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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Links: coppercourier.com/news/border-... theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a... www.nps.gov/subjects/arc...
coppercourier.com
Trump border wall destroys 1,000-year-old sacred site in Arizona
Federal contractors bulldozed a centuries-old geoglyph sacred to the Tohono O’odham — even after the tribe flagged it for protection.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The inflated margins padded the contract by at least $850,000 above what a competitively structured deal would have cost. The government ultimately agreed to pay the firm $13.1 million seven times what Trump originally claimed the project would cost.
inquirer.com
Reflecting pool contract has ‘inflated’ profit margin, government analysis finds
The government eventually agreed to pay the firm $13.1 million, which is seven times the amount that President Donald Trump initially said the work would cost.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The amount of corruption that is happening is absolutely ridiculous. The Justice Department has agreed to permanently shield Trump, his family, and his businesses from IRS tax claims a last-minute addition to the slush-fund deal.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The GAO, Congress’s independent watchdog, reports that improper payments surged to $186 billion, with $153 billion of that coming from overpayments alone. This shows it was never about the money, only the data.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 19/05/2026
Data centers' impact on energy and water supply is well documented, but a series of new studies have revealed another potential impact.
forbes.com
Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather, New Study Suggests
Is waste heat from data centers affecting the weather? A new study says they are making their local environment hotter.
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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. @annepmitchell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
SUPREME COURT CONTINUES MAIL-ORDER ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE IN A DECISION WITH ONLY TWO DISSENTS The Supreme Court *just now* issued an opinion allowing mail-order access to mifepristone to continue.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The Senate advanced Steve Pearce as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management the agency that manages 245 million acres of your public land.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 12/05/2026
A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it
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Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nearly 50,000 people on the California side of Lake Tahoe are about to lose the bulk of their electricity supply,not because of infrastructure failure or mismanagement, but because Big Tech wants the grid. NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades,
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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/05/2026
BREAKING: We're suing federal agencies and the Tennessee Highway Patrol on behalf of people who have faced arrest, intimidation, and surveillance for filming the immigration and law enforcement activities of the “Memphis Safe Task Force.” The First Amendment protects our right to record.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Wall Street Journal confirmed it received federal subpoenas targeting reporters’ records a move so rare it’s almost unheard of in modern federal prosecutorial history.
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 12/05/2026
Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...
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Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry
Mamdani, who praised the importance of libraries, faced criticism for slashing library funding earlier this year.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The foundation of our democracy is burning to the ground. It did not begin with Trump, but he stoked the flames. The conservative Roberts Court did not light the match, but it has repeatedly declared fire hydrants, sprinklers and smoke detectors illegal. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
democracydocket.com
The GOP lit the match. The Supreme Court banned the fire department.
The foundation of our democracy is burning to the ground. It did not begin with Donald Trump, but he stoked the flames. The conservative Roberts Court did not light the match, but it has repeatedly de...
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 11/05/2026
AI companies are in a race to secure energy for their data centers. They are finding that natural gas is the easiest solution, if not the cleanest. bit.ly/4cZwiac
businessinsider.com
The AI industry is turning to an old energy favorite to bring its data centers online fast: natural gas
AI companies are in a race to secure energy for their data centers. They are finding that natural gas is the easiest solution, if not the cleanest.
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catgraywriting.bsky.social @catgraywriting.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our time is critical. Here is advice on use it wisely in this marathon. @altlibraryresource.bsky.social
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. A yearlong investigation by Mother Jones found that the Forest Service and private logging companies are systematically spraying thousands of
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The NAACP has sued Tennessee over the state’s move to divide the only majority-Black congressional district. The lawsuit warned that unless the state is stopped, NAACP members will be subjected to an unlawful redistricting scheme that strips away their voting rights.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/05/2026
Congress is still debating reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law the government has repeatedly abused to spy on Americans without a warrant. If passed without meaningful reforms, all of our rights are in danger. Congress must vote NO.
Author George Orwell understood something about surveillance that Congress apparently does not (or pretends not to). In his novel “1984,” Orwell described a totalitarian world where “nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.” Everything else — what you said, what you wrote, who you called — belonged in some sense to the state. And now how far are we, really, from the world he described? Your emails are collected. Your texts are collected. Your calls are collected. Your face is collected, scanned and stored by surveillance systems already deployed by this administration. They sit in a federal database, searchable without a warrant, by an administration that has already told you who it considers an enemy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Over three months after the FBI seized 2020 election materials from Fulton County, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now seeking the identities and personal information of thousands of people who helped run the vote in the county. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
In major escalation, DOJ demands personal information of 2020 election workers in Georgia
"This is yet another act of outrageous federal overreach designed to intimidate and to chill participation in elections."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NEW: In a brief filed with SCOTUS, civil rights groups contend that under the court’s own history of applying “the Purcell principle,” it is too late into the election season to suspend it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Civil rights groups say Purcell principle prevents Louisiana from suspending elections when votes have already been cast
Black voters are pressing SCOTUS to apply the Purcell principle, which says voting rules and maps shouldn't be changed too close to an election.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Trump administration has taken over full control of what appears on National Park Service websites. For decades, park staff managed their own sites, working closely with local communities and tribal nations to tell the stories of the places they know best. That’s over now.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 04/05/2026
In survey after survey, public opinion toward AI music is pretty unfavorable. A study by Deezer and Ipsos showed that 51 percent of respondents think AI will “lead to the creation of more low-quality, generic-sounding music.” Despite this, only Bandcamp has banned generative AI music outright.
theverge.com
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
They won’t ban it. They won’t embrace it either.
