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Mike Elk

Emmy-nominated labor reporter @PaydayReport often in 🇧🇷. Alum: @Guardian! Yinzer @UEunion fam. Autistic ⚾️ Jew. Falo Português e Pittsburghese. Melk@PaydayReport.com

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Nothing shows how much of a bubble Twitter has become than this. The media-politics world on there went absolutely nuts on Zohran Mamdani after he called for Netanyahu's arrest. If you were only on there, you'd think he was in trouble. But turns out most of America agrees with him:

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New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:

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I’m really grateful to @coloradopublic.bsky.social’s @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social for seeing a need for a conversation like this. These deaths & this season are pushing wildland firefighters to their limits, and beyond. They show up for us. How do we show up for them? www.cpr.org/show-episode...

July 27, 2026: The mental toll on wildland firefighters; Denver Art Museum reimagines its Indigenous galleries | Colorado Public RadioThe deadly fire on the Colorado/Utah border has claimed the life of a fourth firefighter. 43-year-old Nathan Matthews, of Lincoln, Nebraska, had been hospitalized since the Snyder Fire burnover June 2...www.cpr.org
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A prominent Colombian activist has left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused him of undermining U.S. foreign policy.

Colombian Activist Beto Coral Targeted by ICE for Criticizing Trump Ally, New President-ElectA prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, wa...www.democracynow.org
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At a public meeting on 287(g) in Dallas, an ICE official casually referred to the human beings they detain as "bodies." The dehumanizing propaganda DHS is putting out is really an effort to get the public to the place BP and ICE have been for a long time.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

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A person who undertook a hunger strike inside ICE prison "was subject to force feeding, hydration, or forced urinary catheterization, or involuntary blood draws."

Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention, document revealsICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torturewww.theguardian.com
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If Trump wasn't forcing the National Guard to do clown show duty in Washington, DC, and elsewhere, they could be helping to combat the wildfires in Oregon and elsewhere www.koin.com/news/portlan...

‘Definitely a stressful time’: Statewide wildfires pull resources from Portland and all over OregonPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Crews from across Oregon are battling 34 large wildfires burning in all corners of the state. Officials say more than 1.3 million acres have burned so far. Several new fires…www.koin.com
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breaking: Wikimedia Foundation says it will not voluntarily recognize its workers union, instead insisting on an election held under Trump's NLRB. Wiki Foundation execs dodged this question at its massive conference last week. www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa...

Wikimedia Waits Until After Its Massive Conference to Say It Won’t Voluntarily Recognize UnionA supermajority of Wikimedia Foundation workers say they have signed union cards, but the foundation is insisting on an election.www.404media.co
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I had a good conversation with a friend yesterday about how I wish the focus was on domain- and task-specific open-weight models rather than frontier models, so this makes me happy. Relatedly: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Tech Stocks Tumble on Worries About A.I. Spending and China’s Chip Competition (Gift Article)South Korea temporarily paused trading on Tuesday as its benchmark stock index led losses across the region, closing more than 10 percent lower.www.nytimes.comJames Cummings

I like the concluding call to action of the #DH2026 opening keynote.

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I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...

Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | FortuneAmericans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.fortune.com
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Israel expands 'yellow zone', forcing thousands more Gazans to flee again "We are taking our belongings out ​and going to leave the place because the occupation (Israel) has moved the yellow line all the way to Salah al-Din Street," www.reuters.com/3fec1b0a85a0...

Israel's yellow line, a shifting edge of war pushing Gazans from homeOn a road in Gaza City's Zeitoun district, Palestinian resident Assem Dawla loaded mattresses and bags onto a truck as concrete yellow blocks marking the edge of Israel's expanding military zone ​stoo...www.reuters.com
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