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AmyAlexCA

@amyalexca.bsky.social
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Fact-based Public Trust Communicator and Storyteller. www.amyalexanderink.com

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Along Came Poly-4-The-W @alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.social · 4h
Kiah Kiah Kiah Stokes y'all ✌️💜💕 #valkyries #gsv I'm happy she's happy
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 4h
Looking forward to the next Episode of #SharpieGate via Corrupt 47 🫢🗺️✍️ www.scrippsnews.com/weather/noaa...
scrippsnews.com
NOAA Says Top Officials Violated Ethics Policy Amid Hurricane Dorian
An investigation says supporting President Trump's false tweets about Hurricane Dorian's threat to Alabama endangered scientific integrity.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 4h
This kinda Incompetent, Corrupt activity is exactly why Pub + Private sector (ostensible🙄) “Leaders” are Scared to hire Experienced, Ethical BW #PublicTrust Communicators like me: We know too much. We won’t countenance their Selling Out to Idiot, Racist, Corrupt 47 AND his private sector Flunkies.😮‍💨
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Seriously— WTH? “The conversation took place behind the scenes [via Slack] as federal health officials publicly worked to integrate AI and other technology into nearly every aspect of healthcare, a plan they’ve branded the ‘Health Technology Ecosystem.’” — @kffhealthnews.org
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Y’all: This is ILLEGAL.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Whew: “KFF Health News reviewed thousands of Slack messages, meeting transcripts, and video recordings that reveal how the Trump administration has granted the industry a direct line to top government officials — including former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Amy Gleason.” 😵‍💫
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Ok— This renders in full, via @KFF kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
kffhealthnews.org
AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room - KFF Health News
A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
PS: I got Jumped Into #Slack in late 2019 while working FT on a high-priority, multi-billion dollar Tech/Digital Modernization effort at VA-OIT. Guess what? We didn’t EVER interact w Lobbyists, WH Flunkies, outside Contractors in that (then) new on-demand app. Since? It’s now owned by #Salesforce🫢
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Good accountability reporting by @kffhealthnews.org (tho it’s digital export functionality needs tweaking.)
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 5h
Oh, great. Lobbyists + Corrupt, Incompetent HHS appointees and staff are using #Slack in Fed health care agencies to collude on destructive healthcare *policy* items AND consulting contract Grifting schemes. 🤦🏽‍♀️ www.kff.org
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KFF - The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
KFF is the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism. Our mission is to serve as a nonpartisan source of information for policymakers, the media, the health policy communi...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 6h
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 6h
Glad to have Survived an unseasonably hot early October in #NorCal, with high ‘90s over past eight days: Temps today were *only* in low ‘90s, and next week’s forecast is low-mid ‘70s. #ClimateChange is Real. #SacramentoSunset
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h
What is she dreaming about
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 7h
Fighting off a Grizzly for a tasty salmon?
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 8h
“Ah, but Black people cannot be Subject-Matter Experts in any field other than sports (let alone polymathic!) They’re merely Unqualified descendants of Slaves who Con their way into *Professional fields.*” — #POTUS and 80% of White Americans of both political parties. 🤷🏽‍♀️
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 8h
I relied on #WMATA / MetroRail from 2005-2022, the #RedLine and occasionally the other lines serving the #DMV. Throughout, me and my kids witnessed + experienced a LOT of challenging incidents, but nothing like this BS. Hand to God: if @thedemcoalition.bsky.social doesn’t DeFund #ICE, it’s a Wrap😡🗡️
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 8h
I’ve authored / edited / co-authored four nonfiction books focused on Black Americans and (respectively) cultural politics, history, mental health, media since 1999.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 8h
Yep. “Cognitive surrender” an accurate if also shorthand term for this, is putting it mildly. Along w the erosion of Problem Solving capability you’ve witnessed in your friend, there is further harm from the FOMO aspect of Execs pushing workers to rely on these LLMs “or else.” It is all Horrible.
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 9h
The signs, mailers and texts promise cash, quick sales and a seamless way to unload unwanted homes. But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of equity. And many states, like Maryland, are cracking down. marylandmatters.org/2026/10/09/r...
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The signs offer quick cash for homes. But states want more oversight. - Maryland Matters
The signs, mailers and texts promise cash, quick sales and a seamless way to unload unwanted homes. But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob th...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 9h
Update: Bloop! 😂 via @status.news bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 9h
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 12h
Someone should tell the Big5 book pub Execs that getting a CrackPipe demo from the Crack Dealer never ends well: “Months ago, workers at Simon & Schuster attended a workshop w reps from OpenAI. ‘The person leading the workshop had no idea what we did,’ an attendee says…” 🤦🏽‍♀️ apple.news/AYoQP59MtS3C...
apple.news
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting — WIRED
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
wired.com
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 13h
Oh no, you mean to tell me that using an #AI / #LLM Chatbot for 10mins per day can make you Dumb? 😬 See this report from researchers @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 15h
“‘M.I.T. should not be repressing my teaching in this way. [It is] a violation of my professional rights.’” — Dr. Michael DeGraff, a tenured linguistics professor at M.I.T. He’s been banned from teaching — but the university is required to pay him his full salary. 😵‍💫 🏛️ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
The Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach
Michel DeGraff, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist, can’t be easily fired because he has tenure. But he has been kicked out of his department.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 15h
lol, Cry More, #BibiTheButcher 🤣 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...