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Oma-Rox6474.bksy.social @rox64-74.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
ABC and Disney must commit to standing up against government censorship. Neither critics, comedians, nor corporations should be scared into submission by MAGA. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
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Keep Jimmy Kimmel on-air and NO caving to authoritarian censorship!
ABC and Disney must commit to standing up against government censorship. Neither critics, comedians, nor corporations should be scared into submission by MAGA.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/05/2026
More than 40 global media outlets are coming together as the One Free Press Coalition to bring attention to fellow journalists who are being threatened for seeking to tell the truth. #OneFreePress
forbes.com
Global ‘10 Most Urgent’ List For 2026 Focuses On ‘Anti-State’ Charges Against Journalists
The list from the One Free Press Coalition illuminates governments’ efforts at criminalizing journalism, silencing the media, and withholding information from the public.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/05/2026
North Korea calls U.S. cyber threat claims disinformation, warns of countermeasures reut.rs/4d0jq26
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North Korea calls U.S. cyber threat claims disinformation, warns of countermeasures
North Korea's foreign ​ministry on Sunday ‌rejected U.S. accusations that Pyongyang ​poses a ​cyber threat, calling ⁠them groundless ​disinformation aimed at ​justifying Washington's hostile policy, state media ​KCNA said.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Senate passed a 45-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, rejecting a longer House-backed proposal and keeping reform debate alive. The move rebuffed a House package passed Wednesday that included modest reforms but stopped short of the warrant requirement.
thehill.com
Senate passes 45-day FISA extension
The Senate on Thursday passed a 45-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, rejecting a longer House-backed proposal and teeing up continued debate over how to reform the program. In t…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3: You don't need an MA in Creative Writing to write. You don't need special software to write. You don't need online services to write. All you need is a notepad, a pen and the willingness to take time, make mistakes and learn.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Supreme Court appeared poised to back the Trump administration’s move to immediately end humanitarian protections for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians living and working legally in the United States a ruling that could ultimately affect 1.3 million people from 17 countries.
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Haitians and Syrians aren't only immigrants watching Supreme Court arguments on Temporary Protected Status
Many Salvadorans have lived in the United States for 25 years under Temporary Protected Status, which allows those already in the country to stay with work permits.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/04/2026
In a statement, Gov. Janet Mills said she doesn't have the financial resources to continue her candidacy. She had fallen farther behind political newcomer Graham Platner in polls and fundraising and stopped running television ads April 10.
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Janet Mills drops out of race for US Senate
In a statement, the governor said she doesn't have the financial resources to continue her candidacy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
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catgraywriting.bsky.social @catgraywriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
An older, revised but a good one. Book ban can be fought. Here is how! @altlibraryresource.bsky.social
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/04/2026
Families of seven victims in the Canadian mining town shattered by a mass shooting in February are suing OpenAI over its failure to flag the shooting suspect’s ChatGPT activity to police.
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OpenAI Sued by Seven Families Over Mass Shooting Suspect’s ChatGPT Use
The suits allege the company was negligent in its failure to notify police of the suspect’s activity months before the attack.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/04/2026
The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved. n.pr/4udjcvH
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Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants
The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Section 421 of the FY2026 appropriations bill explicitly prohibits reorganizations, workforce restructuring, and transfer of functions without advance congressional approval.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. The letters read, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I’m writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”
science.org
Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#vaccinessavelives
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catgraywriting.bsky.social @catgraywriting.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Critical thinking matters! @altlibraryresource.bsky.social
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Politico @politico.com · 26/04/2026
AI goldrush collides with voter backlash in Georgia
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AI goldrush collides with voter backlash in Georgia
Multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence hubs are beginning to scramble politics in the crucial swing state as voters worry about costs and local control.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 23/04/2026
Anthropic’s Claude Is Pumping Out Vulnerable Code, Cyber Experts Warn
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Anthropic’s Claude Is Pumping Out Vulnerable Code, Cyber Experts Warn
Anthropic’s latest Claude models are introducing serious security issues into code, cyber experts say. The company is yet to officially explain why.
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catgraywriting.bsky.social @catgraywriting.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A reflection for the weekend... @altlibraryresource.bsky.social
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Justice Department just identified 384 naturalized Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke and they won’t say why they picked those 384 people specifically.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Democracy Docket by the numbers: Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 43 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Subscribe now! bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Which book saved you as a child? #BookSky
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Fair said the group no longer uses paid informants, but pushed back hard on the investigation, saying those informants “risked their lives to infiltrate and inform on the activities of our nation’s most radical and violent extremist groups.”
pbs.org
Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a DOJ criminal probe over paid informants
The Alabama-based civil rights organization made the announcement Tuesday, saying President Donald Trump's administration appears to be preparing legal action against it or its employees.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Don’t forget to vote Yes today! 💚
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“The EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising and in breach of basic democratic values…” This is a crucial decision. The court rejected the political claim that LGBTQ+ representation is “propaganda.” We must keep fighting politics that dehumanise us.
theguardian.com
EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for new PM
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