the alarm for some time.

Aaron Littman@aaronlittman.bsky.social · last wk.

Believe it or not, the Supreme Court was presented as far back as 1947 with the question whether attempting to execute someone a second time, after a botched first go round (then, in a portable electric chair known as “Rusty”), was cruel and unusual.

Liliana Segura@lilianasegura.bsky.social · last wk.

The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country.

Wayne Maddison@waynemaddison.bsky.social · last mo.

The Tree of Life web project is back! A phylogenetic view of biodiversity way ahead of its time (ca. 1995!), conceived and led by David Maddison, collaborative & human-curated, widely used in teaching. Defunct technology had doomed it until Travis, Danny, and Andrew revived it. 🥳🎉 🧪 #evolbiol

David Maddison@bembidion.bsky.social · last mo.

The Tree of Life Web Project is back online! tolweb.org Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Personally, I think what needs reckoning with is how fake it all was. Centrists convinced themselves annoying leftists on twitter were an equivalent threat to Jan 6 insurrectionists. They wildly inflated the threat of left-wing authoritarianism while ignoring how it was taking hold on the right.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Federal officials offered the new details about the grant cancellations as part of an agreement with plaintiffs meant to spare the government an exhaustive, evidence-uncovering process known as discovery...That process could have required federal agencies to hand over more damaging records."

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Another loss for the Trump administration and a win for honorable transgender service members who were promised early retirements if they “voluntarily” (it wasn't) chose to go and then were stripped of them after retirements were approved. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Judge rejects Trump administration bid to dismiss transgender Air Force troops’ retirement lawsuit

A federal judge ruled that all 17 service members may continue challenging the Air Force’s decision to revoke early retirements it had already approved.

advocate.com

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 3mo ago

The @freedcproject.bsky.social, whose activists packed today's oversight hearing, has launched a flash campaign calling on people to #DeleteDoorDash in response:

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. Now, the company has come out in support of #HR9720 — the blatant attack on DC Home Rule — just so it can earn more money.

Doordash has been sildent on the arrests and deaths of delivery drivers in DC — and just came out in support of HR 9720, a blatant attack on DC's Home Rule
Sami Schalk@drsamischalk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Brandon Herrera is the GOP nominee for TX-23 (San Antonio suburbs). He has a long history of making lewd and sexually suggestive comments about women and children, which are documented here. Speaker Mike Johnson is campaigning for him and funding his campaign. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

GOP Candidate Brandon Herrera Attacked Moms, Made Vulgar Remarks About Children

Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera's past comments include sexually explicit attacks on women and crude remarks about motherhood and children. In a January 2023 video post on X, Herrera att...

yahoo.com

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Believing that sexual assault is “not that bad” is absolutely a risk factor for committing an act of sexual violence. And why wouldn’t it be? If these men are insisting that it’s perfectly fine sexual behavior, then why would they hold themselves to a standard they don’t believe in?

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.

Dittie@dittie.sheshed.rocks · 3mo ago

NM’s AG just accused Trump’s DOJ of stonewalling the Zorro Ranch probe. Letter dated June 30, released Thursday: 130+ days of silence after 6 attempts to get records. Thread on what’s in it A #SheShed 🧵

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Are you sick of winning yet?

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed with cyclospora as of Wednesday, though no deaths have been ...

apnews.com

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · last yr.

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?