Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
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4) LEFT IN THE COLD -- OR WITHOUT I.D.: With increasing frequency, ICE detainees who win release say they're being let out 1000s of miles from home — and without belongings, like ID, wallets and warm clothes for MN weather
Judges are ordering "humane treatment." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judges are ordering "humane treatment." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
4) LEFT IN THE COLD -- OR WITHOUT I.D.: With increasing frequency, ICE detainees who win release say they're being let out 1000s of miles from home — and without belongings, like ID, wallets and warm clothes for MN weather
Judges are ordering "humane treatment." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judges are ordering "humane treatment." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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The media is moving on, but ICE assaults haven't stopped in Minnesota at all. Resistance by everyday people hasn't lessened either. Bars and churches across Minneapolis have collection points like this for those in need, as if we're the home front in WW2. Except the front is our own neighborhoods.
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The media is moving on, but ICE assaults haven't stopped in Minnesota at all. Resistance by everyday people hasn't lessened either. Bars and churches across Minneapolis have collection points like this for those in need, as if we're the home front in WW2. Except the front is our own neighborhoods.
New horizons in vileness. There is no bottom.
I’m so grateful for all of you feeding people in crisis; we‘re fighting monsters, and we won’t stop fighting them
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
New horizons in vileness. There is no bottom.
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Have you ever been truly, truly hungry? Like ketchup soup from free McDonald's ketchups hungry? It's horrible. They're horrible. This is all so fucking unnecessary.
I’m so grateful for all of you feeding people in crisis; we‘re fighting monsters, and we won’t stop fighting them
February 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Have you ever been truly, truly hungry? Like ketchup soup from free McDonald's ketchups hungry? It's horrible. They're horrible. This is all so fucking unnecessary.
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As someone who personally, hands on, uses AI tools, I can confirm. An example are tools to answer RFPs with 100’s of questions. Without AI, a real timesaver. With AI infused, AI answering questions, it frequently answers incorrectly and humans spend more time correcting AI slop.
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
As someone who personally, hands on, uses AI tools, I can confirm. An example are tools to answer RFPs with 100’s of questions. Without AI, a real timesaver. With AI infused, AI answering questions, it frequently answers incorrectly and humans spend more time correcting AI slop.
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Nah, the endgame was always reducing workforces. Fewer people doing the work means the owners get more money. That’s it. That’s the depth of the conspiracy.
And when a basic human sense of right and wrong started creeping in, they invented a religion to justify their pursuit.
And when a basic human sense of right and wrong started creeping in, they invented a religion to justify their pursuit.
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Nah, the endgame was always reducing workforces. Fewer people doing the work means the owners get more money. That’s it. That’s the depth of the conspiracy.
And when a basic human sense of right and wrong started creeping in, they invented a religion to justify their pursuit.
And when a basic human sense of right and wrong started creeping in, they invented a religion to justify their pursuit.
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For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.
Cases of workplace deployment of AI have suggested that the tech is far from being ready for primetime.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Cases of workplace deployment of AI have suggested that the tech is far from being ready for primetime.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.
Cases of workplace deployment of AI have suggested that the tech is far from being ready for primetime.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Cases of workplace deployment of AI have suggested that the tech is far from being ready for primetime.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Who would have thought? 🙄
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Who would have thought? 🙄
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Markets are failing to adequately price or value biodiversity, such as filtration of pollutants, climate regulation & pollination. “Businesses & other key actors can either lead the way towards a more sustainable global economy or ultimately risk extinction … both of species in nature, but
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Markets are failing to adequately price or value biodiversity, such as filtration of pollutants, climate regulation & pollination. “Businesses & other key actors can either lead the way towards a more sustainable global economy or ultimately risk extinction … both of species in nature, but
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One eighth of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction, according to IPBES. Some 75 % of the Earth’s land surface has already been significantly altered by human actions.
If that course doesn't shift, the report warns, future prosperity is at risk.
If that course doesn't shift, the report warns, future prosperity is at risk.
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
One eighth of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction, according to IPBES. Some 75 % of the Earth’s land surface has already been significantly altered by human actions.
If that course doesn't shift, the report warns, future prosperity is at risk.
If that course doesn't shift, the report warns, future prosperity is at risk.
Progress! At least conceptually. Let's see if it ever translates into action.
🚨🚨 #climatechange: More than 150 countries including China, India and #EuropeanUnion members have signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/obse...
www.politico.eu/article/obse...
Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn
China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.
www.politico.eu
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Progress! At least conceptually. Let's see if it ever translates into action.
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New in PN: The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness
"There’s nothing partisan about the CIA World Factbook, so it’s hard to imagine how allowing people to use it could impede the MAGA agenda. Unless, that is, you realize the Factbook had to go *precisely because it was useful.*"
"There’s nothing partisan about the CIA World Factbook, so it’s hard to imagine how allowing people to use it could impede the MAGA agenda. Unless, that is, you realize the Factbook had to go *precisely because it was useful.*"
The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness
Wherever government does something helpful, the regime wants to kill it.
www.publicnotice.co
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
New in PN: The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness
"There’s nothing partisan about the CIA World Factbook, so it’s hard to imagine how allowing people to use it could impede the MAGA agenda. Unless, that is, you realize the Factbook had to go *precisely because it was useful.*"
"There’s nothing partisan about the CIA World Factbook, so it’s hard to imagine how allowing people to use it could impede the MAGA agenda. Unless, that is, you realize the Factbook had to go *precisely because it was useful.*"
The American Taliban
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The American Taliban
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The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
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It will surprise y’all to hear that there are no “Muslims taking over the state” and there is no “sharia law” in Texas that threatens anyone.
This is genuinely disgusting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
This is genuinely disgusting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It will surprise y’all to hear that there are no “Muslims taking over the state” and there is no “sharia law” in Texas that threatens anyone.
This is genuinely disgusting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
This is genuinely disgusting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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OK, first, the criminal record of a drug cartel is a bit better established than a random Minneapolis resident.
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
OK, first, the criminal record of a drug cartel is a bit better established than a random Minneapolis resident.
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
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I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
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The reaction of my beloved Italian brethren to Team USA and Whatever-his-real-name-is Vance makes my quite proud to be an Italian-American.
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The reaction of my beloved Italian brethren to Team USA and Whatever-his-real-name-is Vance makes my quite proud to be an Italian-American.
@jonathancoe.bsky.social Save the orphan!
MY BIG CLEAR OUT!
Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author.
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author.
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
@jonathancoe.bsky.social Save the orphan!
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Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
What Democrats can actually learn from the 1992 election
Bill Clinton's victory is supposed to prove that Democrats win by moving to the center. The data disagrees
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
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My latest in @theatlantic.com. America does NOT want to pick this fight. We might lose.
Thanks to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for sponsoring the expedition, to my wingmen @deanblundell.bsky.social, @malcolmnance.bsky.social, @denverr.bsky.social, and to @meidastouch.com for their constant support.
Thanks to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for sponsoring the expedition, to my wingmen @deanblundell.bsky.social, @malcolmnance.bsky.social, @denverr.bsky.social, and to @meidastouch.com for their constant support.
Does America Really Want to Pick a Fight With Greenland?
Remote, frigid, desolate, and armed to the teeth: Greenland isn’t planning on submitting to Donald Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
My latest in @theatlantic.com. America does NOT want to pick this fight. We might lose.
Thanks to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for sponsoring the expedition, to my wingmen @deanblundell.bsky.social, @malcolmnance.bsky.social, @denverr.bsky.social, and to @meidastouch.com for their constant support.
Thanks to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for sponsoring the expedition, to my wingmen @deanblundell.bsky.social, @malcolmnance.bsky.social, @denverr.bsky.social, and to @meidastouch.com for their constant support.
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Anyone who said Bannon was distanced and not really influencing Trump was sadly mistaken.
wapo.st/3OgzELT
wapo.st/3OgzELT
DOJ seeks to undo Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., said a judge should dismiss Stephen K. Bannon indictment over defying a Jan. 6 subpoena “in the interests of justice.”
wapo.st
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Anyone who said Bannon was distanced and not really influencing Trump was sadly mistaken.
wapo.st/3OgzELT
wapo.st/3OgzELT
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“If passed, the SAVE Act will disenfranchise 20 million voters.”
Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.
Call your Rep and your Senators.
202-224-3121
Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.
Call your Rep and your Senators.
202-224-3121
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“If passed, the SAVE Act will disenfranchise 20 million voters.”
Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.
Call your Rep and your Senators.
202-224-3121
Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.
Call your Rep and your Senators.
202-224-3121
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⚡️Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medical supplies to Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medicines to Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators along with medicines and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with the effects of freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican...
kyivindependent.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
⚡️Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medical supplies to Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.