Reposted by Ianjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087934015 8.8K
Reposted by IanHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 743276658825 27.7K
Reposted by IanChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 46694603996 9.5K
Reposted by IanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/08/2026BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me? 1810107022743 10.7K
Reposted by IanProPublica @propublica.org · 27/07/2026NEW: A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough:propublica.orgHow Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy DiscoveryA proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th... 911198596 1.2K
Reposted by IanQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three. 1151220607390 22.1K
Reposted by IanWIRED @wired.com · 23/07/2026MSG owner James Dolan insists that the facial recognition system deployed at his venues is an essential security measure. So why was it disabled during one of the year's most high-profile events: the pre-wedding celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? www.wired.com/story/for-ta...wired.comFor Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went DarkMSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner. 1031879553 1.9K
Reposted by Ian404 Media @404media.co · 22/07/2026Opened a new credit card? Here’s how that could inform ICE about where you live. @josephcox.bsky.social Read now: www.404media.co/you-opened-a... 210959 109
Reposted by IanMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/07/2026BREAKING: A federal judge just nullified Trump’s $1.776 billion IRS “settlement,” ruling it had “no viable basis in law or fact,” finding there was never a real legal dispute, and referring Trump’s attorney to The Florida Bar for possible discipline. 19160391646 6K
Reposted by Ian404 Media @404media.co · 26/05/2026BusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the school buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data—turning the buses into roaming surveillance vehicles. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/buspatrol-pu... 916289 162
Reposted by IanJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves. 3599503903 10K
Reposted by IanMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026There needs to be a class action suit against RFK, Jr., NIH, and Donald Trump for endangering the lives of Americans with their kooky, unscientific negligence. 1302745898 2.7K
Reposted by IanBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.pbs.orgWATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate changeThe Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv... 20982837611974 28.4K
Reposted by IanKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...semafor.comExclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in QatarThe details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro. 16082347810753 23.5K
Reposted by IanJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026It is time to eradicate AI from all educational environments. Find another way. Maybe teach kids about AI like when we learned about drugs in middle school. “The risks of AI outweigh the benefits” - new report about AI in elementary schools.npr.orgThe risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report saysA new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. 421000330 1K
Reposted by IanSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 30/11/2025We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality. It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few. 17253391250 5.3K
Reposted by IanLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...cnbc.comMeta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing allegesMeta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents. 679154696055 15.5K
Reposted by Ian404 Media @404media.co · 11/11/2025Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more. More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... 40448198 448
Reposted by Iankottke.org @kottke.org · 06/11/2025Macbook Air M4s Are on Sale Again. This is a fantastic computer (I’m typing on one right now). The base model is only $749 (an absurdly low price for so much computer) and the 15” w/ 16GB RAM, 512GB HD, and 12MP camera is $1,149. [kottke.org]kottke.orgMacbook Air M4s Are on Sale AgainApple Macbook Air M4s are on sale again, somehow even cheaper than over the summer. The 13-inch base model is $749 (25% off) while this 15-inch one is $1,149.00 (-18% off). There are other configurations (more/less RAM 1202 20
Reposted by Iancait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/10/2025my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract 65116132062 11.6K
Reposted by IanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2025“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...apnews.comPope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truthsPope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation. 626202236774 20.2K
Reposted by Ian404 Media @404media.co · 09/10/2025BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...404media.coThe Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst NightmareA hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa... 8324191579 2.4K
Reposted by IanKeith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it. 4212684310158 26.8K
Reposted by IanFight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Working to Live > Living to Work 20780122 780
Reposted by IanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025BREAKING — Employees at multiple government agencies have received an email from their leadership with text clearly dictated by The White House regarding a potential government shutdown. So far HHS, Interior, and Social Security have gotten this message, the text of which was shared with me: 61967329 967
