Sarah Szalavitz💡
@dearsarah.bsky.social
Accountability Architect💡
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
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Sarah Szalavitz💡
@dearsarah.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness; proves reality does not exist until measured <a href="http://phy.so/351940527" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://phy.so/351940527 <a href="http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs
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4 men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna in Congress have no ties to Epstein
Men appeared in photo lineup assembled in NY & had no apparent connection to late sex offender www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... bsky.app/profile/dear... exploitative cowardly nonsense. FFS why not Brunel—he’s dead!
Men appeared in photo lineup assembled in NY & had no apparent connection to late sex offender www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... bsky.app/profile/dear... exploitative cowardly nonsense. FFS why not Brunel—he’s dead!
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
4 men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna in Congress have no ties to Epstein
Men appeared in photo lineup assembled in NY & had no apparent connection to late sex offender www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... bsky.app/profile/dear... exploitative cowardly nonsense. FFS why not Brunel—he’s dead!
Men appeared in photo lineup assembled in NY & had no apparent connection to late sex offender www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... bsky.app/profile/dear... exploitative cowardly nonsense. FFS why not Brunel—he’s dead!
“Absent some specific and articulable privacy or safety concern, the public is entitled to know who works for its government & in what capacity.Such transparency is "essential" to democratic accountability, Giuffre v. Maxwell, 146 F.4th 165, 175 (2d Cir
2025)”
Team DOGE’s ‘service’ is public record
2025)”
Team DOGE’s ‘service’ is public record
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
“Absent some specific and articulable privacy or safety concern, the public is entitled to know who works for its government & in what capacity.Such transparency is "essential" to democratic accountability, Giuffre v. Maxwell, 146 F.4th 165, 175 (2d Cir
2025)”
Team DOGE’s ‘service’ is public record
2025)”
Team DOGE’s ‘service’ is public record
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Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“We Have to Stay Out of Politics. We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people, not the work of politicians” Wim Wenders, Berlin Film Fest’s Jury President www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
WTAF. Wenders is German & 80–& born on 8/14/1945!
WTAF. Wenders is German & 80–& born on 8/14/1945!
Berlinale Immediately Gets Heated at Jury Presser as President Wim Wenders Asserts “We Have to Stay Out of Politics”
"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press confe...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“We Have to Stay Out of Politics. We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people, not the work of politicians” Wim Wenders, Berlin Film Fest’s Jury President www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
WTAF. Wenders is German & 80–& born on 8/14/1945!
WTAF. Wenders is German & 80–& born on 8/14/1945!
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Kindly, if you are replying to this thread, please be gentle.
Tho if you don’t know me, it is not obvious, but this awfulness is personal for me (& had a huge impact on my life/career/success)—& unfortunately, my sanity is far too connected to a shared fact-based reality. bsky.app/profile/dear...
Tho if you don’t know me, it is not obvious, but this awfulness is personal for me (& had a huge impact on my life/career/success)—& unfortunately, my sanity is far too connected to a shared fact-based reality. bsky.app/profile/dear...
Sidenote: as an Epstein whistleblower, I cannot do justice to just how dizzying, fucked up & unmooring the past few days have been.
I’ll write more about it—but wow is the craven hypocrisy & knowing dishonesty of folks demanding the release of a list that never existed & child porn is repulsive.
I’ll write more about it—but wow is the craven hypocrisy & knowing dishonesty of folks demanding the release of a list that never existed & child porn is repulsive.
October 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Kindly, if you are replying to this thread, please be gentle.
Tho if you don’t know me, it is not obvious, but this awfulness is personal for me (& had a huge impact on my life/career/success)—& unfortunately, my sanity is far too connected to a shared fact-based reality. bsky.app/profile/dear...
Tho if you don’t know me, it is not obvious, but this awfulness is personal for me (& had a huge impact on my life/career/success)—& unfortunately, my sanity is far too connected to a shared fact-based reality. bsky.app/profile/dear...
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Harrowing & Brutalizing. A young student exercised her First Amendment rights and has been detained over a year for it. While in detention, conditions are disgusting & inhumane. Kordia has never been charged w/ a crime but denied due process, lawyer & family visits. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
Columbia Protester Held by ICE Says She Was Chained to Bed After Seizure
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Harrowing & Brutalizing. A young student exercised her First Amendment rights and has been detained over a year for it. While in detention, conditions are disgusting & inhumane. Kordia has never been charged w/ a crime but denied due process, lawyer & family visits. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
This ragebait headline & image has everything. It:
1) centers & enlarges unelected white guy w/ the nazi tattoo
2) Puts NY & TX behind ME
3) Lightens BIPOC skin
4) Assigns opinions they don’t have or share
5) & compares them to the billionaire-funded astroturf Tea Party—whose numbers were tiny!
