Tech and investigative journalist. Ex-AP tech editor & Andes chief. DM for Signal #. https://xitter.cf/t.co/brvACaEc6k

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Frank Bajak retweeted
We, @cfpeace, called on @nmladenov, @BoardOfPeace High Representative for Gaza, to demand that Israel immediately allow journalists free access to Gaza and enable them to work independently, without military supervision or restrictions that prevent genuine reporting.
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Following @citizenlab's investigation, which found that NSO Group's system was used against former @Europarl_EN member and PEGA Committee member Stelios Kouloglou, I wrote to the head of DECA, requesting that she open an investigation and take enforcement action against NSO Group
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Why Israel Closed the Pegasus Deal Probe for Which Ghana Convicted Officials Neither country appears to have an interest in opening the Pandora’s box of the Pegasus affair. @eitaymack✍️ thewire.in/world/why-israel-…
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The AP laid off one of Pennsylvania's most talented, thoughtful and generous reporters in Mark Scolfaro (@houseofbuddy), who always found time to crack a joke or tell a tale on deadline. Mark has made generations of reporters better, and his layoff makes the commonwealth worse.
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Frank Bajak retweeted
It’s my turn in the barrel — I’ve just been laid off from AP after 23 years. I owe so much to my colleagues, past and present, and to the oh-so-many people who have talked to me, helped me, made me laugh. If you think you want my personal contacts, DMs are open.
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Frank Bajak retweeted
Some life news. I was laid off today after 21 years with the AP. I am now a free agent, so if you know of any openings …
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The @AP's coverage of the Butler assassination attempt was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. Three people I worked with on that coverage are now gone from AP via layoffs or buyouts, taking with them great skill, sourcing and decades of institutional knowledge.
Another hall of fame class of journalists is leaving @AP — this one involuntarily via layoffs. Reporters in big cities and state capitols. People who’ve broken some of the biggest stories of our time and improved the public’s understanding of important issues. It’s heartbreaking.
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Very serious point here — media vastly overreport what Trump says rather than clarifying for the reader the actual strategic situation.
Donald has claimed Iran has been defeated almost as many times as my trolls have claimed Ukraine has been.
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Jaime Bayly pulveriza a Rafael López Aliaga: No hay fraude, Si es religioso debería ser humilde, compasivo y amar al prójimo. ¿Cómo va a amenazar con meterle cosas por el culo al jefe del JNE? López Aliaga habla como un canalla. Me dió vergüenza. No está a la altura para ser Presidente. Tags: Curwen Piero Corvetto Roberto Burneo #AlertaContraElRacismo Ipsos Datum
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A robot couldn't stop dancing at a HaiDiLao Hotpot restaurant in Cupertino, California, sending food and chopsticks flying despite the best efforts of three staff members.
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Update: I'm working on legislation to ban corrupt and destabilizing prediction markets, where insiders who know the outcome (especially in government) can rig the game to favor certain bets.
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities. Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness. 1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
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Software-defined war is hell.
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A taste of the current mood in Poland, from a lawmaker who served as deputy prime minister and minister of education, @GiertychRoman
Poland used to be the most viscerally pro-American country in Europe, perhaps only second to Kosovo. But it’s nobody’s colony, and this kind of language will not be forgotten. The “outrageous” insult of Poland’s parliament speaker Czarzasty was refusing to co-sponsor the nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — and saying that Trump didn’t deserve it.
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Frank Bajak retweeted
Dear Mr. Ambassador, Your position that you will not maintain relations with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, who was elected by a parliamentary majority representing the majority of Poles, is simply outrageous. The times when ambassadors dictated to Poles who should hold what office in Poland are over and will never return. We want good relations with the United States, but your representatives will not choose the authorities of the Republic of Poland for us. I have never been a fan of Włodzimierz Czarzasty, but in this matter, as a Member of Parliament, I stand firmly behind him. Your President first insulted Polish soldiers and then demands support for his dreams of receiving the Nobel Prize. The times when Nero, under threat of punishment, demanded recognition for his musical talents have been regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire. From the Polish perspective, Donald Trump’s efforts to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while at the same time hanging a photograph of himself with the greatest criminal of our times—Putin—are similar to Nero’s demands for awards and praise. If you do not like the Polish authorities, please change your job. In Poland, Poles will democratically decide who holds the highest offices. Please come to terms with that. And please tell your President to apologize to Polish soldiers, and especially to the families of those of our heroes who fell while carrying out a NATO defense mission. Yours sincerely, Roman Giertych
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The Washington Post laid off its entire award-winning photo staff. Every photographer, fired. The WaPo photo staff has won 5 Pulitzers, including as recently as 2019. With a newsroom that still has 300 journalists, how do you produce a daily report with…no photographers? —>
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The DEA since 2018 has catalogued allegations against Rodríguez ranging from drug trafficking to gold smuggling. One informant told DEA that Rodríguez used hotels in Isla Margarita “as a front to launder money.” W/ ⁦@JimMustian⁩ ⁦@etuckerAP⁩ apnews.com/article/delcy-rod…
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