N Sims
@copyrightlibn.bsky.social
Copyright specialist at UMN Libs, JD/MLIS. IP & techlaw, leftishness. Random pets/bugs/crafts/hyperlocal politics, etc. Gender-ambivalent, any pronouns fine.
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This is a great example of the nature of a Language Model - wonderful at dealing with patterns and the logic of a document - linguistic structure! But it simply doesn't deal with *knowledge* or *facts*, and asking it to do that is intrinsically going against the grain of how it is structured (8/9)
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This is a great example of the nature of a Language Model - wonderful at dealing with patterns and the logic of a document - linguistic structure! But it simply doesn't deal with *knowledge* or *facts*, and asking it to do that is intrinsically going against the grain of how it is structured (8/9)
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Do this, but also Venmo some broke comrade doing the work here. I'm sure they will put that money in our local economy while fueling the work
Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Do this, but also Venmo some broke comrade doing the work here. I'm sure they will put that money in our local economy while fueling the work
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We've known what Palantir was for a very long time. It makes it more egregious that a number of privacy luminaries spent years taking the company's money and defending it.
If you were one of them, I remember. I'll wait for your email admitting you were wrong.
If you were one of them, I remember. I'll wait for your email admitting you were wrong.
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
We've known what Palantir was for a very long time. It makes it more egregious that a number of privacy luminaries spent years taking the company's money and defending it.
If you were one of them, I remember. I'll wait for your email admitting you were wrong.
If you were one of them, I remember. I'll wait for your email admitting you were wrong.
Also, I find caucusing super annoying and inefficient and... I spent most of last year in New Jersey where a couple friends said, "I'd really like to be more involved in local politics, but I can't even figure out how to get on a committee!"
Right, okay, thanks for the reminder: democracy is work.
Right, okay, thanks for the reminder: democracy is work.
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Also, I find caucusing super annoying and inefficient and... I spent most of last year in New Jersey where a couple friends said, "I'd really like to be more involved in local politics, but I can't even figure out how to get on a committee!"
Right, okay, thanks for the reminder: democracy is work.
Right, okay, thanks for the reminder: democracy is work.
At my MN precinct caucus tonight, a resolution calling on ICE to be more professional & follow the law got all Nays, but an "Abolish ICE" resolution got a unified resounding "AYE".
February 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
At my MN precinct caucus tonight, a resolution calling on ICE to be more professional & follow the law got all Nays, but an "Abolish ICE" resolution got a unified resounding "AYE".
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“over recent months, Homeland Security has relied on the use of administrative subpoenas to seek identifiable information about individuals who run anonymous Instagram accounts, which share posts about ICE immigration raids in their local neighborhoods” or criticize government policies
👀 "Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics" techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
techcrunch.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
“over recent months, Homeland Security has relied on the use of administrative subpoenas to seek identifiable information about individuals who run anonymous Instagram accounts, which share posts about ICE immigration raids in their local neighborhoods” or criticize government policies
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Folks outside of Minnesota: Looking for how you can support Latino small businesses in Minneapolis? Here you go.
Y'all Mercado Central still needs some help so that they don't lose their building
Donate to Help Save Mercado Central from Closure, organized by Cooperativa Mercado Central
Mercado Central, a cooperative founded by latino entrepeneurs
with… Cooperativa Mercado Central needs your support for Help Save Mercado Central from Closure
gofund.me
February 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Folks outside of Minnesota: Looking for how you can support Latino small businesses in Minneapolis? Here you go.
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Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
Corey Lewandowski: "I was really gonna go to the Super Bowl, but then Bad Bunny showed up. Listen -- anybody who is an American has nothing to worry about. It's the rapists and the murderers and the sex traffickers and child pedophiles who are in this country who need to be worried."
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
This afternoon I discovered that the turkeys also like & use the little paths we shovel between houses for the mail carriers. It just wouldn't've photographed well.
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
This afternoon I discovered that the turkeys also like & use the little paths we shovel between houses for the mail carriers. It just wouldn't've photographed well.
