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The @washingtonpost.com has just broken the story about my cancelled art show that was three-plus years in the making and due to open in three weeks. A press statement is being prepared, and further responses will be announced. For those of you who have already expressed support, thank you.

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NEW: Elon Musk is wreaking havoc on US science in Antarctica. Program managers have been purged; workers fear they could be fired while being trapped until October; foreign nations including China already recruiting, poised to take over. This is from @leahfeiger.bsky.social

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Started / going

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Exclusive: BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters reut.rs/43tdVWX

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Unfortunately I can't say that my new story is a reprieve from all the bad news, but it IS at least about some different bad news. Thanks to the fine folks @defector.bsky.social for letting me share my grief about the changing Yukon River.

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Oh, will you look at that... nypost.com/2025/02/12/u...

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Major AI copyright news 🚨 Thomson Reuters has won its lawsuit against Ross Intelligence on summary judgement. News story here: www.wired.com/story/thomso...

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NEW: ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.

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There's wisdom in Super Bowl conspiracy theories if you know where to look: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a horse that solves crimes

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Andrea Long Chu on the moms of the far center: nymag.com/intelligence...

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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

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A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on this week’s job cuts

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I got such strange looks from people for being a Lucy Letby truther. Now look: “In summary, ladies and gentlemen, we did not find any murders." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI. www.404media.co/ai-generated...

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ok, good…

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commitment to the bit 👇

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"All around, in these first hectic weeks of the second Trump era, people and institutions are angling to accommodate themselves to the changing times." - defector.com/look-for-the...

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"They attacked us also in the most vile ways of violating our basic rights of access to education, housing, health care as ways to try to repress us into silence." www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-s...

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NEW, the abbreviated (and punched up) @RollingStone version of my story today about Elon Musk's efforts to take control of the Treasury's payment system. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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New York Times picking up the story @hellgatenyc.com broke last night: NYU Langone has stopped treating new transgender patients under the age of 19 after Trump's executive orders this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/n...

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Monkey pee monkey do

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An EXTREMELY common rich person belief is "publishing a negative story about me is illegal." The law says they are wrong but considering the state of things right now don't be surprised if that starts to change.

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School leaders across the country are working to reassure immigrant families that it is safe to send their children to school amid growing fears that the Trump administration will target undocumented immigrants on school grounds.

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NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

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About 75% of immigrant farm workers did not show up for work this week in Bakersfield, California, as the threat of Trump’s immigration raids looms.

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NEW: internal Google documents show the company rushed to provide AI tools to Israel's ministry of defense in the weeks after Oct. 7. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Even as Mayor Eric Adams has ducked questions about Trump’s proposed mass deportations, agency employees have been told to block non-local law enforcement from city facilities.

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Hundreds of subreddits are considering banning all links to Twitter/X in a pretty powerful display of collective action: www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

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Here’s the v strange tale of how a splashy ad campaign for LA fire relief on Times Square billboards and taxis is promoting donations to the private company of an LA dj and entrepreneur staying at the Ritz Carlton in Hawaii www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/16/l...

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A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza www.propublica.org/article/bide...

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Part of me finds this incredibly bleak. Part of me thinks people are always going to find ways to use new tech to be horny, so what www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/t...

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A tale of two Gooners: defector.com/a-tale-of-tw...

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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

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Wondering about the American teen making Djokovic look old in the first round of the Australian Open? So was I… @the2ndserve.bsky.social @girinathan.bsky.social have it covered www.thesecondserve.com/baby-djoker/

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Evincing a certain understanding of what is/isn't political media in 2025, the NYT holds up Breitbart and The Daily Wire as examples of the "right" blaming DEI+Dem leadership, while MSNBC and Salon are "left" outlets criticizing Trump's response+blaming climate change www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...

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AI might be useful in detecting wildfires. but we'll never find out, because before then, the whole world will burn for people's right to generate an image of gavin newsom in a little greek toga www.404media.co/hollywood-si...

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The president-elect is attacking California's Democratic governor for fire hydrants running dry during the fires but the reason is that the water is being used. For all the fires www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship 🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

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