Susie Neilson

OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.

An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Illinois sues State Farm and its California subsidiary over refusal to share home insurance data The lawsuit accuses State Farm and its subsidiaries of violating the law by refusing to turn over data about insurance premiums and non-renewal rates in every ZIP code in the U.S.

The lawsuit accuses State Farm and its subsidiaries of violating the law by refusing to turn over data about insurance premiums and non-renewal rates in every ZIP code in the U.S.

Newsom signs law barring deals to bury police misconduct, after Chronicle investigation Assembly Bill 1388 prohibits agencies like police and sheriff’s departments from issuing so-called clean-record agreements and requires that all previous deals be publicly disclosed.

Assembly Bill 1388 prohibits agencies like police and sheriff’s departments from issuing so-called clean-record agreements and requires that all previous deals be publicly disclosed.

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.

Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex.

65. Sheriff - Sergeant and two Deputy Sheriffs - Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Re-Certification - Reno, Nevada, 11/17/25 - 11/20/25 ($1,595 each) Attachment 65 66. Sheriff - Deputy Sheriff - Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Re-Certification - Reno, Nevada, 11/17/25 - 11/20/25 ($1,595) Attachment 66

Why is Alameda Co. Sheriff still spending taxpayer money to send people to be trained in the junk science of computer voice stress analysis? Were there no spots left in the phrenology or visual hair comparison classes?

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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

S.F. man who captained a Gaza aid vessel is now being held in an Israeli prison A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian...

A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian aid.

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

THX PETER!!!

Public-health focused investigations take top awards in the 19th annual Barlett and Steele Awards | The Reynolds Center Promoting the importance of business journalism among journalism students, giving journalists tools to improve their business coverage, and helping

Congrats to my former student @susien.bsky.social for investigating how a flawed estimation tool leads to victims of California wildfires being under-insured businessjournalism.org/2025/09/2025...

"There's no other case like this right now. Mario is the only journalist in the United States jailed for his reporting." - @attorneynora.bsky.social with @kadiatubman.bsky.social of @scrippsnews.bsky.social

An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.

You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?

SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.

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Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers are trapped in a digital cage by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus. Most of this technology came from Silicon Valley companies that have long claimed to support freedom. apnews.com/article/chin... via @apnews.com

NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate Clinical teams across the country are forming a five-year, $37 million consortium to research stillbirth, a long-neglected public health concern. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was...

This is EXTRAORDINARY impact, driven by the Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalism of @deldeib.bsky.social. At a time when so much is being dismantled, it is incredible to see something like this launching to improve health outcomes for moms and babies: www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪

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I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different.

Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.

‘Erin Brockovich’ made this cancer-causing compound famous. Now it’s been found in L.A. fire debris Hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen made famous by the film “Erin Brockovich,” is being found in the air near L.A. wildfire debris sites, researchers say.

New from me and @meganmunce.bsky.social - Hexavalent chromium, a compound made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich," has been found in the air around LA wildfire cleanup sites. For @sfchronicle.com tinyurl.com/3k5ap2te

Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs After firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.

Scoop by @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @saradinatale.bsky.social

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Federal regulatory gaps and enforcement lapses allow mine operators to expose their workers to dangerously high levels of coal dust. Read the latest from @michaeldsallah.bsky.social, @wereschagin.bsky.social, and me.

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Public Documents to Report on Elusive Stories - The Open Notebook People, companies, and government agencies don’t always return your phone calls. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of documents that are out in the open. Lawsuits, Ins...

I got to pick the brains of some of the sharpest investigative science/health/enviro journalists around and learned a ton. Thanks @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @naveenasadasivam.bsky.social @primateyell.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @susien.bsky.social!

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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
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