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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 24/09/2026

Tired: Saturn devouring his son Wired:

Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fascinating new study: Male bosses are more likely to give women employees raises and hire more women after they have a daughter. Less likely after they have a son. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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What having a daughter does to a boss

Male managers hire more women after becoming a “girl dad”

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled since the end of Roe. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 21/08/2026

New, by me: Private equity giant Apollo Global says hackers stole personal information, including Social Security numbers, during a July breach. The hack comes after Google researchers warned that an extortion gang targeted financial giants. Ad-block bypass: archive.is/BucaL (Wayback not working)

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Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants | TechCrunch

The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.

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Marina Koren @marinakoren.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I stand by what I wrote for the 15th: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... (hi @astrolisa.bsky.social)

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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Journalism Job Alert: there are three jobs open on the NYT tech team in San Francisco. We are hiring for reporters to cover Anthropic, xAI, and a general AI business reporter. Message me if these interest you and you want to apply! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

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Business Correspondent, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NEW from @rojeda.bsky.social @lamthuyvo.bsky.social: Multiple immigrants say they were misled by the Queens immigration nonprofit La Jornada, which some say charged them for legal help they never received. The NY Attorney General's office said it is looking into five complaints against La Jornada.

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Confusion, Missed Court Hearings: What Happened When Immigrants Paid a Queens Non-Profit for Immigration Help

Immigrants told Documented they felt let down by a well-known organization that helped with asylum applications and other paperwork.

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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SCOOP: The Trump administration in recent days deported a group of Mexican nationals who had been barred from removal to their home country after proving to an immigration court that they would likely face torture, according to two people with knowledge of the move.

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“This is the third chance I gave you to submit an asylum application,” Judge Ling said. “I know it’s difficult, but without an attorney you need to submit the application in English.” She gave the child a week to file the application, a process that can take months even for experienced lawyers.

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Children Face Immigration Judges Alone as Trump Admin Fast-Tracks Deportations of Minors

More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

NEW from @grenchpan.bsky.social : More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges alone as the Trump administration seeks to fast-track deportations of unaccompanied minors. documentedny.com/2026/08/06/u...

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Children Face Immigration Judges Alone as Trump Admin Fast-Tracks Deportations of Minors

More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"DHS will send goons to collect fines owed by those who self deport" feels like a spiritual successor of Project 35.5, the Cold War test to see if paper records (like, for debts) could survive nuclear blasts. (Records, yes, debt collectors, no, btw: blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2011/11/30/w...)

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The Bureaucracy will Survive the Apocalypse

This week's document concerns a vexing Cold War question: if the United States was nuked by the Soviet Union, would the bureaucracy survive, or would we...

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“This court is granting you voluntary departure...I wish you all the best.” Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...

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Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

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Patrick George @patrickgeorge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Scoop from us: Some Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the company’s China business ahead of a potential merger with SpaceX, now a prolific U.S. defense contractor. Musk has denied talks have taken place: www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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Exclusive | Tesla Weighs Sale of China Business to Pave Way for Potential SpaceX Merger

The U.S. automaker could sell or spin off the business in its second-largest market over geopolitical concerns.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is really, really, really bad. I spoke to two mothers who lost food stamps who are eating less in order to feed their kids and still struggling to give their kids enough nutritious food www.thenation.com/article/econ...

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The Trump Administration Is Making It Nearly Impossible to Get Food Stamps

New work requirements and restrictions on SNAP have kicked millions off the benefit rolls, with more reductions to come.

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

“As of July 19, 2026, the U.S. has reported 2,278 measles cases this year—already nearing the total for all of 2025 with five months still to go. At this pace, 2026 is on track to set a new 33-year record. Expect headlines soon.” yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-w...

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“Brouillette, 37, told his ex-wife Ashley Brouillette late last year that he had been hired by ICE. She said that because of his long history of psychiatric issues, she thought he was having a mental health episode and she didn’t believe him.” apnews.com/article/ice-...

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AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“I’ve never met James Dolan... But, like, there does seem to be a bit of a pattern here,” @evangreer.bsky.social tells me, citing WIRED’s reporting on MSG’s minute-by-minute surveillance of a trans woman. “They just seem overly interested in queer and trans people in their venue.”

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

“Art is, strictly speaking, wasteful. It shares this with trash. Hampton wasn’t wealthy as we would define wealth, but his Millennium Throne is a byproduct of wealth, only possible in an empire with surplus. His work, then, is a product of Empire.”

