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Mindy McAdams

@macloo.bsky.social
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Didn’t always live in Florida. Loves to travel. Taught journalism students to code. Reads novels. BritBox fan. mindymcadams.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Florida Senate officials threatened two newspapers with criminal prosecution after reporters uncovered evidence that insurance companies operating in the state shuffled more than a billion dollars to affiliated businesses while simultaneously claiming massive losses and pushing through rate hikes.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:
Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reminds me of a flight Madrid > NYC years ago. We lost an engine over the Atlantic 😱 and had to turn around and land in Lisbon, where the airport was all but closed and no one at passport control. They wouldn’t let us out of the holding pen because they couldn’t check our passports.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today I learned: if the government lies about the circumstances of the death of a member of the armed forces, it can change the benefits given to the person’s survivors. Is it a war or isn’t it? Is it combat? What role was being served? (Thanks, NPR.)
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Major media finally grows a spine!
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Major TV networks suspend White House pool coverage after Trump ban
In response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the White House television pool.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 21/09/2026
We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government’s surveillance towers. Here’s our methodology.
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How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government’s  surveillance towers. Here’s our methodology.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is it possible that the press is actually showing SOLIDARITY?? I’m fainting
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Florida law authorizes payment of attorney fees for employees in civil actions arising from acts within the scope of their employment. But ‘grand jury investigations are criminal, not civil,’ said Derek Byrd, a board-certified criminal defense lawyer in Sarasota” floridatrident.org/hope-florida...
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Taxpayers paid nearly $200,000 in legal fees for a Hope Florida witness found “not credible”
Boies Schiller Flexner billed $875 an hour to represent Katie Strickland, the former DeSantis aide the grand jury believed least. The governor’s office approved every invoice.
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
University of Florida’s College Republicans chapter was disbanded after members were discovered doing Nazi salutes. The group has come back to life, and, as one of its first acts, hosted Marshall Rawson, the Florida legislature candidate who TPM revealed was at Charlottesville.
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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People are cheering right now because a judge has ruled the Kennedy Center “can never be demolished.” I would also cheer — if I didn’t believe Trump will just go ahead and demolish it anyway.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
The Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military Power
The cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A relative just told me that her friend says AI is going to kill us all within a year, and she heard it on “the news.” Me: WTF is wrong with people?
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How many jobs actually exist in a typical data center? Saying data centers bring jobs to a community has become a standard Republican defense. Is it just another lie?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The president is “demonstrating that he is no longer even trying to govern and is instead retreating into a world where he simply does whatever he wants without regard for the country.” Source: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 7, 2026
Since yesterday, President Donald J.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I would certainly be a fan of this if I were a flight attendant! abcnews.com/US/unruly-pa...
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Unruly passenger arrested after being restrained with duct tape during flight
A man was arrested for unruly behavior on an American Airlines flight causing it to divert to Baltimore, Thursday night, according to the airline and the FBI.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is usually invoked to protect people who don’t deserve protection. This case seems to be the exception. A woman was pursued and threatened by a larger, aggressive man. She shot him. nypost.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Florida Walmart shopper won’t be charged for killing drugged-up Army vet after he threatened to ‘f— her s— up’
Bart Diguglielmo, a 62-year-old retired staff sergeant, was fatally shot in front of the supercenter in North Lauderdale just before 12:30 p.m. on June 30.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Media: Tell me about Team USA at the World Nomad Games. In Kyrgyzstan, right now. Because there is a U.S. team competing in at least one sport, and it’s pretty unusual.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“National security scholar Tom Nichols commented: ‘This is a good time to note that Hegseth is terrible at his job, that the Pentagon is a mess, that he should never have been confirmed, and that he should be fired first thing in the morning.’” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-...
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August 31, 2026
Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ...
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
People needing abortion care are forced to wait, and their condition gets worse. And more urgent. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to prosecute whoever leaked the grand jury report — but notice he doesn't intend to prosecute whoever stole $10 million from Florida taxpayers and poor children in need of medical care. www.wfla.com/news/florida...
