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Corin Faife

@corin.bsky.social
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Data journalist covering North America for @afp.com. Formerly Verge, Markup, Cornell Tech, some other places. Always looking for the future in the present. ⚡➡️ corinfaife.co ⚡

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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In a cafe watching someone endlessly scroll through font choices for a graphic that says "MY DESIGN PROCESS"
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: Meta is facing a proposed class action alleging it used Facebook and Insta photos to build its NameTag face-recognition system and train AI models without consent. WIRED found code for NameTag hidden inside Meta’s AI app downloaded by tens of millions. Meta said the feature “doesn’t exist.”
wired.com
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature...
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"The watermark is Google’s. The app that reads the watermark is Google’s. The search that reads it is Google’s. Every road out of the problem runs back through the company that built it."
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Honestly I'm speechless. It's not like they were off by just a little bit. It's totally wrong. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
ICE just posted a new RFP for transporting detainees to/from a range of facilities in Baltimore, Boston, New York, New Jersey and Washington. Daily round trips to airports, jails, hospitals and more with detainees restrained and under armed guard. sam.gov/workspace/co...
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Konrad Iturbe @konraditurbe.dev · 24/07/2026
SCOOP: The drone giant DJI was able to successfully get FCC certification for a drone made in China using a shell company and by lying to the government, claiming their drone was made in a Texas recycling facility. I found out in June. The FCC sent an Order to Show Cause thanks to my research.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Amazing how quickly tokenmaxxing has died out when enterprise users have to actually bear the cost
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Old, printed books ... are guaranteed to be free of the very AI slop AI companies are producing."
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I nearly fell out of the Overton window reading this
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Yet another instance of the techniques of Israeli occupation being used by US police forces.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New from 404 Media: police clearly want armed drones. New Orleans cops published a policy document outlining how weaponized drones would work, before quickly walking it back. We got a copy of the original. www.404media.co/new-orleans-...
404media.co
New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones
Cops and drone companies seem increasingly eager to put weapons on their drones.
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is art, to me.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/07/2026
New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
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New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture – which no one commissioned – would raise ‘millions’ of dollars A New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money to build a lifesize statue of Charlie Kirk, only to find that no one wants to buy it. Sergio Furnari, originally from Italy, had hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture. Continue reading...
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
In games this dull they should be allowed to bring a second ball into play simultaneously. Maybe even a third.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
First day back at work after parental leave! Did anything much happen in the last three months??
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...
Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name?
It's really important to think about attribution and think about impersonation, and so on. As an expert, you have a trade you make on the internet. The idea is that when you put content out there, myself included, you hope people use it. You want to refer to other people's content.
You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name.
There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].
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NPR @npr.org · 23/03/2026
TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced. n.pr/3PjBEUt
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Trump administration to pay French company $1B to drop U.S. offshore wind leases
TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I set up a tracker to follow average national gas prices at the pump since the first strikes on Iran were launched. Here's where we're at:
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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This map is brilliant. What it maps is enraging Why cities are resisting ICE's detention expansion www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g...
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Mapping ICE's expanding footprint, and the communities fighting back
Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"Great work taking out that IRGC command center. That wasn't just a bold strike—it was inspired. Now is there anything else I can help you with?"
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A ship and buildings can be seen on fire in Bandar Abbas Military Harbour, Iran, in satellite images from today released by Planet Labs
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I used this system just recently for a story on small arms purchases by DHS. Taking it offline unquestionably makes the US government more secretive and less accountable.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It's a Boeing 737 with a queen bed, showers, kitchen and a bar.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Shipping more and more code with agents means I'll finally have to learn how to write tests won't I?
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
According to the Washington Post's guild, recent layoffs eliminated positions for: - 37% of white guild members - 43% of Asian guild members - 45% Black members - 50% Hispanic/Latino members.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Pro tip, always write code that makes lots of unnecessary print statements so it looks cool and hackerish to anyone looking over your shoulder
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Last week the DHS Office of the Inspector General released its current plan for oversight reviews. Many areas of inquest where the American public would really benefit from transparency.
Text in image reads:
Ongoing DHS OIG Projects Related to Immigration Enforcement
ICE’s Hiring and Training Program: Our objective is to determine the extent to which U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can surge its hiring and training efforts to meet
operational needs.
ICE’s Oversight of the 287(g) Program: Our objective is to determine to what extent ICE ensures
law enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program conduct immigration
enforcement efforts in accordance with program requirements.
ICE’s Use of Expedited Removal Authority: Our objective is to determine to what extent ICE
Enforcement and Removal Operations uses expedited removal for inadmissible and removable
aliens in accordance with Federal law and DHS policies and procedures.
CBP’s Interior Immigration Enforcement: Our objective is to determine whether CBP conducts
interior immigration enforcement in accordance with Federal requirements and Department
policies and guidance.
ICE’s Processes for Investigating and Addressing Allegations of Excessive Force: Our objective is
to determine whether ICE investigates allegations of use of excessive force and holds personnel
accountable in accordance with applicable Federal laws, DHS policies, and ICE directives.
Processes that DHS Law Enforcement Personnel Follow to Prevent the Arrest of U.S. Citizens
During Immigration Enforcement Operations: Our objective is to assess DHS’ processes for
determining U.S. citizenship for individuals detained or arrested during immigration
enforcement operations.
Unannounced Inspections of ICE Detention Facilities: DHS OIG is conducting unannounced
inspections to assess compliance with ICE detention standards and ensure safe, secure, and
humane conditions of confinement.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11/02/2026
Instagram has suspended Track AIPAC, the highly popular watchdog project that documents AIPAC’s political spending, citing a violation of Instagram intellectual property rules, specifically trademark rules. The account tracks FEC donations, and points out top-funded lawmakers.


