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MSW. I read a lot as a child. Looking for that “restore faith in humanity” button.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 49m ago

We are being surveilled -- and controlled -- as we commute and recreate, as we shop in stores and online, as we work on site, at school, and at home, and as we communicate with each other. It's become Bradbury's world, and we don't want to live in it.

Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 48m ago

ANOTHER example of the limits of your privacy being set, not by elected officials, but by rich people. They get to open their checkbooks pay for the surveillance they feel comfortable with, and we live with the consequences. This is literally what’s happening for the entire city of San Francisco.

David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 2h ago

Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much. After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program. www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h ago

".. The robot arms would swing out of control, smashing into carefully calibrated equipment, and sometimes they would unexpectedly drop hunks of steel 5 feet down to the floor." @propublica.org $GD www.propublica.org/article/gene...

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...

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James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2h ago

Tremendous insight into the inner workings of the Trump administration that the NSA/SecState was allowed to go down in a fireball but the person who posts AI slop for the President qualified as needing to survive at all costs.

Dan Lamothe@danlamothe.bsky.social · 2h ago

SCOOP: People on the airport catering truck used to secretly move President Trump off an Air Force One 747 in Turkey included: - Dan Scavino - Walt Nauta - Natalie Harp No Cabinet-level officials were on that truck. wapo.st/3S47ztG

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2h ago

Libraries nationwide are removing their young adult collections & filing those books into adult collections–making them harder to find and access for actual teens–and it's being done ON PURPOSE. The "YA" label is being purposefully misused and misconstrued by the right. bookriot.com/the-disappea...

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026

Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2h ago

Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million on White House grounds construction, a significantly larger price tag than previously reported. Taxpayers would cover most of the cost, according to records reviewed by The Post.

Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction

The price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts, and taxpayers would cover most of it.

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Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2h ago

"Russia has been systematically using drones to probe air defenses in Europe, looking for weaknesses it could exploit." - Germany’s top military officer Gen. Carsten Breuer "Hybrid attacks are taking place every day in NATO countries, especially those on the alliance’s eastern flank.

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Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 15h ago

Starting Sept. 30, sailors who have held a medical shaving waiver for 12 consecutive months could be considered for administrative separation, a Navy spokeswoman said. From Stars and Stripes' Shannon Renfroe:

Navy separation reviews for some sailors with shaving waivers could begin next month

Starting Sept. 30, sailors who have held a medical shaving waiver for 12 consecutive months could be considered for administrative separation, a Navy spokewoman said.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h ago

VERY interesting development here. Widespread reporting said the Burke Law Group got a $150 million contract to rep migrant kids. Now they say in a statement that the Trump admin approached them, they were only considering applying for a small grant, no application was submitted, and now they won't.

BLG Tweets @BurkeLawTweets Statement on false reporting of an ORR contract with Burke Law Group Underneath is the following: We appreciate ORR's confidence in Burke Law Group's ability to consider the possibility of overseeing a network of highly qualified immigration experts to serve the best interests of unaccompanied minors in a humanitarian crisis. We were approached by the Trump administration to fill a gap in legal services and we were considering how we might help. Certain outlets misreported from the start that we had a received a $150 million contract when we were in fact only considering applying for a small portion of that amount under a grant to help address the humanitarian crisis. We have decided not to apply for a grant or a contract and we withdrew from consideration. Posted 4:28 PM, August 11th, 184 views.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d ago

The perception of corruption surrounding everything this administration does is staggering. A 26-person law firm with no immigration experience just got a $150 million no-bid contract from HHS to represent migrant kids facing deportation — and surprise surprise, the firm is close to Trump.

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 22h ago

This post just popped up on my Facebook from a page with tens of thousands of followers. Behind the black box are the names of 10 children the OP is alleging to be trans. The post also include photos of all 10 children, and the name of the schools they attend. They’re now doxxing minors.

Beth Young Bourne on Facebook: The emperor has no clothes. Here are some of the recent trans-identified BOYS competing in GIRLS' high school sports in California. @CIFState doesn't keep any records on the number of boys who are competing on girls' teams. I only became aware of the 3 boys at [CENSORED] High School after I asked parent friends if their daughters were being impacted by this insane transgender ideology. IN CALIFORNIA [Censored list of 10 children playing sports in California, naming both the child and the school they attend] @CIFState doesn't keep any records or track the number of boys who are competing on girls' teams. I only became aware of the 3 boys at [CENSORED] High School after I asked parent friends if their daughters were being impacted by this insane transgender ideology. Below this post, not included in the screenshot, were photos of all 10 children.
Jack Mirkinson@jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 23h ago

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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Prism@prismreports.org · 20h ago

“I was afraid they might report me to ICE,” said Ramírez, an immigrant from Mexico. A lawsuit alleges that WinCo Foods systematically misclassified janitors as independent contractors, resulting in labor violations, including unpaid overtime, denied meal & rest breaks, & other protections.

Before joining WinCo Foods lawsuit, janitor says fear kept her silent

María Isabel Ramírez says she feared being reported to ICE and continued working long hours without overtime pay or lunch breaks

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Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 19h ago

CBP is hiring a contractor to collect fines from people the US deported. Before bids closed, companies asked how it would work. CBP's answers: there's no way for these people to actually pay, it won't say who handles PII, and and a selfie from the deported person counts as proof they were found.

CBP's $9 million plan to collect fines from deported people has no way for them to pay

The agency told bidders it has identified no way for deported people without a U.S. bank account to pay, and pushed the problem onto the companies competing for the work.

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Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 18h ago

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.