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Mark Freeman

@m60freeman.bsky.social
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Database Administrator, Database Architect, and TSQL developer. Almost all my work is in #AzureSQL Database in Elastic Pools. Amateur photographer.

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Michael W|Warren Lucas @mwl.io · 12h
I have a medical issue coming that's going to limit my keyboarding for a couple months, so I need to try dictation again. Native MacOS dictation is kind of crap. What are folks using for long document dictation on their Macs? #writing
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/01/2026
"ai" is not a genie that can't be put back in a bottle, it's a pillar of smoke that dissipates unless you keep burning money
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Steven Saus @stevensaus.com · 24/09/2026
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects Yale School of Public Health A single-payer universal healt... ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universa…
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Michael W|Warren Lucas @mwl.io · 23/09/2026
Asking folks to back fiction on #Kickstarter is weird. How are you supposed to know if you'd like it? So here's my story "The Last Hour of Hogswatch" on my blog. If you like it, I hope you'll consider backing #TwistedPresents mwl.io/archives/24991
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from Twisted Presents: The Last Hour of Hogswatch – Michael W Lucas
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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The State of Extremism: Ohio
When extreme rhetoric, extreme policy, and physical harm stop feeling so far apart
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Steven Saus @stevensaus.com · 17/09/2026
Trump EPA moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change. arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/epa…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s pick for a tiny federal agency that advises Congress and the president on Arctic research policy is a MAGA venture capitalist with no science background. The job put him on a global stage, where he’s pushed for closer ties with Russia. www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A wonderful video telling the story of Poindexter Village in Columbus, OH, and the forthcoming Poindexter Village African American Museum, opening in 2028
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Lift Every Legacy: Poindexter Village African American Museum Coming to Columbus in 2028
YouTube video by Ohio History Connection
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
FYI when you go check your voter registration, or to register to vote (you can check your voter status, or register with your state's online election site) www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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Elon Musk's VoteSafe.org shares users' personal information. Here's how we know
Musk's America PAC funds the online voter registration hub.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
NEW: Evidence that became public only in the last two years raises new questions about a Saudi man who assisted two 9/11 hijackers. “Somebody needs to explain to the American people why we didn’t see this information before,” a former FBI agent said.
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25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown
FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
NEW: A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.
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U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds
An inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm...
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 06/09/2026
Tens of thousands of 9/11 survivors and responders were promised care through the World Trade Center Health Program, a federally funded lifeline meant to treat the medical consequences of that day. Thanks to DOGE, its research has slowed and, in some cases, completely stopped.
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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11 - Reveal
A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.
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Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 08/09/2026
For NYC friends who were detained by Central Booking during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: There is a class action settlement moving forward for all eligible claimants that opt-in by October 19, 2026. Link is below: centralbookingsettlement.com
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Home - Central Booking Settlement
Capobianco et al. v. The City of New York et al.; Brennan et al. v. The City of New York et al.; and Aboubakar et al. v. The City of New York et al.
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Blaze Ward @blazeward.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026
They are lowering US flags to half-mast for a week, but if the government really wants to pay tribute to Dolly, they should fund education, the arts, and medical research instead of trying to eradicate them.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Before last year, there were no US measles deaths in a decade, and now we have had 5 deaths in two years. Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but will lose that status this year. This is an abject failure of public health leadership.