1) centers & enlarges unelected white guy w/ the nazi tattoo
2) Puts NY & TX behind ME
3) Lightens BIPOC skin
4) Assigns opinions they don’t have or share
5) & compares them to the billionaire-funded astroturf Tea Party—whose numbers were tiny!
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This ragebait headline & image has everything. It:
1) centers & enlarges unelected white guy w/ the nazi tattoo
2) Puts NY & TX behind ME
3) Lightens BIPOC skin
4) Assigns opinions they don’t have or share
5) & compares them to the billionaire-funded astroturf Tea Party—whose numbers were tiny!
1) centers & enlarges unelected white guy w/ the nazi tattoo
2) Puts NY & TX behind ME
3) Lightens BIPOC skin
4) Assigns opinions they don’t have or share
5) & compares them to the billionaire-funded astroturf Tea Party—whose numbers were tiny!
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How bad do the facts have to be, how outrageous did the lies have to turn out to be, for a Trump-appointed US Attorney to say and do this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
How bad do the facts have to be, how outrageous did the lies have to turn out to be, for a Trump-appointed US Attorney to say and do this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Also, Amazon/Ring cancelled an unlaunched partnership with another creepy company. (& prolly spent more 💰pushing this PR story than the total value of the cancelled contract.)
But, to be clear, neither Ring nor Amazon have stopped working with ICE, in any capacity.
But, to be clear, neither Ring nor Amazon have stopped working with ICE, in any capacity.
Ring is still an incredibly creepy and dangerous company whose aim is to build an inescapable surveillance state.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Also, Amazon/Ring cancelled an unlaunched partnership with another creepy company. (& prolly spent more 💰pushing this PR story than the total value of the cancelled contract.)
But, to be clear, neither Ring nor Amazon have stopped working with ICE, in any capacity.
But, to be clear, neither Ring nor Amazon have stopped working with ICE, in any capacity.
This is great!
But since Amazon/Ring itself still works with ICE & the partnership with Flock never actually started, does it make a practical difference?
Seems more like an obfuscation & more CYA PR from Amazon, with the goal of confusing folks so they’ll continue to use & buy Ring cameras?!?
But since Amazon/Ring itself still works with ICE & the partnership with Flock never actually started, does it make a practical difference?
Seems more like an obfuscation & more CYA PR from Amazon, with the goal of confusing folks so they’ll continue to use & buy Ring cameras?!?
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is great!
But since Amazon/Ring itself still works with ICE & the partnership with Flock never actually started, does it make a practical difference?
Seems more like an obfuscation & more CYA PR from Amazon, with the goal of confusing folks so they’ll continue to use & buy Ring cameras?!?
But since Amazon/Ring itself still works with ICE & the partnership with Flock never actually started, does it make a practical difference?
Seems more like an obfuscation & more CYA PR from Amazon, with the goal of confusing folks so they’ll continue to use & buy Ring cameras?!?
👏Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.
Trump’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more habeas filed in federal court in the last year than under the last 3 administrations combined, including Trump’s first term. flip.it/nfaTeu
Trump’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more habeas filed in federal court in the last year than under the last 3 administrations combined, including Trump’s first term. flip.it/nfaTeu
More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...
flip.it
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
👏Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.
Trump’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more habeas filed in federal court in the last year than under the last 3 administrations combined, including Trump’s first term. flip.it/nfaTeu
Trump’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more habeas filed in federal court in the last year than under the last 3 administrations combined, including Trump’s first term. flip.it/nfaTeu
OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
Advertising built on (ChatGPT’s unprecedented) archive creates a potential for manipulating users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o... bravo @zhitzig.bsky.social
Advertising built on (ChatGPT’s unprecedented) archive creates a potential for manipulating users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o... bravo @zhitzig.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 AM
OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
Advertising built on (ChatGPT’s unprecedented) archive creates a potential for manipulating users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o... bravo @zhitzig.bsky.social
Advertising built on (ChatGPT’s unprecedented) archive creates a potential for manipulating users in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o... bravo @zhitzig.bsky.social
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OMFG the fucking ghouls. The whole AI thing is a menace in so many ways.
OpenAI fired a VP who opposed their erotica rollout (and had started a company-wide peer mentorship program for women), allegedly telling her it was because she discriminated against a man 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
OMFG the fucking ghouls. The whole AI thing is a menace in so many ways.
