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James Reddick

@jreddjourno.bsky.social
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Journalist in Boston. Usually editing @therecordmedia.bsky.social and otherwise covering science, the environment, politics and the strange times we're in.

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026
Scoop: Data allegedly stolen from the FBI provides sensitive assignment descriptions for named employees, exposing members of the "China criminal enterprise unit” & “Russia Operations Section" among others. One ex-employee described it as a foreign intel "goldmine." www.reuters.com/world/hacked...
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EXCLUSIVE: Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles
FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work ‌against Chinese spies, Russian intellig...
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 17/09/2026
If you took the Green Line back in the day, you knew DJ Night Train. Intrepid reporter finds him, now in a rehab facility, after a stroke. www.instagram.com/p/DdZGfFMO3I7/ #MBTA
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Matt Shearer on Instagram: "Boston's Best on the invisible 1's and 2's. . #Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #MBTA #CambridgeMA Quincy Somerville Newton Everett Medford Braintree Boston University Nor...
7,561 likes, 178 comments - reportermatt on September 17, 2026: "Boston's Best on the invisible 1's and 2's. . #Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #MBTA #CambridgeMA Quincy Somerville Newton Everett Me...
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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Boston Flock camera data was shared, despite BPD pledge not to let that happen @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
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Flock Safety failed to secure Boston vehicle data during 2025 pilot, report finds
Three days into a pilot program with the Boston Police Department, city officials realized Flock Safety had been distributing data it promised not to share with external law enforcement agencies, acco...
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Xinbi Guarantee, a critical node in the Southeast Asian cyber scam economy, was disrupted yesterday by U.S. sanctions and seizures, with Telegram finally taking down the illicit marketplace's channels. We'll see if it sticks therecord.media/us-disrupts-...
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US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Treasury Department announced sanctions against a Telegram-based marketplace facilitating billions of dollars in cybercrime, money laundering and human trafficking therecord.media/us-disrupts-...
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US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform.
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Joe Warminsky @jwarminsky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An Italian collective of "radical hackers and tech developers" said it will shut down operations after the U.S. government declared it a terrorist organization and imposed sanctions. ✍️ @jreddjourno.bsky.social therecord.media/autistici-in...
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Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati shuts down after US terrorist designation
On August 26, the State Department labeled A/I an “extremist group” operating infrastructure for “far-left militants across the world” and announced that anyone engaging with the group financially ris...
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 12/08/2026
Ransomware group hijacks hospital system’s Facebook page amid ongoing cyberattack fallout via @jreddjourno.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Ransomware group hijacks hospital system’s Facebook page amid ongoing cyberattack fallout
The hackers claimed to have exfiltrated 6 terabytes of data, including highly sensitive health information like records related to sexual assault, mental health, abortions and sexual harassment incide...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A medical chain dealing with closures due to a cyberattack had its social media accounts hacked. A ransomware group threatened to leak sensitive patient data, but did not back up their claims therecord.media/ransomware-g...
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Ransomware group hijacks hospital system’s Facebook page amid ongoing cyberattack fallout
The hackers claimed to have exfiltrated 6 terabytes of data, including highly sensitive health information like records related to sexual assault, mental health, abortions and sexual harassment incide...
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"​If built as planned, the gas burning plants — scattered across states including Texas, Ohio and Wyoming — could release as much planet-warming pollution in a year as roughly half of all the passenger vehicles in the United States" 💀 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
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Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Is there any good reason why Mayor Wu's administration hasn't done this?
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What a dangerous lunatic
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 13/06/2026
George Washington coned by some Scotland fans. www.threads.com/@dgo6750/pos...
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@dgo6750 on Threads
Big News this morning : The George Washington statue near Fenway Park in Boston has been given the Highest Honour By the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Fans. Someone has got up there God knows how and placed a traf...
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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @streets.boston.gov There used to be flexposts turning from Arlington St to the bike lane beside the Public Garden. This is what happens when they're gone. A truck driver drove into the bike lane, and two drivers blindly followed. Please fix this.
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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
BREAKING: We just won our antitrust trial against LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Live Nation has raked in billions in profits from an illegal monopoly that coerces venues, restricts artists, and exploits fans. This is a massive win in the fight for fairness for local venues, artists, and fans.
