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Thank you . People hate the idea of this because it means that them being bystanders actually has consequences

Read @hebagowayed.bsky.social on how the Trump visa ban harkens back to the eugenics-inspired immigration policies of the early 20th century. Steven Miller's virulent white nationalism is driving US policy at home (ICE) and abroad.

hammam is very selfless, he asks nothing for himself, only that we stand with and support his brother aboud. hammam spends all day amongst the wounded and the dead, a true hero amidst the ongoing genocide perpetrated by israel. please, if you can, consider helping this family survive.

"US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions: Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest"

Ok, hypothetically, what's the equivalent of the OceanGate Titan for a nuclear reactor?

Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...

ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

what type of game did you think they were playing my dudes

This definitely would have fit in alt text: PRESS RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM NO WORK, SCHOOL OR SHOPPING

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

New, from me: A year in, did DOGE deliver on its promises? Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity. But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...

ONLY on Assigned Media: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have accused the regime of genocide. Some of the most vulnerable are trans. Crack reporter @mollyquell.bsky.social comes to us from The Hague to report on trans oppression as part of the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar.

have you tried not shooting poets in the face or lobbying tear gas into vans filled with toddlers

treating myself to a moment of dissociation over jjk before I hunker down and dissertate

I was waiting for this to drop. I figured it was the case. They didn’t just execute her, they abandoned her to die.

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

And the forgotten, let alone the nameless. www.splcenter.org/forgotten/

Went back home & saw how my mom watched Chinese TV. A back to back YouTube AI slop of consciousness. I've never seen videos like this before. About teeth, Costco deals, healthy eating... no pauses & unhinged. "This is all just unchecked AI nonsense! Stop, mom!" I said as I snatched the remote away.

CW: Discussion of the Grok CSAM and SE imagery Something I haven't seen people talking about in terms of criminal liability re: the Grok case relates to the training and coding. Generative "AI" doesn't know how to create anything. Everything it produces is the result of the following process 1/6

Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.

Lol. I'll take being called young as a compliment. And, I'm sorry, but asking for job security, enough money to live near your institution, and to be treated with respect in no way diminishes someone's standing as an academic. I frankly find that idea that it would appalling.

There's so much bullshit about being an academic I find it useful to remind myself that it is also not a particularly good job. Am I paid well? No. Am I treated well by my employer? Also no. So, should I pour my passion into this work? Definitely not. (Still love teaching and research tho)

There may have been a time when that was true, but I do not think teaching and research define the life of an academic anymore. More like, filling out paperwork to justify your budget annually, or finding ways to juggle increasing workload demands with no extra pay.

Reports coming in that the Feds shot someone in Minneapolis.

Renée Nicole Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common: Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.

Peasants, why don't you just eat blander food?

A federal judge has barred USDA from cutting funds to help Minnesota administer its SNAP program.

She lies to a whole nation-state that she is just a regular medicine woman, and then just a *regular* alien instead of an all-powerful cosmos eater....

If you’ve been considering stepping up in this way, we’d love to have you. Please don’t disqualify yourself based on seniority, age, whatever. Diversity of thought/experience = strength. #botany #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026

The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.

If you live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, I hope you’ll see your story reflected in @taylorcarik.bsky.social’s. Enough that when people outside the area reach out to try to get you to describe it, you can just point them here www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...

Something folks can do in the coming weeks is to organize Ice Watch Training in your communities. There's an excellent resource that can help you to do this: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Get five people together in person or virtually and get skilled up together.

It's not lost on me that an intended side effect of doing this is putting children of color behind in their educations.

They're talking about the right wingers, but let's not forget the Defund the Police movement and leftist activists who warned that the Patriot Act would lead us exactly here.

1/2 New to protesting? To the advice from NAACP.org I add Eat a decent meal before you go Drink water throughout Wear comfortable shoes you can run in, double knot if laced Someone offsite needs to know where you will be, your full legal name & DOB, emergency contacts in case of arrest or injury

@itativcs.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/famr... please my friend , share , Quote and Help as much as you can 💔🙏

Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

I’ll never forgive them for doing this to my city

bsky.app/profile/sapp... Hey! I saw your post earlier this morning and it seems like the 2 of you could get a lot done together ❤️

The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.

Just another morning in the Twin Cities, keeping my eyes on the preschool parent signal chat to make sure none of my child’s classmates, their parents, or their teachers were kidnapped by the federal government in front of the school.

This is yet another reminder that conservative men view any disrespect from women as actual violence. Just the softest people imaginable.

Shorter: "Shut the fuck up bitches and know your place."

".. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has spent the past year covering the Trump administration’s effort to fire federal workers and redirect much of the work force to enforcing his agenda." @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

I am looking for a postdoc to develop high-performance algorithms in computational genomics. Email or DM me if interested. For more information, see hlilab.github.io/vacancies. RTs appreciated!