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Derek Mead

@dmead.bsky.social
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I am the happiest man on the internet. CCO/SVP News of Straight Arrow, @san.com. Fear no fact. Motherboard forever.

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Azi Paybarah @azipaybarah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Casey Askar announced his candidacy on May 19. He ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 2020. Trump endorsed Askar on Sept. 1. The next day, Askar thanked Trump for the endorsement and has not mentioned him by name on the platform since. #FL22 san.com/cc/after-pri...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: A third-party surveillance company is telling cops that it wants to add facial recognition to Flock footage and ALPR reads to help them "close the gap" in what Flock offers. Company offers racial analysis, gender analysis, behavior analysis www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Extraordinary for any American president: Trump offered to sell weapons to Xi Jinping of China. That was revealed by David Perdue, US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress. China aids Iran and Russia. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A trio of major cattle industry groups are criticizing ICE now san.com/cc/cattle-as...
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Cattle associations say ICE enforcement has ‘chilling effect’ on ag community, beef prices
Officials in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have reported seeing heightened immigration enforcement in recent weeks.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scottie Scheffler was very annoyed with the questions in his post-win interview, and I'd genuinely like to know why
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just found quite a relic
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We consistently get emails from students and teachers saying they feature @san.com in their classes on the regular, and that feels quite good
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For @flaminghydra.com, I wrote about Ten Things I Hate About You, the only good teen movie in an era of really bad ones: flaminghydra.com/the-only-goo...
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The Only Good Teen Movie
Once upon a time in the early 2000s, when I was very young and more impressionable than I realized at the time, every single fucking teen movie was about An Ugly (Glasses-Wearing) Girl Who Is Finally ...
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Calorie counting inflation is getting out of control, what will the Fed do? san.com/cc/counting-...
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Counting calories with a smartwatch? Your results are probably wrong, study finds
Researchers at Florida International University examined popular smartwatches to learn how accurately they count calories during a workout.
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 22/09/2026
Being on a construction site "does not open the floodgates to warrantless government intrusion," a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by a construction worker who has been detained three times by ICE.
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Judge blocks warrantless ICE construction site raids after agents in Alabama arrested a U.S. citizen 3 times
An Alabama construction worker and U.S. citizen was detained and handcuffed three times despite having a valid REAL ID.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wish I'd focused on the rare steer instead because that's a rare steer
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone can upload AI slop music to anyone's Spotify page. We tested it, and it's trivial to do: www.404media.co/spotify-ai-m...
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I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy
A glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The afterlife is inventing afterlives now san.com/cc/ai-agents...
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AI agents faced a fake apocalypse. One invented an afterlife
Researchers told AI agents their world was ending for good. Some tried to disprove it. One built its own afterlife instead.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cycling! www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: The ShinyHunters ransomware gang has leaked more than a half-million files from the Florida DMV, including scans of passports, Social Security cards, driver's licenses, 
resident alien cards, vehicle titles, refugee travel documents and permanent resident cards. san.com/cc/ransomwar...
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Ransomware gang leaks more than half a million files after Florida DMV hack
Scans of passports, driver’s licenses and Social Security cards are among the more than 500k files leaked after a hack of the Florida DMV.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm probably just a curmudgeon but millennial voice in furniture instructions is so annoying. Where was the screwdriver gonna go? It's still in my hand from step 2!
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're witnessing a generational run right now, it's incredible www.404media.co/automattic-m...
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Eastbay-core is back on the menu!! Love to see a discount for ordering 11-49 pieces www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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NBA, Nike announces new 'Specter' uniforms for league's oldest teams
Each of the uniforms include details inspired by the franchises' history, city heritage and fan culture.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap
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Azi Paybarah @azipaybarah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photos and video show exactly where and when Trump visited Ground Zero after 9/11 The story: san.com/cc/photos-an...
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Mark Keierleber @markkeierleber.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The men behind the 9/11 conspiracy film ‘Loose Change’ created a monster they can’t seem to escape. For @san.com I dig into a documentary that Vanity Fair called ‘the first internet blockbuster' — and its legacy 25 years after the terror attacks san.com/cc/their-doc...
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Their documentary launched lingering conspiracy theories about 9/11. It’s a monster they can’t escape
“Loose Change” turned 9/11 conspiracy theories into the “first internet blockbuster.” Its creators say they made a monster.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The filmmakers behind Loose Change reflect on the can of worms the film opened: san.com/cc/their-doc...
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Their documentary launched lingering conspiracy theories about 9/11. It’s a monster they can’t escape
“Loose Change” turned 9/11 conspiracy theories into the “first internet blockbuster.” Its creators say they made a monster.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The White House announced a pledge with Big Tech to not increase home electricity costs in the wake of data centers. @keatonpeters.bsky.social did the legwork to show just how hard that is to put into practice, given regulatory power is at the state and local level: san.com/cc/inside-th...
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Inside the effort to make data centers pay their share of electricity costs
A Straight Arrow investigation finds gray areas around the question of who pays for new power infrastructure when a data center comes to town.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Epstein owning a couple of Harleys in Florida isn't too surprising, but a 64 VW convertible was unexpected san.com/cc/hackers-t...
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Hackers tease breach of Florida DMV by leaking Epstein’s driving record
Hackers published the alleged driving record of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of an extortion attempt against the Florida DMV.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Alexandra Bortz, whose father was killed on 9/11, worked for the DHS Cyber Infrastructure and Security Agency to prevent another 9/11. But now she's left the fed gov because in the fallout of DOGE cuts and restructures. san.com/cc/her-fathe...
