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Chris Amico

@chrisamico.bsky.social
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Journalist + Developer, working on @documentcloud.org + @muckrock.com. You might know me from: Homicide Watch, USA TODAY Network, Frontline, WBUR, NPR, PBS NewsHour. chrisamico.com

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Sunlight Research Desk @sunlightresearch.bsky.social · 17h
🔐 TODAY! Free digital security workshop with the Committee to Protect Journalists — and this one won't be recorded. Today is your only chance to learn from the CPJ experts live! Sign up and join us: buff.ly/L3QZVsq
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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 29/09/2026
California has spent over $400 million in settlements for Law Enforcement misconduct since 2010. I know because I built a site to track it: captainacab.com We're updating every week, and slowly expanding across the country. (boosts welcome)
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Captain ACAB -- CA settlements from law enforcement.
Tracking the hidden costs of law enforcement in the United States. $1,563,000.00 in CA settlements and counting.
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Guy in a ragged suit telling 3 children around a fire in a cave: "Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 28/09/2026
New in DocumentCloud: smoother browsing for long documents, pinch-to-zoom support, faster project organization, infinite-scrolling project lists and more control over project embeds. Take a look: www.documentcloud.org
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 25/09/2026
🔐 How secure is your digital footprint? Join us September 30 for a free digital security workshop with the Committee to Protect Journalists. This one won't be recorded, so make sure to come live if you want the tips! Sign up: buff.ly/L3QZVsq
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/09/2026
Our Flock reporting just got five cops arrested. The Indianapolis officers were just criminally charged for spying on women. @aaronschaffer.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social and I found suspicious searches and got their agency to investigate. How many bad cops are still getting away? wapo.st/4xDOH3d
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/09/2026
Social sucks now. What if we just stopped? dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
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What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com
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Ben Keith @benlk.com · 23/09/2026
I remember the days of the Pym.js workaround. If this ever makes it out of Chrome, this will be a massive change for social-media embedding. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
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<meta name="responsive-embedded-sizing"> - HTML | MDN
The responsive-embedded-sizing value for the name attribute of a <meta> element opts in a document embedded in an <iframe> to sharing its size information with the parent document. The frame can then ...
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping.
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 22/09/2026
📂 FOIAFriday is this Friday! September 25, 1 PM ET: public records and ICE, real lessons from requesters in the field. Then stay for a special @DataLibProject extension: we'll file requests together on health care and patient safety data. Free + open to all. Sign up: buff.ly/LnEvArG
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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 21/09/2026
a wonderful use of @muckrock.com
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UPDATE: The suit is live storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's 8:32 am on a Monday. Do you know how many tabs you have open?
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WBUR @wbur.org · 21/09/2026
Massachusetts charity leaders say the demand for food assistance is higher than ever, as residents brace for the Trump administration's upcoming cuts to the food assistance program SNAP.
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Massachusetts residents and food pantries brace for coming SNAP cuts
Massachusetts charity leaders say the demand for food assistance is higher than ever, as residents brace for the Trump administration's upcoming cuts to the food assistance program SNAP.
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pray they don’t alter it any further…
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Starting in 25 minutes. Come ask questions. Report bugs. Tell me about features you want or cool documents you’ve found.
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's me. I'm hosting this. Come hang out.
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 16/09/2026
Dark money is shaping elections, and it's hard to track. Join us TODAY, September 16, 1:30–2:30 PM ET for a free training with Michael Beckel of @IssueOne on how to follow the money. You don't want to miss it! Sign up: buff.ly/m2BJKUB
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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: Records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit shows that despite record number of pregnant women are in detention, ICE has lost count of the number of miscarriages. A Deleted Data/Immigration/Guardian investigations collab
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Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Finally went through the full stack that powers my personal site and catalogued who owns each part of it chrisamico.com/blog/2026-09... plus a few notes on stuff I use at work like Django and Svelte. It's a fun exercise.
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Who owns my stack?
An end-to-end tour of the tech I'm using and who pays for it.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 14/09/2026
You know how having a parent pay for your wedding means they will usually desire a say in how it goes and may hold it over your head after? Well, here's this. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wish this had been the final. At least one of my favorites is through.
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wild guesses about who wins #ADCC: Men: +99: Victor Hugo -99: Luke Griffith -88: Jozef Chen -77: Mateusz Szczecinski -66: Pato Women: +65: Pessanha -65: Goodman -55: Bastos At least one of those is going to lose in the first round, and I'm sorry for whoever I just jinxed.
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Who’s watching #ADCC this weekend?
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hong Kong is off the front pages. The city is now an "ordinary" Chinese city -- unfree, totalitarian. But remember its political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai and Joshua Wong. I have written a piece on the latter. He turns 30 next month. A great man. www.thenextmove.org/p/remember-h...
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Remember Hong Kong
And remember Joshua Wong: political prisoner, democracy champion, braveheart.
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William Moss @williammoss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Honestly huge miss by Disney to not do "The Mandalorian and Gonzo"
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
here's an idea for a premise: the muppet show
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 28 people today www.documentcloud.org/projects/221... Anyone digging into this?
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Trump pardons
Official pardon and commutation documents from the second Trump administration
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Matt's on Reddit, posting and not mad www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/...
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That’s surprising didn’t he own a majority of the company? Is this like how Steve Jobs was ousted from apple?

