This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results.
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
My law firm is currently litigating 80 voting and election cases in 40 states -- more than all of the big law firms combined.
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A USPS mailbox in New York City
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
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To the men who are still explaining Wonder Woman to me in replies… you don’t quite get us, and that’s OK. We love you anyway.
Here’s where it gets personal for me. When I was 9, I started experiencing suicidal ideation … disinterested in living, and at least some of the time contemplating death and how it might happen … It’s easy to imagine how I would have used programs like these chatbots.
Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...
Dear Ds in CA, NJ and VA - please vote on Day 1, or as early as you. When you vote early your names comes off GOTV rolls for the campaigns allowing them to move on to lower propensity voters, which increases D turnout and makes it more likely we win. Voting early = another way to help us win.
The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an order allowing almost anyone in the state to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine. The state’s protocols are in sharp contrast to the federal guidance issued last week, which declined to recommend the vaccine.
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We're thrilled to announce that Bryan Brayboy will deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at #AERA2026. Learn more here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
Motherfucking wind farms…
I just got an email informing me that my Annual Review on structural racism with @tyson-brown.bsky.social and @pahoman.bsky.social is open access. So, download away.
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I grew up at the beach & we have several stories of losing friends growing up…
Rip currents are very dangerous, even when you know how to swim. If you don’t know this rip currents info, things like this used to play on tv as commercials
Book Cover: The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump and headshot of Dan McAdams
SESP psychologist Dan P. McAdams, the author of “The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump", told Huffington Post “Trump is an ‘episodic man’ who focuses on winning each day or each moment, with very little concern for yesterday or tomorrow."
➡️ HuffPo article: spr.ly/6189f6WuW
AERA is sharing this statement issued by former NCES commissioner Dr. Peggy Carr on the “devastating shutdown and decimation of a critical national institution.” Read it here: www.aera.net/Portals/38/P...
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Sarah Futa
Sarah Futa, who earned a Master of Science in Learning and Organizational Change from the School of Education and Social Policy, spoke at convocation about learning from the “in-between” and “rebuilding a life, not from scratch, but from experience." 🎓
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In less than 12 hours, more than 6,000 people have signed our petition demanding T-Mobile cut ties with Musk. Have you signed? We need to show corporate America that doing business with fascists is bad for business #Starlinktakedown #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall actionnetwork.org/petitions/t-...
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
Feldon lying on the floor
Anyway if you're in Chicago and you see this guy tell him he's a jerk and to go home and I love him
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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How I arrived on Bluesky…
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NEW — Today, Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson applauded a new Northwestern University study that found the state-funded Chicago CRED Peacekeepers Program led to a 41% reduction in victimizations within violence “hotspots.”
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A screen capture of the science article on the CBC homepage today, which features a picture of me and a title reading “prominent climate scientist argues it’s time to ditch the myth of neutrality in science.”
Was not expecting to open the main CBC page this morning and see this!
In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded.
www.cbc.ca
@christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social
Chicago
Wow
#handsoff
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Goood morning Saturday morning. Headed to cover the #HandsOff protest scheduled for 12pm in Chicago for @therealnews.com —we’ve got reporters also out in DC today. It’s a good day for a mass demonstration I would say☺️
