Jess

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Not sure what to do here - but, I will stick around for a bit and find out :)
JessMay 9, 2025
Ars TechnicaMay 8, 2025
Social media “addicts” more likely to believe fake news
People who scored highly on problematic social media use are more likely to like and share fake news.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/social-media-addicts-more-likely-to-believe-fake-news/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Social media “addicts” more likely to believe fake news

People with high score on problematic social media use are more likely to like and share fake news.

Ars Technica
JessApr 29, 2025
ProPublicaApr 29, 2025

The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NOAA #Ocean #Research #Data #Science #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

ProPublica
JessApr 29, 2025
Ars TechnicaApr 29, 2025
Trump admin may be trying to sabotage the National Climate Assessment
The assessment is required by law, but the administration is not noted for caring.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/trump-admin-may-be-trying-to-sabotage-the-national-climate-assessment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Trump’s National Climate Assessment: No funding and all authors cut loose

The assessment is required by law, but the administration is not noted for caring.

Ars Technica
JessApr 27, 2025
The New YorkerApr 27, 2025

One Hundred Days of Ineptitude
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/a-hundred-days-of-ineptitude?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News & Politics @news-politics-NewYorker

Trump’s Hundred Days of Ineptitude

David Remnick on the President’s first hundred days, the second time around. It’s Trump, only more so: Trump Unbound.

The New Yorker
JessApr 27, 2025
ProPublicaApr 24, 2025

Court records show that interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin violated a judge’s order, ghostwrote online attacks on a judge and engaged in what experts called professional misconduct.

Such a track record might have derailed another lawyer’s career. Not so for this Trump prosecutor.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Law #Trump #Ethics #USPolitics #Missouri #DC

The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

Martin’s career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried in court filings, overlooked by the press or never reported — until now.

ProPublica
JessApr 25, 2025
ProPublicaApr 25, 2025

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
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Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-factory-cambodia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Nike #Cambodia #Labor #Work #Abuse #Exploitation #Business

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.

Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim.

ProPublica
JessApr 24, 2025
Ars TechnicaApr 24, 2025
Nintendo Switch 2’s gameless Game-Key cards are going to be very common
Switch 2 game upgrades for original Switch games also range from $10 to $20.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-switch-2s-gameless-game-key-cards-are-going-to-be-very-common/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Nintendo Switch 2’s gameless Game-Key cards are going to be very common

Switch 2 game upgrades for original Switch games also range from $10 to $20.

Ars Technica
JessApr 24, 2025
ProPublicaApr 24, 2025

ICE has canceled a $3.8 billion contract to build an immigrant detention camp in Fort Bliss, Texas, just days after issuing it. But sources say the Trump administration still intends to move ahead with its plan to build the tent camp.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-cancels-contract-immigrant-detention-camp-fort-bliss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Immigration #Texas #Trump #Immigrants #USPolitics

ICE Awarded a $3.8 Billion Contract to Hold Immigrants on a Military Base. Days Later, It Was Canceled.

The administration still intends to move ahead with the plan to build a tent detention camp at Fort Bliss, sources said. It’s a job that promises to be highly sought after as Trump officials plan to pour billions of dollars into new detention facilities.

ProPublica
JessApr 24, 2025
Show threadProPublicaApr 24, 2025
In case you missed it, read our investigation about the tent company ICE initially issued the $3.8 billion contract to: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans

The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.

ProPublica
JessApr 24, 2025
Taylor LorenzApr 24, 2025
SCOOP: A non profit seeking to be the middleman between liberal creators and the Democratic party has been using creators' images without their consent for fundraising. Read my full rundown of the chaos unfolding among Democrats as they try to court influencers
https://www.usermag.co/p/inside-the-democrats-struggle-to-win-over-content-creators-dnc-influencer-strategy-chorus
Inside the Democrats’ Struggle to Win Over Creators

"What we need is for people to invest in independent media, and that doesn't necessarily mean investing in a consulting group that is going to become a middleman for independent media."

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