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Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

Elon Musk threatens FBI agents and air traffic controllers with forced resignation if they do not respond to an email (sound familiar?) www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

Fresh cat grass for William the Sad. I’m hoping to bribe him out of hiding.

NEW: Abortion providers brace for violence after Trump limits clinic protections. "It’s signaling to people who oppose abortion that they can take the law into their own hands and there won’t be consequences for that.”

Looking very sane today, sir.

Anti-immigration is a through line from the US far-right to identitarian groups in Europe.

Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report

I went through 7 pounds of dry cat food in 7 days thanks to this very large opossum

here's the guy who made the chainsaw for musk, if you'd like to mock him

In case it’s not explained well in US news, the chainsaw is one of Milei’s bits. Notice how it’s got the snake on the Gadsden flag 🙄 yellow & black because he’s an ancap asshat

I hate this timeline SO MUCH

Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it: techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/r... by @zackwhittaker.bsky.social

There's a lot going on right now, but this story from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social is horrifying. Basically, in contravention of its own policies, Google's ad technology allows clients to identify and target people identified as, say, struggling with opioid addiction or gambling debt.

Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

What if Elon paid his taxes

Big thanks to @fastcompany.com for their follow-up on #TeslaTakedown and how we're just getting started! Find a protest or create your own at Teslatakedown.com

It works! gulfof.mapquest.com

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

This is incredible reporting that must shock the conscience of each and every one of us.

As a demo, I checked @/nullllptr (racist DOGE staffer Marko Elez’s Twitter account) and the @memory.lol index shows his real name, but also two other screen names that I haven’t seen in any reporting.

Our new site is live! Find protests in your area or create your own. Learn about the criminal actions of Musk and Doge. How Musk’s wealth is tied to his stake in Tesla. How Tesla is a massive offender of pollution and bad labor practices. Go to TeslaTakedown.com to get informed and get involved!

What a goddam dumpster fire AI is making up fake case law 🤦🏻‍♀️ www.reuters.com/technology/a...

It’s very funny that Milei is embroiled in a massive scandal over promoting some scam meme coin meanwhile Trump created his own scam meme coin literally named after him and took in several billion based on it and nobody seems to care

What on earth… why does my avatar look like I’m about to chest bump Mark Suckerberg

Things are not developing as I would wish. www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

New from 404 Media: a Musk ally has demanded administrative access to Notify.gov, a system that lets the government text the public. The access would give them large swathes of the publics' personal data too. A worker has resigned in protest rather than give access www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Acting Commissioner Michelle King’s departure as head of Social Security over the weekend — after more than 30 years of service — was initiated after King refused to provide DOGE staffers at the SSA with access to sensitive information. apnews.com/article/soci...

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

Tom Homan can’t find enough illegal immigrants to deport because they fabricated the ‘crisis,’ so now he’s just gonna spend all his time attacking AOC.

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

3 of the outdoor cats appear to have stepped in some kind of goop and it’s been stuck on their legs for 2-3 days 😐