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What’s more, though we only asked Grok to provide an address for a specific name in our testing, the chatbot frequently came back with a dossier of other information we didn’t ask for — including current phone numbers and emails, as well as accurate lists of family members and their addresses.

Something else that was striking was Grok's habit of giving us a bunch of possibly identifying information we didn't ask for, like extensive details about someone's work and family -- sometimes even providing lists of likely family members and *their* addresses.

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Scoop: Security upped for Rep. Jamie Raskin after alleged incident involving Jan. 6 defendent A man who previously threatened Raskin and Obama was allegedly recording video near the congressman's home.

Just the latest incident: Jamie Raskin had his security increased after pardoned Jan. 6 defendant Taylor Taranto, who was previously convicted for an incident involving threats against Raskin and Barack Obama, allegedly showed up near the Maryland congressman's house.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.

The idea of ProPublica of all outlets using GAI makes me want to vomit

Seriously thank you for saying yes so often. I have an article going unreviewed right now bc the editor has asked at least four people

Well look at that!

Good afternoon from Chicago's federal courthouse. In about 15 minutes the 7th Circuit appellate court will hear arguments in the Castañon Nava settlement case; the settlement agreement limits when and how immigration agents can conduct warrantless.

How to Win Red States With a Labor Party We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.

Labor Party as a Green Party-esque national ego trip to run a losing presidential candidate who will just suck votes from Democrats: No.

Labor Party as a strategic plan by unions to recruit and fund Dan Osborn-esque independent candidates in red states: Yes.

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Illinois / Cook County needs to do this too.

Officials can’t have it both ways. They encourage protest against ICE, but deploy their own police who initiate violence against those protesters, then uphold bogus charges that their police largely manufactured.

the real problem for the Democrats is that they’re committed only to help people in ways that leave nobody worse off (ie ways that impede nobody’s profits). so that basically leaves them with infrastructure and targeted tax breaks as the only policy levers.

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Really under appreciated point imho

It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/

while US democrats want to fuck around with "strong floor, no ceiling" nonsense, Brazil exempted a lot of poor people from paying taxes while hiking taxes for the rich bsky.app/profile/carc...

ICE is kidnapping people on Thanksgiving.

If you think they can be reformed, ask your family how they would feel if they never saw you today.

Names help reveal how identity, geography, gender, and culture are sorting in the U.S. Polarization isn’t only about parties—it’s woven into everyday cultural preferences and choices.

Impeachment confession

The first legislators arrested for inspecting these spaces were Black legislators from New Jersey

We waited to boost this after dark, as everyone knows the artiest of scribes only come out at night:

Every member of congress should be joining Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov in calling on our leaders to immediately secure the release of this 16-year-old American held by Israel for nine months.

AAUP @ Univ. of Houston Opposes Campus Censorship CONTACT:  Daniel Morales, JD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at the University of Houston, daniel.ibsen.morales@gmail.com

📢📢The AAUP chapter at the University of Houston has sent the following letter to admin: “We are deeply concerned that the directives outlined in Chancellor Khator's email present significant risks to academic freedom, to the integrity of our teaching mission + to the University’s legal obligations.”

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

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6 | Resilient Pop and Alt (Right) Rock with Dr. Robin James Something's going on with men!!

Episode 6 with @robinjames.bsky.social is out now for your holiday week! We cover the second edition of Resilience and Melancholy, what's happening at the top of the charts, why men left pop music for podcasts, and m o r e e e e
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My mom said from Raleigh that people there were squaded up against ICE & ICE is leaving Raleigh & Durham tomorrow. She said there were trainings at churches for ICE watch & all kinds of things. She said "these are our people & ICE is not welcome." Alright mommy!

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While DOGE no longer formally operates within SSA, there are still DOGE-affiliated staff remaining at the agency, and many of DOGE’s priorities—downsizing, automation, and data centralization—appear to be continuing under Bisignano’s leadership. As discussed in the accompanying article on American Oversight v. Treasury and SSA, watchdog groups are actively litigating DOGE’s role in accessing SSA systems and influencing agency policy. The Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in SSA v. AFSCME, temporarily permitted DOGE to access SSA data.

The DOGE playbook is still being carried out by political appointees. I work at SSA and the Commissioner has repeatedly said he is a ‘DOGE guy’ and that we should embrace the DOGE ethos. And many former DOGE staffers have burrowed their way into the civil service.

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