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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 04/10/2026

NEW: starting jan 1, a new federal tax windfall could kick in for rural data centers around the country new research from @searchlightinst.bsky.social shows dozens of projects potentially eligible for the break — as hyperscalers battle backlash against dcs

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Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New analysis from @benmshultz.net has found 50 MEPs—46 of them women—are included on deepfake sexual abuse websites. "This translates to roughly one in six women MEPs," the findings say, expanding on the 150 national MPs found on the sites last month Findings: agoradigital.de/wp-content/u...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026

somebody at the RNC yells death threats toward Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico as Cruz attacks them

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NEW: You’ve probably heard of police officers accused of abusing Flock searches to stalk exes and romantic interests. We got the code for Flock’s latest search tool, figured out how it works, and recreated it for all to see. @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social w/ the scoop:

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This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings." @dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Screenshot of a mock-up web interface labeled FlockOS. A red-bordered banner at the top reads: "This is a mock-up rebuilt from Flock Safety's own published code. It holds no police data—every plate, camera, and record in it is invented. What officers see in a live system may differ."

Below the banner is a navigation bar with "Search" (selected) and "Alerts," then a row of tabs: Search, Lookup, FreeForm (selected), Convoy, Multi-Geo, Visual.

The panel is titled "Flock FreeForm." Under it, two radio buttons labeled Vehicle and People, with People selected.

A yellow advisory box headed "People Search Advisory" states that only video cameras compatible with People Search will appear in the device selector, and that LPR cameras are not supported for this feature.

Under the heading "Run FreeForm Search" is an empty text field with placeholder text "Enter body, make, color, etc." Beneath it, a green example line reads: Good: "person wearing scrubs".

A bordered box instructs the user to "Use short, literal descriptions of the vehicle or person," with two bulleted examples in green: Good: "blue BMW M3 with red stripe on roof" and Good: "person wearing scrubs".

At the bottom is a green button labeled "Run FreeForm Search," followed by gray text: "Freeform searches can only be run on increments of 30 days or less. Please refine your search."

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too. ....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...

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ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Canada has recruited dozens of researchers away from US universities. 48 out of 64 chair recipients in a government program worth $500+ million are coming from US institutions like Harvard and MIT. 🧵

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Crushed @silenttakedown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore

a screenshot from the upcoming remake of Tomb Raider 1. lara croft is looking at her phone in the middle of an ancient ruin, and it's showing her a generic crafting menu, and a png of saucepan of stew that apparently her phone lets her cook for "Damage resistance" if she has 6 potatoes

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Police can search a little cultural expression, as a treat www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Screenshot titled "What Police See When a Search Is Flagged." Subhead: Flock's code scores a search against eight categories and returns allow, warn, or block. Seven categories have block wording, three have warning wording. Religion and nationality have both.

Two columns. Left, on tan, headed "WARNED." Right, on pink, headed "BLOCKED."

Warning messages, by category:

Political, social and cultural expression: the search may relate to political affiliation or social/cultural expression, which have constitutional protections. If the officer proceeds, the search appears in the audit log and their admin gets an email.

Religion: it appears the officer might be searching religion-related terms, which have constitutional protections. Same audit-log and admin-email consequence.

Nationality: the search may contain nationality terms, which have constitutional protections. Same consequence.

A dashed box below notes the other five categories produce a generic warning instead: the search may have included sensitive terms, the admin will be notified as part of "our policy" (a link), and the search will appear in the audit log.

Block messages, by category:

Person (harmless) and sex or gender: blocked because it appears to include person-related terms, such as gender, clothing, or behavior, while using vehicle search.

Religion: stopped because it may have contained protected searches for religion.

Race or ethnicity: stopped because it may have contained protected categories including race or ethnicity.

Nationality: stopped because it may have contained nationality terms, which have constitutional protections.

Subjective: stopped because it may have contained subjective or biased terms which have constitutional protections.

Offensive content: stopped because it may have contained terms related to sexual content or innuendo, offensive words, phrases, or slurs.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Flock tells cops sometimes its software can't tell its elbow from a doorknob, and if you use it, you're on your own. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/09/2026

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 31/08/2026

DHS and the intelligence centers it bankrolls are targeting as a terrorist threat a website that tracks ICE contractors, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @usatoday.com. #FOIA www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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A mom's website shows who profits from ICE. Why Feds call it a 'threat'

A Texas stay-at-home mom created a website showing companies profiting from ICE. It led to hundreds of protests. Feds called the site a "national threat."

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

County commissions have power and can take away surveillance tools from sheriff’s departments. Take note other local officials with procurement powers!

