Petra
@mildbannered.bsky.social
millennial | boston | chaotic good | fuck ai
Reposted by Petra
Better things are possible
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Better things are possible
Reposted by Petra
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was in Providence for two weeks before he opened fire on an auditorium of Brown University students preparing for a final exam. As investigators searched for a suspect, police say Neves Valente fatally shot an MIT professor at his Brookline home.
Brown, MIT professor shootings timeline: What we know about the suspect and the investigation
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was in Providence for two weeks before he opened fire on an auditorium of Brown University students preparing for a final exam. As investigators searched for a suspect, po...
www.wbur.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was in Providence for two weeks before he opened fire on an auditorium of Brown University students preparing for a final exam. As investigators searched for a suspect, police say Neves Valente fatally shot an MIT professor at his Brookline home.
Reposted by Petra
I know it’s not surprising, but Jesus Christ. What a corrupt administration from top to bottom.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I know it’s not surprising, but Jesus Christ. What a corrupt administration from top to bottom.
Reposted by Petra
Pam, darling, you missed a spot.
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pam, darling, you missed a spot.
Reposted by Petra
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Petra
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
Reposted by Petra
That’s Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, nephew of William F Buckley and one of many Council For National Policy members who worked to oppose anti-apartheid efforts in the 1980s. Also, his son was one of the first rioters inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Got four years for it.
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
That’s Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, nephew of William F Buckley and one of many Council For National Policy members who worked to oppose anti-apartheid efforts in the 1980s. Also, his son was one of the first rioters inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Got four years for it.
Reposted by Petra
This guy was just confirmed to be US ambassador to South Africa
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This guy was just confirmed to be US ambassador to South Africa
Reposted by Petra
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Reposted by Petra
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
Reposted by Petra
Authorities believe the MIT professor who was killed and the suspected Brown University shooter went to school together in Lisbon, Portugal
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Authorities believe the MIT professor who was killed and the suspected Brown University shooter went to school together in Lisbon, Portugal
Ha! I was wondering about the reward... good for that journo for pressing them about it
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Ha! I was wondering about the reward... good for that journo for pressing them about it
I mean, if he had a storage unit in NH, he likely also got his guns from NH...
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I mean, if he had a storage unit in NH, he likely also got his guns from NH...
Reposted by Petra
Neves Valente was a physics PhD student at Brown, but only between 2000 and 2001, when he withdrew, Brown's president says.
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Neves Valente was a physics PhD student at Brown, but only between 2000 and 2001, when he withdrew, Brown's president says.
Reposted by Petra
US Attorney's office in Boston says Valente was also the murderer of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home. Like Valente, Loureiro was also from Portugal.
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
US Attorney's office in Boston says Valente was also the murderer of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home. Like Valente, Loureiro was also from Portugal.
Watching this press conference. Mind-boggling.
Police ID dead suspect in Brown University, MIT professor shootings
Providence police identified the suspect in the deadly Brown University mass shooting and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline Thursday night after he was found dead in a storage facility in S...
www.masslive.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Watching this press conference. Mind-boggling.
Reposted by Petra
Press conf. moved to 9:25. You can watch it live at www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Live updates: Investigation in New Hampshire believed tied to Brown shooting
Authorities searching for a shooter who attacked students at Brown University are asking for tips from people who might have video of the gunman.
www.nbcboston.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Press conf. moved to 9:25. You can watch it live at www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
love a tool that is objectively stupid AND uses all our drinking water!
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
love a tool that is objectively stupid AND uses all our drinking water!
Reposted by Petra
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
Reposted by Petra
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
Reposted by Petra
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
Reposted by Petra
are you a constituent of the GOP defectors who said, “no, we shouldn’t ban care for trans kids & make it a crime to provide it?”
call & thank them. it’ll feel gross. it’ll also matter.
Evans (CO) - 202-225-5625
Fitzpatrick (PA) - 202-225-4276
Kennedy (UT) - 202-225-7751
Lawler (NY) - 202-225-6506
call & thank them. it’ll feel gross. it’ll also matter.
Evans (CO) - 202-225-5625
Fitzpatrick (PA) - 202-225-4276
Kennedy (UT) - 202-225-7751
Lawler (NY) - 202-225-6506
like the three dem yeas also were chill with anti trans sports bills
the republican nos are a new development
the republican nos are a new development
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
are you a constituent of the GOP defectors who said, “no, we shouldn’t ban care for trans kids & make it a crime to provide it?”
call & thank them. it’ll feel gross. it’ll also matter.
Evans (CO) - 202-225-5625
Fitzpatrick (PA) - 202-225-4276
Kennedy (UT) - 202-225-7751
Lawler (NY) - 202-225-6506
call & thank them. it’ll feel gross. it’ll also matter.
Evans (CO) - 202-225-5625
Fitzpatrick (PA) - 202-225-4276
Kennedy (UT) - 202-225-7751
Lawler (NY) - 202-225-6506
Reposted by Petra
not that it will change their votes at this point and this has long been the case but henry cuellar, don davis, and vicente gonzalez should probably not ever know another moment of peace.
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
not that it will change their votes at this point and this has long been the case but henry cuellar, don davis, and vicente gonzalez should probably not ever know another moment of peace.
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
Reposted by Petra
Specifically, lawyers who look at the plain meaning of laws and constitution as something to be gamed if they are clever enough, like looking for the loophole to help their rich client beat the murder charge.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
There is a history book to be written about the role of Harvard Law and Yale Law in the creation of this authoritarian moment in America.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Specifically, lawyers who look at the plain meaning of laws and constitution as something to be gamed if they are clever enough, like looking for the loophole to help their rich client beat the murder charge.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.