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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · Mar 12

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 1d

Please take the time to read about how these orders effectively criminalize all dissenting political speech and activity, allowing Trump to take the same actions he has taken against foreign terrorists against any citizen suspected of being opposed to fascism www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy.

A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 1d

This live feed of the Portland ICE facility is lowkey one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 1d

KATU TV, a Sinclair-owned Portland station, has started broadcasting a livestream of the ICE building to let viewers decide if what is happening warrants a military presence.

I just turned on the livestream and this is what I saw.
katu.com/watch

Picture of a building on an almost entirely empty street.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 3d

Today's word is plenary authority.
plenary authority | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute share.google/E3GPEbFBmWNn...

Plenary authority is power that is wide-ranging, broadly construed, and often limitless for all practical purposes. When used with respect to public officials, the more popular term is plenary power.

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 6d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 9d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 9d

satirical screenshot of a person suggestively eating corn on a website called "Cornhub"

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 11d

Trump's NSPM-7 represses freedom of speech & association, investigating any organization with "anti-capitalism" or "anti-American" views. I ran a primary in 2003 against the Patriot Act & war in Iraq. NSPM-7 is a greater infringement on freedoms than the Patriot Act.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 11d

I'm 30 minutes into watching Lost Boys for the first time, and there's no heterosexual explanation for every single moment of this so far. Every single person looks like someone in my friend group and my friend group is queer as hell.

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 11d

You guys I have a theory about where the political violence is actually originating. newrepublic.com/post/201016/...

GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed

As the nation talks about the rise of political violence, a Republican official blatantly called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be hanged.

newrepublic.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11d

The new directive NSPM-7 targeting "anti-Christian," "anti-American" and "anti-capitalist" speech as terrorism is being taken very seriously by top DC law firms — but Congress is silent.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Alarms Law Firms While Congress Is Silent

Domestic terror watchlist to double, sources say

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 11d

Here's what appears to be a good legal explainer regarding the new 'antifa' executive order and NSPM-7, and how they are likely to be used.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Situation: The Nonsense and the Menace

Reading the president’s new orders on political violence and terrorism.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 12d

I do understand how we got here and I did watch it happen incrementally but it's still pretty disorienting to go from "free speech is the cornerstone of our society" to "if you say you do not like fascism you will be hunted down as a terrorist" but I guess them's the breaks!

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 12d

In other news from Portland...

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 15d

Following new reporting, I'm launching a new line of investigation to determine the extent of JPMorgan's compliance failures, the role of top execs in the decision to keep Epstein as a client until 2013, and the degree to which the bank enabled Epstein’s sex trafficking.

Senate Finance Committee @senatefinance.bsky.social · 15d

NEWS: Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes Major JPMorgan Chase Compliance Failures

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 13d

According to the Portland police, federal cops are are currently attempting to 'instigate' confrontations with protesters outside the ICE building.

Federal cops ‘instigating’ confrontations with protesters outside ICE building, Portland police official says in court

Assistant Chief Craig Dobson said federal officers were “causing some of the ruckus” at the ongoing protests.

www.oregonlive.com

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 25d

I want to know about this stuff if it exists!

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 25d

This is a good question. This reading certainly resonates w/ the anti-idolatry discourses in Rev. 13, etc. But in the case of evangelical Christianity, funding structures tend to be very top down by design, making it rare to see readings critical of aims of big capital gain much traction.

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · 27d

Dunkseeking is clickbait, yes.

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Is this going to be the pretense for literal AI-powered witch hunts?

We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk

If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.

www.jezebel.com

Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Who is that person and why is @cnn.com giving a platform to someone who thinks people should be locked up for schizophrenia for life?!

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you for calling her unhinged. That person is terrifying!

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Emily Pothast @emilypothast.bsky.social · Aug 29

This might be the single best thing that has been written to date about the technologies marketed as AI.

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 27

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · Aug 27

There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.

Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Aug 27

“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the univ’s support, & the continued training of grad students who can keep these bodies of kn going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages

www.theatlantic.com

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