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Every single person I've spoken to says ICE is still terrorizing, brutalizing, and abducting people at the same rate they were before Homan's little speech
Falling for Rational Voice at a time like this is downright psychotic. Actions speak louder than words; words speak louder than tone
Falling for Rational Voice at a time like this is downright psychotic. Actions speak louder than words; words speak louder than tone
January 31, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Every single person I've spoken to says ICE is still terrorizing, brutalizing, and abducting people at the same rate they were before Homan's little speech
Falling for Rational Voice at a time like this is downright psychotic. Actions speak louder than words; words speak louder than tone
Falling for Rational Voice at a time like this is downright psychotic. Actions speak louder than words; words speak louder than tone
1. MN is INCREDIBLY LUCKY in our Secretary of State, Steve Simon. Ruthless competence and (I think) integrity.
2.As Dex says, a caucus is just a meeting with your neighbors. It can sometimes be as annoying as that sounds. Still worth doing, especially outside the Cities.
2.As Dex says, a caucus is just a meeting with your neighbors. It can sometimes be as annoying as that sounds. Still worth doing, especially outside the Cities.
tomorrow is caucus night and @dexanderson.com does a quick explainer so you can feel comf(ier) getting involved. (send this to your cousin who went to their first rally this past month!)
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
1. MN is INCREDIBLY LUCKY in our Secretary of State, Steve Simon. Ruthless competence and (I think) integrity.
2.As Dex says, a caucus is just a meeting with your neighbors. It can sometimes be as annoying as that sounds. Still worth doing, especially outside the Cities.
2.As Dex says, a caucus is just a meeting with your neighbors. It can sometimes be as annoying as that sounds. Still worth doing, especially outside the Cities.
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The IMLS propaganda machine is in full swing, and $14 million in tax dollars just went to PragerU to do the work that libraries and museums are actually experts in.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The IMLS Propaganda Machine Is In Full Swing
The agency overseeing U.S. libraries and museums is now full-on regime propaganda.
buttondown.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The IMLS propaganda machine is in full swing, and $14 million in tax dollars just went to PragerU to do the work that libraries and museums are actually experts in.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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Welp. I'll be grabbing all the info/links off my Pinterest account this week and closing it down.
Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
February 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Welp. I'll be grabbing all the info/links off my Pinterest account this week and closing it down.
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Sunday will mark the fourth consecutive Black History Month that I've been fundraising my part of the renaissance of Black midwifery in the US.
I would love if it was also the final month because the remaining $4527 of goal had been met.
I would love if it was also the final month because the remaining $4527 of goal had been met.
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Sunday will mark the fourth consecutive Black History Month that I've been fundraising my part of the renaissance of Black midwifery in the US.
I would love if it was also the final month because the remaining $4527 of goal had been met.
I would love if it was also the final month because the remaining $4527 of goal had been met.
Neighbor dinosaurs appreciate a shoveled sidewalk.
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Neighbor dinosaurs appreciate a shoveled sidewalk.
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Yes. It's a weird result of the fact that you may not be compelled to testify against yourself, but the qualities of your body are not considered "testimony."
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Yes. It's a weird result of the fact that you may not be compelled to testify against yourself, but the qualities of your body are not considered "testimony."
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You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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February 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
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Truly the whole city—very much including @jchavezmpls.bsky.social —is running around collecting cash, trying to meet thousands or rent deadlines, exhausting our personal fundraising networks, hugging other helpers in the bank lobby, losing sleep…and he’s posting through it.
You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Truly the whole city—very much including @jchavezmpls.bsky.social —is running around collecting cash, trying to meet thousands or rent deadlines, exhausting our personal fundraising networks, hugging other helpers in the bank lobby, losing sleep…and he’s posting through it.
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
My strength is as the strength of ten because I've got matching long johns on.
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
My strength is as the strength of ten because I've got matching long johns on.
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Good news: surprise Springsteen show at your favorite local music venue. Bad news: shit's so fucked where you live that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Good news: surprise Springsteen show at your favorite local music venue. Bad news: shit's so fucked where you live that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
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Georgia 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
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
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Georgia 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
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
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So here's the rub: Dozens of Stonepeak's investors are public-employee retirement funds, including many in blue states. And the human rights abuses happening on Omni's ICE flights would probably violate a lot of their ESG policies -- IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM.
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
So here's the rub: Dozens of Stonepeak's investors are public-employee retirement funds, including many in blue states. And the human rights abuses happening on Omni's ICE flights would probably violate a lot of their ESG policies -- IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM.
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NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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