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DeSantis: ‘The only crime’ connected to Hope Florida was leaked grand jury report
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday addressed a recent report that revealed the sealed findings of a grand jury investigation into the Hope Florida Foundation’s alleged misappropriated fund…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: These local jails in Florida were supposed to detain immigrants for only up to 72 hours, per DHS. One woman was rebooked 10 times, spending a cumulative 26 days in jail.
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The grand jury also concluded that Ashley Moody, who was the attorney general at the time, was aware of the plans to divert the $10 million to Hope Florida and ‘authorized’ her former chief deputy, John Guard, to sign …” www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
4 days ago The Pentagon fired the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes. Yesterday they broke the story of Elsie Dominguez, a civilian engineer who was raped repeatedly by the Captain of a Navy ship she was on. They keep trying to silence the press & quash the truth. Elsie’s story must be told:
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Lawsuit over sexual assault aboard Navy transport ship dismissed as worker’s comp issue
The order handed down this month closed an attempt by a civilian engineer to get justice for an assault she said threw her life into shambles.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The latest capitalist garbage move: lawsuit from grocery store chains that refuse to operate stores in areas to be served by Mamdani’s city-run grocery stores. They don’t want any discount grocery stores in those parts of the city!
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 21/08/2026
In at least 70,000 cases in 21 states, parents were referred to law enforcement agencies over allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to six years of state and federal data obtained and published for the first time by The Marshall Project. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/10/b...
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Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Finally saw the Odyssey movie. Had thoughts. Mainly: If I had not recently read the whole Emily Wilson version, would I be enjoying this? (I did enjoy it. Especially the scenery.)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/08/2026
Publisher of US military newspaper resigns over differences with government aje.news/n1xtwf
Publisher of US military newspaper resigns over differences with government
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Exciting to see a real progressive candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida! 19thnews.org/2026/08/angi...
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Angie Nixon notches an upset victory in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary
The progressive state representative, who was backed by entertainer Ms. Rachel, will face Republican Ashley Moody in November.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 19/08/2026
“The fund-raising disparity between Alex Vindman and Angie Nixon was massive. Nixon raised $975,000 over the course of the campaign while Vindman, powered by a national donor network, raised $16.3 million, or more than 16 times as much.” — NYT
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today’s HCR letter is not to be missed. It starts out discussing the Yukon Gold Rush and moves on to the transition from Republican president Benjamin Harrison to Democrat Grover Cleveland, with many parallels to our current situation. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-16-...
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August 16, 2026
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.”
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I think about Universal Paperclips all the time. All. The. Time.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I keep thinking: where does my food come from? Who picks the lettuce? Where is the canning factory? What is in this bread? It makes me eat out/order takeout less and less and less.
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
An editor from the economist telling @olivia.science that nobody confidently understands the difference between the human cognitive capacity for language and a corpus. Idk about you, but to me (as a linguist and cognitive scientist) this is absolutely hilarious
Olivia Guest, quoting Dr Katie Twomey: exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language!

Followed by Economist Editor Matt Steinglass saying "I am not sure that I or anyone else confidently understands the difference between those."
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I grew up eating Pop-Tarts and sugary cereal and potato chips, canned soup for lunch, but I was also accustomed to real food for dinner, fresh fruits and vegetables in season, homemade sauces and stews, very little from boxes and cans. My mom worked but — www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence
As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay, says former Guardian special correspondent Felicity Lawrence
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hillary Clinton recently said all the gold ornaments etc. that Trump has strewn around DC are signs of his narcissism. Fair enough. But they also show his utter lack of discernment. No sense at all of what is actually fine or beautiful.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms.” www.propublica.org/article/just...
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The bottom line on the $14.2 million no-bid contract that ruined the Reflecting Pool: It “went to a firm called Greenwater Services, whose ultimate owner is the J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, led by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, whose wife chaired the 2017 International Red Cross Ball at Mar-a-Lago …”
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
There is a broad spectrum of things you can or should do when a man beats your daughter and granddaughter, and for republicans one of them is supporting his campaign www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
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Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot
The senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’ve used it. Tried it extensively, experimented, tested it. It’s so unreliable, I’ll never use it again (unless it’s covertly foisted on me by the Googleplex).
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Mindy McAdams @macloo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Danger averted, for now www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...
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Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Google is creating an epistemological crisis.
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