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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 31/07/2026
and now Google has removed this feature
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 31/07/2026
welp www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...
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Google adds AI to satellite images, raising fears of deepfakes in the sky
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 26/06/2026
wild story from @jjoffeblock.bsky.social: a NY woman posted about the Minneapolis immigration surge back in January. Five months later, DHS officials showed up telling her to take a post down, saying she had doxxed an ICE agent -- by citing a newspaper reporting his name www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
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She posted about ICE. Five months later, DHS agents told her to take her post down
In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Chef's kiss, salute, tears, all of it
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 22/06/2026
Olivia Rodrigo continuing to prove she's spiritually Gen X by announcing new Lilith Fair pitchfork.com/news/olivia-...
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Olivia Rodrigo Launches Music Festival Daisy Chain Fields
The inaugural all-female lineup features Bikini Kill, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Stevie Nicks, Mitski, and many more
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Eric McD | Hill @ NPR @ericm.cd · 22/06/2026
Congress knows that AI is too big to ignore, but lawmakers have yet to agree on the federal government's role in the industry. The big companies are spending to shape policy — and Congress — ahead of whatever legislation eventually comes. --- new @byshannonbond.com and me
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An AI proxy war could reshape Congress — before Congress reshapes AI
The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 14/06/2026
my president
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I had never heard of Flo Balogun before tonight and I would now die for him
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 12/06/2026
“It usually happens when there’s been a season where suddenly there’s color in men’s wear that people fall back on Hockney as an attempt to convince men to wear two colors in the same outfit” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/f...
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Hockney’s Sense of Style Never Wavered
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Melissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Flowers Sent as a Gift (1995) by David Hockney 1995
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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
On the biggest Kalshi market over who would eventually become mayor of LA, traders bet $60M for and against Pratt. $10M of that was thrown away betting he’d advance to runoff and win. $50M of that were bets that he would never be mayor. Kalshi pocketed $547k in fees just on Pratt trading
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“there are no second acts in american lives” fuck YOU f scott fitzgerald
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 11/06/2026
sports!
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 11/06/2026
doesn’t matter who you are when you’re the designated tech support family member
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
But the bottom line is, there's no need for China to influence anything. A recent Gallup poll found that 71% of Americans would oppose AI data center construction in their community. And unlike a lot of issues in this country right now, the Partisan split isn't even all that great.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 10/06/2026
Tech moguls claim China is funding local opposition to data centers in the US. @gbrumfiel.bsky.social dug in and found the evidence for this theory is lacking: www.npr.org/2026/06/10/n...
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The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters
Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
NEW I did a deep dive on the theory taking the rich by storm: That China is funding data center haters. (TL;DR There's not a lot of evidence to support the idea) www.npr.org/2026/06/10/n...
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The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters
Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 09/06/2026
ok sometimes i do miss it
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 09/06/2026
everything is content moderation
A Kalshi spokesperson confirmed on Monday that the company now prohibits anyone in its affiliate program from questioning the integrity of an election or undermining a legal ruling or official determination about an election.On Monday, Polymarket said that while it does not have language specifically banning creators from posting election-related disinformation, any post denying the result of an election would violate its rules against spreading false and misleading information.

Polymarket told NPR posts from two of the creators it works with have lost the "paid partnership" tag. It has not asked creators to delete any posts, but told them about the company's content guidelines. llm
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 09/06/2026
Polymarket & Kalshi are both now cracking down on paid partnership posts that use betting odds to allege election fraud, after a surge of unsubstantiated claims about the LA mayoral race circulated on X, @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and @jjoffeblock.bsky.social report www.npr.org/2026/06/07/n...
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Kalshi and Polymarket crack down on paid influencers claiming election fraud
Influencers are using prediction market odds to sow doubt in vote counting, in some cases in posts paid for by the companies themselves.
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I would like to respectfully add this as a chaser. daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
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When "authenticity" means "dudes"
As 2026 approaches, can we political reporters please not forget every damn thing we learned just last year for the love of God
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
George Santos, to NPR’s Bobby Allyn: “This story is going to get you a gun in your face.”
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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
George Santos called me after my story revealing federal investigations into his suspected market manipulation on Kalshi. And he said: "This story is going to get you a gun in your face." Then he lied about it. www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...
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I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/06/2026
a you-can't-make-it-up @bobbyallyn.bsky.social scoop: George Santos told X followers he was going to the State of the Union. Then he didn't show - and placed bets on Kalshi that netted him tens of thousands of dollars. Now he's under federal investigation by DOJ and CFTC www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...
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DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi
The disgraced former congressman allegedly bet on whether he would appear at the State of the Union address, prompting federal investigations.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 01/06/2026
Florida becomes the first state to sue OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of putting profit over safety. The first page:
a screenshot of the first page of the complaint. It shows a screenshot from OpenAI saying ChatGPT was "built with safety in mind" followed by a footnote reading "Not so."
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Dan Charles @dancharles.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I'll be less polite then Geoff or Nell. Deciding to give Nell Greenfieldboyce "the ol' heave ho" (her words) is absurd and self-defeating. She's a reason to listen to the radio. Which is something NPR should treasure! It's a rare gift!
