“This is a classic bait-and-switch. Your town was pitched a tool to catch stolen cars and find missing kids,” Tom Bowman. “It's like being sold a smoke detector and only later finding out it's been recording every conversation in your house.” www.404media.co/how-cops-use...

Danube Institute ain’t gonna fund itself post-Orban

"Perez continues to serve as one of Trump's teleprompter operators -- a role he has served since Trump's first presidential campaign. ... At some point during the investigation, the sources said the CFTC alerted federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who declined to open a criminal investigation."

Happy birthday to Ida B. Wells, "Princess of the Press"! via @mlk50.com: mlk50.com/2026/07/16/i...

Have ideas for things to crowdsource? records-census-demo.fly.dev/-/apps/01kxk...

Have ideas for things to crowdsource? records-census-demo.fly.dev/-/apps/01kxk...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS FOR THE COMMODORE 64 (Source.)

The (initial) results are in: most of the publicly available comments on OMB's proposal to overhaul federal grantmaking are negative 95% of the 50k available comments were opposed, just 1% were in support Political control, peer review, and terminations were most common topics mentioned

you can also find a link to the github with details of how we did our analysis, and take a look at the data yourself:

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I have seen a lot of unhinged PR posts up there, but this is pretty close to the top*. I have found that AI "assistance" is making a lot of pitches oddly (and generically) specific and then very forced segues. * Excluding anything involving extraterrestrials or the divine/supernatural.

Oldie but goodie from GovernmentAttic: NSA security posters from 50s, 60s and some 70s www.governmentattic.org/28docs/NSAse...

A few very exciting jobs with The Guardian FIRST! We are looking for a graphics editor to manage our team of visual journalists workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...

Breaking: A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an immigration policy targeting noncitizen researchers, advocates, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers based on their work. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...

For people who missed it at the time: We obtained and published Lindsey Graham’s Georgia grand jury testimony earlier this year. Read the transcript: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Also throwback to one of my first pieces for @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lind...

Public domain Ansel Adams, via National Archives: www.archives.gov/research/ans...

Exciting news: We were recognized in the first-ever ZinePrizes, sponsored by @spj-posts.bsky.social and @microcosm.bsky.social! Come out to an in-person event to snag a copy 👀

BREAKING A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This #MemeMonday we've got our own banner to share: public access to public data is a public good. In the DRP, we're just making sure that the people who paid for the data can continue to access it. 💪💾🛟⚓

IRE stands in solidarity with the New York Times and its reporting team. We call on the Trump Administration to withdraw the subpoenas issued by the Dept of Justice. https://bit.ly/4fhsbX3

🚨FOIA ARCHIVE VICTORY 🚨 After near a decade & 100s of hours of work... ...I've largely reconstituted digital DOE/NNSA FOIA archive from 2017 🚨INCLUDING SCANS 0F OTW MISSING/CORRUPTED PDFS!🚨 FREE POST! #NukeSky #FOIASky 1/e Enable my work: patreon.com/nuclearanthro paypal.me/nuclearanthro

Feel free to ping me & I'll try to respond in a timely manner, though might have to be brief because we need more hands on deck! If you're interested, apply! If you're not interested, please share with someone who'd be awesome.

You'll work with an awesome crew of MuckRockers based around the USA, bringing together mix of skills in journalism, OSINT research, software development, customer support, UX/UI, FOIA (of course!). Fully remote, full benefits, working on projects that reach millions of people.

We've got a couple upcoming roles we're hiring for, including engagement (newsletter, social + community building) and background/research (for Sunlight Research Desk). Engagement role is up here now, research coming soon www.muckrock.com/jobs/communi...

Important statement from the New York Times

More denunciations of the Justice Dept sending agents to the home of reporters ===>

another insightful post from chris rufo, good faith participant in the discourse

Running low on my go-to notepad, and realizing I'm now part of a sad club of Muji mourners. Gone but not forgotten, Muji Passport Memo Notepad. 🪦💐

We've got a couple upcoming roles we're hiring for, including engagement (newsletter, social + community building) and background/research (for Sunlight Research Desk). Engagement role is up here now, research coming soon www.muckrock.com/jobs/communi...

Excellent graphic work and staggering numbers to see.

You know that routine plan disclosure you get from your 401(k) or 403(b)? We need to see it. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/... Breaking my long social media hiatus to ask you to please do this! Please share our ask widely! For this to work the way we hope, thousands of people must participate.

From muck comes beauty.

Anyone who works on issue-policy work up for chatting for a few minutes about you think about planning for the progress you want to make? Trying to think through something.

When you’re eating at the FOIA deli

We are so very grateful for this honor! Thank you to our supporters and everyone who voted. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated -- we feel very privileged to be counted among your incredible work.

This year, FOIA turned 60 and MuckRock turned 16. Transparency hasn't gotten any easier in the last decade, but we've managed to find an amazing community of requesters working to broaden access. You can help support that work by donating to our summer appeal this week! www.muckrock.com/donate/

Come work with me! MuckRock is hiring a Community Engagement Manager, overseeing newsletter, community, social — all the ways we help transparency connect with the public. www.muckrock.com/jobs/communi...

ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics. Great reporting by @regret.bsky.social on how watchdog resources are now turning on people who ... post links to news articles www.wired.com/story/ices-i...

US labor force participation hits lowest rate in 50 years, excluding pandemic. paulkedrosky.com/ai-immigrati...

My fav is the way Star Trek treats Padds. Like, what are you even doing here, JL?

Just in time for FOIA's anniversary, @muckrock.com's mid-year campaign is kicking off. If you can chip in, you'll help us help get documents out of filing cabinets and into the public's hands: bsky.app/profile/muck...

It's the day before a long holiday weekend, which means it's a great time for the government to post its summary of how #FOIA did in FY2025! Let's dig in (1/x) 🧵

Introducing @mu.social's Trusted Verifier Program hello.mu.social/verification/

BIG WIN. Today the IL Court of Appeals ruled in our favor making it easier for requesters to be awarded civil penalties in #FOIA cases. We've been fighting this case for *years* and got the decision today. Thank you to @loevy.com & Shelly for fighting for the public's right to information. 1/

I bet some people developed really great can opening party tricks during this period. Must have been a sense of flare and drama we've lost.

TIL there's a showroom in Chicago where you can apparently try a $400,000 mattress. Added that to the list of things to do next time I'm in town. www.theluxurybedcollection.com/product/hast...

The possibility that Swords Against might be meta-fiction had not occurred to me until just now (and still seems likely). Either way, just amazing, unique artistic statement. hollandspiele.com/products/swo...

Groups & lawyers: I'd appreciate it if you coordinate with me: [email protected]. Press: feel free to reach out by email or DM here. I'm happy to explain anything in our filings on the record, and provide more info on background. Signal @saizai.05 signal.me#eu/8zZWJhBMd... if sensitive. 15/15

Dear everyone who cares about USPS handling of election mail or its Proposed Rule to refuse to deliver mail to/from anyone not on its list: I filed a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission, prc.arkcase.com/portal/filin..., in 2 parts. If you care, please SHARE & PARTICIPATE. Info below. 1/15

I put hours & hours into this #blog, combing through newspaper archives for cool fun images of what newspaper illustrators thought of computer crime in the 1970s. If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of #hacker illustration tropes here it is. #hacking #history realhackhistory.org/2026/06/28/7...