Entries from January 2017 ↓
January 31st, 2017 — pinboard
- Release TensorFlow 1.0.0-rc0 · tensorflow/tensorflow
- the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement
- Democrats See Sessions as Yes Man for Trump, Unlike Fired Acting Attorney General – The New York Times
- Every president is a minority leader. Trump will be, too. – The Washington Post
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RT @mims: .@matt_levine hits it out of the park
- SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid – NBC News
- Iran Test-Fires Medium Range Ballistic Missile: U.S. Officials – NBC News
- Trump is ruling America with the agenda of Europe’s far right – The Washington Post
- Suddenly, Muslims are America’s pariahs | Nesrine Malik | Opinion | The Guardian
- Twitter Activist Security – the grugq – Medium
- SIGAINT – Wikipedia
SIGAINT is a Tor hidden service offering secure email services.
- Obama’s Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump – NYTimes.com
- Immigration Orders and Odd Tenders – Bloomberg View
- iPhone 7 Plus Battery Case, Stoon [Slim Fit] iPhone External Battery Portable Charger, 2000mAh Ultralight Battery Pack Power Bank Uncovered iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port[Wired Headphones Work](Silver)
- Flip this seat! Special election to replace Trump’s anti-Obamacare health chief is huge opportunity
RT @tpryan: Just donated to @ossoff (D) who running in a special election down in GA. Find out more and please, consider giving:
- Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates’ Unpersuasive Statement – Lawfare
- In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. – The Washington Post
- Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump’s immigration order – POLITICO
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RT @ericgeller: Former DOJ spokesman: "This is a major breakdown in the rule of law."
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RT @markfollman: Statement from White House declares she "betrayed" the Department of Justice. Spiteful, nasty language that smacks…
- Democracy Wins One as a Federal Court Strikes a Big Blow Against Gerrymandering | The Nation
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RT @RaRaVibes: In the US Holocaust Museum.
I’m shook.
- 25 Great Books by Refugees in America – The New York Times
- What Is Stephen Miller’s Job, Anyway?
- President Bannon? – The New York Times
- President Bannon? – NYTimes.com
- Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He’s a White Nationalist.
RT @Mikel_Jollett: White nationalist who murdered 6 at Quebec mosque has killed more than all refugees from all ban countries combined.
- How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. – The Atlantic
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RT @RosieGray: WH statement on firing of Sally Yates – syntax in this is pure Trump
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January 30th, 2017 — pinboard
- BREAKING NEWS: Full Text of Draft Dissent Channel Memo on Trump Refugee and Visa Order – Lawfare
- Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 | FiveThirtyEight
- Fasten your seatbelt, Peter Thiel, it’s going to be bumpy for Trump in Silicon Valley! – Recode
- DOE: Mounting anxiety for climate research at national labs — Monday, January 30, 2017 — www.eenews.net
- Statisticians fear Trump White House will manipulate figures to fit narrative | US news | The Guardian
- Lyft reportedly saved $126 million by refusing to classify drivers as employees – The Verge
- Sadiq Khan: Stop UK state visit until Donald Trump rethinks travel ban | London Evening Standard
RT @MayorofLondon: There should be no state visit for President Trump until he lifts his immigration ban.
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RT @classvar: Tfw you’re named after two fascists.
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Based in Seattle!
- No, Trump, Not on Our Watch – The New York Times
- Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals – The New York Times
- Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals – The New York Times
- EXCLUSIVE: US Diplomats Consider Filing ‘Dissent’ Over Immigration Ban – ABC News
- Trump’s Ruinous Stance on Mexico Threatens America | Foreign Policy
- Officials worry that U.S counterterrorism defenses will be weakened by Trump actions – The Washington Post
- Twitter Activist Security – the grugq – Medium
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RT @nycsouthpaw: I’ve seen this reported a couple times and don’t want to believe it’s true. If it holds up, it’ll be a cause for pr…
- Unnamed White House official on implementing travel ban: ‘It really is a massive success story.’ – The Washington Post
- Trump Finds The Weak Spot In Obama’s Protections For Scientists | FiveThirtyEight
- Carl Sagan Presents His "Baloney Detection Kit": 8 Tools for Skeptical Thinking | Open Culture
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RT @AnandWrites: "We were right."
- Eliot A. Cohen Responds to Donald Trump’s First Week – The Atlantic
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RT @dgmacarthur: Strong, unambiguous message from @eric_lander to the @broadinstitute community. The EO is morally wrong, and damage…
- Questions multiply over Bannon’s role in Trump administration – The Washington Post
- How Trump’s Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos – NYTimes.com
- Call the Senate: Block "foreclosure king" Steve Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary
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RT @Steven_Strauss: This is actually what was said to my parents and grand parents – it is temporary. All four grand parents died in th…
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RT @mattmfm: 250,000 attended the inauguration.
