Panama Red
@panamared27401.bsky.social
N.C., USA. Old white guy; neurospicy; sweary and stabby when provoked. I block Nazis, pornbots, crypto and unsolicited DMs. Interests: maps, dataviz, astronomy, journalism, politics, writing, CATS. #Panthers, #Heels
they should invent a kind of journalism where you check to see if something is true before you print it in the newspaper
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 2d agoHours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.
I know just enough to know that this is really, really bad.
norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social · 2d agothe story goes like this
Trump and his minions all need to go to prison for this. apnews.com/article/bide...
2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop
Two ex-FBI officials have been charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. One former FBI intelligence official specialized in foreign election interference.
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Everything these guys do to avoid the billionaire’s’ tax is going to radicalize people to vote for it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...
How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax (Gift Article)
The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass it.
nytimes.com
BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) - Federal judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.
Likely the most important thing I've ever written — if you're an academic and the AI mania unsettles you, here's my best shot at presenting some intellectual tools that might help you articulate why. arxiv.org/abs/2610.27251
North Carolina’s Democratic governor warns that the absentee ballot rejection rate is twice as high as in 2022 thanks to last-minute changes by Republicans. He recommends voting in person if you can (early voting is even better!) wcti12.com/news/local/g...
I think we need to move away from the framing that these candidates/elected officials "believe" 2020 was stolen. They *say* 2020 was stolen *knowing* that it wasn't. That's worse.
WIRED@wired.com · yesterdayA host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.
Fascinating that as even as other Republicans who long ago sold their souls to MAGA still have enough baseline political acumen to see how poisonous this is, Vance is completely oblivious. It isn't just that he has no principles, decency, or moral compass, he's also really fucking bad at politics.
Vance Defends Ramaswamy Ad Featuring Acton’s Mother Despite Backlash
The vice president backed an advertisement featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s mother, who has been estranged from Dr. Acton since her stepfather was charged with child rape.
nytimes.com
Today, a judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading users on data privacy and a range of other statements that a jury deemed deceptive (and willfully so). Last month I broke down the jury's determinations on each of the questions posed to it:
Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
techpolicy.press
Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.
I’m telling you that the extreme exposure to scams is a big part of the reason so many people are negative about our economic future.
Jessica McKenzie@jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 2d agoholy crap
A million North Carolinians have voted in this year’s election. One of them—just one!—cast a ballot from Antarctica. I found him. And I found out how he did it. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/one-person...
One person in Antarctica voted in North Carolina's election. We found him.
How did a former truck driver from the Asheville area end up on the bottom of the world? And how hard is it to cast a ballot from a remote, frozen outpost that's 9,000 miles away?
ncrabbithole.com
There is something deeply wrong with allowing a sociopath from South Africa to kill thousands of kids in Africa and Ukraine just because he has a lot of money.
Oh no, sad for them, that's like one data center www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy
The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.
nytimes.com
“By banning abortion, Idaho has become a more dangerous place to give birth.” In the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/m...
When Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. The Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking.
From childbirth to miscarriages, women’s health care in the state has become increasingly dangerous.
nytimes.com
Trump set up a whistleblower hotline to catch fraud, and America immediately understood the assignment: flooding it with reports on Trump, his family, and his entire cabinet. Huge shoutout to everyone doing their patriotic duty by reporting the actual criminals! 💅🔥
Do you know how bad the abuse has to be for a judge to remove kids from their birth mother? Just saw Amy Acton’s CNN interview about that Ramaswamy ad and , listen, I lived in NC through the Willie Horton ad era. I’m not precious. This is so disgusting that I wish I believed in hell. I really do.
Want to know why the new Congress must impeach Trump? Because he will keep pulling shit like this. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections
Renewed hostilities might not be any more successful than the war’s first phase, and President Trump has repeatedly canceled plans for a return to major combat.
nytimes.com
It won't break Meta, but it will send a signal to everyone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy
The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration's attempted genocide of trans people runs into opposition from an unexpected source. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Denying Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners
The justices, for now, agreed to continue preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing a policy that would prohibit gender-transition medical treatments.
nytimes.com
An apology, yes. But it’s’more than a violation of CBS standards. It’s a violation of journalism standards. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
CBS Correspondent Apologizes, Deletes X Post Thanking El-Sayed Heckler
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they are also hastening the ends of all of these businesses because they don’t know what they’re doing
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 5d agoRight-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.
how long can a car company stay afloat by simply announcing made up products that dont exist, have no real world applications and will never make it to market? buddy, we’re going to find out
