ICYMI, in my last edition of my newsletter I talked to Jerome Greco, Digital Forensic Director at The Legal Aid Society!

Thank you so much for sharing!

New NBER paper based on a survey of CFOs. Firms report no productivity increases due to AI adoption so far but expect a 1.4% productivity boost over the next 3 years. www.nber.org/papers/w34836

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Extremely Online A tech accountability round-up: stories, events and more

Trying this out after the nth person asked if I had a newsletter. Will post original content, upcoming events, job postings and more in tech and AI accountability. Subscribe and let me know if you have any feedback!

We found at least 18 of the drugs on TrumpRx have cheaper generics available ranging from potential savings of over $600 for Tikosyn to just around $2 for Diflucan. Most of the drugs are made by Pfizer.

So about TrumpRx: We crunched the numbers today and about half of the drugs on there have cheaper generics available already. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...

Does something happen when people reach a certain age that they become physically unable to pronounce “Mamdani”?

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site 'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'

'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'

New research out today— my colleagues and I looked at tens of thousands of pages of legal documents to get a sense of how prevalent threats against public officials is.

2025 was a record year for federal arrests.

digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ncitereports...

it is understandable to be doomscrolling right now, but maybe try and do something else in 10 minutes? sometimes a timer helps or putting your phone in another room.

You still deserve time to rest and recover.

DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.

Team USA and Team Canada Women's Hockey Players Keep Marrying Each Other How many lesbian ice hockey rival weddings can there be? As many as possible, we hope.

as someone who plays women's ice hockey, the fact that there are only three is shocking lol (there is already a history of marrying across US-Canada rivalries www.them.us/story/usa-ca...)

I play hockey and what do you mean? Just one pair of normal socks (in the skates) and then "hockey socks" go over the shin pad, but they're more like leggings than socks

Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...

And there ya have it…

Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”

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Brown shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement official says. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe Officials are expected to announce more details at a press conference later tonight.

Brown shooting suspect found dead www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...

MT4TA

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University Serving the Brown University community since 1891

Proud of the BDH journalists serving the mission under tough and tragic circumstances.

OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25 The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...

Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj

A fluffy dog flopped on the ground

A fluffy dog splayed on his side

Honored to have met the famous Max tonight @karenho.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.

This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.

Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.

No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.

So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.

lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene

DOCCS Officer Misconduct Database

Two decades of misconduct and disciplinary records from New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released by @nyclu.org - www.nyclu.org/data/miscond...

Same thing happened to me a little while back. Must be epidemic at this point.

bsky.app/profile/aram...

Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.

Starting to think handing untested technology to kids with no guardrails might not be the best idea

Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.

New EFF data shows police, and even Border Patrol, used Flock ALPR cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times over the past year. Searches were tagged “protest,” “No Kings,” deportation-raid actions, May Day rallies, and more.

www.404media.co/cops...

#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flock

gijn.org GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting

✨ Day 1 of #GIJC25 is HERE! ✨

Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.


Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.


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