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

NPR publishes, then immediately retracts, article saying that Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito is retiring www.npr.org/2026/06/30/n...

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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For my latest, I reported from Florida, where more death-row prisoners have been executed since 2025 than all other states combined. I looked at how this accelerated pace is affecting people on the ground, beginning with a priest who ministers to men on death row. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/m...

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Capital Punishment Is on the Decline. Except in Ron DeSantis’s Florida.

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Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"How should bodies like the MSPB or NLRB, which are mostly adjudicatory but may also possess some other functions, be treated?...More questions, which have long been at rest under Humphrey’s, are sure to follow" Sotomayor writes in dissent www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

NEW from me: the US is about to deport a retired pastor, Edward Nalwamba, back to Uganda. Not only is Uganda in the midst of an Ebola outbreak, but Nalwamba says he was the target of the country's security forces before coming to the US. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-us...

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The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis

Edward Nalwamba is a 78-year-old retired pastor whose health has rapidly declined while in detention, his attorney says.

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Clarissa A. León @clarissaleon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A letter penned from the UN cites NYC home care workers' 24-hour shifts as violations of human rights that amounts to a form of forced labor. Read the latest from @amirkhafagy.bsky.social here: documentedny.com/2026/06/25/h...

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United Nations Intervenes in Home Care Workers' 24-Hour Shift Ban

A letter penned from the UN cites the home care workers' 24-hour shifts as violations of human rights that amounts to a form of forced labor.

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Saahil Desai @saahildesai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In the name of journalism, I bought the Palantir chore coat. It is *so* much weirder than you think www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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My New Life With the Palantir Chore Coat

I bought the most confusing jacket in America.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026

this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A thoughtful conversation between @adamserwer.bsky.social and @adamhsays.com ahead of the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling, and what it would mean to end more than a century of precedent. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

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What Will Happen to Birthright Citizenship?

The Supreme Court considers the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 22/06/2026

In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons. The ID checker is Persona, a firm funded by Trump ally Peter Thiel. As a U.S. company, Persona is also subject to gov't demands for people's verification data. 👀

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Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID | TechCrunch

Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.

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Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

NEW: A college student filmed the exciting moment he won $100,000 – except the bet wasn’t real. A flood of videos showing fake trades and fake wins, is fueling Polymarket’s hype machine, our @wsj.com investigation found. It's part of a secret campaign for Americans’ attention on social media.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube

2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Xenoblade Genesis Final Fantasy VII Revelation Dragon Quest Deuteronomy Super Mario Leviticus

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 28/05/2026

Incredible quote from Wyden, that it is time to "start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat."

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Paul Moses @paulbmoses.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

One more way courts find that ICE systematically violates its detainees' constitutional rights: holding them for deportation to a third country when it doesn't actually have a country to send them to. Latest article, with Tim Healy. documentedny.com/2026/05/26/d...

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ICE Kept Immigrants Illegally Detained for Months as It Searched for Countries to Deport Them To, Judges Rule -

A Documented analysis found ICE deported at least 1,670 people to countries that were not their own since Trump took office in 2025. Some are being held long-term while the government searches for cou...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We're hiring a News Editor! Read more and apply at jewishcurrents.org/careers.

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Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

These stories are just the beginning. We’ll publish more feature articles, guides with actionable information and workshop materials. Follow along here: documentedny.com/2026/04/27/h...

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Holding the Line in Queens - Documented

Every day, immigrant New Yorkers are being arrested and taken from the streets they call home. Documented took a closer look at how some of the city’s immigrant neighborhoods are faring in this moment...

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Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

On Nov. 1, seven men were arrested by ICE on a single street corner in Corona, Queens while the block watched. What happened next galvanized a neighborhood. ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGq...

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ICE agents handcuff and arrest a young man in Queens, NY | Documented

YouTube video by Documented

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 28/04/2026

For TechCrunch, I wrote about the landmark Chatrie privacy case before the U.S. Supreme Court that examines the legality of "geofence" search warrants. The case could redefine digital privacy rights for people across the U.S. if cops are limited from mass-searching the databases of tech giants.

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US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of 'geofence' search warrants | TechCrunch

The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants.

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Graham Starr @gstarr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

[spins wheel] PREGO has partnered with [shuffles deck] STORYCORPS to create a [throws dart] SURVEILLANCE DEVICE

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @noahshachtman.bsky.social & me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...

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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine

Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

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