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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 28/09/2026
After community members denounced a lack of transparency from public officials in a Carroll County data center project, some people are now pursuing ethics complaints against those who approved it, citing their ties to the electric utility that would power it. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org
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Frustration over Kentucky data center has found another target — ethics complaints
After community members denounce a lack of transparency from public officials in a Carroll County data center project, some people are pursuing ethics complaints against those who approved it.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is who we are now
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Few months ago, UCLA illegally fired me as DEI Director. Why? Bc I spoke truth about this bigoted piece of dog sh*t after he died. Now, my loving 2-dog 2-cat pack and I need your help making ends meet, til my lawyers reach a fair resolution against UCLA: www.gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do you know why the Lexington,KY Police Department would recommend spending this grant on riot gear and military grade laser targeting? This is really strange considering we spend half our city budget on “public safety" The terms of this grant are they have to let ICE use the gear 🤬 #ky #lexington
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BJA 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program – Local | City of Lexington, Kentucky
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) recently received notification of available funding from the United States Justice Department under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance G...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The FBI personnel records, the Pentagon HR department AND the Arizona court system got hacked this week? Somebody at them files.
abc15.com
Arizona court system target in cyberattack by criminal hackers
The Arizona state court system was the target of a cyberattack by criminal hackers or bots, according to a spokesperson for the Arizona Supreme Court.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1944 in #kentucky front page Fund the war, void the vote and diminish women’s contribution to society
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@aclu.org Marlow with the “correction sir, they ARE” 👏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=klE4...
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Senate Hearing on Flock Cameras
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=klE4...
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Senate Hearing on Flock Cameras
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@bennjordan.bsky.social thank you for your service
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New: from 404 Media. The catastrophic FBI hack also exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The Remote Operations Unit is a highly secretive part of the FBI, responsible for making tools to break into peoples' devices. Some of their names and addresses are in the data www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exp...
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@govandybeshear.bsky.social Kentucky is the second example at this hearing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=klE4...
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Senate Hearing on Flock Cameras
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@kydeservesmoore.bsky.social Kentucky is the second example used at this hearing m.youtube.com/watch?v=klE4...
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Senate Hearing on Flock Cameras
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
80,000 nurses in Alabama haven’t been able to work since Sept 1st This failure to act is one piece of the cascade failure coming at us. Our electric grid and infrastructure are barely chugging along before all of this. We need time to build defenses against AI enabled hacking!
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Cyberattack keeps Alabama nursing license system offline
A cyberattack has kept the Alabama Board of Nursing’s online licensing system offline, disrupting service during one of the busiest times of the year for nurses.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this is my surprised face 😐
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KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records • Kentucky Lantern
What happens when politicians dislike what a professor teaches, an employee says, or a university prints?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@appleinsider.com can you tell your Apple friends anything I can’t delete that’s not included in the OS size, shall henceforth be called Grapes. Freeform🍇🍇🍇 Tips🍇🍇 Journal🍇🍇 Chess🍇🍇 Games🍇🍇 Home🍇 Image playground 🍇 Photo Booth 🍇 raisins!! Stocks 🍇 crotchety raisin
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@kypolicy.bsky.social Do you have numbers for Kentucky government spending on AI? yearly ai powered software subscriptions per county?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@govandybeshear.bsky.social can you do something about this? Lexington policy page is also misleading people about what APLRs capture.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social just lexington kentucky flat out lying about their data retention. also, our flock is plugged into fusus. I believe they have a 2 year retention. Questionable now that axon uses an israeli company for their cloud division
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@acluofky.bsky.social Lexingtons license plate reader policy says they retain data for 30 days (flocks standard). 💥Our flock contract specifically adds 1 year of data retention as a $7,500 yearly upcharge⁉️ Please help call us hold them accountable! lexington.legistar.com/LegislationD...
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Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 0621-24
Title: A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute an Agreement with <font style="background-color: Yellow">Flock</font> Group Inc., for the ...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If the Lexington Police Department only keeps Flock data for 30 days, Why do we pay $7,500 per year extra for extended data retention? #lexingtonKY #flock www.wkyt.com/2026/09/15/w...
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WKYT Investigates: Who’s using Lexington’s Flock cameras? Data shows it’s mostly outside agencies
Lexington taxpayers are helping pay for 125 Flock cameras used by the Lexington Police Department, but a WKYT Investigates review found the majority of searches on the system come from outside agencie...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social Id love your take on this Terawulf article arstechnica.com/features/202...
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The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social based on their activities in NY, our datacenter is going to be a nightmare. arstechnica.com/features/202...
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The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@kentuckylantern.com I assume this is the kind of behavior we can expect from TeraWulf since they're already doing it in NY arstechnica.com/features/202...
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The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@forwardky.bsky.social Terawulf datacenter in NY the lies and lack of accountability i assume we will need to expect for when they open their facility here arstechnica.com/features/202...
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The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: Flock invented a fake "police department" called Flock City PD, which ran real searches on real cameras for real people. Searched for 'coexist bumper sticker' 'truck with a trump sticker,' 'star of david'.. Flock says it was done to prove mod tools worked www.404media.co/flock-city-p...
