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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 20h

Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.

An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."

Screenshot of Michael Tracey's post on Substack titled "Note on Jane Doe." It reads: "After identifying Jane Doe earlier tonight, I have now removed the information I published. Why? Because the principle has been served: to underscore that permanently anonymizing litigants who make sensational, spectacular, reputation-destroying claims about others — so long as they can self-declare some form of victimization — cannot be countenanced.

It’s destructive, and an egregious abuse of the legal system by huckster plaintiff’s lawyers. This practice has to end. Lawyers who seek to monetize this sleazy tactic should have to think A LOT HARDER about the claims they’re willing to throw out into the public domain, using impressionable clients who may not even know what they’re getting themselves into.

So why have I now removed her information?

Because I don’t believe she’s the main “villain” here. I primarily blame the bottom-feeding, media-manipulating, sleazebag lawyers who’ve made a whole cash-grab industry out of this racket.

Thomas Giuffra in particular has a lot to answer for. He’s the central reason for the current debacle.

Given the intense nationwide and global interest in this case, I don’t want to bring any further negative attention to this woman. I don’t believe she ought to be punished or subjected to any retribution or humiliation. I believe a RATIONAL solution is necessary here. Not more character assassination — of her, the seven young men, or anyone else. Truly, that is my genuine view."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20h

Cashier Forced To Incorporate Humiliating New Phrase Into Every Customer Interaction theonion.com/cashier-forced-to-inco…

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The Lever @levernews.com · 18h

“Did the neocons just take over the Democratic Party?” The Bulwark joked about it in 2024. Now David Sirota argues the former GOP operatives behind the outlet are trying to make that takeover permanent — and shape who Democrats nominate in 2028.

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 21h

yo Leo are you willing to commission me for some Mary Magdalene x angel Gabrielle yuri

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 17h

And stop trying to halt or discredit critics by conflating evil AI (gen AI, conversational AI, AI-powered surveillance systems, etc.) with other helpful or innocuous forms of AI. You know perfectly fucking well what we're talking about.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 17h

The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 17h

the problem is there is no mass demand for this. you didn't have to sell email. the sole demand is by loathed corporations who are either: (a) trying to fire you; or (b) trying to make a trillion dollars getting you fired. and for (a) they are having a hard time doing it still

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Giant Boy Detective @captfamous.bsky.social · 17h

It's the ultimate bridge troll capitalism in that they are trying to build a bridge and then get everyone else to dig a trench underneath it so they can charge exorbitant tolls. And some people like the view and think it'll look nice with a river so they're getting on board.

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 17h

the arts are back 2 bsky.app/profile/mayo...

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 17h

the arts are back 1

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 18h

there are PLENTY of writers who come from a blue collar background and have worked in the trades and i can't remember ever seeing one of them publish an op-ed about how everyone should pivot to hard, painful physical labor

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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 15h

It's funny that he still hides behind pretending he's a journalist because like even his braindead evil subscribers dont think thats what he is at this point

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yash-o-lantern 🎃 @yashwinacanter.bsky.social · 15h

To interview an expert, claim corporate ownership of the convo, + feed that audio (likely unredacted!) into AI models to draw on without appropriate sensitivity to subject matter or context? Experts like Nicole aren't a soundbites jukebox, + folks who contribute their time/talent deserve better.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 23h

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 18h

thank you to the Fauntleroy Institute for Soft-Handedness for planting this timely article about the value of other people doing hard work

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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 16h

The rare occasion iatse gets mentioned in mainstream press it is to get extremely mad that stagehands make a living wage

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 16h

Broadway as a whole employs more people then the coal industry and no one ever makes this suck it up buttercup argument about being a waiter

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 16h

Like it’s not like the ports are sitting empty cause no one wants to be a longshoreman anymore cause theyre snobs

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 16h

Not bothering with that Atlantic people should want to be plumbers thing but just mentioning whenever one of the Good Blue Collar Union Jobs opens up in this city they get like 900 applicants

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's lawlessness is more pressing, but let's not forget: the GWBush admin was also overflowing with incompetent, corrupt Republicans who were pathologically hostile to the rule of law. None of this was necessary or helpful, but it made them feel manly and it was good money for gov't contractors.

“A detainee who is shackled, transported to a former C.I.A. black site, and intentionally kept ignorant of both his right to remain silent and the inadmissibility of his prior coerced confessions, cannot be said to be making an ‘essentially free and unconstrained choice,’” he wrote.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again?

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 13h

They wouldn't be building plantations if they weren't counting on having slaves to work them.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 13h

ICE builds more prisons because the goal is explicitly to warehouse surplus labor, criminalize poverty, and assert total control over all of society. When Stephen Miller claims there are 25, 30, or even 50 million "illegal immigrants" in the US, he's betting on how many of us he'll need to imprison

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😸 Hugo the pink cat 😸 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 16h

We seriously should have never stopped calling these people "weird" because dear GAWD that's WEIRD

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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 15h

It's leading us to the point where it is violently clear that the interests of the ruling elites and the interests of the people could not be more different, and they have stopped pretending they care. We're just morons who've been deluded by Chinese propaganda or something. We don't know anything

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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 15h

The idea that AI is a new, conscious entity is a sick joke. It's a machine voice trained by sociopaths who hate people. It's as conscious as the the voice you get offering menu options while you scream "speak to a representative" into your phone.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15h

Nicole is a leading expert on the issue of campus sexual violence. I am floored that USA Today would do this to her. I find this kind of journalistic behavior unethical and morally reprehensible, twisting an interview with a renowned advocate for survivors into a hit piece against a survivor.

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 14h

This is so inspiring. I believe that I could collaborate with a conservative to make the worst music on earth

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Eminem and Kid Rock
Prioritize Friendship Over Politics on New Track:
'We Hope That Sets an Example'
The longtime friends have teamed up for a new track set to appear on Kid Rock's 13th studio album, 'Halfway to Jesus.'

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 15h

While digging around their website, I found their ethics policy—including a section on AI-generated content. I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 15h

As an update for anyone who isn’t digging through the comments: I found more articles by USA Today journalists I’ve never met. There are THREE that used quotes from my interview recording—including many quotes that were never publicly published anywhere else.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

After I posted this thread, I got an email from an editor indicating the story had been updated. They removed my quote and added new text about the developments in the case. I don't know if they ever would have done that without pressure, but it's something.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

I'm not linking the piece because I'd like for as few people to read it as possible. I'm writing about it here because: - I want to be clear about what happened to anyone who saw that article and felt betrayed to see me associated with it. - These are bad decisions that deserve public shame.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

Once I found out about it, I contacted the reporter and asked him to retract the piece--or at minimum add an editor's note acknowledging the NYT reporting about how Jane Doe did NOT tell police that she consented to her rape. Thus far, the publication has refused to do so.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors. It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

I'm the token expert voice saying that inconsistencies in victim's narratives are common in an otherwise brutally bad piece of journalism full of tropes about how not to report on sexual assault.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

And that led to my words appearing in a victim-blaming article written by a journalist I have never met about how Jane Doe's story was "inconsistent."

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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