Index

Amplified in February/2025

  1. Justice Department Appeals As Second Judge in 2 Days Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order amplify
    February 10, 2025
  2. Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’ amplify
    February 10, 2025
  3. US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation amplify
    February 10, 2025
  4. Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners amplify
    February 10, 2025
  5. DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet amplify
    February 10, 2025
  6. Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared” amplify
    February 10, 2025
  7. Elon Musk’s rapid unscheduled disassembly of the US government amplify
    February 10, 2025
  8. The New York Times Has Some Goddamn Nerve amplify
    February 10, 2025
  9. Trump Wants Snitches to Report on DEI. There’s Just One Problem. amplify
    February 10, 2025
  10. Elon Musk’s X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal amplify
    February 10, 2025
  11. https://checkmyads.org/check-my-ads-institute-files-complaint-with-tag-calling-for-enforcement-and-answers/ amplify
    February 10, 2025
  12. 3/11 - Saoirse Dream: The Simulacrum Tour by Wonderville amplify
    February 10, 2025
  13. How Progressives Froze the American Dream amplify
    February 10, 2025
  14. Songs for the Deaf: I Need a Saga. What's the Saga? amplify
    February 10, 2025
  15. What are the best settings for Steam Deck? amplify
    February 10, 2025
  16. The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds amplify
    February 10, 2025
  17. https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-trade-war-us-tech-03578671?st=LVPBot&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink amplify
    February 10, 2025
  18. Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption amplify
    February 10, 2025
  19. https://www.patreon.com/posts/nyt-editorial-121863873 amplify
    February 10, 2025
  20. The New State Media amplify
    February 10, 2025
  21. The Open Source Torment Nexus amplify
    February 10, 2025
  22. https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-simple-solution-to-break-down-forever-chemicals/ amplify
    February 10, 2025
  23. The NSA's "Big Delete" amplify
    February 10, 2025
  24. Trump’s Man of Steel Posturing Makes America Weaker amplify
    February 10, 2025
  25. Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows amplify
    February 10, 2025
  26. The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison amplify
    February 10, 2025
  27. The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis amplify
    February 10, 2025
  28. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/democrats-spending-trump/index.html amplify
    February 10, 2025
  29. https://www.chronicle.com/article/were-being-punished-nih-tosses-some-grant-applications-from-minority-researchers amplify
    February 10, 2025
  30. Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies amplify
    February 10, 2025
  31. Bessent Gives Musk a Present, Stalling CFPB Oversight of Big Tech amplify
    February 7, 2025
  32. Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close in New York After Avian Flu Is Found amplify
    February 7, 2025
  33. The Myth of Trustlessness amplify
    February 7, 2025
  34. 100 years of whatever this will be amplify
    February 7, 2025
  35. THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS amplify
    February 7, 2025
  36. Is web3 bullshit? amplify
    February 7, 2025
  37. Keep the web free, say no to Web3 amplify
    February 7, 2025
  38. Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards amplify
    February 7, 2025
  39. My Views on Decentralization - HedgeDoc amplify
    February 7, 2025
  40. Effective Refactoring - HedgeDoc amplify
    February 7, 2025
  41. pirate/django-concurrency-talk amplify
    February 7, 2025
  42. Can anyone stop President Musk? amplify
    February 7, 2025
  43. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/staffer-with-elon-musks-doge-amplified-white-supremacists-online-2025-02-07/ amplify
    February 7, 2025
  44. Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets amplify
    February 7, 2025
  45. Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program amplify
    February 7, 2025
  46. Nvidia’s $3,000 ‘Personal AI Supercomputer’ Will Let You Ditch the Data Center amplify
    February 7, 2025
  47. The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real. amplify
    February 7, 2025
  48. DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers amplify
    February 7, 2025
  49. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/trump-carried-interest-tax-deduction amplify
    February 7, 2025
  50. For Undocumented Restaurant Workers, Everything Is in Question amplify
    February 7, 2025
  51. Let’s talk about the battery in smart glasses amplify
    February 7, 2025
  52. Mentions of trans kids scrubbed from national child safety clearinghouse website amplify
    February 7, 2025
  53. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/02/07/No-Thanks-Musk-Readers-Elsewhere/ amplify
    February 7, 2025
  54. This Slime Generates Electricity When Squeezed amplify
    February 7, 2025
  55. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/trump-politico-subscriptions-doge-elon-musk amplify
