jasmine mithani
tech, gender & its discontents reporter @19thnews.org • newsletters @ data + feelings • reads a lot • los angeles • she/her 🧿🌈🇵🇰
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniMy story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- i cannot for the life of me understand how someone could insert so many spaces in between words in the same sentence
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniNEW: I spent hours combing through the references to #MeToo in the latest tranche of Epstein files. I found Epstein closely tracked the fallout of #MeToo, joked about being in a "pariahs club," and advised men accused of misconduct behind the scenes 19thnews.org/2026/02/jeff...
- "When a corrections officer sexually assaults me, ain't that intimate partner violence? When a guard uses his authority to coerce me, ain't that abuse of power? When the state denies me protection from violence, ain't I a woman who deserves safety?" www.theflytrapmedia.com/aint-we-wome...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniTo anyone laid off from the Post today, we are hiring:
- .@votebeat.org is hiring a Senior National Reporter to cover issues of voting and democracy in 2026 and beyond. Reach out if you're interested in applying, we're a great place to work! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniA lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniThe Washington Post Guild just set up a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniIn an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniUPDATE — The Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is calling for the immediate release of Lemon and Fort, and for all charges against them to be withdrawn. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniGeorgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support
- Reposted by jasmine mithani🚨Don Lemon is being charged under the FACE Act, which has historically been used to prosecute those who impede access to abortion clinics. But it also criminalizes interference @ houses of worship. Days into 2nd term, Trump pardoned 24 anti-abortion activists convicted under FACE 🧵
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniGeorgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
- "How does Minneapolis’s immigrant community feel about receiving aid from a sex shop? Lehman explains that no one looks at the dildos on the walls when their baby needs diapers."
- Great piece from @ryannemena.bsky.social about a DHS spokesperson who left their job after being instructed to add spin to press communication. The statement from DHS is *chef's kiss* www.dailynews.com/2026/01/29/f...
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniWas not expecting this to take off, but just wanted to pop in and say as I’m reading through all the comments that my signal is caitlingilbert.24 if y’all want to reach out with any relevant tips! FWIW I’m also a neuro phd so if you’re from that corner of academia we can chat brains too 🙃
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniI wrote about the Christian influencers convincing women to love ICE. Pay particular attention to the lady who says she avoids getting shot by ICE by making "nutrient dense and healthy meals" and "hanging out with my husband"
- Excited to continue reporting on how federal policy shifts are impacting domestic violence services and survivors, focusing on my home state!
- 👏 @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social is thrilled to announce the six California journalists selected for our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund. Through this initiative, they will pursue ambitious reporting that examines domestic violence as a critical public health issue.
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniClimate-fueled disasters like the LA wildfires and Hurricane Helene decimate infrastructure, that includes child care. So one woman did something about it. Silke Knebel started a crisis line to connect families with FREE child care, so parents can focus on recovery. 19thnews.org/2026/01/free...
- And ofc, "Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, and Discover did not return requests for comment. The US Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation — an industry group composed of payments processors, banks, and credit card companies — also did not return a request for comment."
- wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniAnd what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniOne thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
- A Jane Doe has initiated a class action lawsuit against xAI for Grok's creation of nonconsensual revealing and sexual deepfakes. Relief claims include allegations of defective product, negligence, public nuisance, defamation, privacy violation & more. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72185...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniNow is a great time to turn off autoplay for videos.
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniThe man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
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- Reposted by jasmine mithani"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniIn our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
- Ashley St. Clair's lawyer "wrote that Barry Murphy, an X Safety employee, provided an affidavit that claimed that this instance and others of St. Clair 'begging @Grok to remove illegal content constitutes an assent to xAI’s TOS.'" Thus justifying a Texas court. Wow.
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniThe White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by attorney general Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
- The women of Congress — plus Paris Hilton — gathered today to rally for the DEFIANCE Act, which would give survivors of nonconsensual explicit deepfakes the option to sue perpetrators directly. @gracepanetta.bsky.social was live from Capitol Hill for @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2026/01/pari...
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniIn honor of all the well-deserved Oscar nominations, we are dropping the paywall on @freeblackgirl.bsky.social's piece on Ryan Coogler's Sinners, and how the real star of the film is the threading of Black intimacies:
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniThis photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives. Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
- Minneapolis, today. Note how three agents holding the civilian down. Why spray? www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- i have to look up tabloids from the early aughts for a story and the language is making me unwell
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniAn observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniAnother year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniBreaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniBreaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com
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- Reposted by jasmine mithaniNEW: A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
- The Senate passed DEFIANCE Act today, which would allow victims of nonconsensual explicit deepfakes to directly sue the people putting those images out. Wonder if anything in the news spurred that...or might convince the House to vote on it, unlike last year. 19thnews.org/2026/01/sena...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniI have an op-ed in the NYT today about the Grok scandal, sharing my research from last year finding that legal risk hinders AI companies from making their models safer against CSAM - an echo of the years where white-hat hackers were chilled from good-faith research. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniI’m reading a 2012 book about YCombinator and keep reading passages that are just a quilt of red flags.
- Honored to have been asked by @signsjournal.org to contribute to the discussion of @milleridriss.bsky.social's "Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism." Loved reading everyone's thoughtful responses and reflections on prevention and interventions. signsjournal.org/cynthia-mill...
- i am back in office and finally just gave up and selected all unread emails in my inbox and archived them
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- my upstairs neighbors are BLASTING heated rivalry in surround sound
- i have precisely tuned my haircut approach: dress as masc as possible and then hand over an inspiration album titled "dyke hair" then they'll cut my hair as short as i want
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- looks like the CharacterAI case (Garcia v. Character Technologies) is being settled. this was the one where the last message sent from the Daeneyrs chatbot before a 14-year-old's suicide was "please come home to me as soon as possible." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/t...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniFox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. FP: That’s not true AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.
- still seeing a lot of chatter about grok and not a lot on how to deal with being targeted. i wrote this last year and it has details on how to document abuse and who to go to for help removing images. 19thnews.org/2025/05/take...
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniUsing imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
- Reposted by jasmine mithaniNEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. Our latest:
- I've been thinking more and more about the human work that models simply can't grasp, and there are some specific examples in this wonderful presentation.
- i did not anticipate my degree in gender/art/media to be so on the nose for my career path
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- a week ago i started writing down every time i had the urge to read a particular book instead of checking it out from the library or starting it and now I have a list of 36
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