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@warrenb.bsky.social

Digital opinion producer for the San Antonio Express-News. Previously MySA, Community Impact, Dallas Observer, Fort Worth Weekly.

384 Followers  |  267 Following  |  112 Posts  |  Joined: 17.12.2023  |  2.1641

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Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.

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20.11.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

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12.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What has Mayor Jones accomplished in her first 100 days as S.A. mayor? Gina Ortiz JonesΒ has yet to notch a major policy win and has found herself on the losing side of several votes.

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30.09.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Zuckerberg Demonstrates That His AI Smart Glasses Suck And Don’t Work | Defector β€œUm … there we go … uh-oh,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage as he attempted to answer a video call, through a combination of movements between a wristband and a pair of glasses. β€œWell, I … let’...

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25.09.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mario Guevara

Mario Guevara

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvadorβ€”where he fled from 21 years ago.

24.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6370    πŸ” 3746    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 70

saw this post on Insta from my friend Laramie, a queer horror writer (excerpt from SACRAMENT by Clive Barker), then opened bluesky to see Talia’s post, and I am feeling both things so deeply. you are fucking magic. we are magic. we are a hydra. chop off a head, ten grow back. I get queerer every day

16.09.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 687    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.

As ICE hunted for campus activists to deport this spring, they sent administrative subpoenas to Google and Meta about Cornell students Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson. Google complied with the subpoena about Thomas-Johnson's account without notifying him. theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...

16.09.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

15.09.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

10.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7064    πŸ” 3357    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 166
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

Finally reading this, and the headline is a diabolical undersell.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

06.09.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Leavitt confirms the DOJ officials have talked about banning trans people from owning guns

09.09.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 632    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 49
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Appeals court upholds $83 million verdict against Trump for defaming E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $83.3 million jury award against President Donald Trump for defaming magazine writer E. Jean Carroll.

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Federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $83.3 million jury award against Trump for defaming magazine writer E. Jean Carroll.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said the jury award was β€œreasonable” given the evidence presented at trial.

08.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 379    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 16
Whether Musk’s statement falsely or accurately described the way the $1 million recipients were selected will be elucidated through discovery. For now, Plaintiff has plausibly alleged a false representation.

Whether Musk’s statement falsely or accurately described the way the $1 million recipients were selected will be elucidated through discovery. For now, Plaintiff has plausibly alleged a false representation.

Since the case is going forward, the court noted that Musk will soon be subject to discovery regarding AmericaPAC’s activities:

21.08.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

9 months later, and I’m happy to report that Musk’s attempt to dismiss this class-action has failed. Let me give you some updates… 🧡

21.08.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Dog behavior: Nature or nurture? Cathy Rosenthal says bite stats reflect more than breed, cites therapy pit bulls, and shares fireworks desensitization steps to calm pets.

Nature vs. Nurture: What really shapes a dog's behavior? www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/ar...

21.08.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
medieval tapestry painting featuring bloodletting. 2 people. 1 removing blood from the other

medieval tapestry painting featuring bloodletting. 2 people. 1 removing blood from the other

getting my microplastics removed

18.08.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1970    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 8
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People Are Trying to β€˜Deprogram’ Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs Divisive politics have led people to go β€œno contact” with their MAGA parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.

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19.08.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

during the Wendy Davis protests i entered the capitol building with several female friends. i told the guards i was carrying a concealed firearm and showed them my license. they waved me through without a search.

my friends had their purses checked and their tampons confiscated.

19.08.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2554    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 14
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Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet Age verification isn't just for adult websites.

Censorship of porn is just the test run. Age verification is going to kill the open web mashable.com/article/age-...

18.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 550    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 12
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TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers "If your girl says she’s just out with friends every night, you’d better slap one of these on her car."

www.404media.co/tiktok-shop-...

18.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

13.08.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9652    πŸ” 4379    πŸ’¬ 409    πŸ“Œ 327
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Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist progressives in next year’s elections.

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13.08.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dumping Google’s enshittified search for Kagi Enough is enough: I’ve jettisoned Google in favor of a search engine that doesn’t treat me like a product.

This has been one of my favorite tech finds of the year
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

06.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rebuilding Faces, Lives and a Sense of Self in Ukraine

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...

06.08.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œlook i don’t care what it’s about just give me 300 words”

05.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2110    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 13
You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful 

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why?

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers never misses

02.01.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 25072    πŸ” 8319    πŸ’¬ 199    πŸ“Œ 370
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Where to get the 10 best mangonadas in San Antonio Nothing cools off South Texas like the sweet, sour, saltyΒ and spicy refreshment of a frosty mangonada. Here are our favorites in San Antonio.

I have a mighty need
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23.07.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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