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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 10h

The state inspector warned that the dam would overtop in a 100-year flood event or a six-hour rainfall. For instance, the McLead partially overtopped during an August 2022 storm that brought more than 6 inches of rain to the valley, contributing to erosion of the dam’s downstream slope.

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Hatch Valley dam that nearly burst had history of concerns

A 2023 inspection found poor conditions at the McLead dam before recent flooding prompted evacuations.

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Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

James Browning will oversee air quality permit case for Santa Teresa’s Project Jupiter data center.

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Retired judge to oversee Project Jupiter permit hearing

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Doña Ana County lifted its evacuation notice for the Hatch Valley community of Rincon on Wednesday afternoon, urging residents to be cautious of flooded roads and storm debris after heavy monsoon rains Tuesday breached a nearby arroyo and nearly caused a dam to fail in Garfield.

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Hatch Valley assesses damage after severe monsoon floods

Rincon evacuation lifted as residents assess flood damage after heavy rains breached a levee and threatened dam in Garfield.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Crimes against humanity cleared by the highest court in the land.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026

Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers "is a Chinese psyop. I really believe that. That's not a conspiracy theory."

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." UN Declaration of Human Rights, which the United States violates.

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stardust melody @karenparish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“During the testing phase for the new model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra, it showed high levels of what the company saw as deception, or a willingness to mislead users about its actions.“ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/t...

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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns (Gift Article)

The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Knows how to win…knows how to fight…knows how to ‘message’…” says little about his ethics. But his record sure does. Hard, hard pass.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In January, I told you about an awful act involving the murder of a child in Mimbres. A 10-minute hearing brought the matter to a conclusion, but the memory will hit a little if people hard for a long time. Here’s how it went. You can read it or, better, hug a kid.

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Wyoming woman sentenced to life for murdering son in Mimbres

Madeline Daly was sentenced to life in prison for the 2025 shooting death of her 11-month-old son in Mimbres.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wasn’t picked to serve on my newspaper’s AI task force, but if I had been, this is one thing I’d bring up. It’s part of the broader issue of resisting anthropomorphism when writing about generative and other “learning” software. (Which we were trained to call AI with little skepticism.)

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The radical leftists at the … Kansas Livestock Association … are mad abou ICE: “The sudden workforce disruptions caused by ICE has led to numerous chokepoints in the system. Reports include thousands of fed cattle delayed in shipping to processors, resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue.”

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“…logging in after a while away, it was painfully clear just how broken it all was. All the things that made social media so vital a decade or two ago have fallen apart, replaced by algorithms, engagement hacks, and endless, bottomless, screaming.”

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What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sometimes people ask me if I think anything might derail Project Jupiter. My answer has been probably not in the legal or regulatory arenas, but finances could do it.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I knew when I requested a day of sick leave that something big would drop.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Me, checking my local bookstore for this and looking surprised-disappointed.

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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026

Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal. It is the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a government website.

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An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cheers for proper use of “beleaguered” versus “embattled.”

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So confused. How was Pro Publica able to uncover and report this bribery scandal and administration cover-up without being at the White House and having the president assuring them they are stupid piggies? hhttps://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A little while later, I check in and there is a speech by an officer to an audience of marines, and he inadvertently admitted to not being happy with his life, likening his morning alarm to “Groundhog Day” and forcing himself to get up.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The White House launched a 24-hour “Trump TV” livestream. For several minutes I’ve been looking at footage of war planes and artillery on a beach with an AI narrator extolling their lethal power.

Screen grab of an unspecified beach with military gear on the sand and a chyron saying, “text VP 245470 for updates from the White House”

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Headlines matter but still, I really, really, truly, in all earnestness, urge people to read the stories rather than make a snap judgement based on a headline that floats in their social media feed. It is an underreported fact that people are not reading news articles, even free ones. 2/2

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t know what software CNN uses, but I’ve worked with a few content management systems. Initial “social” headlines often come as a story is developing. They are hard or impossible to change later. If you open the story, you see a much firmer headline and story. 1/2

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.” 12/18/2000 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re...

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Remarks by the President-Elect Following a Meeting with Congressional Leaders | The American Presidency Project

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Did you read the story? The headline displayed in the photo appears to be an early “breaking” headline. Judging the story really does require opening the article and reading what it says. The reporting is factual and unequivocal about the facts available.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I expect President Trump to ban AAA from the White House any minute.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Diesel averaging $6.49 a gallon today. It was $3.70 a year ago. gasprices.aaa.com

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AAA Fuel Prices

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The silly part here is not that some software malfunctioned. The silly part is that adult journalists still think interviewing chatbots is a flex.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Instead of interviewing the chatbot, interview Eline Van der Velden, the producer/promoter behind this chatbot.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026

Trump says he's "banning the free press"

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/09/2026

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the New Mexico U.S. Attorney’s Office violated the law by failing to confer with a victim’s family about its decision to drop the case, a year and a half after winning jury convictions.

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Judge finds victims' rights violation in Jal police case

A federal judge ruled prosecutors failed to consult Hector Nava’s family before seeking to dismiss convictions.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 17/09/2026

Family contact is a critical lifeline for incarcerated people, but behind bars, a single stamp could cost an entire day's worth of wages. That's why we strongly support the Stamps for Staying Connected Act.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An advertising campaign touting Project Jupiter is “likely the largest lobbying advertising campaign ever disclosed in New Mexico,” the State Ethics Commission reported Wednesday.

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Project Jupiter files disclosures over $3.4M ad campaign

State Ethics Commission says ads were lobbying activity

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Las Cruces City Council held a community discussion on youth outreach, gun violence and justice that encompassed policy, institutional failures and a community’s shared pain.

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Las Cruces reckons with youth violence and community pain

City leaders weigh prevention, accountability and a new diversion program amid rising youth gun violence.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If kicked out of the Oval or the Pentagon, they can work on the outside, for sure. It could even lead to some better, more independent reporting. In any case, the professional behavior reflects on their credibility and how seriously they take their readers/audience and colleagues.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A reporter publicly defying lawful rules about videography at the Capitol or being rude and unprofessional toward officials would be kneecapping themselves, disabling their ability to work effectively, just to be cheered for a couple of hours on the vanity apps. Does that yield better journalism?

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Part of left-leaning press-bashing is a demand that reporters behave in ways that would get them fired, reassigned, or otherwise benched. It’s not connected to anything that would improve the journalism. Lots of room for improvement, to be sure, and access isn’t everything.

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A Doña Ana County Commissioner asked about a rumored offer of AI security scans at county meetings, and didn’t get answers. The sheriff offered some more detail and tamped down rumors.

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Oracle security suggested AI weapon detection, sheriff says

Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart says Oracle security floated AI weapon detection for commission meetings.

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Algernon D’Ammassa @algernonwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sorry. I know a lot of things on social media are just there to stoke anger, and I don’t like starting a day with bad news, but this seemed important.

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