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
Every Winter Olympics Sport, Ranked by Likelihood a Dog Could Medal slate.com/culture/2026... sorry human athletes, but if only dogs (&/or cats)* could compete, would endemic corruption, elitism, ICE & Epstein be the Olympics most notable 2028 sponsors?
*Dogs & cats are all stateless.
*Dogs & cats are all stateless.
Every Winter Olympics Sport, Ranked by How Likely It’d Be for a Dog to Win a Medal
Could a canine competitor bring home gold in the luge?
slate.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Every Winter Olympics Sport, Ranked by Likelihood a Dog Could Medal slate.com/culture/2026... sorry human athletes, but if only dogs (&/or cats)* could compete, would endemic corruption, elitism, ICE & Epstein be the Olympics most notable 2028 sponsors?
*Dogs & cats are all stateless.
*Dogs & cats are all stateless.
Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism
Extinction Rebellion says 6 members in Boston & 1 former member in upstate NY have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats
www.theguardian.com/environment/... what is more 2026 than “claiming to be FBI”?
Extinction Rebellion says 6 members in Boston & 1 former member in upstate NY have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats
www.theguardian.com/environment/... what is more 2026 than “claiming to be FBI”?
Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism
Extinction Rebellion says some members have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats toward liberal groups
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism
Extinction Rebellion says 6 members in Boston & 1 former member in upstate NY have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats
www.theguardian.com/environment/... what is more 2026 than “claiming to be FBI”?
Extinction Rebellion says 6 members in Boston & 1 former member in upstate NY have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats
www.theguardian.com/environment/... what is more 2026 than “claiming to be FBI”?
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking flip.it/oCoH.O who could’ve ever predicted this from the eugenics plagiarism machine?
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and abuse.
flip.it
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking flip.it/oCoH.O who could’ve ever predicted this from the eugenics plagiarism machine?
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“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.”
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.”
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
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these are all live and upcoming.
announcing some additional dates later this week
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announcing some additional dates later this week
mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
these are all live and upcoming.
announcing some additional dates later this week
mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
announcing some additional dates later this week
mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
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A further development:
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A further development:
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
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“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
😱🫠Hegseth threatens Anthropic (Pentagon’s only AI model for classified materials) will "pay a price"
Anthropic forbids using its tools to spy on🇺🇸en masse or to develop weapons that fire without humans…
The DoD said no—& they & all AI cos must now agree to “all lawful purposes”.
flip.it/a2DR.m wtf
Anthropic forbids using its tools to spy on🇺🇸en masse or to develop weapons that fire without humans…
The DoD said no—& they & all AI cos must now agree to “all lawful purposes”.
flip.it/a2DR.m wtf
Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
The Pentagon may label Anthropic a "supply chain risk," forcing all its vendors to sever ties.
flip.it
February 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
😱🫠Hegseth threatens Anthropic (Pentagon’s only AI model for classified materials) will "pay a price"
Anthropic forbids using its tools to spy on🇺🇸en masse or to develop weapons that fire without humans…
The DoD said no—& they & all AI cos must now agree to “all lawful purposes”.
flip.it/a2DR.m wtf
Anthropic forbids using its tools to spy on🇺🇸en masse or to develop weapons that fire without humans…
The DoD said no—& they & all AI cos must now agree to “all lawful purposes”.
flip.it/a2DR.m wtf
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies - www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m... such a kind encouraging man; #RIPower
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies - www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m... such a kind encouraging man; #RIPower
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Yes. But worth noting that UCLA also didn't fight. Its faculty and staff did all on their own.
Once more: Columbia could have fought; it chose not.
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Yes. But worth noting that UCLA also didn't fight. Its faculty and staff did all on their own.
Palantir Gets Millions From NYC’s Public Hospitals flip.it/GkPr5a
“Since 2023, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp paid Palantir nearly $4 million to improve its ability to track down payment for the services provided at its hospitals.”
😱Instead of debt jubilee, NYC paid PALANTIR to collect medical debt?!
“Since 2023, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp paid Palantir nearly $4 million to improve its ability to track down payment for the services provided at its hospitals.”
😱Instead of debt jubilee, NYC paid PALANTIR to collect medical debt?!
Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars From New York City’s Public Hospitals
Activist are urging New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to cut ties with the ICE contractor.
flip.it
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Palantir Gets Millions From NYC’s Public Hospitals flip.it/GkPr5a
“Since 2023, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp paid Palantir nearly $4 million to improve its ability to track down payment for the services provided at its hospitals.”
😱Instead of debt jubilee, NYC paid PALANTIR to collect medical debt?!
“Since 2023, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp paid Palantir nearly $4 million to improve its ability to track down payment for the services provided at its hospitals.”
😱Instead of debt jubilee, NYC paid PALANTIR to collect medical debt?!
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What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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California now bypassing Trump to help Ukraine with billions.
February 15, 2026 at 8:21 AM
California now bypassing Trump to help Ukraine with billions.
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disconnect.blog/getting-off-... wanna get off US tech? It’s hard I know. But bit by bit is the way to go. This guide by @parismarx.com is excellent. One to bookmark and implement slowly
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
disconnect.blog
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
disconnect.blog/getting-off-... wanna get off US tech? It’s hard I know. But bit by bit is the way to go. This guide by @parismarx.com is excellent. One to bookmark and implement slowly
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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Both Democrats and Republicans helped create the infrastructure for ideological surveillance at the US border—but the Trump administration is deploying it in the service of a radically partisan and censorial agenda. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Both Democrats and Republicans helped create the infrastructure for ideological surveillance at the US border—but the Trump administration is deploying it in the service of a radically partisan and censorial agenda. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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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.