290,000 donated to ACLU this weekend.
- Log In – New York Times
RT @ClaraJeffery: 3/ !!!!!
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January 29th, 2017 — pinboard
- Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas – Lawfare
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RT @glynmoody: three million signatures currently…
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RT @AnandWrites: This is important.
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RT @SteveKornacki: Lyft says it is donating $1 million to the ACLU in protest of Trump’s refugee order
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haha/whoa…
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RT @williamjordann: The Times of London is reporting that Theresa May’s team says she held hands with Trump at Trump’s request, because…
- Immigration Ban Is Unlikely to Reduce Terrorist Threat, Experts Say – NYTimes.com
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RT @charlesornstein: Read this slowly—> Customs and Border Protection just hung up on two US Congressmembers.
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RT @GovHowardDean: Tim, this is great but the Dems in the Senate actually have to do something about this stuff. You are being left be…
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RT @marjoriemliu: Truth.
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yes, and an informative related thread:
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yes, and an informative related thread:
- Trump’s America, where even park employees have become enemies of the state | Sarah Kendzior | Opinion | The Guardian
- White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States | Public Radio International
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RT @chrislhayes: Shot:
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RT @chrislhayes: Shot:
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- The Closing of Trump’s America – The New York Times
- Donald Trump, the refugee ban, and the triumph of cruelty – Vox
- Martin Mycielski🇪🇺 on Twitter: "The COMPLETE 4-page Guide to Surviving an Authoritarian Regime, in graphic form -With love, your Eastern European friendsâœŒï¸ #LearnFromEurope https://t.co/76k5ZMRhbv"
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RT @HotlineJosh: Key news: Bannon and Miller calling the shots, overruling colleagues and Cabinet officials
- How the protest against Trump’s refugee ban unfolded at Sea-Tac | The Seattle Times
- Early Warnings: How American Journalists Reported the Rise of Hitler – The Atlantic
- Kelly Ellis on Twitter: "How to cancel your @uber account: 1. Visit below link 2. Log in 3. Enter yes and TELL THEM WHY 4. Tap "submit" https://t.co/hx090sdxVe"
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RT @PotReporter: ACLU lawyers at SeaTac, helped win court order keeping some detainees from being sent back to where they came from
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RT @7im: I’m with her.
- Port of Seattle on Twitter: "Statement by Port of Seattle Commission in response to executive order banning immigration: https://t.co/4VMGfh9rM9"
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RT @USARedOrchestra: I wonder how many good Germans had to utter that statement in the past
"just following orders"
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RT @jimsciutto: Second federal court order against #travelban today
- US airports on frontline as Donald Trump’s travel ban causes chaos and protests | US news | The Guardian
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January 28th, 2017 — pinboard
- Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead. | The Huffington Post
- Green card holders included in Trump ban: Homeland Security | Reuters
- Amazon ECR supports Docker Image Manifest V2, Schema 2
- Trump Backers Like His First Draft of a New America – NYTimes.com
Trump’s core supporters see him, correctly, as delivering on the clear policy agenda he promised them all along. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/trump-backers-like-his-first-draft-of-a-new-america.html
- Donald Trump and the Theater of Access – The New York Times
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Exactly.
- Apple joins Amazon, Google and Facebook in AI research group
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RT @phillip_cooper: "We vet refugees from Syria for a period of 18 to 24 months…I think we know more about them…than we know about…
- Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal – NYTimes.com
- Google Parent Alphabet Finds New Growth Beyond Search – WSJ
“Google has now posted annual growth of 20% or more in its advertising business for 20 consecutive quarters” http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-parent-alphabet-reports-jump-in-earnings-1485465426
- Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus and Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief | American Civil Liberties Union
- Aziz Alwan, a veteran Iraqi journalist, dies at 57 – The Washington Post
- Donald Trump, the Religious Right’s Trojan Horse – The New York Times
- In Private, Republican Lawmakers Agonize Over Health Law Repeal – The New York Times
- Green card holders included in Trump ban: Homeland Security | Reuters
- Bel Air Police detain woman walking, question her immigration status – The Aegis
- Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports; Trump Immigration Order Is Challenged – The New York Times
- Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/a-lie-by-any-other-name.html?_r=1)
RT @davemcclure: A Lie by Any Other Name "Our president is a pathological liar. Say it. Write it."
- A Lie by Any Other Name – NYTimes.com
- Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports; Trump Immigration Order Is Challenged – NYTimes.com
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RT @teddygoff: Trump imposes a religious test for entry to the US and gets a one-column story in the second position in the NYT.
