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404 Media reports on the license plate reader company building a massive surveillance network that could help police more easily track people without a warrant or court order. www.404media.co/lice...

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Questions around the right of Kentucky students to sue for a better public education system were heard in Franklin Circuit Court Tuesday. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/05/13/k...

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Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015. By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com

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California lawmakers passed legislation to limit probation against kids in 2022, but Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the reform. Advocates are trying again this year.

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If you are at all interested in WKU history, you will want to read this. wkuherald.com/84638/news/f...

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"If recognition from the employer is off the table, we have to be able to build power through collective action instead. The reality is: There’s still so much workers can do!" Republished from @organizeworkers.bsky.social blog: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

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NEW: Columbia University has agreed to a $750M settlement with nearly 600 patients of Robert Hadden, a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school. A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.

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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” Via @grist.org grist.org/biking/one-m...

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Two years after Arizona officials uncovered a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recouped just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud. With @propublica.org.

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NEWS: Reeling from Trump/DOGE cuts and chaos, energy data agency cancels major international report, deletes analytical centerpiece of its flagship U.S. energy outlook. www.propublica.org/article/the-...

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Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy. In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings. grist.org/science/brea... #Science #Climate #Communication #Psychology #Greensky

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NEW: The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil. By @peterelkind.bsky.social

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"Look, if we prevent farmers from killing themselves, then we'll have to prevent everyone from killing themselves. Is that what we really want to do as a society?"

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New reports highlighted by the Kentucky Education Association show that pay for public school teachers in the state fell in national rankings again this year. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...

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For no particular reason, let's look at how much money EA execs made recently aftermath.site/electronic-a...

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One product that got a tariff exemption is PET resin, used for plastic bottles. Reyes Holdings, a Coca-Cola bottler owned by two politically connected brothers, recently hired lobbyists with close ties to the Trump White House to advocate on tariffs. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

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Even the U.S. Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water 🔗 www.404media.co/even-the-u-s...

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Texas law requires that sheriffs order an outside investigation when someone dies in custody. Bolts learned this is not happening in one of Texas' biggest counties—and the state agency in charge of oversight says it's powerless to make officials comply. boltsmag.org/texas-j...

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NEW: A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show.

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New: A former senior Treasury official told @propublica.org the probe could lead to a criminal investigation if reviewers find evidence of lawbreaking. But That same official said it’s possible those leading the review could face political repercussions.

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NEW: Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim. With @oregonian.com

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Major stakeholders are in the dark about why certain products face tariffs and others don’t. Trump administration officials have given conflicting messages about the tariffs or have declined to answer questions at all. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

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You're a special kind of fucked up if you are pro-rape in any circumstance.

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The possible elimination of the lab threatens irreparable harm not only to global understanding of climate change and long-range scenarios for the planet but to the country’s safety, competitiveness and national security. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for: • Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids; • Responding to reports of missing children; • Preventing youth violence New, @propublica.org

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As you see people acting like ICE agents and targeting Latinos, I remind you that ICE and HSI have been willingly training civilians to do violent ICE raids. If you wonder where this was normalized, read my report from last year at @unicornriot.bsky.social. unicornriot.ninja/2024/ice-is-...

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Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim. We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts

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American citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE. And it's gonna keep happening. During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly deported. From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...

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The goal is not removing one person from the country without cause or due process. The goal is creating a SYSTEM whereby anyone can be removed from the country without cause or due process. This is their test case and they know they'll probably only get one.

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People get mad at me on Bluesky for pointing this out, but we don’t have evidence that the decline of the land carbon sink in 2023 was a “tipping point” (vs a year with huge Canadian wildfires and El Niño effects). As the article below points out, the land sink has actually grown for decades. 1/

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The CDC eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries AND the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases. The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions. If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?

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Ask yourself: how many generations back do I need to go to prove my citizenship? Do I need to check that my great-great-grandparents were "authorized" to be here to prove that I am entitled to the privileges and rights of citizenship? What if I can't verify this? Is it up to the government?

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“In looking at it, and feeling it, and holding it up to the light, the court can clearly see the watermark to show that this is indeed an authentic document." floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u...

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The Philosophy of Science Association extends its heartfelt congratulations to Philip Kitcher on receiving the 2025 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities: www.frontiersofknowl...

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HOLY SHIT. You need to read this in its entirety. Way too much to even begin to summarize but it's really, REALLY bad. It's just one agency, NLRB, but it's likely happening at others. We are under attack, seemingly from the inside. What's happening here should put folks in prison

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When Rep. Adriano Espaillat began to see reports of Puerto Ricans and other citizens being questioned and arrested by ICE agents, he demanded answers from the Trump administration. That was more than 10 weeks ago. He has not received a response. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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Bill Goodman @kyhumanities.bsky.social We want to be part of rebuilding communities ravaged by flooding, but we can’t because DOGE has terminated Kentucky Humanities’ operating grant and any emergency funding sources that previously allowed us to provide aid. kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/11/t...

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Susana Monsó talks about animal concept of death on the Big Brains podcast. www.youtube.com/shorts/baVga...

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NEW: EPA is planning to eliminate requirements to report greenhouse gas emissions for thousands of facilities. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill” @maibached.bsky.social told me www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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As the author of a history of concentration camps, I would like to emphasize that this is a very bad idea, and we should definitely not do it.

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I'm carving out a new beat here @propublica.org - CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER TRUMP. It's a big and important beat and one I'm thrilled ProPublica has committed to. Here's my first of many stories to come. Advocates, lawyers, teachers and fed workers. Send me your tips! [email protected]

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Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true? BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime? BONDI: leaves

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‘An overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing force’: what it’s like working for a company that’s forcing AI on its developers aftermath.site/ai-video-game-...

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