Chart: Annual US measles cases
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/08/2026
NEW - Parents of kids who play sports: Did you know that there’s an official list you can check to see if their coaches have been accused of sexual abuse? Here’s how to use it — and how to let us know what you find.
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What Parents Need to Know About Sexual Abuse in Youth Sports
The public SafeSport list is one of the most powerful tools for parents looking to research their kids’ coaches. But many families have no idea it exists or how to use it. Critics also say the organiz...
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Greg M. Epstein @gregmepstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Once again: AI is, non-metaphorically, a religion. These people believe in a fundamentalist way that they're a chosen people—so they can do whatever the fuck they want to do. The present-day impact of your actions on others doesn't matter when you're infallibly chosen as Savior in the World to Come
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/08/2026
Here's a bit of good news www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08...
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Ohio Supreme Court protects public vote in data center fight
The unanimous ruling said the village never explained why a 30-day delay would harm the EdgeConneX project.
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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/07/2026
NEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...
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Frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights shows Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign is escalating – again
Seven apparent ICE removal flights in the last few days – including third-country removals, prolonged shackling, and failed deportations – reveal an agency ratcheting up.
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Michael W|Warren Lucas @mwl.io · 24/07/2026
The price on our house has dropped, in case you were waffling. www.zillow.com/homedetails/... If you want a big deck with an awning in Grosse Pointe Woods, this is how you get one.
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Mark Freeman @m60freeman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interesting alternate reality.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/07/2026
Emma Landis is the woman who was shot, and here is her gofundme. The gofundme contains a narrative about what happened: the woman was engaged in peaceful protest, spoke to an agent, and he shot her in the foot. www.gofundme.com/f/support-my...
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Donate to Support Emma Landis After Aurora ICE Shooting, organized by drew hegedus
My best friend has always stood up for what’s right, and yesterday was no e… drew hegedus needs your support for Support Emma Landis After Aurora ICE Shooting
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
IMPORTANT: Two websites for US food access. Please spread the word. This is a great, easy to use site to find free food near you:
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Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!
At FoodFinder you can search the food pantries that are closer to you. Explore the map and enter your zip code to learn which ones are available.
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Mark Freeman @m60freeman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Lock him up!
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Steven Saus @stevensaus.com · 24/06/2026
This Anti-Prime Day ditch Audible for Libro.fm. The audiobooks are DRM-free and each sale supports local bookstores (like the one near you!). You can buy individually or become a member to get free and discounted audiobooks every month. libro.fm
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Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.rachelcoyle.wtf/p/tell-gov-d...
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Tell Gov DeWine to VETO these two awful bills!
Two terrible Ohio bills are sitting on the governor's desk awaiting his signature (or veto)
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Rosie Knight @rosiemarx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚨 ICYMI - DES WAS JUST IMPRISONED FOR HAVING ZINES IN HIS CAR!!! 30 YEARS FOR HAVING SELF PUBLISHED MATERIALS THE GOVERNMENT DOESNT LIKE!!?!? WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE CBLDF AND ACLU?!? 🚨 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison
Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
That book you want? Get it here.
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Steven Saus @stevensaus.com · 05/06/2026
RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health ... s.faithcollapsing.com/ise0e
A man sits at a table with a placard with his name on it. Other faces are seen blurred in the foreground in front of him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 04/06/2026
Ohio State University settles lawsuit from 280 former Buckeyes who were abused by Strauss for failing to protect them from a predator. How unsurprising that Rep Jim Jordan has been named by several victims to be complicit in knowing about and hiding the abuse.
Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement in sex abuse lawsuits

