nanaslugdiva
@nanaslugdiva.blacksky.app
The gold standard of Black. Also an academic in the social sciences.
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"We need to move away from a system predicated on violence in favor of one that centers people's humanity. We need to ensure that every human in the [US] facing a legal process – including deportation – has access to a lawyer ... And we need to divest from the logic that violence makes us safer."
“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"We need to move away from a system predicated on violence in favor of one that centers people's humanity. We need to ensure that every human in the [US] facing a legal process – including deportation – has access to a lawyer ... And we need to divest from the logic that violence makes us safer."
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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this book is so fascinating and i am learning so much. thanks again to @victorerikray.bsky.social for the recommendation
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
this book is so fascinating and i am learning so much. thanks again to @victorerikray.bsky.social for the recommendation
Time to get the good good lawyers and determine whether the contract is valid in the first place.
For example: is it valid if a full Board of Visitors was not in place at the time of signing?
For example: is it valid if a full Board of Visitors was not in place at the time of signing?
How much is UVa / the Commonwealth going to have to pay to get out of this mess?
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
Poison-pill presidency: How the board priced accountability at $8.5 million | Guest column
The agreement UVa signed with its new president functions as a poison pill: it converts any effort to unwind a contested appointment into a costly and legally fraught undertaking, these columnists arg...
richmond.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Time to get the good good lawyers and determine whether the contract is valid in the first place.
For example: is it valid if a full Board of Visitors was not in place at the time of signing?
For example: is it valid if a full Board of Visitors was not in place at the time of signing?
2001. And still have not finished it.
What is the movie you have seen the most times that you would say you do NOT like?
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
2001. And still have not finished it.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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If the Seahawks had gone home after the opening play, they would still be leading
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
If the Seahawks had gone home after the opening play, they would still be leading
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Hey y’all. So. We are in an urgent and difficult situation. We have a storage locker for our belongings, but we can no longer keep up with the payments and have fallen behind. If we’re unable to cover the full $750 balance, everything in it will be lost in 2 days.
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
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January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hey y’all. So. We are in an urgent and difficult situation. We have a storage locker for our belongings, but we can no longer keep up with the payments and have fallen behind. If we’re unable to cover the full $750 balance, everything in it will be lost in 2 days.
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Opened the last of my Christmas gifts today... 😡
January 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Opened the last of my Christmas gifts today... 😡
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Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
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i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
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a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.
www.wtvr.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Uhhhhhhhhhh
“A California-based company [General Matter] with ties to …Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.“ Thiel sits on the board and invests via Founders Fund. 7/25/25 … 1/
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Uhhhhhhhhhh
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This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...
I Would Start A War In Your Arms
A Heated Rivalry Notebook
querent.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...
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Folks saying this is just as bad, I need you to reread about reconstruction. Not holding people accountable is how we get into this position. Removing people who colluded with the administration in an authoritarian takeover of higher ed from their position is the most reasonable thing to do.
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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We saw this when everyone was excited about Dragon Dictation for transcribing interviews and other audio…until we realized we would have to meticulously re-edit the entire transcript after it was processed.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
We saw this when everyone was excited about Dragon Dictation for transcribing interviews and other audio…until we realized we would have to meticulously re-edit the entire transcript after it was processed.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
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They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
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someone popped into my comments and was like “is anyone doing laundry for folks afraid to leave their house?” because their laundromat is usually full and is empty.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
someone popped into my comments and was like “is anyone doing laundry for folks afraid to leave their house?” because their laundromat is usually full and is empty.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
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We've been using our AC/ heating company for a decade. I've scheduled three HVAC service appts with them since they installed an AI assistant. The first one was scheduled for the wrong day, the second one they sent a plumber, the third one they sent someone who didn't know how to service radiators.
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We've been using our AC/ heating company for a decade. I've scheduled three HVAC service appts with them since they installed an AI assistant. The first one was scheduled for the wrong day, the second one they sent a plumber, the third one they sent someone who didn't know how to service radiators.
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Put me on every single anti-AI list you want. If AI has no haters, it is because I have died. Fuck every single one of you snake oil peddling phonies.
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Put me on every single anti-AI list you want. If AI has no haters, it is because I have died. Fuck every single one of you snake oil peddling phonies.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....