Stephanie Surach
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Librarian in higher ed. Concerned citizen. Milwaukee now. Jersey City always.
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Senator Chris Larson
4 days ago
At least 30 people have died in ICE custody in less than a year under the current administration. With the massive increase in detainments, conditions inside ICE detention facilities will only get worse, leading to even more deaths.
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PBS Wisconsin
10 days ago
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's trial on federal charge began with prosecutors seeking to make the case that she knew what was at stake when she directed an immigrant to a courtroom's private door while immigrations agents were in the courthouse, reports
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Dugan trial begins with prosecutors making their case against the Milwaukee judge
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors played audio recordings on Dec. 15 as they tried to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake earlier in 2025 when she ...
https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/dugan-trial-begins-with-prosecutors-making-their-case-against-the-milwaukee-judge/
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PBS Wisconsin
15 days ago
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱
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professor and Mapping Racism and Resistance director Derek Handley describes the different ways Milwaukee's Black community has been historically targeted when seeking for places to live.
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Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans
Derek Handley on the ways Milwaukee's Black community has been historically targeted.
https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/derek-handley-on-racial-covenants-harming-black-milwaukeeans/
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Kevin Collier
15 days ago
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
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AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-toys-gift-present-safe-kids-robot-child-miko-grok-alilo-miiloo-rcna246956
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GovExec
16 days ago
A group of former federal leaders, many of whom served during the Biden administration, is launching a new organization to improve government operations and services.
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Miriam Posner
22 days ago
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
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Jordan Novet
about 1 month ago
new: people across Wisconsin are increasingly standing up to AI data centers. at the old Foxconn site, citizens are thankful for Microsoft, but they said no to a new Microsoft data center 20 miles away. worries range from a loss of open land to meager tax payments
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Why rural Wisconsin is blocking the AI data center boom: 'Horses are skittish'
Tech giants are increasingly facing community backlash as they select places to build mammoth AI data centers.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/microsoft-ai-data-center-rejection-vs-support.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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Heather Wylie
about 1 month ago
The thing about using AI is that once you learn about how not great it is (for the environment, for artists, for your brain, etc.), you can just stop using it. No shame. Just be done with it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 1 month ago
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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TMJ4 News
about 1 month ago
Former Waukesha County prosecutor and judge Brad Schimel has been appointed as the interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a position he secured in just 2.5 weeks.
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'I'm going to work hard': Brad Schimel takes interim US Attorney role for Eastern District of Wisconsin
Former Waukesha County prosecutor and judge Brad Schimel has been appointed as the interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a position he secured in just 2.5 weeks.
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/im-going-to-work-hard-brad-schimel-takes-interim-us-attorney-role-for-eastern-district-of-wisconsin
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Natasha Bertrand
about 2 months ago
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
about 2 months ago
FACT CHECK: Donald Trump is lying, again.
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derek guy
about 2 months ago
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. đź§µ
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Senator Chris Larson
2 months ago
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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Raider
2 months ago
Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945
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Kashana
2 months ago
It’s 2028. Everyone on the Bucks roster is an Antetokounmpo.
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
3 months ago
Rick Scott was forced to resign as CEO of the hospital company he is referencing here, and pay a then record breaking $1.7 billion fine to settle a Medicare fraud scam. Why would the GOP or cable have him on as a voice for delivery of affordable health care?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
3 months ago
He uses this framing a lot. His boss clearly loves it. It also works for him because, in his own way, he is the minoritized Other in that little power cabal — he isn’t really one of them. He does this to show *his* gratitude which I suspect they demand frequently. But also such a smarmy so and so.
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Tammy Duckworth
3 months ago
If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump: SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346% Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
3 months ago
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AAUP
3 months ago
BREAKING: WE WON!!! đź’Ą đź’Ą đź’Ą Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:
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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69784731/261/american-association-of-university-professors-v-rubio/
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jamelle
3 months ago
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Kelly Smith
3 months ago
I somewhat expected other departments to follow suit as shutdown time draws closer, but I'm not seeing that yet.
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Dave Vanness
3 months ago
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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Warwick History Post-Doc Club
3 months ago
Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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The Onion
3 months ago
Cat Internally Debates Whether Or Not To Rip Head Off Smaller Creature It Just Met
https://theonion.com/cat-internally-debates-whether-or-not-to-rip-head-off-s-1819579289/
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Ken Jennings
3 months ago
LIBRARY HAND!
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Adam Serwer
3 months ago
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back”
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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turkey meatball
3 months ago
Christian Girl Autumn is canceled…it’s time for Fuck Fascists Fall
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Governor JB Pritzker
3 months ago
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Dan Sheehan
3 months ago
Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
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Mark Chadbourn
3 months ago
At least 15 people including journalists and teachers have been fired or suspended for criticising Charlie Kirk online, Reuters reports. Free speech for us, not for you.
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
4 months ago
Today, Senate Republicans refused to have RFK Jr. sworn in under oath to give his testimony. I find it telling that Republicans refuse to take even symbolic steps to show they care about transparency and truth from the man in charge of the agency tasked with America's health.
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Dr Vanessa
4 months ago
If you still have an Academia account, heres how to turn off the gross AI scraping
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Demetre Daskalakis
4 months ago
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters:
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-read-three-top-cdc
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John Skiles Skinner
4 months ago
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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SpryOldLorax
4 months ago
As someone who works in the computer field, I have to repost this because this is 100% accurate. "A.I." isn't doing any reasoning or any searching... all it's doing is making up a response that sounds like it would be a response to what you entered. It's statistically advanced autocomplete.
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Jason Karsh
4 months ago
Extortion of Nobel Prize is Hall of Fame level abuse of office. Every single Democrat should be mocking this clown for being so fragile, so insecure, so weak, and so openly corrupt.
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The Onion
4 months ago
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror
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Phil Lewis
4 months ago
Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was at the Jan. 6 insurrection
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Bridget O’Brien
5 months ago
A lot of people never learned the difference between unsafe and uncomfortable.
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jamelle
5 months ago
it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
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Rolling Stone
5 months ago
America's first family is conducting their grift in full view of the public, but the profits remain a guessing game. Story:
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Alondra Nelson
5 months ago
Vibe policy Vibe evidence Vibe data Vibe economics Vibe "journalism"
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Peter Wade
5 months ago
“It’s cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he’s trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."
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Getty
5 months ago
Fashionable, feminine, and a rebellious source of entertainment. In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive you'll find iconic images of drag ball performers from the 1940s–60s. [🧵1/4]
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