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Loraine Lawson

@lorainelawson.bsky.social
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Any opinions are my own but also retweeting doesn't mean I agree - I just find some things interesting and worth sharing.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/04/2026
Members of the Trump administration are bragging about targeting media that criticizes his agenda.
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FCC’s Brendan Carr: Trump is ‘winning’ against ‘fake news media’
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr on Friday said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that President Trump is “winning” his feud against the &…
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/02/2026
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)
Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
AOC on Epstein Files: We need to get to the bottom of it. It does not matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, or donor. We are talking about sexual crimes and trafficking.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
watch out boys, we had a rash of these types in America and it turned out it was because they were all diddling ten year olds
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/02/2026
holy shit
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Blanche Devereaux II @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I know abuses perpetrated against children is at the top of all of our minds with the horrible details revealed in the Epstein Files. While we seek justice for those victims, we must demand that the children being traumatized in detention centers be released immediately too. Please call your reps 📞
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/b... BREAKING: A search was being carried out at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.
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Musk’s social media platform X raided by Paris prosecutor | CNN Business
A search was being carried out at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts, subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Gavin Newsom: “ You will not have a country if he rigs this election — you will have a president who will be running for a third term He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/01/2026
Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...
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Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Journalist Don Lemon taken into custody after Minnesota church protest | CNN Politics
Lemon and another independent journalist, George Fort, have been taken into federal custody in connection to a protest at a church earlier this month in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I am no longer with the New Stack. What I hate is the stories I didn’t get a chance to finish. Covering frontend and web development was a fun and interesting beat. I will miss it.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Mastra empowers web devs to build AI agents in TypeScript: thenewstack.io/mastra-empow... via @thenewstack
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Mastra empowers web devs to build AI agents in TypeScript
Stop letting non-devs have all the fun. Learn agentic AI with Mastra, the open source TypeScript framework for web devs.
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Stacey Shepherd @stacey-shepherd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Don’t forget Keith Porter!! On December 31, 2025, Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father of two, was shot and killed by an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
High school friend remembers Alex Pretti: “He was a singer, a dancer. He was a very funny individual, and he was a role model. He was one of those effortless leaders, through his kindness & his generosity. He was the best of us.” #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Frontend news Anthropic extends MCP with a UI framework: thenewstack.io/anthropic-ex... via @thenewstack
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Anthropic extends MCP with a UI framework
Anthropic is turning Claude into an app platform, with interactive widgets from Slack, Figma, Asana, and others.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“The only thing more dangerous than speaking your truth is pretending you don’t have one.” — Inspired by Virginia Woolf
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Real leadership listens first. Really listens. Not just listening for confirmation bias.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A security checklist for your React and Next.js apps: thenewstack.io/a-security-c... via @thenewstack
thenewstack.io
A security checklist for your React and Next.js apps
Learn what the React2Shell vulnerability breaks, what to check, and how to detect hidden threats like EtherRAT malware.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit: thenewstack.io/developer-pr... via @thenewstack
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Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit
A zero-click vulnerability in the tasks.json file allows attackers to silently hijack Cursor’s instructions across code repos.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit: thenewstack.io/developer-pr... via @thenewstack Special thanks to @ike.io for his help on this and showing how the exploit can be used against AI agents.
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Developer proves AI agents can be reprogrammed via new exploit
A zero-click vulnerability in the tasks.json file allows attackers to silently hijack Cursor’s instructions across code repos.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
@ike.io I updated the story to add your comments. I appreciate it!
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wow! Great work.
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) @cncf.io · 23/01/2026
What do AI agents and microservices have in common? More than you think. CNCF’s Chris Aniszczyk connected with @thenewstack.io to share how CNCF projects are powering scalable and interoperable AI. Catch the conversation and see what’s ahead for the community: thenewstack.io/cto-chris-an...
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CTO Chris Aniszczyk on the CNCF push for AI interoperability
In this episode of The Makers, CNCF CTO Chris Aniszczyk discusses what AI agents and microservices have in common.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/01/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I like Confer.to. It' stealing a lot of wisdom from somewhere: "The people who make the fastest changes are often the ones who: Understand the least, Earn trust the slowest, and Burn out (or get pushed out) the fastest."
