James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is such a perfect encapsulation of how finance shitheads have ruined journalism cuz they don’t understand it. They’ll make a bit more money short term selling the interviews and burn all their journalists sources (and trustworthiness) long term 1351
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I got a headache reading that article with how often I rolled my eyes. Maybe this is too curmudgeonly of me, but any profile of someone like Olah must lead with “this man will likely become a billionaire through the IPO if he can continue to convince people of the value of the product” 150
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wemby makes it official: shilling for sports betting and prediction markets is unc 010
Reposted by James FredrickJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11846871165
Reposted by James FredrickThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 01/10/2026The Trump administration officially ended decades of global health aid to Zimbabwe, cutting off funding for HIV and infectious disease prevention efforts after Zimbabwean officials rejected an “America first” health deal.washingtonsun.comZimbabwe Rejected a Deal With Trump. Cuts to Health Aid Followed.The State Department proposed making aid conditional to the country’s ability to access sensitive data from the Zimbabwean government. 22626
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You just made me feel fantastic about my 38 years. Thanks 000
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s funny seeing how much traction this story is getting (understandably! Look at that lil guy!) because the National Guard explicitly said this dog won’t be operational but is there to improve the National Guard’s image among citizens. NG disappeared someone? Noooooo, look at their lil pupper! 001
Reposted by James FredrickJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115352862
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But the detail of Olah growing up evangelical is veeeery interesting 011
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Agree this is interesting but I find it hard to take any of the Anthropic guys seriously when this is in the context of a potential massive IPO and the nonexistent regulations on AI. Great you care about not hurting a hypothetically conscious Claude. What about all the humans AI is already hurting? 140
Reposted by James FredrickVerite News @veritenews.org · 28/09/2026He fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana. Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.veritenews.orgHe fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana.Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana. 116689
Reposted by James FredrickTransgender World @transgenderreport.com · 27/09/2026‘They don’t want trans people to exist’ – Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve speaks her mind sports.yahoo.com/art... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA sports.yahoo.com‘They don’t want trans people to exist’ – Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve speaks her mindMinnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve isn’t backing down from her public support of the transgender community. Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has long used her platform to champion progressive causes and stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. 7691111
Reposted by James FredrickThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026President Trump’s war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. wapo.st/4ycPvNA 3234495
Reposted by James FredrickWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 411161519
Reposted by James FredrickDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Excellent NYT article captures the sweep of ICE’s now decentralized surge, then zooms in to tell the individual stories of cruelty and heartbreak. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/ice-s…nytimes.comA Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. 1218115
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A crime to rank the US Office over the UK original. Ricky Gervais has actually become David Brent for gods sakes! 000
Reposted by James FredrickClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271468750
Reposted by James FredrickWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103554412
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Deeply unsettling to read this from one of the best in the biz: “Crystal and the other person I reached at Blue Angel seemed real—but I no longer felt totally sure that that was a judgment I could accurately make, the first time in my career as a reporter that I’ve felt that way.” 130
Reposted by James FredrickAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills. 261060582
Reposted by James FredrickGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k... 61015659
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No thank you.I’m going to crawl into a very deep hole if the Nuggets have to play the Wolves in the first round again. 000
Reposted by James FredrickAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:boltsmag.org“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - BoltsFrederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo... 11574328
Reposted by James FredrickPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comRevealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b... 611570
Reposted by James FredrickAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor. 13638351786
Reposted by James FredrickThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 69129192820
Reposted by James FredrickProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026NEW: Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in. We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable.propublica.orgWhy ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports InvestigationsSports is a wealthy, powerful industry. We’ll cover the system instead of the games. We’ll ask who’s responsible for some of its biggest problems and who’s preventing them from being fixed. 21829172
Reposted by James FredrickJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘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." 401523709