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New @therecordmedia.bsky.social Thanks to @olevilladsen.bsky.social for chatting about Proofpoint's interesting new research into what happens after cybercriminals break into the systems of companies in the cargo industry therecord.media/cargo-thievi...
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Cargo thieving hackers running sophisticated remote access campaigns, researchers find
Losses from cargo theft in North America rose to $6.6 billion in 2025, driven largely by digital attacks, according to the fleet management company Geotab.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Coming up on 3 weeks since Telegram-based black market Xinbi Guarantee, which has done $21 *billion* in transactions, was sanctioned by the UK gov for enabling crypto scamming and human trafficking. Yet Telegram, which could ban Xinbi at any time, is still hosting it. www.wired.com/story/telegr...
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Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market
The UK designated Xinbi Guarantee as an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking weeks ago. Telegram is still hosting it in plain sight.
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Big news on the cyber scam front: The former chairman of Huione Group, Li Xiong, was extradited to China and is accused of working alongside Prince Group's Chen Zhi, who is also facing trial for allegedly overseeing a multibillion-dollar scamming enterprise therecord.media/cambodia-ext...
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Cambodia extradites alleged cyber scam linchpin to China as crackdown intensifies
Li Xiong was the head of Huione Group, whose branded entities at one time included an online banking arm, cryptocurrency exchange and online marketplace which has been referred to as an “Amazon for cr...
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WBUR @wbur.org · 23/03/2026
City councilors tend to spend most of their campaign funds on things donors expect: consultants, advertising, office costs. They also spend thousands of dollars getting around town, hobnobbing at dinners, and on donations to nonprofits in their districts. And there's the coffee — lots of coffee.
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Ubers, club dues and restaurants: How Boston city councilors spend campaign donations
City councilors tend to spend most of their campaign funds on things donors expect: consultants, advertising, office costs. They also spend thousands of dollars getting around town, hobnobbing at dinn...
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Bart Harley Jarvis @williamzabka424.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I love how the players and managers for basically every team in the WBC (except one) were like “we’re doing this for the people of our country” and the American team was like, “we are doing this only for the troops and beleaguered cops and ICE agents.”
A picture of Venezuelan people celebrating with the quote “we want to give that joy to the people in Venezuela.” By manager Omar Lopez.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
First the Trump administration ended support for clean energy Then they tried to shut down existing wind farms Now they're going to pay foreign firms $1 billion to not produce clean energy Anything to prop up the Big Oil business model www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...
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Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I went on a journey to get Trump's personal cell phone number. It took me about five minutes. My piece on the media's new favorite Trump gimmick, and how the White House feels about the endless stream of "exclusive" 30 second phone interviews w/Trump www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
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Exclusive: Why (and how) everyone is cold-calling the president
Plus, what happened when Semafor’s Max Tani gave him a ring.
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Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Last night was a big night for offshore wind: Vineyard Wind finished construction and Revolution Wind began sending power to the grid @wbur.org #energysky www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...
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Vineyard Wind, country's first large-scale offshore wind project, finishes construction
After years of starts and stops, construction on Vineyard Wind, the country's first large-scale offshore wind project, wrapped up this week.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
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WBUR @wbur.org · 05/03/2026
Sater moved from his native Lebanon to the U.S. in 1974, around the same time his brother first bought what was then a neighborhood restaurant. The pair turned it into an oasis for musicians. "They created a real community there.”
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Joseph Sater, co-owner of the Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub, has died
Sater moved from his native Lebanon to the U.S. in 1974, around the same time his brother first bought what was then a neighborhood restaurant. The pair turned it into an oasis for musicians. "They cr...
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Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Intellexa associates- incl founder - sentenced to 8 years in prison in Greece. (They remain free on appeal). Spyware combatant John Scott-Railton on impact to biz: "This is going to be a huge ball and chain that Intellexa’s executives are going to be dragging around." therecord.media/spyware-inte...
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Intellexa founder, three others sentenced to 8 years in prison over Greek spyware scandal
A Greek court sentenced the founder of the Intellexa Consortium and three associates to prison for their role in a sprawling spyware scandal that has dominated Greek headlines since it came to light i...
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Phishing operation with links to Russia, Armenia compromised Western cargo companies, researchers find therecord.media/phishing-ope...