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Confer - Private AI
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Some leaders confuse motion with meaning.
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 16/01/2026
According to a blog post announcement, the move will let the Astro team “double down” on making Astro the best framework for content-driven websites. By @lorainelawson.bsky.social
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Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro
According to a blog post announcement, the move will let the Astro team “double down” on making Astro the best framework for content-driven websites.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The React Framework Face-Off: Which One Owns the Future?: thenewstack.io/the-react-fr... via @thenewstack
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The React Framework Face-Off: Which One Owns the Future?
Jack Herrington, aka the Blue Collar Coder, asked framework creators "What's The Framework of the React Future?"
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Key to Agentic Success? BASH Is All You Need: thenewstack.io/the-key-to-a... via @thenewstack
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The Key to Agentic Success? BASH Is All You Need
Vercel and open source developers found that minimalist AI agent architectures based on Unix, with simple BASH shells and modular tools, can outperform complex, over-engineered systems.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Postman Adds Open Source Documentation and SDK Products: thenewstack.io/postman-adds... via @thenewstack
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Postman Adds Open Source Documentation and SDK Products
In other dev news: Good AI code is hard to find, React Router/Remix identifies security issues, and Chrome's new MCP server feature.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Tailwind Creator Says AI Played a Role in Downsizing: thenewstack.io/tailwind-cre... via @thenewstack
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Tailwind Creator Says AI Played a Role in Downsizing
Tailwind CSS is the most popular CSS framework and previously served as an open source success story. Here's why it laid off staff on Monday.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good read medium.com/@ArkProtocol...
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Rust + WebAssembly + Angular: The Upgrade Nobody Talks About
I was mass then going to fake a internet outage to avoid the demo.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Donald Trump wants the Fed to cut interest rates So he directed Pam Bondi to file subpoenas so they could threaten Jerome Powell with possible criminal charges unless he does what Trump wants Government by extortion to force policy decisions that will hurt the US MAGA-is this what you voted for
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Americans have gotten so good at pretending while our country falls apart. Every Monday, for instance, we pretend it's fine.
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
U.S. debt past $38 trillion & we borrowed $601 billion in 1st three months of new fiscal year. All while he builds ballrooms, arches & plants flags on foreign soil. “America First” is a costume. A chant to keep the crowd busy while our bank accounts are emptied. Do not salute the lie. Refuse it.
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As U.S. debt soars past $38 trillion, the flood of corporate bonds is a growing threat to the Treasury supply
"The significant increase in hyperscaler issuance raises questions about who will be the marginal buyer of IG paper."
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A New JavaScript Framework? In this Economy?: thenewstack.io/a-new-javasc... via @thenewstack
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A New JavaScript Framework? In this Economy?
Sigment is the latest framework to offer a streamlined, "no-build" alternative to the complexity of React. Find out how Sigment simplifies.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I don't know how else to say this: We are ALREADY "at war" with our own government.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
Walz: "I saw an individual at the scene identify themselves as medical personnel and ask to provide aid, and an ICE agent said 'I do not care.' That lack of humanity was chilling to me."
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
www.viget.com/articles/fix...
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Fixing TypeScript Performance Problems: A Case Study | Viget
The story of a recent experience we had troubleshooting some serious performance problems in a large TypeScript monorepo.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery. www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
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Loraine Lawson @lorainelawson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I hate this. futurism.com/space/nasa-l...
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NASA Reportedly Shutting Down Its Largest Library, Throwing Materials Away
The Trump administration is shutting down NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's library — NASA's largest — and threatening to destroy books.
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 05/01/2026
Vienna has a lively astronomy department - consider applying to the below if you'd be interested in a four year (!!) position here: 🔭☄️
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 04/01/2026
From @netlify.com’s Agent Runners to the Hashbrown Framework, we look at the innovations that turned the UI into a responsive Gen AI experience. By @lorainelawson.bsky.social
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2025’s Radical Frontend AI Shift
From Netlify’s Agent Runners to the Hashbrown Framework, we look at the innovations that turned the UI into a responsive Gen AI experience.
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