- Academics Against Immigration Executive Order
- Call an Official
Oppose President Trump’s ban on refugees
Take action today: Call Congress to oppose the refugee Executive Order
- Here’s what’s psychologically wrong with Donald Trump (UPDATED)
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RT @dannysullivan: Facebook board member Peter Thiel now in position to push new Google anti-trust action that would benefit Facebook…
- Log In – New York Times
RT @nkulish: Iraqi interpreter who worked with 101st Airborne detained at JFK, separated from his wife and 3 children.
- Scientific American on Twitter: "In life, you’re better off pursuing meaning than happiness. (via @sciammind) https://t.co/MY6L38abIz"
- Trump’s big mistake on Syria refugees – CNN.com
RT @jimsciutto: "All the lethal acts of jihadist terrorism in US since 9/11 have been carried out by US citizens or legal residents"
- Trump is getting payments from foreign governments. We have no idea what they are. – The Washington Post
"Trump is getting payments from foreign governments. We have no idea what they are."
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January 27th, 2017 — pinboard
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January 26th, 2017 — pinboard
- Donald Trump’s administration will publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants — Quartz
- These 24 ‘rogue’ Twitter accounts claim to be from federal agencies – The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Rogue NASA on Twitter: "For your following pleasure: @NASA @NASAClimate @NASAEarth @WomenNASA @NASAedu @NASAEarthData @NASASeaLevel #sciencematters #resist"
- Author of Trump’s Favorite Voter Fraud Study Says Everyone’s Wrong | WIRED
- How to #StayOutraged Without Losing Your Mind – The Coffeelicious – Medium
- Lauren Seyler, Ph.D. on Twitter: "Download this. It may not be available much longer. And thank you @AltNatParkSer https://t.co/TpjcPGZkxQ"
- @whitehouseleak – Imgur
- Ayelet Waldman on Twitter: "Follow these rogue federal accounts. @Alt_NIH @AltHHS @Alt_CDC @AltForestServ @alt_fda @altUSEPA @altusda @AltNatParkSer @RogueNASA"
- It’s No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones – NYTimes.com
- Believe Me, It’s Torture
Anyone who thinks waterboarding isn’t torture should probably try it (as Christopher Hitchens did). https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/08/hitchens200808/amp
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RT @bresla_linda: @docrocktex26 I have explained that the limited vocabulary and rambling, repetitive speech is early dementia. A lif…
- Harvard professor says there are ‘grave concerns’ about Donald Trump’s mental stability | The Independent
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RT @GuardianAus: Death threats, racial abuse, doxxing: year-long visceral backlash to chalkboard message …
- Australia Day is ‘dickhead day’: year-long visceral backlash over chalkboard message | Australia news | The Guardian
RT @GuardianAus: Death threats, racial abuse, doxxing: year-long visceral backlash to chalkboard message …
- Office That Protects Whistleblowers Fires Warning Shot Across Trump’s Bow
- A Bad Day for the Environment, with Many More to Come – The New Yorker
- Today in Trump’s America was the worst day yet.
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RT @sbg1: Fact check: it’s not been a week yet
- Juno’s Close Look at the Little Red Spot | NASA
- Untitled (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/trump-bernhard-langer-voting-fraud.html)
RT @aedwardslevy: This is a remarkably chilling phrase
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RT @aedwardslevy: This is a remarkably chilling phrase
- Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F01%2F25%2Fbusiness%2Fmedia%2Fjournalists-arrested-trump-inauguration.html%3Fsmid%3Dtw-share%26_r%3D2)
RT @michikokakutani: Felony Charges for Journalists Arrested at Inauguration Protests Raise Fears for Press Freedom. via @nytimes
- Felony Charges for Journalists Arrested at Inauguration Protests Raise Fears for Press Freedom – The New York Times
- Trump’s Voter Fraud Example? A Troubled Tale With Bernhard Langer – NYTimes.com
- Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages | Science | AAAS
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yay Seattle!
- US no longer considered ‘full democracy,’ group says | TheHill
US no longer considered ‘full democracy,’ group says
- Texas to Revoke Some Gay-Marriage Rights
- The Future of Kubernetes in 2017
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January 25th, 2017 — pinboard
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January 24th, 2017 — pinboard
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January 23rd, 2017 — pinboard
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RT @AntBit: and so the world changes, just like that
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"If Trump’s success transfers from politics to governing, his dark and guttural ways will become entrenched…"
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RT @AoDespair: For those keeping score on their Weimar-era bingo cards, this is where the Abwehr woke up on the outside, purged by…
- Brachistochrone problem
- Gigaom | Four Questions For: Geoff Hinton
- Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down 32 Actors’ Accents | WIRED – YouTube
- Simon Kuestenmacher on Twitter: "Beautiful isochronic world #map compares travel time from London 1914 vs 2016. Still by far the best map of the year! Great work @rome2rio https://t.co/IOLDyXWtdy"
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RT @ParkerMolloy: Oh, cool cool cool. Our president is keeping on a private security force. Totally fine. Nothing weird about this.
