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Michelle Takemoto

@mynt808.bsky.social
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Hawaiʻi • Blasian • Gen X • Genetic Counselor 🧬 • Cat Lady • 🍉 she/her #GeneChat #HealthEquity #PublicHealth I’m endlessly curious, so I follow all sorts of people. My feelings won’t be hurt if you don’t follow me back.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 22/09/2026
Today is the paperback release, with a new afterword, of GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY. It's my look at the rise of the tech right, the 2024 election, and the bankrupt ideologies animating tech oligarchs. www.bloomsbury.com/us/gilded-ra...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
Cover of my new book, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and The Radicalization of a Tech Idealist. 

There are two concentric circles in the book, the left being circuits in black an white, and the right being a bunch of dots with orange accents. The cover background is cream. And the words are written in black except for "Un" which is in orange.
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Michelle Takemoto @mynt808.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@gilduran.com’s new book @thenerdreich.com.web.brid.gy reminded me that this book was published in 2024. They seem like a great pair to read back-to-back.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/06/2026
Had a great time talking to @chrislhayes.bsky.social for his AI End Game series on MSNow, covering the AI bubble, the SaaSpocalypse, the end of tech's era of hypergrowth, and the underlying economic fragility of data centers and the greater AI industry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mn-...
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Is the AI Boom About to COLLAPSE?
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 24/02/2026
DHS posted this for Romulus, MI. "ICE proposes to acquire and retrofit the existing warehouse facility at 7525 Cogswell Street [...] for use as a Detention Processing Center." "Any individual, group, or agency wishing to comment on the project may do so via email at icesustainability@ice.dhs.gov."
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Notice of Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain | Homeland Security
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 24/02/2026
"Mayor Hutto put the potential detainee population at 14,000 to 16,000 — which would make it the largest immigration detention facility in modern American history — exceeded in scale only by the Japanese American internment camp at Tule Lake Segregation Center in California during World War II."
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In a Tennessee Town, ICE Is Eyeing a Detention Complex Bigger Than Almost Anything in American History
Twice the size of the largest detention facility ICE has already purchased, the complex has been empty since it opened. It may not stay that way.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks. lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0...
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 24/02/2026
“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union. This could have tremendous implications for voting:
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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We want to host culturally relevant classes that institutions like the New School are purging. This potential class on Global Soccer would run from April to May, before the start of the World Cup. Lectures would be recorded for enrolled students. www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
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World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
And their plans for trans people follows the arc of Germany in the 30s as well. Please take a look, the parallels are nearly 1:1. www.damemagazine.com/2025/09/08/t...
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The Case for Transgender Asylum From Trump’s America - Dame Magazine
Leaders of free nations of the world need to hear my message: Genocide has already started in plain view, and it is following the exact template of the last great genocide in Western society. So far, ...
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Trump is not 'exonerated'
There are two sexual assault allegations against Trump involving minors
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I introduced the first statewide data center moratorium in the country and corporations got mad before the bill language was even done. We should get all the facts before permanently changing the beautiful landscape of our state.
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Mike Gavin @michaelhgavin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Higher ed is where we name who we are and dream of who we want to become. That dream is under threat. I’m proud to introduce the @alliancehighered.bsky.social and humbled to serve as its inaugural president. Join the movement in support opportunity and democracy: allianceforhighered.org
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The Alliance
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Alliance For Higher Education @alliancehighered.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Higher education should be a place where everyone is welcome, supported, and safe. But that vision is under threat and we must defend it — together. The Alliance is a new coalition protecting and promoting higher ed as a pillar of democracy. Joining the movement: allianceforhighered.org
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The Alliance
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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"It wasn’t just about trees any more, it was about identity and heritage.” Beautiful story about how Dr Katy Soapi and villages combined Indigenous knowledge with conservation science to protect the sacred island of Tetepare from logging in the Solomons. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific
Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands
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ZeOmega @zeomega.com · 08/04/2025
Who might be affected by proposed #Medicaid work requirements? A new study estimates 5 million people could lose #HealthCoverage under a national policy. Details here: ⬇️ bit.ly/3FSBezy #WorkRequirements #Medicaid
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5M would lose coverage with national Medicaid work requirements | TechTarget
Discover how national Medicaid work requirements would impact Medicaid enrollment in 2026.
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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
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JessiRae (she/her) 💙🇺🇸🌊🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦✡️🇨🇦 @killerqueen2786.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Here was our sign!
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. My latest video for @propublica.org.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/10/2025
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy. Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Why isn't this major headline news? Why isn't corporate media covering NSPM-7? www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Onion had a post about NSPM-7 before The New York Times did lmao THE ONION! theonion.com/what-to-know...