    February 7, 2025
  56. The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified amplify
    February 7, 2025
  57. How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid amplify
    February 7, 2025
  58. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/trump-musk-doge-government-data amplify
    February 7, 2025
  59. Community Notes and its Narrow Understanding of Disinformation amplify
    February 7, 2025
  60. The inchoate rage of tech babies amplify
    February 7, 2025
  61. Is the Trump administration’s website censorship the internet age version of Nazi book burning? amplify
    February 7, 2025
  62. Ekko Astral's Jael Holzman on Climate Reporting, the D.C. Community, and Arctic Monkeys amplify
    February 7, 2025
  63. Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze amplify
    February 7, 2025
  64. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/05/congress/dems-try-to-subpoena-musk-00202777 amplify
    February 7, 2025
  65. Trump Imposes Sanctions on International Court, Accusing It of Targeting the U.S. and Israel amplify
    February 7, 2025
  66. N.C.A.A., Following Trump’s Order, Excludes Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports amplify
    February 7, 2025
  67. White House Cracks Down on News Subscriptions amplify
    February 7, 2025
  68. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/06/us/president-trump-news?smid=nytcore-android-share amplify
    February 7, 2025
  69. Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order amplify
    February 7, 2025
  70. EPA Staff Who Assist Heavily Polluted Communities Are Put On Leave amplify
    February 7, 2025
  71. Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff amplify
    February 7, 2025
  72. Midlife Women Are Clamoring for Testosterone. Does It Work? amplify
    February 7, 2025
  73. Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director amplify
    February 7, 2025
  74. Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup amplify
    February 7, 2025
  75. Rep. Nancy Mace Shouts Anti-Trans Slur 3 Times In A Row At Hearing And Goes Unpunished amplify
    February 7, 2025
  76. National Archives Workers Unsure If Marco Rubio Has Secretly Been Their Boss for Weeks amplify
    February 7, 2025
  77. The Trump war on the news media takes an even stupider turn amplify
    February 7, 2025
  78. Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It? amplify
    February 6, 2025
  79. Meta torrented over 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI, authors say amplify
    February 6, 2025
  80. Recycling in NYC is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused amplify
    February 6, 2025
  81. Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew amplify
    February 6, 2025
  82. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/mozilla-will-pay-300k-refusing-hire-activist-apple-engineer-2025-01-15/ amplify
    February 6, 2025
  83. https://www.wsj.com/tech/doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-d9f11a93?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 amplify
    February 6, 2025
  84. On that DEI article in the NYT amplify
    February 6, 2025
  85. Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50 amplify
    February 6, 2025
  86. Andreessen Horowitz Defends Hiring of Daniel Penny to Its Investors amplify
    February 6, 2025
  87. These are superhero and TTRPG writer Kieron Gillen’s favorite superhero-themed TTRPGs amplify
    February 6, 2025
  88. New Memo from Adams Administration Tells Migrant Shelter Operators to Let ICE In Without a Warrant If They 'Reasonably Feel Threatened' amplify
    February 6, 2025
  89. Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund Cuts Off a Key Nonprofit Monitoring Corporate Climate Efforts amplify
    February 6, 2025
  90. Government by Grok amplify
    February 6, 2025
  91. Move fast and break democracy amplify
    February 6, 2025
  92. Trump's military deportation flights cost more, carry fewer migrants amplify
    February 6, 2025
  93. Protests and a Lawsuit Confront DOGE as It Targets Labor Department amplify
    February 6, 2025
  94. Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice amplify
    February 6, 2025
  95. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/media/politico-usaid-subscription-government/index.html amplify
    February 6, 2025
  96. NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ amplify
    February 6, 2025
  97. Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze amplify
    February 6, 2025
  98. How a posse of young engineers helped Musk infiltrate the world’s biggest aid agency amplify
    February 6, 2025
  99. List: Examples of Trump’s Actions That Are Defying Legal Limits amplify
    February 6, 2025
  100. MSN amplify
    February 5, 2025
  101. Asphalt Green amplify
    February 5, 2025
  102. How ProPublica reported on homeless encampment sweeps in 11 cities amplify
    February 5, 2025
  103. Here's how Trump's tariffs could impact you and your wallet amplify
    February 5, 2025
  104. State Department Travel Safety Website Changes "LGBTQI+ Travelers" to "LGB Travelers" amplify
    February 5, 2025
  105. Your packages are about to get slower and more expensive amplify
    February 5, 2025
