Rob O'Reilly

Rob O'Reilly

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Rob O'Reilly
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So, Farage is the 1st victor in a UK by-election to not attend the count since Bobby Sands in 1981. Which is fitting, given Farage's willingness to chant "Up the ’Ra!" if he's paid enough.

Kevin Schofield@kevinschofied.bsky.social

Sky News legend Jon Craig points out that Nigel Farage is the first by-election winner not to turn up for the count since IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...

huffingtonpost.co.ukNigel Farage Easily Wins Clacton By-Election – But Dodges Result DeclarationThe Reform UK leader said police had told him “there is an organised campaign to disrupt” the announcement.

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ProPublica
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NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

propublica.org“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty ConcernsThe United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
Rob O'Reilly
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Jesus Christ. Brian Kilmeade - you dumb, ignorant c***. You stupid, stupid f***.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."

Rob O'Reilly
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For more on the removal/alteration of measures of sexual orientation and gender identity in federal data collections, see this recent webinar on the topic: youtu.be/YJF4BuhzZxM?... @williamsinstitute.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social

youtu.beDisappearing Data: Monitoring Federal SOGI Data Losses and Advancing AccountabilityYouTube video by ICPSR
Williams Institute@williamsinstitute.bsky.social

Our new research shows that hundreds of federal surveys removed questions about sexual orientation and gender identity since the start of the second Trump administration. Read the full report at: tinyurl.com/SOGIdata

Rob O'Reilly
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Brooks' most inspired column in years.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

As a middle-aged pundit who has trouble relaxing, I sometimes visit a state-sanctioned cannabis dispensary. But in my hip-hop heart, I’m like I got to get my props cops come and try to snatch my crops. by David Brooks

Rob O'Reilly
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A rare defeat for Sir Humphrey Appleby.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Manchester-London 7am train will now carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision

theguardian.comManchester-London 7am train will now carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decisionAvanti service was to be pulled from timetable from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston The express Manchester-London 7am Avanti service will take passengers after all, after the rail regulator conceded defeat in the face of public outcry over a ruling that would have left it running as an empty “ghost train” each day. The 7am train, the only service linking the cities in under two hours, was set to be axed from the passenger table from mid-December – but would, as the Guardian reported on Saturday, have kept running empty from Piccadilly each day so it could run morning trains back out of Euston. Continue reading...
Rob O'Reilly
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Brooks' next column, which will be written between glasses of whiskey during a layover at EWR.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Opinion | How come liberals are all in for infrastructure improvements, but then when Donald Trump starts fixing up an old building, they get mad?

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Auschwitz Memorial
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30 September 1928 | Elie Wiesel was born in Romania. A Jewish writer, Auschwitz & Buchenwald survivor, Peace Nobel Prize laureate. "Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
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From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬ #academicsky #data #umich @icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

theconversation.comData that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about itDetailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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NY Times Pitchbot
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Not Fade Away While monkey man Musk may be the Mick Jagger of tech, his honky tonk in Wisconsin made him look like a stupid boy. The GOP hopes this tweet-writing man stays 2000 light years from the White House til after ruby Tuesday ‘26, but you can’t always get what you want. by Maureen Dowd

Rob O'Reilly
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Shades of "Minority Report." Who needs pre-cogs?

The Guardian@theguardian.com

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

theguardian.comUK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to killAlgorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’ The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers. Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences. Continue reading...

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