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‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People
Flock ran searches for “coexist bumper sticker,” “white truck with a trump sticker,” and “Star of David,” apparently to demonstrate what cops shouldn't search for.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 17/09/2026
We’re fighting the administration’s attacks on the First Amendment and our right to a free press. Currently, we have nine active lawsuits against Trump, and several more in the works. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social to learn more, and donate: freedom.press/donate
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New from 404 Media: Georgia State has rescinded a job offer given to Samuel Tunick, the activist who allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before DHS could search it. Tunick says the case is "textbook political repression". Now can't study or work at the university www.404media.co/university-r...
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University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It
Samuel Tunick allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before CBP officials could search it, in what has become a high profile civil liberties case. Now Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer ...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lies and lack of accountability coming for us with Terawulf data center coming to Lexington KY as told by the 💩 show happening with their NY facility arstechnica.com/features/202...
arstechnica.com
The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@wired.com why you gotta do me like that?
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/09/2026
Our annual review of diversity on state supreme courts found that 40 percent of state supreme court justices are former prosecutors, while only 10 percent are former public defenders. bit.ly/4r0D7xH
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State Supreme Court Diversity - September 2026 Update
Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good news! You don't even need to be a cop in order to use Flock to stalk a domestic abuse survivor, you just need to be related to one. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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San Jose officer used Flock cameras to help relative track domestic violence victim, chief says
A San Jose police officer allegedly accessed the department’s license-plate tracking system to monitor a victim of alleged domestic abuse and give Flock Safety camera information to his relative.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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axon.com
Axon to acquire Carbyne, uniting cloud infrastructure and AI to redefine the 911 experience - Axon.com
Acquisition brings next-generation, cloud-native 911 technology into the Axon ecosystem, uniting connected devices, real-time communications, and digital evidence from call to courtroom.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lexington Kentucky spends more money on virtual reality taser training with Axon than it would have taken to fund the benefits of the 1,000 children we kicked off SNAP.
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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In honor of Andy Barr’s new ad, let's run back this gem.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 10/09/2026
The government’s support for an influencer who praises domestic hacking would mark an escalation in the Trump admin’s dissent crackdown. "It’s the difference between open-source intelligence" and "jumping into people’s machines," @harloholm.es told @theintercept.com.
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Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left
A far-right hacker posts in tandem with DataRepublican, the X account of Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds, about hacks against the left.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The McClatchy company is a subsidiary of Chatham asset management, right? Thats the hedge fund founded by Anthony Melichiorre, who still owns 75%. I wonder if thats the same Anthony Melichiorre featured on page 4 www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Age Verification | United States Department of Justice
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/05/2026
“The Take It Down Act gives the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like,” EFF’s irmck.bsky.social told @Gizmodo.com. gizmodo.com/ftcs-strict...
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FTC's Strict Anti-Deepfake Rule Kicks in Today. Here's What That Means for Grok
Digital platforms will be held liable for nonconsensual sexual images but critics say it will be a free speech disaster.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Anybody else seeing an increase in location being accessed by system services? #tech
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/05/2026
The cameras accessed by Flock have included surveillance tech in a children’s gymnastics room, a playground, a school, a Jewish community center, and a pool. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more. Watch now: youtu.be/1Z4k_vDovbY?...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Y’all still feeling like they aren’t doin somethin weird with all that flock camera data, Lexington? Ghana won’t sign a health deal with the US because we collect too much data #deflock #lexington #ky
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Progress Kentucky @progressky.org · 28/04/2026
FRIDAY! Join us in Lexington! @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @bgaalliance.bsky.social
MAY DAY: the power of solidarity - Lexington Courthouse Plaza
Friday, May 1st. 4:30-6:30pm
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What’s up with all these mergers? It’s more than monopoly. Take take 14 mins to watch this @booker.senate.gov @katiephang.bsky.social @markruffalo.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @thedreydossier.bsky.social @senateinsession.bsky.social #merger #surveillance #media
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Warner Bros-Paramount Merger, the Corporate Propaganda Monopoly: Ellison Media Cartel DEEP DIVE
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
@aaronparnas.bsky.social southern living made you a chart so you can see how much sour candy you can eat before the arsenic kills you. Stay away from the sour candy Aaron apple.news/AJkISHog_TKm...
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More Than 20 Popular Candies Tested Positive For Toxic Levels Of Arsenic — Southern Living
A recent study by Healthy Florida First has discovered that some fan-favorite candies have unsafe arsenic levels. The study tested 48 popular candies and found that 28 of them contained what authors d...
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Southern Living just gave me a chart to monitor how much candy I can eat before the arsenic kills me. #americandream apple.news/AJkISHog_TKm...
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More Than 20 Popular Candies Tested Positive For Toxic Levels Of Arsenic — Southern Living
A recent study by Healthy Florida First has discovered that some fan-favorite candies have unsafe arsenic levels. The study tested 48 popular candies and found that 28 of them contained what authors d...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The average federal income tax for an individual is 14.5%. But in 2025, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, paid just an 8% tax rate. Meta paid just 3.75%. Amazon paid just 1.37%. Palantir and Tesla paid nothing. itep.org/corporate-ta...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This Tax Day 287 major companies are avoiding $139,256,870,000 in taxes on $1 trillion of their 2025 profits.
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I’m about ready to fashion all of my belts into some kind of harness for wondering in the waste lands. #monopoly #bigtech #moneygames
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Good Trouble Lexington KY @goodtroublelex.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Are you stripping our ability to hold pesticide companies accountable because of things like this #kentucky? nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation's premier bee lab
When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stepped in to help. The Trump administration now plans to close the facility...
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