  106. Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon amplify
    February 5, 2025
  107. Arm Yourself with Rampancy's Fiery Anarchist Black Metal amplify
    February 5, 2025
  108. davatron5000/awesome-standalones amplify
    February 5, 2025
  109. Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized amplify
    February 5, 2025
  110. https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-ed-is-trapped-in-trumps-chaos amplify
    February 5, 2025
  111. Elon Musk Tightens Grip on Federal Government As Democrats Raise Alarms amplify
    February 5, 2025
  112. Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency amplify
    February 5, 2025
  113. Top 5 Tips For Writing a Music Book amplify
    February 5, 2025
  114. As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders amplify
    February 5, 2025
  115. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/treasury-payments-system-musk-doge-access/index.html amplify
    February 5, 2025
  116. The Confluence amplify
    February 5, 2025
  117. CECOT: Inside the Mega-Prison El Salvador Has Offered Up for Trump's Use amplify
    February 5, 2025
  118. Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab amplify
    February 5, 2025
  119. What Is the Full Cost of Dismantling USAID? amplify
    February 5, 2025
  120. Trump administration opens the door to politicize government tech executives amplify
    February 4, 2025
  121. General Services Administration Workers Warned of Impending Staff Cuts amplify
    February 4, 2025
  122. Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs amplify
    February 4, 2025
  123. Elon Musk Pulled the Plug on America’s Energy Soft Power amplify
    February 4, 2025
  124. A BlueSky thread by National Labor Relations Board Union on Skyview amplify
    February 4, 2025
  125. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/us-withdraw-un-human-rights-council-trump-00202100 amplify
    February 4, 2025
  126. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5125863-fbi-doj-sued-jan6/ amplify
    February 4, 2025
  127. The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project amplify
    February 4, 2025
  128. Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says amplify
    February 4, 2025
  129. The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started amplify
    February 4, 2025
  130. The "That Funny Feeling" Coup amplify
    February 4, 2025
  131. ‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government amplify
    February 4, 2025
  132. https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-targets-higher-education-us-with-chatgpt-rollout-california-state-2025-02-04/ amplify
    February 4, 2025
  133. What Happened Here amplify
    February 4, 2025
  134. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/trump-nominates-noaa-head-neil-jacobs amplify
    February 4, 2025
  135. Smart Glasses For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing That Transcribe Speech to Text in Real-Time Onto the Lenses amplify
    February 4, 2025
  136. Inside Trump and Musk’s Clumsy, ‘Exhausting’ Hunt for Leakers amplify
    February 4, 2025
  137. Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base amplify
    February 4, 2025
  138. State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights amplify
    February 4, 2025
  139. Trump’s Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry amplify
    February 4, 2025
  140. Waffle House adds surcharge to eggs as massive bird flu outbreak leads to soaring prices amplify
    February 4, 2025
  141. Companies Are Avoiding the ‘DEI’ Acronym– Even If They’re Not Pulling Back on Diversity Initiatives  amplify
    February 4, 2025
  142. Target’s Black History Month posts slammed as ‘performative’ and ‘gaslighting’ amplify
    February 4, 2025
  143. Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server amplify
    February 4, 2025
  144. the I Enjoy Music anti-slop manifesto amplify
    February 4, 2025
  145. Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites amplify
    February 4, 2025
  146. The Latest On Chrome’s Cookie Choice Prompt (It’s Gonna Be ‘Global’) amplify
    February 4, 2025
  147. Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies amplify
    February 4, 2025
  148. End of Term Web Archive amplify
    February 4, 2025
  149. Elon Musk’s Midnight Takeover  amplify
    February 4, 2025
  150. Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency amplify
    February 4, 2025
  151. Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government amplify
    February 4, 2025
  152. Legal Endearment: An Unmarked Barrier to Transforming Policing, Public Safety, and Security amplify
    February 3, 2025
  153. The Entrenched Colonialism of Tech amplify
    February 3, 2025
  154. https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-human-trafficking-amanda-palmer-lawsuit.html amplify
    February 3, 2025
  155. Trump’s War on Gender is Accelerating amplify
    February 3, 2025
  156. Breaker aims to roil New York media, starting Downtown amplify
    February 3, 2025
  157. MAGA intellectual Darren Beattie will fill key State Department role amplify
    February 3, 2025
  158. playlist: the best punk songs of january 2025 amplify
    February 3, 2025
