Jed Miller

When this dark time is retold, headline writers will get a closer look than they've gotten so far. Cannot come a moment too soon. "For Headline Writers, a Reckoning."

Anthropic Accuses 3 Chinese Companies of Harvesting Its Data

Oh, it sucks when someone steals your shit, doesn't it

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/t...

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

With massive dependency on Taiwan chip supply, "there is increasing concern that inaction by some of Silicon Valley’s most important companies risks destabilizing the global economy." @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...

DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.

The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law

www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...

After a lengthy wait, Jeffries to endorse Mamdani The powerful Brooklyn Democrat plans to endorse the democratic socialist Friday afternoon.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeffries will endorse Mamdani for NYC mayor, after nine months of pressure and just before early voting begins Saturday.

That leaves Schumer as the last key person in the state's Dem leadership to withhold support.

👀 When is research not exactly facts. When it's Silicon Valley.

At CAT Lab Summit on New York State Tech Policy, a Call for Listening - Citizens and Technology Lab For most of us, daily life depends on government data of one kind or another. Your payroll taxes (or unemployment check), the bus schedule, your property taxes or medical bills—all of these are genera...

Who's in the room when legislators make tech decisions? What makes communities visible? What makes science legible? Some highlights from CAT Lab @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Summit on NY State tech policy.

citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...

w @eleag.bsky.social @natematias.bsky.social

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

The Quick and the Deadpool

Throttled by Meta.

I don't think Dowager Countess dry delivery meets the moment, NYT.

Opinion | Totalitarianism Can Be Terrifying. It Can Also Be Thrilling. He Taught Us Why.

See full Gessen article on Lifton here. I've never seen a clearer, fuller explanation for the normalization of hurt people hurting people. Not a coincidence to publish this on 9/11. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o... 4/4

"Angry grief, combined with military policy, fueled the indiscriminate killing that ensued. That combination of policy and emotion, or policy and ideology, is what Lifton called an 'atrocity-producing situation.' 3/4

A short while earlier, a beloved older sergeant from the American unit had been killed by a booby trap. The company commander, Lifton learned, had then told the soldiers, “There are no innocent civilians in this area.” 2/4

@mashagessen.bsky.social on 'angry grief': "[Robert Jay] Lifton used this term when he carried out research on the 1968 My Lai massacre in South Vietnam, in which American soldiers killed as many as 500 unarmed civilians ... in one hamlet. 1/4

Anti-Corruption Crusader Named Nepal’s Leader After Gen Z Protests

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...

"In a sign of the continuing chaos in Nepal, where many official documents and records have gone up in smoke, Ms. Karki’s online biography was unavailable. In fact, the entire Supreme Court website was not operational."

Iran Likely to Have Moved Nuclear Components Ahead of Fordow Attack: Iranian Nuclear Scientist Despite the Trump administration's claims, Iran's nuclear program has not been "totally obliterated."

Iran Likely to Have Moved Nuclear Components Ahead of Fordow Attack - @mazmhussain.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-nucle...

From Justice Jackson dissent in injunctions/birthright citizenship case: “It is important to recognize that the Executive’s bid to vanquish so-called ‘universal injunctions’ is, at bottom, a request for this Court’s permission to engage in unlawful behavior.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Live Updates: Trump Hails Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Nationwide Injunctions

Unfolding reactions to SCOTUS stripping/limiting lower court power to issue nationwide injunctions. See NYT, and @katiephang.bsky.social on Substack:

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

open.substack.com/live-stream/...

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:

Lessons from Resisting Big Tech Power in Southeast Asia | TechPolicy.Press It is more important than ever for Western donors to champion the inclusion of digital rights in their development aid agendas, writes Mai Van Tran.

Advocacy in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia shows that Global South demands gain traction in platform governance when they align with Western priorities, are amplified by international allies, and build trust with marginalized communities, writes Mai Van Tran.

How China is Poaching Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry to Power Its Digital Authoritarianism: A Supply Chain Analysis ICFP research reveals how the CCP is acquiring advanced AI and chip technology to expand the scope of its information control regime.

As Malaysia investigates possible Chinese local use of restricted chips, this explainer on remote poaching I helped develop remains very timely. Researcher Min-yen Chiang goes deep on how China continues sourcing chips and expertise.
www.opentech.fund/news/how-chi...

So far, the two let's-normalize-war alerts I've gotten are from NYT and the UK's conservative standby The Spectator.

New Yorkers

So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building

for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

More accurate headlines.

2024: Netahyahu OKs Biden exaggeration of ceasefire prospects.

2025: Netanyahu OKs Trump proxy saber-rattling.