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Her father died on 9/11. She fights to prevent a different kind of attack
Alexandra Bortz's dad died on 9/11. She's dedicated her life to making sure an event like it never happens again.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 08/09/2026
Contract documents I obtained show that OpenAI and Google aren't simply selling a product, but working hand in hand with the Pentagon, advising the U.S. military on AI usage and risks, military AI strategy, and even receiving briefings on "operational missions." theintercept.com/2026/09/08/m...
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AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal
The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: The ShinyHunters hacker group has published the alleged driving record of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of an extortion attempt against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. san.com/cc/hackers-t...
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don’t think there’s a genre of visual art that I find as consitently compelling as early 20th century travel posters. They just resonate at the exact frequency to which I’m tuned.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports reut.rs/3SKnUEe
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EXCLUSIVE: US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports
U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a ​range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given ‌to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean there's at least six galaxies of wrongdoing here but you can't argue this isn't a banger of a debit card
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I've had Albers prints hanging in my office for awhile as a reminder of where attacks on free expression can go, and apparently we're just right there again www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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The Nazis drove Bauhaus out of town. Now the far right is waging another war against the movement
Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm suddenly seeing a lot of chatter online about how "Derek is cool" and a) I agree and b) it's nice to be recognized san.com/cc/want-to-m...
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Want to manipulate hearts and minds online? Amazon sells just the bot farm you need
Bot farms are pushing disinformation on social media. Buying them is easy — and cheaper than you might think.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2026
Coral reefs around the world, struggling as climate change drives more frequent and more intense marine heat waves, are running out of time for recovery, according to a sweeping new report on the state of the world’s corals published on Monday. nyti.ms/3UmY6OZ
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
this is like maximum pleasure guaranteed but real san.com/cc/manospher...
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‘Manosphere’ influencer Andrew Tate faces sexual misconduct charges. A data leak is exposing his secrets
A leak of sensitive information from “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate’s online empire reveals new information about his online empire.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Documents from Andrew Tate's business include details of a "Penetrating the Elite" program that teaches members how to dig up dirt on wealthy people to use as leverage in business deals. Big scoop from @mikaelthalen.bsky.social here san.com/cc/manospher...
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Future copyright lawsuits over AI's underlying materials are going to get messier and messier given how obscure attribution actually is san.com/cc/if-your-a...
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If your art trained the AI, MIT says you may never be able to prove it
A new study found that AI images often can’t be traced back to the art that trained them, making it harder for artists to win AI copyright lawsuits.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Farmworkers are increasingly getting priced out of housing near their jobs, which is yet another big concern for the US food industry san.com/cc/why-farmw...
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Why farmworkers can no longer afford to live where they work
Rising rural housing costs are outpacing farm wages, leaving farmers without the help they need and threatening family-run operations.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You may know Napa as a California county that's much much more annoying than Sonoma, but did you know the city itself is even more annoying than that? www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/08/22/c...
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tickets, bouncers, up charges for a high school party? In my day you'd get directions like "drive 1.7 miles down road YY until you see an orange cone, turn left down that orchard row until you find a bonfire" www.wired.com/story/myplot...
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How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager
The West Coast house-party scene has long been iconic. For these young, tech-savvy entrepreneurs, it was also inspiration for MyPlots, a party-promotion empire.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Japanese news outlets have launched a new web standard to fight AI-generated imposter sites. Originator Profile (OP) cryptographically signs news articles to authenticate them. Yomiuri Shimbun+Asahi Shimbun have already integrated OP into their CMS. @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/japa...
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Japanese publishers are fighting imposter news sites with a cryptographic signature
The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and NHK have all signed onto the Originator Profile standard.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This story is mostly about how the AI industry is obsessing over monetizing loneliness but it's also a story of real love!! san.com/cc/social-me...
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Social media stole our attention. AI companions are coming for our hearts. The legal battles may be next
AI companions borrow from social media’s playbook for getting us hooked. But they offer something new: the illusion of intimacy. That could open a new legal front.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Regardless of what the law says, wear a helmet. Your family will thank you. san.com/cc/how-a-gop...
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How a GOP effort to repeal DC’s motorcycle helmet mandate could affect highway safety nationwide
The proposed “Ride in Freedom Act" to repeal Washington, D.C.'s motorcycle helmet law is raising concerns from safety officials nationwide.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A fun little strategy game is actually a top-of-funnel marketing tool to recruit people to work in a Russian drone factory san.com/cc/inside-th...
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Inside the online video game that lures young people to a Russian drone factory
Drone Strike: Ukraine isn’t just a game. Here’s how its users are getting played.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"For $161, [@markkeierleber.bsky.social] confirmed that a journalist — or, perhaps, just about anybody — can acquire a spreadsheet full of intimate details about affluent New York suburbanites who smoke cigarettes." san.com/cc/our-perso...
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Our personal information is for sale on the internet. We know — we bought it
Your attention is a commodity. From likes to purchases, your online behavior is tracked, monetized and sold to influence what you buy.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Azi Paybarah @azipaybarah.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🧵 A social media started posting about a candidate in a tough race, and critics accused her of creating undisclosed ads. She posted more than 400 videos across two platforms and got more than 10M views in total. I watched her videos, and here is what I noticed … san.com/cc/an-influe...
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