Le Cagle
@lecagle.bsky.social
Feminist. Rhetoric: science, environment, tech comm, disability. really worried about climate change. she/her. Praxis or GTFO.
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Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.
send dog pics (alt text a must)
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Le Cagle
@lecagle.bsky.social
· Oct 13
The mountains are underwater and fascism is on the rise, so I recommend going ahead and getting that divorce you've been thinking about.
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The global enmeshment of data extraction and capital means the ship is long sailed. But I’m still thinking about what meaningful data privacy regulation might produce and this near-past case is one way I am thinking about that.
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The global enmeshment of data extraction and capital means the ship is long sailed. But I’m still thinking about what meaningful data privacy regulation might produce and this near-past case is one way I am thinking about that.
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I have had approximately 32 customer service jobs in my life (true story). I remember this transitionary period very well — the dawn of enterprise software when we will had high touch human interface for data and it hadn’t yet been monetized. I have been thinking about that era lately.
I worked in market research towards the end of the mall-intercept data collection era. The guys who founded the firm, pre-mall, went door-to-door. Seems like we might need to return to F2F data collection to have any confidence that we're getting human response. It worked fine then. Could work again
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I have had approximately 32 customer service jobs in my life (true story). I remember this transitionary period very well — the dawn of enterprise software when we will had high touch human interface for data and it hadn’t yet been monetized. I have been thinking about that era lately.
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Agree. I think removing all that friction in the service of increasing scope and reach has degraded the quality of the data. First principles indeed.
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Agree. I think removing all that friction in the service of increasing scope and reach has degraded the quality of the data. First principles indeed.
Between mturk and the replication crisis, it's been growing clear that those of us doing human subjects, social science research need to go back to first principles on recruitment and data collection. As far as I'm concerned, there's no question about that now.
I worked in market research towards the end of the mall-intercept data collection era. The guys who founded the firm, pre-mall, went door-to-door. Seems like we might need to return to F2F data collection to have any confidence that we're getting human response. It worked fine then. Could work again
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Between mturk and the replication crisis, it's been growing clear that those of us doing human subjects, social science research need to go back to first principles on recruitment and data collection. As far as I'm concerned, there's no question about that now.
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About the same as Boston. Almost exactly.
I used to live in El Paso (which gives me zero insight into this) but I want to make a basic point because most US Americans have never been there: this is a large city of almost 700,000 people. It’s in the top 25 for the country. More than twice Pittsburgh and more than Milwaukee, for example
here is our el paso airspace closure coverage and yes, we are as confused as you are (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
About the same as Boston. Almost exactly.
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Okay, this is really weird
Post from an El Paso city councilor on one of the aviation subreddits
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Okay, this is really weird
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No medevac, no UPS, no USPS? No organ transplant, no blood deliveries? I guess UTEP won't be attending their basketball games? What the actual hell
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
No medevac, no UPS, no USPS? No organ transplant, no blood deliveries? I guess UTEP won't be attending their basketball games? What the actual hell
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being against vaccines pisses me off so much. like cmon. we solved this
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
being against vaccines pisses me off so much. like cmon. we solved this
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Our own government has done extraordinary damage to the economic and social fabric of this region, wreaking havoc for no discernible reason. It’s a terror campaign, not an immigration operation. It’s still happening.
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Our own government has done extraordinary damage to the economic and social fabric of this region, wreaking havoc for no discernible reason. It’s a terror campaign, not an immigration operation. It’s still happening.
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Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
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This is by design. They know (or at least people like Miller know) that if they crank the violence up to 11, most of the public will stop caring--and maybe even praise them--when they dial it back to a 10.
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This is by design. They know (or at least people like Miller know) that if they crank the violence up to 11, most of the public will stop caring--and maybe even praise them--when they dial it back to a 10.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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We’re way past 1950s-era McCarthyism.
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
We’re way past 1950s-era McCarthyism.
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Also for my birthday, if you live in/near any of these towns you can start agitating against these concentration camps NOW (or keep on, if you've been doing it) & tell the motherfuckers in charge of them to eat 10000 metric tonnes of shit bsky.app/profile/reic...
