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Here's my latest on bike theft in the PNW: As stolen bikes are hawked online, cyclists call out digital marketplaces and run crime-fighting efforts geekwire.com/2024/as-stolen… via @GeekWire


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My bike was one of first returned in under 24 hours which is becoming more and more common. This program that started in my hometown has expanded across North America. Register you bikes now ⁦@BikeIndexcbc.ca/news/canada/ed…


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A Los Angeles County bike locker program was targeted by thieves, causing the County to temporarily shut it down until a more secure system is established. cbsnews.com/losangeles/vid…


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Thanks @planetmoney for talking with me about international bike theft and my story for @WIRED . A voice made for print! npr.org/2024/06/25/119…


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"It’s not anecdotal, it’s a fact," one leading expert said about the sense that Facebook become a disastrous, zombified cesspool. Facebook no longer taking content moderation as seriously as it did around the 2016 election etc it seems 404media.co/has-facebook-s…

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New from 404 Media, something we've been thinking about for a while: has Facebook just given up? The site is overrun with AI and scams, and the experts who used to help with content moderation there tell us Facebook has stopped asking them for help 404media.co/has-facebook-s…



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Alleged crime ring shipped high-end bikes stolen in Silicon Valley to Mexico, sold them on Facebook trib.al/cOT39l6


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Have You Seen These Bikes? Boulder Police are trying to find the three bikes seen here that were stolen this past week. The bikes are valued at $12,000 total and were taken between June 14-18 from a garage in the 3700 block of Birchwood Drive The bikes are distinctive due to…

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"What Hance didn’t realize was that the crime he’d begun to uncover was massive—perhaps one of the largest of its kind anybody had ever seen." @chrisasolomon @WIRED #longreads wired.com/story/silicon-…


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⏰ Today's Plan: 9AM: Bikes stolen in the Bay Area show up on global blackmarket 10AM: How influencers and algorithms undermine democracy — and how to fight back 📻 Listen: kqed.org/forum


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🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking w/ @chrisasolomon, @LomeliCabrera, @BikeIndex's Bryan Hance & @BikeEastBay's Nancy Hernandez about the black market for stolen bikes. ❓ Were you able to recover a bike stolen in the Bay Area? Tell us your story. 📻Listen: kqed.org/forum/20101019…


The massive black market Mexican seller Constru-Bikes, despite our best efforts, is selling bikes again. Facebook truly has nobody home, they simply don't care about bad actors fencing stolen goods on their platform.

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Please join me, Bryan Hance of @bikeindex and others live this morning in a half-hour! 9 a.m. on @KQEDForum in San Fran to talk about bike theft! kqed.org/radio


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The piece was great. I love stories about heroic nerds using the Internet to solve real problems that other people ignore.


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@nxthompson Thanks for the shout-out in your great newsletter this week, about our story in @wired about stolen bikes!


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Update on my @wired story this week: Constru-Bikes was still posting stolen bikes as of yesterday. But the operator is starting to feel the heat, thanks to cycling community in Mexico: instagram.com/reel/C8ImhiPvo…


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