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Phishing operation with links to Russia, Armenia compromised Western cargo companies, researchers find
Over a five-month period a group dubbed Diesel Vortex stole more than 1,600 login credentials from accounts at logistics platforms, allowing thieves to intercept and divert freight shipments and commi...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The U.S. is working with law enforcement in Southeast Asia in an effort to lead crackdowns on cyber scam compounds that have spread in the region therecord.media/us-committed...
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US ‘committed’ to fighting transnational gangs behind Southeast Asian scam compounds: FBI
Scott Schelble, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s International Operations Division, told reporters that he recently met with law enforcement officials in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to di...
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Boston Public Library @bpl.boston.gov · 20/02/2026
The BPL is proud to announce two research fellowships to support the use of Special Collections! 📜The Telling Boston's Stories Fellowship 🔍The Surfacing Overlooked Stories Fellowship Applications are open and due on Monday, March 23, 2026. Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/SCFellowships
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/02/2026
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-car…
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, 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.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The 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...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
You can repeal an endangerment finding. You can’t repeal the endangerment.
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Exclusive | Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback
The move would reverse a legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
As Bezos's Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs this morning ...
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Alexander Martin @alexmartin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The U.S. military last year digitally disrupted Iranian air missile defense systems as part of a coordinated operation to destroy the country’s nuclear program, according to several U.S. officials, showing U.S. growing comfort using cyber weapons in warfare. 🔥 scoop from @martinmatishak.bsky.social
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Exclusive: US used cyber weapons to disrupt Iranian air defenses during 2025 strikes
The U.S. military digitally disrupted Iranian air missile defense systems during its operation last year against the country’s nuclear program, some of the most sophisticated action Cyber Command has ...
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Joe Warminsky @jwarminsky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Season 3 of The Pitt is gonna be wild apnews.com/article/immi...
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 28/01/2026
$16 Billion seems like a lot? I know people who research cryptocurrency claim that fraud makes us a small part of cryptocurrency transactions…but does it though? via @jreddjourno.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Chinese money launderers moved more than $16 billion of illicit crypto in 2025, report finds
In 2025, Chinese-language organizations laundered on average $44 million in illicit crypto each day, amounting to $16.1 billion.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If Chuck Schumer was dealt a full house he’d bet a nickel
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Senator Lydia Edwards @senatorledwards.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We joined community orgs and unions for a National Day of Action in Dorchester, standing in solidarity with Minneapolis and the communities rising up for justice. 1/2
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 15/01/2026
Judge ordered immediate freedom for immigrant whom #ICE had shackled to her hospital bed as she awaited emergency surgery www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-o... #Boston #immigrants #lawsuits
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Have you noticed 🇺🇸 ICE vehicles screeching to a halt and snatching people off the street? Ever wonder how they knew about that person's location? Here's how 👇 www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
An alleged cyber scam kingpin was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, months after the U.S. indicted him and seized a record $15 billion in bitcoin tied to him therecord.media/alleged-cybe...
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Alleged cyber scam kingpin arrested, extradited to China
Chen Zhi’s arrest is the latest chapter in the remarkable downfall of one of the country’s most prominent businesses, with holdings in the real estate, banking, entertainment and airline industries.
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James Reddick @jreddjourno.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This is insanity. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
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Vineyard Wind, already delivering power to the grid, is among five wind projects paused by Trump administration - The Boston Globe
Citing national security concerns, the Trump administration suspended leases for five offshore wind projects on Monday.
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Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
At least three Thai strikes across three provinces on Thursday were among the deepest recorded in five days of renewed border clashes, with one reaching at least 63 km inside Cambodia, according to social media posts, official statements and local residents.
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Reports of Deep Thai Strikes Prompt More to Flee in Krong Preah Vihear | CamboJA News
Preah Vihear – At least three Thai strikes across three provinces on Thursday were among the deepest recorded in five days of renewed border clashes, with o ... | Read more
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Andy Brouwer @andybrouwer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Prasat Ta Krabey, an 11/12th century temple, has been shelled and virtually demolished by Thailand’s military attacks over the past 2 days, as hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand ramp up. Targeting cultural property is heinous.
Prasat Ta Krabey, Khmer temple from 11-12th century, has been demolished by Thai shelling.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.
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