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Also for my birthday, if you live in/near any of these towns you can start agitating against these concentration camps NOW (or keep on, if you've been doing it) & tell the motherfuckers in charge of them to eat 10000 metric tonnes of shit bsky.app/profile/reic...
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The economic need has not changed but the fundraising on a national basis has dropped off at least to some extent, leaving us relying on local networks which are a bit tapped out right now. Local networks were always going to be robust but it was good when national resources were pouring in.
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The economic need has not changed but the fundraising on a national basis has dropped off at least to some extent, leaving us relying on local networks which are a bit tapped out right now. Local networks were always going to be robust but it was good when national resources were pouring in.
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My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.
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I definitely blocked the person who called it an "edgelord" trait, but this is why I use USian when referring to people of or from the United States.
We share N America, and then there's a whole 'nother America! It's more accurate & the tiniest way to respect the rest of our part of the world.
We share N America, and then there's a whole 'nother America! It's more accurate & the tiniest way to respect the rest of our part of the world.
Scrolling through my Instagram and am charmed by the way Benito Bowl inspired/primed a Pan-American identity? It’s adorable how all of these lifestyle accounts are making the same *who me?*, *yes me* - an American! - joke from the Caribbean to Canada.
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I definitely blocked the person who called it an "edgelord" trait, but this is why I use USian when referring to people of or from the United States.
We share N America, and then there's a whole 'nother America! It's more accurate & the tiniest way to respect the rest of our part of the world.
We share N America, and then there's a whole 'nother America! It's more accurate & the tiniest way to respect the rest of our part of the world.
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1) Donate to rent relief in MN www.standwithminnesota.com or to a community defense effort near you. If you don't have $ rn, sit down w/someone you trust & talk about what you can offer OR what support you'd need. Receiving care in a network of care = being part of that network. People do both
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
1) Donate to rent relief in MN www.standwithminnesota.com or to a community defense effort near you. If you don't have $ rn, sit down w/someone you trust & talk about what you can offer OR what support you'd need. Receiving care in a network of care = being part of that network. People do both
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3) Listen to this nice podcast episode I recorded with @davebrarian.bsky.social, or buy my book (in my pinned post). I have felt sort of weird about calling people's attention to what I make In These Times, but you know what, it's fine. www.overdueingit.org/home/episode...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
3) Listen to this nice podcast episode I recorded with @davebrarian.bsky.social, or buy my book (in my pinned post). I have felt sort of weird about calling people's attention to what I make In These Times, but you know what, it's fine. www.overdueingit.org/home/episode...
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2) Try something new. As someone who got pretty good at a few things very early & got a lot of praise for them, I'm always fighting myself on this. It slows down my learning & makes me miss out on stuff! This is my year of trying things and being bad at them at first, small ones to start. Join me!
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
2) Try something new. As someone who got pretty good at a few things very early & got a lot of praise for them, I'm always fighting myself on this. It slows down my learning & makes me miss out on stuff! This is my year of trying things and being bad at them at first, small ones to start. Join me!
100,000% thrilled to celebrate Kate in one or more of the following ways today 🎂🥳
Poking my nose back in to say it's my birthday! I am 47. I'm glad that my elements are still in this form, on the best planet to ever do it. You can celebrate with me by doing one of the following 3 things:
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
100,000% thrilled to celebrate Kate in one or more of the following ways today 🎂🥳
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Poking my nose back in to say it's my birthday! I am 47. I'm glad that my elements are still in this form, on the best planet to ever do it. You can celebrate with me by doing one of the following 3 things:
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Poking my nose back in to say it's my birthday! I am 47. I'm glad that my elements are still in this form, on the best planet to ever do it. You can celebrate with me by doing one of the following 3 things:
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February 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Rooting for a "Kaiju Emerge in El Paso" headline right now.
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Rooting for a "Kaiju Emerge in El Paso" headline right now.
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Australia formally joins the UK and US as a member of Smol Bean Fascist Alliance
February 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Australia formally joins the UK and US as a member of Smol Bean Fascist Alliance