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Although he owns a good bit and currently has proxy votes for some investors, their board structure gives each board member one vote regardless of their ownership percentage. 

I imagine his next move will be to call a shareholders meeting in an attempt to replace the board.

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I don't know. VCs are smart. Since they agreed to dual-class shares, they may have contractual agreements that prevent that.

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I can fill seats on the board whenever I want, but that's not the point.
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A tweet from @pookleblinky from Sept. 25, 2020: 

Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's an anecdote: On 9/10/2001, The Onion staff had a New York launch party at the Bowery Ballroom to celebrate the staff's move from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City. They woke up hungover, took a week off, and then produced one of the greatest front pages in the history of newspapers.
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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is really great stuff:
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
First day of school and my kids' bus didn't show up. I can drive them, but I know other parents can't. Do better, BPS.
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Philanthropy idea: buy a high-res digital elevation model of the Himalaya and release it into the public domain. There’s an 8m/px version from NSIDC, but it’s got lots of gaps. 8m data with holes compared to 8m + 30m ALOS nsidc.org/data/hma_dem...
Shaded relief map of the area between the site of the glacier collapse and border station along the Tibet/Nepal border. There are many gaps in the high resolution elevation data. Shaded relief map of the area between the site of the glacier collapse and border station along the Tibet/Nepal border. Gaps in the high resolution elevation data are filled with lower resolution data. A curved river valley links the site of the glacier to the Gyirong Border Station.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 28/08/2026
A Pennsylvania police department is ignoring a reporter’s request for records related to the agency’s partnership with ICE — even after he won an appeal. Now, on behalf of @lancasteronline.bsky.social, an @rcfp.org attorney is urging a court to order the department to release the records.
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LNP | LancasterOnline sues for cost of Susquehanna police partnership with federal immigration enforcement
A Reporters Committee attorney is representing the news outlet and one of its reporters.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The journalists say they're being wrongfully fired for speaking out about the Pentagon’s recent takeover of the news outlet and their coverage of poor conditions aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. www.courthousenews.com/stars-and-st...
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Stars and Stripes journalists accuse Pentagon of retaliatory terminations
The journalists say they're wrongfully being fired for speaking out about the Pentagon’s recent takeover of the news outlet and their coverage of poor conditions aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.
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maddy varner @regret.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Incredibly useful (and alarming!) dataset👇
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Twenty years ago this was the kind of thing that was a caricature of the right you'd see on Colbert or maybe see said seriously in some out of the way places online. Now it's US government policy.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/08/2026
Low on the list of embarrassments but renaming everything to “[whatever] of America” is second-grade stuff. Lots of other options! Expand your lexicon beyond stuff that shows up on the back windows of pick-up trucks.
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 27/08/2026
In one example @propublica.org found at Pinellas County Jail, federal and state officials kept a Mexican woman in custody for almost a month by repeatedly rebooking her just before her 72-hour time limit ran out. chrisalcantara.com visualizes her story. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 27/08/2026
Dolly knew the power and necessity of artists owning their work, and she had acknowledged Prince's long fight for all artists to own their work. He said he wanted to be remembered for saying, "If u don't own your masters, your masters own u." No wonder they had wanted to collaborate back in the 80s.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Clue! Rocky Horror! Muppets! The good part of Home Alone 2! Various animated characters (and he has such a distinct voice I usually knew it was him). And a lot more. No one quite like Tim Curry, before or since. 1 of 1. Thanks for all the joy. RIP.
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If I can just quote Roy Kent here: Fuuuuuuuuck …
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are digging into the proposed USPS rule on mail voting and want to know more about Trump's executive order on the matter. Contact our tip line at 917-512-0201 or reach out to me on Signal at jenafifield.01.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 25/08/2026
This must be understood as Trump threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center if he's not allowed to rename it after himself.
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Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed (Gift Article)
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 25/08/2026
it's possible to live a life where everyone grieves its end
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