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Andrew Couts
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Great work on this by @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social - just further proves the original story had legs and was accurate.
EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
NEW: On Thursday, @wired.com reported that Meta had quietly added code for a face recognition system to Meta AI, its smart glasses companion app. On Friday, code for the face rec system was removed. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
Absolute banger of an investigation by @mayakaufman.bsky.social and her co-reporters here!
Stay safe out there.
NEW: Several fmr @signal.org devs + others have a new project out today, Encrypted Spaces, which provides the technical model for building end-to-end encrypted versions of collaborative apps like Slack/Discord (& maybe a lot more). @agreenberg.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/signal...
New: Anthropic releases new "safe" and unsafe AI models. Maxwell Zeff and @lhn.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/anthro...
NEW: The ACLU is suing two police departments in Florida after an incorrect face recognition match led to the wrongful arrest of a Fort Myers man. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/wrongf...
Some really crazy cases in here
- cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times
- cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason
- cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired
Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people
www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...
Andrew Couts
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
Update: In March, MN sued DOJ to get info about the Renee Good, Alex Pretti, & Julio Sosa-Celis shootings. Case paused awaiting DOJ's 6/4 responses to MN's administrative letters seeking that info. Hennepin Co (MN) says DOJ responses were still "obstructi[ve]." Will file amended complaint 6/18.
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
New @themarshallproject.org @ms.now report shows since Trump returned to office, ICE has taken a total of more than 500 babies and toddlers into custody: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/09/b...
Andrew Couts
The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face-recognition match as a near-certain ID.
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Joseph Cox
Context for Belfast riots
Young children in detention stopped eating, began hitting themselves and became ill, according to parents.
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
