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Nina Amenta

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Retired computer scientist. Spend too much time on news.

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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 3h
My local event: indivisible.org/events/no-ki...
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No Kings: Vote Early Davis CA
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“They really made a strong case,” said Andy Crouch, an evangelical author ... “We’ve got to treat it like a person if we want it to interact with people in a morally consistent way...” And so, they trained it on the internet. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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laurageorgi.bsky.social @laurageorgi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Kamlager-Dove Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against OMB Director Russell Vought
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)introduced articles of impeachment against Office of Management and Budget (OMB)Director Russell Vought after the administration
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/09/2026
Oh for gods sake. First, while it’s true that Florida has the highest ACA enrollment in the country, no, there are not "5 x more people enrolled in Obamacare in Florida than live in the state." Around 19% of the total population is enrolled, which is high but hardly over 100%. 1/5th =/= 5x.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Quote: “It’s harder to open a hot-dog stand than to build an artificial superintelligence,” the A.I. safety researcher Marius Hobbhahn told me. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victim
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USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics
The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Daisy Chain Fields was the best thing ever to happen to Irvine, CA.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ships traveling between the upper Great Lakes and the Atlantic must pass through Canada’s Welland Canal. The 27-mile canal and all eight of its locks are entirely in Ontario, meaning a strategically important portion of U.S. Great Lakes maritime trade depends on Canadian-controlled infrastructure.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's the AP link to the story. apnews.com/article/uss-...
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He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him
The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities.
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
NSF is substantially reducing grants, zeroing out many SBE subdivisions, & withholding the funds to spend next year on central initiatives: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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ICE begins deporting Haitians who lost TPS back to homeland
Community leaders said Thursday’s removal flight was one of the largest they had seen and included people who were detained in recent weeks.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/08/2026
How many signers protested as loudly when the Trump NIH, based on academic expression, canceled funding (causing job losses) and fired ppl from NIH boards? This is the way to see who doesn’t care about academic freedom and free speech—but wants to weaponize it to protect speech they like. 1/
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It doesn’t get discussed this way but Donald Trump refusing to pay his $100,000,000 tax bill is no different than stealing that money straight from the Treasury.
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Who gives a man who had 300 of his bank accounts closed for money laundering, an entire bank for a system of money designed to be untraceable? 🤔 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Trump bank accounts were closed due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 14/08/2026
Trump is making the Navy waste billions on antiquated steam technology because he does not understand magnets. He thinks that water breaks magnets: From 2024: "All I know about magnets is this: Give me a glass of water and let me drop it on the magnets. That's the end of the magnets."
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a setup for obscuring the impact of the political review of grants, which is fixing to be massive. It also greases the skids for corruption and funneling money away from universities and toward venture capitalists. Please vote this November, friends. It’s bad out here.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Important 🧵
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Took=Kidnapped
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I could barely afford vibranium as it was
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 31/07/2026
pleased to announce the Winner of Bluesky
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We recruit foreign talent by letting graduates (BS/A,MS,PhD) stay for one year, work, and find their place. This anti-immigration madness is economic suicide.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano came to the U.S. at 3yrs old. ICE took him this June. He was 29. He told his family he didn't feel right but ICE wouldn't give him medical attention. After a month, ICE finally moved him to a hospital Prisciliano died five days later enlacelatinonc.org/en/Young-Mex...
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A young Mexican man living in Durham died in ICE custody.
News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
When I was a kid, some of my older Italian relatives did not speak English. Boy did we assimilate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026
Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
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The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The Jones act is why you can't take a cruise to Hawai'i, and why everything is so expensive once you get there.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ICE arrested a Chinese civil rights lawyer seeking asylum in the US. What the heck are we doing? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Two courses for the fall of 2026 were canceled outright, while several more had to alter their syllabi to comply. Professors teaching those courses told The Chronicle they weren’t provided with any rationale for why their “exception requests” were partially or fully denied.”
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What Texas A&M Will — and Won’t — Let You Teach
Newly obtained records reveal that two courses for the fall were canceled outright, while administrators demanded changes to others. Instructors say the deliberative process is a black box.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is nuts. How many kids do you think are paying $30K/yr just to stay in the US? Approximately none. Meanwhile, foreign student tuition keeps big state schools afloat. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration caps how long international students can stay in the US
The Trump administration has finalized a rule that will prevent international students from staying in the U.S. for more than four years unless they seek and obtain government approval, a departure fr...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The World Cup shouldn't have a half-time show AND this is the greatest half-time show for any sport, ever.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This administration, supposedly representing the “real” salt of the earth Americans, is filled with people like this who have no idea how Americans actually live. For context, each Taco Bell outlet serves about 900 people PER DAY and there are over 300 Taco Bells in Michigan.
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4,300 people ate at Taco Bell just in Michigan?
This summer's outbreak of cyclosporiasis has been largely concentrated in southeastern Michigan, where more than 4,300 cases have been reported and at least 100 people have been hospitalized as of Thursday.
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Investigators have linked shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by Taylor Farms as a potential source of contamination in the cyclosporiasis outbreak, according to a report washingtonpost.com/health/2026/07...
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Bespoke Federal Reserve Exception @moreyamsterdam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Polls show academia has a trust problem but the top tier schools get more applications than ever. It's all about perceived value. If state schools (regional and flagships) were properly funded so that they could cut tuition by ~50% I think "trust" in academia would skyrocket.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is not so hard - data centers should provide new renewable energy, not raise prices or emissions. Australia can do it, why can't we?
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16/07/2026
Canadian firefighters hauled ass to get down here when half of Los Angeles was on fire last year. What a characteristically classy way to repay that favor.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What the actual fuck? Look, I'm sorry to keep saying this, but the president is clearly a dementia-ravaged necrotic husk of a man whose addled rants bear no actual resemblance to reality and I, for one, think that is concerning.
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BernardoVerda 🤔 @bernardoverda.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not only very reminiscent of Renee Good but also Marimar Martinez who was shot six times in her car and remarkably survived.
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Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Grants from this new program can go to newly-formed limited partnerships, for example newly formed by the President's sons. Just so long as some political appointee is willing to call it "gold standard science".
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just days after John Roberts let MAGA #SCOTUS gave Trump autocrat like power to fire officials of federal agencies except for the Fed Reserve ...
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S. Melo🐸 #NoKings🚫👑 @jasmine29.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#LorenzoSalgadoAraujo
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