- Technoerotic ¦¦ HYPNOTIC Video Inside ¦¦ Crazy speed ¦¦ Milling parts ¦¦ CNC – YouTube
- The “Why Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism†Papers | Speaking of Medicine
- Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim – The New York Times
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"Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim"
- Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/what-americans-wrote-to-obama.html?_r=1)
RT @natashamitchell: Extraordinary read
"To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation"
- To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation – The New York Times
- Meet the new faces of fiction for 2017 | Books | The Guardian
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine eBook: Gail Honeyman: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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RT @davidmackau: Dan Rather on Day 1 of the Trump administration: "These are not normal times. The press has never seen anything lik…
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RT @ProPublica: Trump said he’s resigned from his businesses.
We checked.
He hasn’t.
- Apple Cranberry Crisp | Wine Enthusiast Magazine
- Gifted and black: The brilliant woman who got the US into space | New Scientist
- Bruce Springsteen on Twitter: ""We are the new American resistance." – Bruce Springsteen, January 22, 2017 https://t.co/HOFEUv4gev"
- The Women’s Marches and the Politics of Care: The Best Response to Trump’s Inaugural Address « George Lakoff
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RT @AstroKatie: Dictionary shade
- Bruce Springsteen: ‘We are part of the new resistance’ in the age of Trump – video | Music | The Guardian
- Tech leaders shouldn’t succumb to a president-Trump bully pulpit – Recode
- Why I Cannot Fall in Line Behind Trump – The New York Times
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The Rick Perry figure particularly made me laugh
- Imagining the royal court of Donald the First – LA Times
- That time I caught Sean Spicer making a blatantly false claim – The Washington Post
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January 22nd, 2017 — pinboard
- Comic Sans: The Man Behind the World’s Most Contentious Font – YouTube
- Crowd Scientists Say Women’s March in Washington Had 3 Times as Many People as Trump’s Inauguration – The New York Times
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RT @rascouet: Re Spicer’s lies, this is from someone who worked in a past administration. Important read.
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RT @danielpunkass: This is a brilliant use of technology, enabling micro-efforts to potentially enact massive change.
- Chicago responds to President Trump | Feature | Chicago Reader
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The Presidential Innovation Fellows initiative…
- Obama’s Last Days: The Surprising Story Behind His Final Official Act | Fortune.com
- Scientists Chip Away at Cancer Research’s Reproducibiity Problem, One Study at a Time | WIRED
- 3 Ways Donald Trump’s Climate Approach Is A US Economic Disaster | CleanTechnica
- Trump claims media ‘dishonest’ over crowd photos – BBC News
- Trump’s 5 Most "Anti-Science" Moves – Scientific American
- AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
- The 45th president | The Economist
- Review: ‘Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire,’ Portrait of an Artist in Chaos – NYTimes.com
- Want to save the world? Have fewer children | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
- Ur-Fascism | by Umberto Eco | The New York Review of Books
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This, and the next RT, could have been written yesterday.
- Venus Smiled, With a Mysterious Wave Across Its Atmosphere – The New York Times
- For Trump’s Nominees, a Billionaires’ Guide to Running the Government – NYTimes.com
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RT @marlaerwin: WaPo carefully notes each Trump claim, and counters with facts. @nytimes could learn a thing or two from this story.
- Trump, in CIA visit, attacks media for coverage of his inaugural crowds – The Washington Post
- Welcome to the Obama Foundation
- The Obama Foundation on Twitter: "Add your voice: https://t.co/mA9MSHmi7o https://t.co/Uf7oEvkZF3"
- NHTSA’s full final investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction | TechCrunch
- Deep Learning the Stock Market – Medium
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RT @sharonw: Please read this thread if you don’t understand why I’m too afraid to attend other protests.
- Climate Central on Twitter: "Obama has increasingly maneuvered to make climate change part of his legacy https://t.co/PzCJQYu9a2 https://t.co/bxQyeH7Idv"
- Barack Obama Has Been Immortalized By Scientists | Climate Central
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RT @nowviskie: Blink twice if you’re being held captive by a fascist regime.
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