All but one of the 280 former students who sued the school through five lawsuits for failing to protect them from a man accused of being a sexual predator have signed on to the agreement.

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio, was among the former coaches DiSabato and numerous other former OSU wrestlers accused of having done nothing to stop Strauss from abusing them. Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State from 1986 to 1994.

He has repeatedly denied any knowledge of what Strauss is alleged to have done to the athletes.

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Alexander Arvidsson (he/him) @alexanderarvidsson.se · 02/06/2026
Your brain still runs threat detection software from 200,000 years ago. Turns out it fires every time you open ChatGPT. Not because you're naive. Because the model crosses a threshold your ancestors never saw coming. www.arcticdba.se/posts/neurod... #People #Ai #Llms
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Mark Freeman @m60freeman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Trump is moving control over many Federal websites directly under him and away from the agencies that have historically owned them. including vote.gov, passports.gov, safedc.gov, genesis.energy.gov, hstf.gov, among others. None of the sites follow Federal Law regarding privacy disclosures, etc.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the
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Lucas @ljdomac.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
This poem is by Lucy A. Snyder from her collection Exposed Nerve. It catches the bitterness and frustration of all those times doctors decide nothing is wrong with you when you, the owner of your own body, keep telling them something is fucking wrong with you.
Picture of the poem "Chronic" by Lucy A. Snyder from her collection Exposed Nerve.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22/05/2026
Ok I'm sensing some momentum here, let's all start saying ai;dr when you see AI writing in a post or story or email, it's a great way to signal you're ignoring them until they use their actual brains www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell...
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I'm over it!!
TikTok video by Drew Harwell
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Steven Saus @stevensaus.com · 21/05/2026
Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-ch…
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Mark Freeman @m60freeman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@deck.blue I just updated, and all images now have placeholders (looks like a line chart). Chrome on Windows.
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Cathy Cowan Becker @ccbecker271.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
My op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch showing how our parks are being plundered for gas to power data centers.
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Mark Freeman @m60freeman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@deck.blue How can I forward a post to a Bluesky user via chat?
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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Stephanie Cooke @hellocookie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Jon Oringer, founder and executive chairman of Shutterstock @shutterstock.com, is trying to recruit comic and graphic novel creators over on LinkedIn to a new AI platform that he’s building. Feel free to let him (and them) know what you think of this, and never use Shutterstock again ✌🏻
A LinkedIn message from Jon Oringer that reads: "Hi Stephanie
I started Shutterstock 20 years ago. I'm now building an AI assisted comic-book/graphic-novel marketplace. I'm looking for founding creators on an invite-only basis who get paid based on engagement with their content. Let me know if want to check it out. 
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Jon Oringer"A reply to Jon from Stephanie Cooke that reads: "Hi Jon,

AI was illegally trained off of artists and creators, without their consent. And now those tools are being used to steal their styles and their years of hard work and education to create knock-offs that can’t begin to compare to what goes into art created by actual humans. 

This is so incredibly misguided and makes an already predatory industry even harder for real artists to survive and thrive in.

I respect what you did with the creation of Shutterstock, but imagine if you were taken out of that equation entirely and someone just typed a prompt into an engine to create that site and product. It would be just as good as what you came up with, right?

This new endeavor is such a massive mistake and there’s not a single reputable creator who will attach their name to this. The creators that do come on board to promote AI are grifters who will only bring other grifters to your doorstep.

Best,
Stephanie"Two more messages (one from Jon and followed by one from Stephanie) in reply: 

JON: "Thanks for your response - I understand where you are coming from, but at the same time disagree with a lot of your points. 
Jon

Stephanie: "Hi Jon,

You can disagree with a lot of my points but one thing that is entirely undisputable is the fact that there is no ethical way to use AI. Whatever you create with it for comics and graphic novels has the potential to be tied up in copyright legal battles for years as creators continue to fight for compensation and against the violation of having their work uploaded without their permission.

So I guess it’s good that you (presumably) have a lot of money to throw away into the pit that is AI. You won’t return on investment, you won’t gain traction in the world of comics and graphic novels, and I can tell you now that in the mainstream industry, this won’t ever be taken seriously by the level of creators you need for this to succeed.

But again, it’s not my money to be wasted. However, the resources that you are using up to support AI are a massive problem that can’t be solved financially, and there won’t be anyone left to create art if you and other AI advocates destroy the planet.

-Stephanie"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2026
In 2022, inspectors described a “cascade of failure” at one foreign factory. The FDA barred it from shipping drugs to the U.S. — then excused more than 20 drugs from the ban, despite risks to consumers. From our “Rx Roulette” series, a 2026 Pulitzer finalist:
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Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/04/2026
Residents of an Atlanta suburb learned that Flock had been accessing cameras in the town—including in a children's gymnastics room—to demonstrate the company’s surveillance technology to police departments around the country. The city renewed the contract anyway. www.404media.co/city-learns-...
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