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Pasco County sheriff Nocco ending Flock, license plate detection systems

Sheriff Nocco said the agreement will end effective Sept. 30.

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Natalie V. @nvbinder.io · 27/08/2026

hmm what could it mean

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

found out like a week after my dad gave me her coffee table book for xmas 😩

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

yes, but what *is* the intelligence community

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Letting customers direct donations doesn't actually move credit to the customer. The grocery store checkout model demonstrates the reputational gains of charity washing.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Anything sold by an online service in a monthly allowance should be transferable. If I don't use my "1000 minutes" at an online transcription service, some broke college kid should get them. Like airline miles. If secondary markets are a problem, vendors should have their own donation pipeline.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ah. yeah i’m def playing that.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

sequel is out right? any good?

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@sayhar.bsky.social checking to see if you're around for DM

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

after, but pretty sure it was invented early 20th century to treat epilepsy

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Someone owed someone a favor or they do as of now

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

These are all tell-tale signs of motivated reasoning. My question for the author would be: where did you get that motivation and what bank did you put it in?

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There are only two public-sector clients named in the story: NHS & MET. It says NHS "exaggerated" claims about Palantir would do: add hundreds of extra surgeries a year! Then without question accepts MET's claims of what will happen when its gone: hundreds of officers off the front line!

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This whole story begins with a Palantir client (Britain, a public-sector client) severing ties because it exaggerated its impact on the health system. Two sentences later, the Economist: "If the firm’s public-sector clients deem its contributions valuable, that is a reason to keep it."

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This graf also frames the lock-in concerns as Palantir acquiring leverage to charge Britain outrageous fees. Then pivots to "well that just means it's working!"

These fears stem from a misunderstanding of what Palantir does. It licenses software and sends consultants (“forward-deployed engineers”) to handle data. But those data remain firmly in the hands of the clients. Lock-in is a worry—and also something all vendors desire. It is up to buyers to ensure that contracts are fair. And if Palantir does become indispensable, that would mean its software is keeping hospital beds free and criminals jailed.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Corporate greed is what will incentivize Palantir to treat Britain fairly because it loves Britain's money But also: It won't become a rent-extractor!

$In a world of geopolitical fracture, governments may sometimes want homegrown alternatives to foreign technology. The best way to nurture these is to give domestic incumbents and startups an incentive to innovate. Cosseting local firms by blocking foreign competition has the opposite effect. In any case, no British firm can match Palantir’s offering. As for the Anthropic incident, that was more the administration’s bungled response to a legitimate worry about powerful AI hacking-tools getting into the wrong hands than an attempt to weaponise other countries’ reliance on American tech. Were the White House to attempt such weaponisation, Palantir and its fellow American tech giants would resist it, given the sizeable share of revenues they derive from Europe, including Britain.$

One set of criticisms concerns Palantir’s business model. The conspiratorially minded fret that the firm could steal and sell British data. More sober types worry about “lock-in”, where Palantir burrows deep into the state, ensconces itself, then overcharges for its services.
These fears stem from a misunderstanding of what Palantir does. It licenses software and sends consultants (“forward-deployed engineers”) to handle data. But those data remain firmly in the hands of the clients. Lock-in is a worry—and also something all vendors desire. It is up to buyers to ensure that contracts are fair. And if Palantir does become indispensable, that would mean its software is keeping hospital beds free and criminals jailed.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is very poorly argued, from use of a MAGA straw man to equating the act of not doing business with a supplier on ethical grounds—"highly controversial policies and practices"—to "punishing institutions." And here, pointing to data security concerns, they badly conflate ownership and access.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”

Dear Mr. President,
I'm sorry. I thought I was the only one left behind last night, and had no idea Margo's car was also pulled over, and sent back to the Airport. Since I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked, and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, 1 was specifically asked by, I forget who his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking, and tell any other girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people have said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having technical issues on the Plane too, so asked me to help him out).
I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me-not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion. That is the fear you see, because 1 never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life-That's what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age. I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving.
See you soon.
With all my …

Dear Mr. President,
Now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first.)
I have learned so much about myself on this Trip-I always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to "unplug." We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forget what time it was! I didn't have to be "Human Printer." I could take time to enjoy good conversation, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!). With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only "job" seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)! Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days, and we'd talk about everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time!! I've always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking to on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a "Talkshow Host" (as much as I hated that actual job!). I wish I could hear every conversation, because that's when you're having a good time, getting away from it all, at least for a few moments.
But after going through all this self-analysis, my conclusion? I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if n…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.

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