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What To Know About NSPM-7
On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/10/2025
One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”
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From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US
One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
‘Medicine is more than science—it is a moral duty. And when that duty is under threat, silence becomes betrayal’ @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Gaza's healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent
The catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with the apparent deliberate targeting of health-care infrastructure and personnel, has highlighted a profound challenge to the global medical community. ...
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
a lot of what trump and the SC are doing does have precedents in american history. those precedents are bad and people fought them too. the takeaway is we can be better than this, not, "oh well, it doesn't matter because america was always bad."
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"it's all bad, everyone is corrupt" is literally a fascist talking point. it is what fascists want you to think. "nothing matters, why resist?"
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"This is the deadliest period for journalists in recorded history. More than 240 journalists killed in Gaza alone," journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social said at the UN. "They are targeted and there must be accountability," Ressa added at a meeting marking the United Nation's 80th anniversary.
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Kumi Naidoo @kuminaidoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
@mariaressa.bsky.social ’s call at UNGA could not be more urgent. The time for AI self-regulation is over. 200 Nobel laureates, former heads of state, and industry experts just signed a statement: "We urgently call for international red lines to prevent unacceptable AI risks"
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Maria Ressa at UNGA 80th anniv: 'Information integrity is the mother of all battles'
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Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered Emmy-award winning journalist Mario Guevara to be deported to El Salvador, a country he fled more than two decades ago after being persecuted for his reporting."
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Emmy-Award Winning Journalist at Risk of Deportation Over ICE Coverage
“This is one of the most dangerous periods for free speech in American history,” a Georgia lawmaker said.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“Since President Trump took office, 15 people have died in immigration detention, 10 of those deaths occurred between January and June … The senators say that is the highest rate in the first six months of any year publicly available.”
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/09/2025
will god forgive us? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
So many people are asking how they can support me.. The best way .. is to support @resistanceschool.bsky.social! I’ll be teaching Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month. Sign up for lectures by me and guest speakers! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
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Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
man Māori get this reputation as SAVAGE WARRIORS and it's so weird because our most famous military victory involved figuring out the enemy was using a flagpole in the middle of camp to calibrate their artillery fire, and subtly moving it in the middle of the night to fuck with the British aim
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Hawai`i Community Journal @hicommunityjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are excited to join the Solutions Journalism Directory as the first newsroom in Hawai'i to be listed! Thank you to Solutions Journalism Network, a nonpartisan organization for hosting the Directory and for their commitment to transparency and editorial independence.
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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I’m hearing this from many people - now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to submit proposals, to show there is persistent demand for grant funding
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shanley @shanley.com · 03/08/2025
In light of venture capitalists building an uranium enrichment facility, re-upping a recent piece I wrote on how the Network State getting WMDs = automatic sovereignty main blog: www.shanley.com/blog/wmd-sov... substack: techfascism.substack.com/p/wmd-sovere...
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 22/07/2025
A sitting U.S. lawmaker just told 2.3 million Palestinians to “starve away,” brushing off their agony as a hoax and spewing Islamophobia. This is an open endorsement of genocide and collective punishment - a war crime.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15/07/2025
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine
Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns. He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It’s bad. REALLY bad.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The belly of surveillance capitalism can only be exposed by following the money to understanding who's complicit in the usage of tech for war crimes, genocides, any other grave injustices etc.
Diagram showing Andreessen Horowitz investments. 

Text says "Surveillance Tech They're Funding."

diagram shows list: 
Auterion
Anduril
Flock Safety
Shield AI
Skydio
Toka
Foursquare

Which cover
Surveillance Drones
AI Powered
Data Broker
Forensic Extraction
Student Monitoring
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 24/06/2025
🚨 ATTN: Journalists crossing through a U.S. border 🚨 Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources. Read, bookmark and share:
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Journalist searched and detained at US airport
CBP searched an Australian journalist’s phone. He noted he was questioned over materials in his blog, social media posts, and reporting
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2025
NEW: The country's top medical and public health professional societies are suing RFK Jr for unlawful anti-science changes to government vaccine guidelines.
APHA Joins Leading Medical Professional Societies, Patients Sue HHS, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Unlawful, Unilateral Vaccine Changes

AAP, ACP, APHA, IDSA, MPHA, and SMFM Join Together to Stop Assault on Public Health 

 

Today, the American Public Health Association (APHA) joins the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and a pregnant physician, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine.
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I hope I’m right that you’ve already seen this — and that, otherwise, it’s my duty to ensure you do… 🧊❌ ICEBlock Download the community-driven app for finding and sharing location-based reports of ICE presence in your area — without revealing your personal data apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
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