nytimes.com
Israel Denounces the Decision to Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay
Ms. Pillay, a human rights lawyer, was drawn into the international spotlight last year as chair of a commission that found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 15h
Meanwhile, as #WhiskeyPete desperately CosPlays as a *War Fighter* (🙄), here is an ACTUAL American Heroine: @gabbygiffords.bsky.social 👏🏾
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 15h
Cowardly, Dumb, and Feckless, LLC, should be the name of the private *lobbying* firm that diGenova, Blanche, Bondi et al form once 47 bites the dust.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 15h
Cowardly, Dumb, and Feckless: Helluva combination that characterizes those attempting to carry out Idiot, Racist, Corrupt 47’s Revenge Campaign at #DoJ. Clearly they’re flailing AND failing. Sadly, it’s costing Taxpayers millions and destroying #DoJ. #WeaponizedDoJ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 16h
Good news: Idiot, Corrupt, Racist 47 AGAIN fails to obtain a Nobel Peace Prize. Today’s announcement of it going to a Human Rights expert who recently delivered a report proving that Israel is committing egregious human rights violations in Gaza is especially SWEET 🤣💯 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
nytimes.com
Live Updates: Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16h
When you set out on a journey of revenge, dig at least two graves.
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 16h
Ugh. So sorry Eric. It’s their readers’ loss. Onwards! (Hopefully to @washingtonsun.com ? 🙏🏾)
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 16h
Swisher protege gonna…Swish. 🤷🏽‍♀️
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
LOL, this film is a Kitschy banger. Watched it as a kid on the weekend *Creature Feature* broadcast from the Original #KTVU independent #SF TV station (before FOX bought it). Swooned over a very young #SteveMcQueen and the cheesy semi-SciFi plot! #TheBlob @tcmtv.bsky.social #TCMParty
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yep. Housing costs can be an issue in #MoCoMD (especially Inside the Beltway where we lived) BUT it’s a large county geographically, and I was very grateful for how its leadership apportioned funds districtwide AND upheld rigorous academics AND culturally-competent learning. It’s current Plight is 🥺
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Same. We landed in #SS in mid-aughts. The eldest of our two was in 1st grade. #WoodlinES + adjacent daycare was/is exemplar. Next decade+ of them (4yrs apart) attending MSs + HSs was same, even as I coped w a stressful prolonged divorce (#MoCoMD is pricey re housing!) All staffs + principals were 💯
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From #Bethesda/ChevyChase/SilverSpring Inside the Beltway K-12 schools, to rural schools in Olney, #MCPS really is a marvel of egalitarianism applied to Taxpayer-funded ed. Many parents work (or used to) in Fed Agencies or NGOs, CorpROs, Ag, or Retail or Service sectors. Now MCPS is under siege.😡
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My two kids (now young adults) benefitted greatly from the academic excellence AND administrative leaders who were and are determined to embrace multicultural/multiethnic students and families in a relatively affluent county. There are a LOT of green-card families and kids of undocumented in MCPS.🥺
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yikes. I’ve been slow-burn worrying about this since Jan2025: #MCPS is a jewel among public school districts nationwide. Not “perfect” (no K-12 school system is, pub or private!) but truly a well-run system, in terms of rigorous pedagogical + social-emotional courses + culturally-competent staffs🤦🏽‍♀️
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kubrick’s 1964 film comes close for its uncanny satirical look at a possible catastrophic outcome when the USMIL Industrial Complex meets bereft US cultural politics #DrStrangelove www.theguardian.com/world/2010/f...
theguardian.com
How the US took on Dr Strangelove and tried to make Americans love the bomb
Recently unearthed film, made to counter fears after release of Peter Sellers movie, claimed US power was best war deterrent
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In which @npr.org falls for an #OpenAI ReputationWashing gambit. I hope that @dailykos.com — cited in here — sheds accurate, verified light on what happened.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He’s got depth, courage, morals AND rizz. He’s no Gavin (Thank Goodness.)
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good accountability reporting from @sfstandard.com
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bears repeating: While private sector TechCos in #NorCal extract billions from customers daily, the city/county/state gov IT systems are woefully obsolete—and staffed mostly by OG civil servants who resist learning 21stC cybersec practices. Pls read this Bonkers story sfstandard.com/2026/10/08/a...
sfstandard.com
An email scammer stole $500K from Alameda County. Its insurer says tough luck
The Alameda County Transportation Commission overlooked concerns about a payment and sent checks to an imposter posing as a vendor.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Great accountability reporting from @missionlocal.org
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Again, #SF is not now and never has been a Liberal haven for Black people: White guy calls a Black man the N-word, threatens to knife him, then calls the #SFPD and lies, telling cops that the Black neighbor had threatened HIM. You’ll never guess what happened next! missionlocal.org/2026/10/sfpd...
missionlocal.org
SFPD beat city resident into near-coma in 2025 and tried to cover it up, public defenders allege
Public defenders say San Francisco police beat Kevon Gibson into near-coma after a SoMa resident called police on Aug. 17, 2025.
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