  159. AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications amplify
    February 3, 2025
  160. Air Force Documents on Gen AI Test Are Just Whole Pages of Redactions amplify
    February 3, 2025
  161. Behind DOGE’s Standoff at USAID: Desk Searches and Elon Musk Calling amplify
    February 3, 2025
  162. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/usaid-washington-workers/index.html amplify
    February 3, 2025
  163. How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines amplify
    February 3, 2025
  164. Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach amplify
    February 3, 2025
  165. President Trump used fentanyl to justify tariffs, but the crisis was already easing amplify
    February 3, 2025
  166. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-trump-tariff-fallout-begins-canada-mexico-vow-retaliation-economic-uncertainty-da522b44 amplify
    February 3, 2025
  167. Several hundred ducks found dead from suspected bird flu along Lake Michigan amplify
    February 3, 2025
  168. Going into battle despite great odds amplify
    February 3, 2025
  169. Scores of People Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial Are Stuck on Rikers Island amplify
    February 3, 2025
  170. How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills amplify
    February 3, 2025
  171. Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System amplify
    February 3, 2025
  172. How Corporate America Got DEI Wrong amplify
    February 3, 2025
  173. That Giant Sucking Sound? It’s Climate Change Devouring Your Home’s Value. amplify
    February 3, 2025
  174. Outbrain Completes the Acquisition of Teads amplify
    February 3, 2025
  175. Primary Every Democrat amplify
    February 3, 2025
  176. It's time for another round of Statcounter stories - here's why you shouldn't believe them amplify
    February 3, 2025
  177. 'I Could Make "Fart Fart Boobie Fart: The Game" and Maybe It Would Eventually Get Taken Down' - Devs Reveal Why the Consoles Are Drowning in 'Eslop' amplify
    February 3, 2025
  178. USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies amplify
    February 3, 2025
  179. Nicolas Cage Slams AI: We Can’t Let ‘Robots Dream for Us’ and They ‘Cannot Reflect the Human Condition’ amplify
    February 3, 2025
  180. End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say amplify
    February 2, 2025
  181. DOGE Staff Had Questions About the ‘Resign’ Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them amplify
    February 2, 2025
  182. US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time amplify
    February 2, 2025
  183. The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she 'scooped' the nation's media amplify
    February 2, 2025
  184. What will a conservative National Labor Relations Board mean for news unions? amplify
    February 2, 2025
  185. Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites amplify
    February 2, 2025
  186. Write it Down amplify
    February 2, 2025
  187. Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI amplify
    February 2, 2025
  188. DIE RPG: Designer Notes amplify
    February 2, 2025
  189. What might an opposition party be doing right now? amplify
    February 2, 2025
  190. OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security amplify
    February 2, 2025
  191. F.A.A.’s Main Warning System for Pilots Is Restored After Outage amplify
    February 2, 2025
  192. Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System amplify
    February 2, 2025
  193. Here’s what could get more expensive if Trump enacts tariffs this week amplify
    February 2, 2025
  194. Roll7's stylish skate games OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome have both been delisted on Steam amplify
    February 2, 2025
  195. How Helpful Is Operator, OpenAI’s New A.I. Agent? amplify
    February 2, 2025
  196. Exclusive: Social Security "immediately" stopped making sex identification changes on Friday amplify
    February 2, 2025
  197. Now in College, Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your Likes amplify
    February 2, 2025
  198. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/musk-claims-doge-lax-treasury-00201946 amplify
    February 2, 2025
  199. Your Complete Guide to Tariffs: How Much You’ll Pay, and When amplify
    February 2, 2025
  200. A Canadian Province Released a COVID Report Full of Pseudoscience. Who Wrote It, and Why? amplify
    February 1, 2025
  201. Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America” amplify
    February 1, 2025
  202. Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use amplify
    February 1, 2025
  203. Hackers are hijacking WordPress sites to push Windows and Mac malware amplify
    February 1, 2025
  204. Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the Gender Critical Movement’s Ideology and Practice amplify
    February 1, 2025
  205. Health Resources Vanish Following D.E.I. and Gender Orders amplify
    February 1, 2025
  206. End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation amplify
    February 1, 2025
  207. Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs amplify
    February 1, 2025
  208. Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes amplify
    February 1, 2025
  209. Data + Screening Tools amplify
    February 1, 2025