Reposted by IanNPR @npr.org · 22/09/2025The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.n.prUSDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough foodThe Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid. 50512259 512
Reposted by IanPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2025A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that. 650318678548 31.9K
Reposted by IanMike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/09/2025Also, it's pretty incredible how far the @nytimes.com has bent over backwards over the last decade to take the view from nowhere in giving Trump credit he doesn't deserve, and he repays their capitulation with a $15 billion lawsuit because they endorsed Kamala in the end. 27906163 906
Reposted by IanLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 30/08/2025lapresse.caVie new-yorkaise | La roulette russe de l’ICEAu 14e étage d’un gratte-ciel situé sur Broadway, dans le sud de Manhattan, six agents masqués, armés et vêtus en civil sont postés à l’extérieur d’une antichambre menant à la salle d’audience du juge Jonathan Reingold, un matin d’août. 026 6
Reposted by IanDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/08/2025Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research! 279183484470 18.3K
Reposted by IanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2025Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire" 12453719210066 37.2K
Reposted by IanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out 1078339298950 33.9K
Reposted by IanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline. 795420739304 42.1K
Reposted by IanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama: "Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction. 616314017430 31.4K
Reposted by IanMike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/07/2025How many times do we have to remind people: the chatbot *cannot* admit to *anything*. It *doesn't know*. When you ask it about itself, it generates its answer the same way it generates your request that it write an email. It takes what you tell it and responds in way to sound plausible. 271735391 1.7K
Reposted by IanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice. 9933852210185 38.5K
Reposted by IanChris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Wow. They've literally reproduced my cover from "Fantastic Four: First Family"! C'mon, @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social , that's got to be worth a couple of free tickets. 381694337 1.7K
Reposted by IanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/07/2025Big new poll finds that ... are you sitting down? ... "a bipartisan majority supports raising taxes on high incomes and wealth, including restoring pre-2017 tax rates, taxing capital gains like regular income, and introducing new taxes on large fortunes."publicconsultation.org 1013397896 3.4K
Reposted by IanJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/06/2025It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...washingtonpost.comTim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friendAfter a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.” 1969338859904 33.9K
Reposted by Ian404 Media @404media.co · 26/06/2025ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show 🔗 www.404media.co/ice-is-using...404media.coICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails ShowThe new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin... 26372173 372
Reposted by IanLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 22/06/2025lapresse.caPrix de l’immobilier | « Le choc sera brutal »La Presse 082 8
Reposted by IanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello? 17104185011407 41.9K
Reposted by IanLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 21/06/2025lapresse.caInvestissement Québec | Rendement quasi nul, presque 12 millions en primesLe rendement quasi nul d’Investissement Québec (IQ) l’an dernier n’empêchera pas ses employés et sa haute direction d’avoir droit à des primes. Elles atteindront 11,6 millions – l’un des montants les plus élevés depuis la refonte de la mission du bras financier de l’État québécois. 014 4
Reposted by IanLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 19/06/2025lapresse.caInstruits mais incultesDans un hommage senti paru la semaine dernière dans Le Devoir, Jean-François Nadeau citait le regretté Victor-Lévy Beaulieu : « Le problème au Québec, c’est qu’on a confondu instruction et culture. On a créé en série des gens instruits mais incultes 1. » 1144 14
Reposted by IanMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price. 256142625465 14.3K
Reposted by IanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice. 645251495931 25.1K
Reposted by IanBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025CBO is out with its final cost estimate of the tax-and-spending bill passed by the House. - Revenue ⬇️ by $3.7 trillion over 10 years - Spending ⬇️ by $1.3 trillion - Debt ⬆️ by $2.4 trillion over 10 years - Uninsured pop. ⬆️ by 10.9 million in 2034 Full analysis: www.cbo.gov/publication/...cbo.govEstimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 461204731 1.2K
Reposted by IanMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553959913763 39.6K
Ian @iancd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Come on @paultassi.bsky.social... Make a real headline and thumbnail and I'll click. Just say *NEW* INFO MARATHON - *the date* and I'll click. I don't click because I don't want information I've already seen or being repeated for the past week. 020 2