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 27/05/2026
it's a crushing day at NPR. we're losing some people i've been listening to since before i ever dreamed i'd do radio myself. it's a blow to NPR and i fear to journalism.
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:
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You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance | Defector
I don’t remember the first time someone hit on me as a reporter. I believe this is because my brain has come to treat these events as unremarkable. For any woman in journalism, they pile up over the y...
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In its "weaponization" report on the FACE Act, DOJ once again struggles to answer the most difficult question of all: who was president in 2020? www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
At Patel’s request or encouragement, NAF provided the Biden DOJ with substantial
information that aided in identifying investigation targets and substantiating warrants andprosecutions. 53 NAF alerted Patel to social media posts that made violent threats against clinics54
and concerns about protest activities that could constitute blockades in violation of the FACE
Act. 55 In the Handy matter, Patel emailed NAF: “I can’t recall if you ever shared anything with
me (either through an attachment or via Dropbox) about Jonathan Darnell’s arrest . . . If you did,
can you resend that to me?” 5653 See, e.g., E-mail from Patel, to Megan Healy (Nov. 16, 2020) (Exhibit 040) (“NAF is obtaining the security video
from the vandalism for me.”).
54 E-mail from Patel, to Emma Goldberg (NAF) (Apr. 12, 2021) (Exhibit 041) (flagging that Patel forwarded the
information to the FBI immediately and noting that he was “designated as the DOJ National FACE Act Task force
director” and wanted to call about exploring outreach initiatives).
55 E-mail from Fleisher, to Patel (Aug. 18, 2020) (Exhibit 042) (responding to a NAF alert about Handy’s pro-life
activities in Washington, D.C., a CRT attorney asked NAF to let him know “[i]f she actually ends up causing any
obstruction,” and noted that while he could not speak for the Criminal Section, “we on the civil side might be
interested in looking further”); E-mail from Davidson, to [Redacted], FBI (Jan. 30, 2021) (Exhibit 043) (alerting
DOJ to Handy’s activities in Maryland).
56 E-mail from Patel, to Davidson (Dec. 8, 2020) (Exhibit 044).
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.“ This was the war game that nearly started WWIII during my first semester of college. It took years for us to find out about it. Now it’s gone.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026
More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
i can't articulate exactly why, but this is the antidote i needed to the stories about journalists embracing AI www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...
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Can a Journalist Be a Celebrity Anymore?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /
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erin mccann @mccanner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
<interior, space boat> He drinks a Chocolate Breakfast Drink He drinks a Vanilla Breakfast Drink He drinks a Strawberry Breakfast Drink He drinks a Pineapple Drink
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
and yet also today, right-wing outlets that sued State over alleged censorship say they've reached a settlement that "bars the State Department from working with foreign governments or NGOs—formally or informally" on efforts they claim "suppresses or fact-checks" speech nclalegal.org/press_releas...
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
what, am i NOT gonna listen to the live Orion feed for the next 10 days? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf...
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NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Orion
YouTube video by NASA
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Enjoying the savvy of the “For All Mankind” marketing
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
it me! also a fun fact, my consular report of birth abroad certificate doesn't have my parents' names on it. this caused a lot of consternation when i went to get a learner's permit, bcs my mom and i have different last names and the DMV employee refused to accept it as proof she was my parent.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.
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Dr. Ishaan @reluctantmicroblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Tetraethyl @tetraethyl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What a fucking shot holy shit
Screenshot from the NASA Artemis II launch livestream showing the core stage separation from a camera on the rocket.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
also i picked the right time to finally get into For All Mankind
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 02/04/2026
i didn't realize until watching it with my kid today how much capacity i still have to be excited about human ingenuity. space is cool, and we shouldn't let the billionaires take that sense of wonder from us.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
NEW: With no authority under the Constitution to change election rules, President Trump has signed an executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail. The order is expected to be challenged in court www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Help America Vote Act of 2002
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 31/03/2026
"It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #81 in NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01674) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION: For the reasons contained herein, the Court will GRANT in part, DENY as moot in part, and DENY in part without prejudice Plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment, NPR Dkt. 21 and P...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 31/03/2026
It was just 24 days between when Zuck went on Rogan and talked about how "never again" would he suppress info based on gov't demands (misrepresenting those demands) and when he texted top gov't employee Elon Musk to say "we're all set up to take down info you want removed." I wrote about it here.
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 27/03/2026
independent researchers suing the Trump admin over denying visas have are now asking for a preliminary injunction. motion notes that the DOJ hasn't assigned a lawyer to the case yet (?!)
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(m), Plaintiff’s counsel attempted to confer with Defendants’ counsel regarding this motion, including by contacting attorneys within the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division’s Federal Programs Branch and Office of Immigration Litigation, but were informed that an attorney has not yet been assigned to this matter.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 26/03/2026
A friend who was at the hearing tipped me off that Judge Brasel asked DOJ if that part of their brief was written by AI. They denied it, but she ordered the attorneys' superiors to provide her an explanation. I couldn't afford to go spend $315 on the full transcript, but it's out there.
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