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Rosemary Joyce

@rajoyce.bsky.social

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Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ .. more

Rosemary A. Joyce is an American anthropologist and social archaeologist who has specialized in research in Honduras. She was able to archeologically confirm that chocolate was a byproduct of fermenting beer. She is also an expert in evaluating the archaeological records of society and the implications that sexuality and gender play in culture. .. more

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s controversial plan given to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition was the result of weeks of negotiations behind the scenes between Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev that excluded Ukraine, its allies and key US officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine

The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind...

www.bloomberg.com

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Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 12h

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees

This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?

MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.

An account called Godly Nation tweets an AI-generated image of a Latin American family holding a sign. The sign reads "Yes we are undocumented, do you really want to deport us"

The tweet got 13k comments, 1.6k retweets, and 8.1k likes. The account is based in Africa

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?"

Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ??

In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria

An account called MAGA scope writes:

Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan?

The account is based in Nigeria.

An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only."

The account is based in Morocco.

An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?

Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 21h

—Rickey Laurentiis, “Southern Gothic”

Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 21h

as all the trees that fit and clothe it are lived,
simple pine, oak, grand magnolia, he said
they frighten him, that what they hold in their silences
silences: sometimes a boy will slip
from his climbing, drown but the myth knows why,
sometimes a boy will swing with the leaves.

Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 21h

About the dead having available to them
all breeds of knowledge,
some pure, others wicked, especially what is
future, and the history that remains
once the waters recede, revealing the land
that couldn’t reject or contain it, and the land
that is not new, is indigo, is ancient, lived

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21h

It would almost be comforting if there was one overarching plot line that consumed every powerful tier within every field. But there’s a hundred of these threads, to different degrees, that will never even take down two men. The culture of money, power, parties, and prestige is hyperendemic

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21h

It’s not just Summers and Chomsky. There are undoubtedly other academics who have Epstein connections squirming right now, and friends of those academics sitting silently with their hands in their pockets. And: there are other Epsteins, and colleagues who know who they are

Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 22h

The thread of threads on the dreadful Meta AI. Two images is all you need to shun it forever.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply

a screenshot that says “make it a cartoon with Meta AI” and is a picture of me and then a cartoon version that looks absolutely nothing like me because AI is trash

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 22h

There's one more step, I think. Rubio now says it's a US plan.

And I will say that the internal evidence of the text is that it's a Russian plan. Not only the substance, but phrases that read as poor translations from the Russian.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

my other favorite thing is how meta keeps asking me over and over if i want to create a cartoon version of a selfie of me in the hospital

a screenshot of an ad with a selfie of me in the hospital and a shitty AI version

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

For further clarification, if someone is by law NOT accruing time in “unlawful presence” it does not mean that they are present lawfully, nor does it mean that they are not removable. The entire concept is just a kind of a timer that is part of a broader statutory trigger for a punishment.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

Good question. I’m not sure. Here is the relevant section of the law, which is part of a broader list of exceptions to the concept of “unlawful presence,” a thing which is a trigger for the 3- and 10-year bars for people who have been undocumented.

It’s from an overall bad 1996 law.

(il) Construction of unlawful presence
For purposes of this paragraph, an alien is deemed to be unlawfully present in the United States if the alien is present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General or is present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.
(ill) Exceptions
(l) Minors
No period of time in which an alien is under 18 years of age shall be taken into account in determining the period of unlawful presence in the United States under clause (1).
(II) Asylees
No period of time in which an alien has a bona fide application for asylum pending under section 1158 of this title shall be taken into account in determining the period of unlawful presence in the United States under clause (i) unless the alien during such period was employed without authorization in the United States.
(III) Family unity
No period of time in which the alien is a beneficiary of family unity protection pursuant to section 301 of the Immigration Act of 1990 shall be taken into account in determining the period of unlawful presence in the United States under clause (i).
(IV) Battered women and children
Clause (i) shall not apply to an alien who would be described in paragraph (6)(A)(ii) if
"violation of the terms of the alien's nonimmigrant visa" were substituted for "unlawful entry into the United States" in subclause (III) of that paragraph.
(V) Victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons
Clause (i) shall not apply to an alien who demonstrates that the severe form of trafficking (as that term is defined in section 7102 of title 22) was at least one central reason for the alien's unlawful presence in the United States. (iv) Tolling for good cause In the case of an alien who-
(I) has been lawfully admitted or paroled into the United States,
(II) has filed a nonfrivolous application for a change or extension of status before the date of expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General, and (II…

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 23h

Lilacs - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14096

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply

a screenshot that says “make it a cartoon with Meta AI” and is a picture of me and then a cartoon version that looks absolutely nothing like me because AI is trash

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Geoff with a G @gmgerling.bsky.social · 23h

I pulled in to Nazareth
Was feelin bout half past dead
Just need someplace
Where I could lay my head

Pope Leo performs The Weight at a small venue in southside Chicago

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23h

God is a concept by which we measure our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept by which we measure our pain

Pope Leo leaning in close to a microphone

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 23h

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

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Lori Schoenberg @lbschoenberg.bsky.social · 23h

My other (naive?) thought, here, is that Congress should codify what was long the norm - that people with pending, bona fide immigration benefits applications have a period of authorized stay in the US that should, ordinarily, bar their ICE detention and deportation.

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 23h

Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan

Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan

It comes after a group of senators said they were told by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the draft did not reflect Washington's position.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23h

Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.

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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I'm lost without you
And there's no letting go
So let me be the first to say
I'm lost without you
… So don't ever go
Go away
'said don't ever go away

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who wrestles with government backlog every day, this makes me so furiously angry, knowing there are people in ICE jails right now waiting on documents to prove their citizenship that won't come in time. How can we ever make it up to them?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

We are seeing this admin over and over again decide to target people who have become technically deportable through no fault of their own other than government delay.

Why? One reason is because they’re the compliant ones who are easy targets for an admin who wants quick boosts in arrest numbers.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

These are people who entered legally and applied for asylum after entry while still in status. But the process is so backlogged that their visa inevitably expired while going through it. In every previously admin, so long as they didn’t commit a crime, they wouldn’t be detained. No longer.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

I'm now at the part of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where the creature, like many young men, has decided, "A girlfriend will fix my identity crisis"

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1d

🎶”I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo… what the hell am I doin’ heeere. I don’t belong here.”🎶