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Conversation
AIPAC Tracker
@TrackAIPAC
Instagram just suspended our account with >137,000 followers:
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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists." I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone. This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
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This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
think this might be one of the first good instances of AI visual art I've seen. the making of is great too cannoneyed.com/projects/iso...
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Capitalism"
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The brutality in Minneapolis has in effect taken a very popular issue for Trump (immigration enforcement) and turned it into a political liability
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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Hard to argue with this. Great piece by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Remarkable scenes of resistance.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A powerful essay from a Minneapolis-based writer on fear and solidarity under occupation
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/01/2026
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The FBI wants to build a classified/Top-Secret level biometric identity search system, per this RFI to government contractors. sam.gov/workspace/co...
Screenshot of text reading:
The FBI intends to identify available software solutions to store and search subjects at the classified level.  This solution is not intended to replace the Next Generation Identification System Functionality, which was developed and implemented in collaboration with the FBI’s federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. The solution shall reside at the Secret and/or Top-Secret/SCI level with the ability to support data feeds from external systems.  The solution must allow the ability to enroll and search face, fingerprint, palmprint, iris, and latent fingerprints, and associated biographic information with a given set of biometrics.
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The State Department just announced that it will suspend all visa processing for *75 countries*. The list of countries below was initially posted in the Fox News article but has since been removed. www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...
Text reading: The full list of countries comprises Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13/01/2026
The stated reason for ICE agents being in Minnesota is because of the ongoing fraud claims around daycare and other services. The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This morning USCIS rescinded Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals and gave them 2 months to leave. The State Department currently has a Level 4 "Do Not Travel" advisory for Somalia due to terrorism, kidnapping and violent crime. travel.state.gov/content/trav...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates www.404media.co/police-unmas...
404media.co
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate
slate.com
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
OFCOM - Investigation into X Internet Unlimited Company and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content and child users from harmful content www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
ofcom.org.uk
Investigation into X Internet Unlimited Company and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content and child users from harmful content
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Ironically through all this dehumanization the Trump administration has created a program for decolonizing South Africa
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
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