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I really believe if more people saw these old emails between Ring and the LAPD, everyone would have a better understanding of the shady tactics that allow surveillance companies to grow fast by turning cops into salespeople.
How about this email to an officer from a Ring employee which really does says it all: The police officer had "10 uses of the discount code" and was now eligible for free reward "for all your hard work" selling devices for a private company.
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I really believe if more people saw these old emails between Ring and the LAPD, everyone would have a better understanding of the shady tactics that allow surveillance companies to grow fast by turning cops into salespeople.
So MANY powerful folks personally &/or professionally benefited & profited from knowing JE.
Yet the only American Khanna & Massie CHOSE to name is 88 yo (reportedly closeted) Wexner, who “funded” Epstein’s “business” decades ago?
What more perfectly illustrates their goal ISN’T accountability?
Yet the only American Khanna & Massie CHOSE to name is 88 yo (reportedly closeted) Wexner, who “funded” Epstein’s “business” decades ago?
What more perfectly illustrates their goal ISN’T accountability?
Khanna names 6 men appearing in unredacted Epstein files www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... 😖😱Exploitative performative selfish BS.
Those craven cowards could’ve for eg said👑Andrew, Barak, Black, Brunel, Dubin, or Staley! FFS Bannon is redacted >than Wexner & SbS!
And the other 4?! “Powerful”!?!👌
Those craven cowards could’ve for eg said👑Andrew, Barak, Black, Brunel, Dubin, or Staley! FFS Bannon is redacted >than Wexner & SbS!
And the other 4?! “Powerful”!?!👌
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
So MANY powerful folks personally &/or professionally benefited & profited from knowing JE.
Yet the only American Khanna & Massie CHOSE to name is 88 yo (reportedly closeted) Wexner, who “funded” Epstein’s “business” decades ago?
What more perfectly illustrates their goal ISN’T accountability?
Yet the only American Khanna & Massie CHOSE to name is 88 yo (reportedly closeted) Wexner, who “funded” Epstein’s “business” decades ago?
What more perfectly illustrates their goal ISN’T accountability?
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This is what ICE looks like
Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance. 🔗 on.wsj.com/46uTQjq
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is what ICE looks like
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Trump Nears ‘Total Victory’ in Revoking Endangerment Finding
After 16 years, a small group ended USG climate regs & efforts to fight climate change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c... <50% of GOP voters say climate change is real
If we survive, today’s disgraceful blank slate is tomorrow’s opportunity
After 16 years, a small group ended USG climate regs & efforts to fight climate change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c... <50% of GOP voters say climate change is real
If we survive, today’s disgraceful blank slate is tomorrow’s opportunity
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Trump Nears ‘Total Victory’ in Revoking Endangerment Finding
After 16 years, a small group ended USG climate regs & efforts to fight climate change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c... <50% of GOP voters say climate change is real
If we survive, today’s disgraceful blank slate is tomorrow’s opportunity
After 16 years, a small group ended USG climate regs & efforts to fight climate change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c... <50% of GOP voters say climate change is real
If we survive, today’s disgraceful blank slate is tomorrow’s opportunity
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"The end of the Chevron deference means that judges 'must more carefully assess scientific evidence when interpreting the law.'"
But "a federal agency has deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after complaints from 27 Republican state attorneys general."
Gift link
But "a federal agency has deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after complaints from 27 Republican state attorneys general."
Gift link
Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"The end of the Chevron deference means that judges 'must more carefully assess scientific evidence when interpreting the law.'"
But "a federal agency has deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after complaints from 27 Republican state attorneys general."
Gift link
But "a federal agency has deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after complaints from 27 Republican state attorneys general."
Gift link
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Kidney recipient arrested by ICE in Rochester last week still isn't getting needed medications
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Kidney recipient arrested by ICE in Rochester last week still isn't getting needed medications
The wife of a kidney transplant recipient tells MPR News that four days after his arrest, the man still has not received the medications he needs to keep his body from rejecting the kidney.
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Kidney recipient arrested by ICE in Rochester last week still isn't getting needed medications
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Telstra to axe more than 200 jobs amid AI rollout
Some jobs will be moved offshore in wake of telco’s $700m joint venture with tech consultancy Accenture
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I took down Andrew Cuomo, now I'm running for City Council to take on the cost of living crisis.
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I took down Andrew Cuomo, now I'm running for City Council to take on the cost of living crisis.
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.
Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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"Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not" is exactly right. (This op-ed from Arne Duncan and David Pressman is excellent; I hope university leaders will read it.) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message
Higher education is under attack. Drop the appeasement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not" is exactly right. (This op-ed from Arne Duncan and David Pressman is excellent; I hope university leaders will read it.) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...