Matt Abrams

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

watch @celinegounder.com 's fantastic and inspiring HSPH commencement speech here (1:12:24):

youtu.be/RtyLHjoQGUY?...

some great bits captured in @kakape.bsky.social 's thread below too

Responding to the mass cancellation of NSF grants, Fazio (@lkfazio.bsky.social), a researcher who studies misinformation: “What can US researchers do in this situation? One thing is clear: do not surrender to political pressure or abandon crucial research questions.”

Welp. 2 California NWS offices--covering entire Sacramento/ San Joaquin Valley region & adjacent foothills/mountains--are no longer operating 24/7 due to extreme understaffing & expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS. This is a very big problem! #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater www.washingtonpost.c...

Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

Spread by Matt Abrams: AI Is Not Your Friend The Atlantic

Hop on Spread...they have a partnership with @theatlantic.com where articles are un-paywalled - it's AWESOME! joinspread.com/post/3ddd8b6... @sturogers.bsky.social

Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.

Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!

VANCE: We'll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, they'll have to go home, otherwise they'll have to talk to Secretary Noem

AUDIENCE: 🦗😳🦗😳

Cambridge Disinformation Summit University of Cambridge (UK) Disinformation Summit Purpose: To facilitate interdisciplinary research and policy that: • Advances understanding of how disinformation is deployed to exploit vulnerabl...

Most of the recordings from the 2025 University of Cambridge Disinformation Summit have been posted on the YouTube page.

www.youtube.com/@cambridgedi...

10-year China Hat homeless resident asks people to show compassion as evictions begin Evictions of homeless residents in the China Hat area began Thursday as the area was closed for a wildfire risk mitigation project. Chris Daggett, who lived in the area for

www.centraloregondaily.com/news/local/1... @codaily.bsky.social

A third of Americans surveyed believe at least one false claim spread by Russian media outlets. Why is this a serious problem & why does it underscore the urgent need for news literacy? #NewsLiteracy ... TikTok video by News Literacy Project

A third of Americans surveyed believe at least one false claim spread by Russian media outlets. Why is this a serious problem, & why does it underscore the urgent need for news literacy?

Video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjBbL7BV/

#Disinformation #NewsLiteracy

Remarkable exchange, such good work by interview.

This exchange is so very telling.

Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:

"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"

Groups Trump has targeted the most, as of now.

Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, the president has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. One judge called his actions "a shocking abuse of power."

100 days, more than 100 targets for retribution.

www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

Trump defends tariffs, says Americans ‘signed up’ for this in tense ABC interview President brushes aside slumping approval ratings as he marks 100 days of his second term with campaign-style rally

"In a particularly dark moment, a propaganda-style video of deportees being taken into an El Salvador mega prison and having their heads shaved before being locked up, drew chants of 'USA! USA!' from the crowd."

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

29 April 1913 | A Polish man, Ryszard Klimek, was born in Krakow. A university student.

In #Auschwitz from 24 April 1942.
No. 32520
Shot in the camp on 27 May 1942.

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

Hey Paul Weiss associates—meet your new pro bono clients. It’s ok, the Skadden associates are getting the coal companies.

Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans When Trump officials want to censor speech, they don’t quite say “we want to censor speech” (after all, they pretend to be the party that “brought free speech back.”) Instead, the…

"Even if Wikipedia’s content was biased (it isn’t), even if every editor was actively trying to push an anti-Israel narrative (they aren’t), that would still be protected by the First Amendment."

www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/g...

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

YouTube video by Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Semafor's Ben Smith On His Piece About Silicon Valley's Group Chats

I spoke with @semaforben.bsky.social about his big @semafor.com piece on Silicon Valley's group chats for the Techmeme Ride Home podcast today. Episode dropping around noon eastern. youtu.be/Stn7MnUlZQE

Fascinating @semaforben.bsky.social piece on the Silicon Valley-led group chats that have shaped a lot of tech and political discourse over the past few years - and continue to. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

How a Single Line Of Code Could Brick Your iPhone | Rambo Codes Gui Rambo writes about his coding and reverse engineering adventures.

Just posted to my blog for the first time in a little over 2 years 😅 rambo.codes/posts/2025-0...

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy

Bellingcat CEO excellent recent presentation at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025

youtu.be/D-FVjonlGOY?...

UCSF psychiatrist Dr @psychunseen.bsky.social has a new book out.

We hosted him in our webinar series about why people develop conspiratorial beliefs.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_v...

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit How some disinformation campaigns attempt to undermine democracy

How some disinformation campaigns attempt to undermine trust in democratic institutions.

youtu.be/yEjtLikxQGs?...

“Some artifacts and exhibits are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. It comes a month after Trump’s executive order to remove ‘improper ideology’ from Smithsonian museums.” www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...