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Bob Gradeck

@BobGradeck

I'm done here.

 Pittsburgh, PA
Joined April 2013
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🔹 Adding a citizenship question to the Census would hurt the quality of information that Americans provide 🔹 A survey by @maya_sen, Matthew Baum, @brycejdietrich and Rebecca Goldstein @ShorensteinCtr #2020Census washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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I’d hate to be the one to go in and clean his room after all of this. Hope he left them a big tip.
The Associated Press (@AP) profile pictureThe Associated Press
@AP11 Apr 2019
BREAKING: London police say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy.
Snapshot of a culture under siege. Our attempt to show what it feels like in Xinjiang right now. Blanketed with surveillance technology and checkpoints, the ancient Silk Road city has the feel of an open-air prison. nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
How China Turned a City Into a Prison (Published 2019)

How China Turned a City Into a Prison (Published 2019)

Children are interrogated. Neighbors become informants. Mosques are monitored. Cameras are everywhere.

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Wow. This is quite something. nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
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There was a @chrisbriem groupie on my bus just now and I threw up in my mouth a little bit
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My kid was like this once with board games. Then he turned four.
Ethan Kytle (@EthanKytle) profile pictureEthan Kytle@EthanKytle30 Mar 2019
Trump "doesn't just tamper with his own [golf] balls," he tampers with the great shots of those he's playing with. See the Mike Tirico story in this piece. Trump is, in every possible way, a loathsome and pathetic person. nypost.com/2019/03/30/trump-… via @nypost
Trump is the world's worst cheat at golf, players and celebs say

Trump is the world's worst cheat at golf, players and celebs say

Sixteen of the last 19 US presidents have played golf — and now, in Donald John Trump, the nation can finally boast the very best of them all. Well, that’s what he’d like you to...

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New from @brentinmock: How Pittsburgh Is Implicated in the Police Violence of its Suburbs citylab.com/equity/2019/03/c… – at Hoover, AL
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Yes!
The Maintainers (@The_Maintainers) profile pictureThe Maintainers@The_Maintainers24 Mar 2019
Forget Self-Driving Cars. Bring Back the Stick Shift. @nytopinion @nytimes nytimes.com/2019/03/23/opini…
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Terakobuta the gambling-addicted pig (mascot of the entertainment company, Terako Heritage) has a dice body and carries playing cards and a horse racing newpaper.
Image from Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots)
Image from Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots)
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EFF
@EFF25 Feb 2019
Governments must confront the harmful consequences of using facial recognition technology as an instrument of surveillance. eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/go…
Governments Must Face the Facts about Face Surveillance, and Stop

Governments Must Face the Facts about Face Surveillance, and Stop

It’s time for governments to confront the harmful consequences of using facial recognition technology as an instrument of surveillance. Yet law enforcement agencies across the country are purchasing

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This show is much better without a host.
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Reading the @Allegheny_Co twitter feed and it feels like the windpocalypse is upon us. Wires and trees down everywhere, buildings collapsing, trash can lids littering the streets, and telephone poles on fire. Stay safe!
Don’t think this is included in the accreditation process but what do I know.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) profile pictureSt. Louis Post-Dispatch@stltoday20 Feb 2019
'Day care fight club' in St. Louis will be investigated by Missouri attorney general stltoday.com/news/local/crim…
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Let’s hope the fentanyl mascot steers clear of next year’s @citypgh mascot skate.
The Associated Press (@AP) profile pictureThe Associated Press
@AP15 Feb 2019
Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a giant bottle of a highly addictive fentanyl spray in a 2015 video meant to motivate sales reps into getting patients on higher doses. apne.ws/KeCEF7h
Opioid maker used rap video to push powerful painkiller

Opioid maker used rap video to push powerful painkiller

BOSTON (AP) — Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle of the highly addictive fentanyl spray in a video meant to motivate sales...

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Also, if I might bring this Post-Doc call to the attention of a few others? bit.ly/2SgcmYF; Apps due Mar 1! @edsu @BobGradeck @templedsc @5collBLDH @materialcoll @fraistat @IDAH_IU @sharonmleon @RyanMHorne @UMD_MITH @scott_bot @kfitz @adam_shear
Pitt DHRX (@pittDHRX) profile picturePitt DHRX@pittDHRX15 Feb 2019
Post-Doc Call (bit.ly/2SgcmYF)! Due Mar 1. Join a group of 15 amazing thinkers, including @Ted_Underwood @matthewdlincoln @MelissaFinucane @cajakap @MarcianoRichard @SabinaLeonelli @wylieprof & @histoftech for a Mellon-funded Sawyer Seminar @ Pitt! #infoecosystems
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