Reposted by James FredrickZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.thinairrealmoney.com‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto GameAn 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites. 511620563
Reposted by James FredrickAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is insane. DOJ officials who by law are required to exercise independent judgment appear to have been ordered to overturn torture protections granted to a political opponent of a Trump ally, with a deportation flight fueled up and ready for their preordained decision made in less than 24 hours.nytimes.comU.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture FearsThe removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts. 14992473
Reposted by James FredrickGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you 8980962033
Reposted by James FredrickRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Credit where due. Trump knows his base: Florida cops who use Flock cameras to stalk their ex-girlfriends. 101029172
Reposted by James FredrickI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026“More and more D.C. residents are in the same boat, according to a report from Capital Area Food Bank that came out today. The 2026 Hunger Report showed that food insecurity in the D.C. region is worse than it’s been in five years — worse even than around the height of the pandemic.”51st.newsFood insecurity in the DC area hits a new highCuts to SNAP, surging costs, and federal layoffs are making it difficult for District residents to put food on the table. 23425
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So sick of hearing journalists say they “interviewed” the AI actress. You talked to computer, dummy 000
Reposted by James FredrickJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show Could be worth billions of dollars Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B www.washingtonsun.com/donald-trump...washingtonsun.comIs the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens. 17332154
Reposted by James FredrickTom Ley @toley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The doomsday stuff from AI researchers is so annoying. It’s like hey the weirdest guy you know keeps saying he’s going to blow up your house. He won’t show you the bomb. Every time he does this he gets another $1,000. But also he might do it. Wyd? 126137
Reposted by James FredrickNoah Hurowitz @noahhurowitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BREAKING: Tonight, a United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv is set to carry onboard 5 cargo shipments destined for the weapons giant Elbit Systems. Past shipments by United — on passenger flights! — have included parts for fighter jets and tanks theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...theintercept.comUnited Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger FlightsUnfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight. 10199138
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Less. With health and a couple bench guys popping, we could be right there in the title hunt. But the margin for error is so slim and a couple bad injuries or no added value from the bench could spell another first round exit 000
Reposted by James FredrickSam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are so many stories lately about people who died by suicide after falling into emotionally manipulative patterns with chatbots. We rarely get to hear how the people who loved them are coping after an unimaginable, senseless loss. This is one of their stories: www.404media.co/austin-gordo...404media.co'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AIAfter allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened. 3789351
Reposted by James FredrickDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Bananas video out of Equatorial Guinea, where 31 immigrants deported by the U.S. to a country where they have no ties have been locked up in a hotel with no travel documents. Local police threatened to shoot them. @gillianbrockell.com reports. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...prospect.org‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago. 10349231
Reposted by James FredrickNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders. 391765682
Reposted by James Fredrickryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/09/2026they're calling him the Most Republican Doctor of all time www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...nytimes.comRoger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished. 1545289
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’m glad on this 25th anniversary of September 11, we can focus on the important thing: the lazy as hell fake story of Mr President Trump’s bravery. Thank you siir 🫡 010
Reposted by James FredrickDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026To have any chance at all of dealing with climate overshoot past 1.5 C in a timely way, we must cut CO2 emissions AND make extremely deep cuts to methane. But people are sometimes surprised to learn that most of our methane emissions come from the food system. drawdown.org/insights/we-...drawdown.orgWe can’t ignore the largest source of methaneFood is the largest source of human-caused methane – we ignore it at our peril 510141
Reposted by James FredrickHamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026SCOOP: An ICE whistleblower report obtained by the NYT said ICE was cutting corners, violating the law and fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...nytimes.comICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower SaysAn official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge. 31482184
Reposted by James FredrickAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Kian said the bomb had struck the section of the wedding set aside for women. “That is why most of those injured are women and children” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...nytimes.comIn Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a TragedyThe bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. 03222
James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The funniest part of this is how the Clippers still try to frame @pablo.show as some dinky streamer and not the producer of some of the best sports investigative journalism in years. He roasted your asses! Deal with it! 020