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It’s Renée Good all over again www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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EXCLUSIVE: Last month, The New York Times reported Yale is in talks to settle with the Trump admin over discrimination claims. Now a faculty group says it’s considering legal action if the settlement goes through. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/educati... #nutmegsky
Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ
The letter comes after the U.S. Department of Justice accused the Yale School of Medicine of illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants.
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Data journalist @jjlee.bsky.social says TON’s International Students Slack was an “invaluable resource” when considering international journalism school. “It is so helpful to be able to reach out to other people who have gone down the same path.” Learn more: www.theopennotebook.com/internationa...
Data journalist @jjlee.bsky.social says TON’s International Students Slack was an “invaluable resource” when considering international journalism school. “It is so helpful to be able to reach out to other people who have gone down the same path.” Learn more: www.theopennotebook.com/internationa...
International Students Slack Community - The Open Notebook
The Open Notebook's International Students Slack community is for science writers who are current, past, or aspiring international students to share information and advice about university…
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David Venturella is being tapped to run ICE He's a former GEO Group executive, who went from ICE to GEO & back to DHS last year @pogo.org has been keeping tabs on Venturella & the ICE-GEO revolving door for a while Notable coverage: www.pogo.org/investigates...
Private Prison Exec Pursues Federal Cash, Spends at Trump Hotel
GEO became an avid fan of then-candidate Donald Trump after President Barack Obama’s Justice Department promised to stop approving new federal private prison contracts.
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via @keithlaw.bsky.social, it looks like a reader spotted this fabricated quote in the @nytimes.com on April 15, the day after the story was published & more than two weeks before the paper published a correction notice. hmm!!! bsky.app/profile/iris...
Can you tell us the source of this quote you include from Poilievre? I have looked up speeches he gave in March and can't find him saying this. "If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow"
ICYMI, in my last edition of my newsletter I talked to Jerome Greco, Digital Forensic Director at The Legal Aid Society!
It was a pleasure speaking with @jjlee.bsky.social about my work and the work of The Legal Aid Society's Digital Forensics Unit for the recent issue of Extremely Online. extremely-online.ghost.io/extremely-on...
New NBER paper based on a survey of CFOs. Firms report no productivity increases due to AI adoption so far but expect a 1.4% productivity boost over the next 3 years. www.nber.org/papers/w34836
Trying this out after the nth person asked if I had a newsletter. Will post original content, upcoming events, job postings and more in tech and AI accountability. Subscribe and let me know if you have any feedback!
Extremely Online
A tech accountability round-up: stories, events and more
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So about TrumpRx: We crunched the numbers today and about half of the drugs on there have cheaper generics available already. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...
Does something happen when people reach a certain age that they become physically unable to pronounce “Mamdani”?
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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New research out today— my colleagues and I looked at tens of thousands of pages of legal documents to get a sense of how prevalent threats against public officials is. 2025 was a record year for federal arrests. digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ncitereports...
it is understandable to be doomscrolling right now, but maybe try and do something else in 10 minutes? sometimes a timer helps or putting your phone in another room. You still deserve time to rest and recover.
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
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And there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Proud of the BDH journalists serving the mission under tough and tragic circumstances.
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
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Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech. This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year. No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later. So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene
Yeah, the "dynamic pricing" in big box stores is the same. Depending on who is looking at the tag, time of day, etc. the price for items can literally change from the shelf to the register. 😤 Freaking DISNEY is even going to start using it! deadline.com/2025/11/disn...
Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...
DOCCS Officer Misconduct Database
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