“I kept comparing it to a natural disaster. But it wasn’t natural. Just a stampede of wide-eyed, confused government employees moving files around and looking over their shoulders because they think maybe Elon was creeping behind them with a chain saw.” www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing xtramagazine.com/video/anti-t...

I’ve met with thousands of workers across the country - not one of them has said that the government should be ripping away people’s health care. But the Trump administration wants to use AI to deny Medicare patients the treatment they need.

“Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed,” said Chad Becker, a former GSA real estate official. “They didn’t have the people they needed to carry out basic functions.” — Incredible waste and incompetence

⚠️NEW REPORT⚠️ Excessive force complaints against the NYPD have surged in past three years to highest since 2013—a dramatic increase during Mayor Adams's tenure.

Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center. www.wired.com/story/louisi...

The Trump administration has released a proposal to replace the current H-1B visa lottery with a weighted selection process favoring higher wages and skill levels. #H1B #visas #immigration #tech

State taps Oracle for $218M overhaul of mental health records system archive.ph/kbnlk

🚨 HUD whistleblowers and federal unionists reveal Trump’s appointees have gutted civil rights protections in housing. Here’s what you need to know: 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Late to notice it, but this is a wild story from @hellgatenyc.com hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-appoint...

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Cuomo *still* cannot pronounce Mamdani's name right

Blown away to see this morning that this article was cited by state lawmakers! www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

People keep talking about tech firms in relation to the H1-B $100k fee but it’s gonna really sink universities.

Unions are articulating a vision for how AI & other digital technologies should be developed and used in the workplace. We analyzed 17 of these documents by 15 organizations and identified key values being put forward. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...

NEW: Staff Say Charter Schools Are Forcing Advocacy Ahead of Mayoral Election medium.com/labor-new-yo... My first solo story is finally out!

Times Square casino permit rejected by state board — x.com/nick_garber/...

folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

The major airlines are selling your data to the government. A data broker owned by the country’s biggest airlines, including American, United, and Delta, is selling access to five billion records to the feds for warrantless search and monitoring of your movements. www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

We asked major AI chatbots to help craft a phishing scam. They did. From fake charities to urgent pleas, the bots delivered. This investigation shows how generative AI is fueling fraud — and why it’s so hard to stop. Read our findings here: reut.rs/3K400yU

"Some will say Zohran Mamdani and I are unlikely allies: a mom governor from Buffalo and a 33-year-old assemblyman from Queens." Who are these people, Kathy

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Just looking in the direction of a grocery store costs $20 now

Spending on data center construction in the US has hit a record high of $40 billion a year, and increase of 30% from last year. www.businessinsider.com/us-data-cent...

Health insurance costs in the U.S. are on track for the biggest increase in at least five years. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Workers are given surgical masks and KN-95s, “but the tan seeps right through those so you’re still breathing it,” one worker told @nataschaelena.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

Founded in 2019, the Data Center Coalition is an industry association that is growing alongside the boom in data center construction, advocating for the industry’s interests across the US at multiple levels of government. But those who seek to counter industry messages are organizing, too.

NEW: We’ve spent the past 4 months investigating a detention center on the tarmac of a rural airport in Alexandria - a legal “black hole” & Trump’s deportation hub We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:

New at Media Nation: Mapping LGBTQ media; plus, news behind bars, going mobile and some well-deserved recognition. dankennedy.net/2025/09/12/m...

i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again tell me what u are doing be proud of what u do and share it here

Launched in 2012, the NY Attorney General’s conviction review bureau was billed as a landmark effort to combat wrongful convictions. A NY Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social investigation has found the unit functions more like a mail-forwarding service than a vehicle for justice reform.

NEW: A report published by the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social finds that US investors are increasingly funding companies that make commercial spyware, a technology linked to human rights abuses in countries around the world. @vaspanagiotopoulos.com reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/us-spy...

Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack

BREAKING US federal judge temporarily blocks US President Donald Trump’s move to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as she challenges her ouster from the central bank

Largest NPM supply chain attack in history. Attackers compromised 18 core JavaScript packages with 2+ billion weekly downloads after phishing a maintainer. Malware targets crypto wallets & steals credentials. Millions of developers affected worldwide www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-deb...

“The AAUP is explicitly pushing for wall-to-wall unionization, or union efforts to organize all workers on campus without distinction between tenured faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, & hourly workers.”

NEW: I discovered that X's new end-to-end encrypted chat feature does not remove sensitive metadata from images, which could lead to the unintended exposure of information such as GPS coordinates. san.com/cc/not-so-se...

Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests. Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out. email: [email protected] Signal: @nicolefoy.27

Tesla's board has proposed a $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history, underscoring the hold Musk has over the carmaker as it attempts to transform into an AI and robotics powerhouse.

TIL that Moms for America, Moms for Liberty, and Parents Defending Education have signed the White House's pledge to America's youth to invest in AI education, which further clarifies how this AI education initiative is a political project and whose vision of education is being prioritized.

BREAKING: 11th Cir panel votes, 2-1, to allow Trump & Florida officials to keep open the Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail. Majority: Lagoa (Trump)/Branch (Trump). Dissent: Jordan (Obama). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Massive data centers are proliferating around the world — driven by the explosive increase in AI usage — but the extensive real-world cooling needs for these gigantic server farms is often hard to track & measure. Today, @gijn.org shares some researchers' tips for investigating Big Tech's thirst.

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions 2025 is out! The report documents how citizenship status and sector of employment help shape unionization rates among immigrants. Read the full report here: bit.ly/CUNYSLUstateofunions

Video in question (sound on) I'm begging Cuomo to stop being cringey x.com/andrewcuomo/...

Andrew Cuomo stop getting ratio'd challenge (also just noticed the man doesn't even have a bluesky? what gives)

"It means that one of the most powerful stealth cyber-weapons ever created – which was produced outside the US – is now in the hands of an agency that has repeatedly been accused by civil and human rights groups of violating people’s due process rights" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...