Based on the NTSB preliminary report on N249CP, the evidence is fairly strong: this medevac plane probably wouldn't have crashed, and its 4 crew would still be alive, if the military hadn't been jamming GPS that night.

The writing of today's article about the protest took a wild turn when I discovered that the road the ICE detention center would be on was named after a slave-holding family from Missouri. Check it out ⤵️

bookmark @molly.wiki 's new site tracking AI and crypto industry spending on political races influence.citationneeded.news - can dig in and see what is happening in your area. Voters are mostly unaware...

This was such a good thread and you should read all of it.

You would think that trying to stop the wholesale destruction of American biomedical research would count as a "productive" part of "advancing diabetes science"

Elevating incompetent or unqualified people is a means of buying loyalty. The person hired is compelled to support those who hired them no matter what, since normally they'd wouldn't be hired.

Don’t run out of time to make your voice heard. Tomorrow's June 2nd Primary Election is almost here and California voting centers are open today. Find your closest voting center or ballot drop-off location: caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov

🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account. A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.

... but I will be forever grateful to him for the catharsis that I, with most Hungarians, felt last night. What he did belongs in the history books. But how did he do it? There will be a lot written about it, and the factors that made it possible. This thread is only about political mobilization.

Amazing. Not even close to a new problem. I worked on shock control for this application two freaking decades ago. 🙄

Spending some mental break time looking at Artemis II images. ❤️ them all www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

"I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization.....

Another sign for my poster board collection! #NoKings

Go to nokings.org and find an event near you today. There’s one near you. Stop by, bring a friend, make friends! IPA+ and itsblueturn.com are hosting the Palo Alto Street Fest with music, laughter, and resolve. Come join us if you can!

This is a really good article about more than just AI. I'd say it's about the costs of optimization, and that those are often paid by someone other than who benefits. Anyway, read it. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

This Saturday, 3/28 - No Kings! Tons of events at www.nokings.org Find one near you and join us!

Does it surprise anyone that body cam footage caught an agent using ChatGPT to compile an incident report?

Worth a read - reminder that promises are easier to make than progress curecancer.ai?utm_source=s...

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Bushra should have dropped out of this race. Now she's being used by a AIPAC to try to get Fine or Biss elected. Hope this was worth it for her to come in 4th place in the primary or whatever.

Today’s the day! Support MIT and D-Lab!!

Soon, an oil-bro heavy on shorts will show you a screendump or even recordings from your favorite AIS-service stating that Hormuz strait is open. These are the ships "transiting" right now. Ask you local sailor if shipping looks like that. Repeat after me: real data or it did not happen.

Join me in supporting MIT's D-Lab on March 12! MIT D-Lab is where students connect their technical strengths with real world needs identified by communities. Your gift helps move ideas from classroom concepts to field tested solutions for impoverished communities around the world.

An LLM does not need to pull a trigger or automate a missile to serve the cause of war. It can work to make obscene violence feel justified and rational — to give you the illusion that you have “thought the matter through.” 🧵

School hit by US likely because of outdated information used in targeting. Fault of AI or fault of humans? Can kill a lot more people with the help of AI - AI is good at higher throughput, how wonderful (not) www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

Good statement of two appropriate red-lines. I’m glad to find that some of my views are shared and articulated here by Anthropic head, Amodei www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Taps mic: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

I've referred to METR's graphs often but wasn't aware of some of the issues, particularly with the human baselines arachnemag.substack.com/p/the-metr-g...

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

This is a powerful piece and I learned something about measles from it. Not auto-biographical, don’t assume it is, but worth reading. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

🚨🚨🚨Video captures a DHS employee break the window at the Eugene Oregon Fed Building. They declared a riot and tear gassed everyone over it.

Good essay and insight - congruent with the use of “solved” to talk about issues faced. I’m trying to cultivate the perspective that: We don’t get to finish things, or even know when they are over and done. Every situation can change. We can only carry on our part as best we can.

Response from @ctbto.bsky.social today: www.ctbto.org/resources/fo...

Texas, 9th State Senate A flip in a Trump district 🌊🌊🌊

it’s amazing how there actually was a secret cartoonishly evil puppet master pedophile in American politics and also every single Republican who claimed to be desperate to Find that Exact Guy is having their total failure rubbed in their face in a series of public humiliations

THIS is the last straw!!!

this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane

Recording of KPCR radio program yesterday with Jackie Dilworth and @loromimi.bsky.social talking about ICE in MN and the murder of Alex Pretti. Two callers reporting from MN and also reports from San Diego and Portland. Good segment! rss.com/podcasts/kpc...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

The video of the latest apparent ICE killing shows them repeatedly shooting someone after they had already been beaten and were being held down by multiple agents.

Video is interesting to watch - also, clergy comments at the end speak to the value of their trip and personal witness

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

A new book from Phaidon is the purr-fect celebration of cats in art, photography, and illustration across centuries 🐱 www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/cats...

It's all in the AP story but @wisconsineye.bsky.social needs to raise money so that the state will unlock matching funds. Here is the Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/help-wisco...

From Minneapolis to the Bay Area, ICE terrorizes. Our fast will be in solidarity with all suffering ICE All are invited to participate in two gatherings in SF: • Jan 22 - 12 pm: Prayer: SF City Hall Steps @ Polk St. • Jan 23 - 12 pm: Rally at SF ICE Bldg (630 Sansome St) buff.ly/hT4ZOSP

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.