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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Apr 4

We knew this was coming but also 😱

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 3

Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.

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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Apr 3

Oh hey Race + IP '25: Abolitionist Futures is LIVE! We're so ready to celebrate our fifth anniversary. 🎈

You can register here: www.raceipconference.org/2025

As always, the event is free to attend, with in person and virtual options. Everyone is welcome.

Race + IP 2025

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Mar 9

White people as a whole could stop this madness anytime...

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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · Mar 10

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Knight Institute Says Threats to Deport Student Protesters Pose “Existential Threat” to Universities

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Mar 9

This is really really bad because when I was at big law in 2001, a lot of people were repping patriot act detainees pro bono. This is how Trump makes sure no lawyers step up the way they did in airports in January 2017 when he issued the Muslim travel ban EO

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Mar 9

Trump’s retaliation against law firms is having its predictable chilling effect. Punishing law firms for representing clients the president dislikes infringes on the 6th Amendment right to counsel of one’s choice and the 1st Amendment right to free association.

Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat

Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic…

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · Mar 2

Move right and lose.

Adam Wren @adamwren.bsky.social · Mar 2

New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.

We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM

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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Feb 20

For those keeping score:

www.project2025.observer

Project 2025 Tracker

Track the progress on Project 2025

www.project2025.observer

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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Feb 20

Louder for the folks that haven't taken it in:

THE US ISN'T A STARTUP!

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · Feb 15

Roses are red
And measles are too.
Thanks to RFK Jr,
Outbreaks just grew.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Feb 16

time to dig up the @adamkotsko.bsky.social tweet

Adam Kotsko
@adamkotsko
What's your favorite tech innovation?
Illegal cab company O
Illegal hotel chain
Fake money for criminals
Plagiarism machine
76 votes • 23 hours 51 minutes left
12:01 PM • 5/16/23 from Earth • 542 Views
14 Retweets 28 Likes
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16%
17%
32%
35%

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coach lisa bernal-wood @lisabernalwood.bsky.social · Feb 17

Something I read today:
“Loving Corrections” by adrienne maree brown. #booksky @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
“The good news is that we don’t need to be experts on every region to move with and towards humanity, connection, and solidarity.”

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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Feb 17

Funnest!

Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Feb 17

I feel like I'm seeing my career flash before my eyes beginning with the white nationalism work I was doing in 2004 through the tech work that I was doing until 2021.

I hate this timeline. Cheers! 🥸

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · Feb 15

Here are flyers for Monday’s protests - one at Harrisburg and one at Philly City Hall. Follow @50501movement.bsky.social for more.

This is a flyer for a March on Philadelphia City Hall on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 17, 2025. At noon that information is presented in black font inside of a lavender circle. Darker purple rays alternate with lavender rays extending out from that circle. A black-and-white fist Appears on the right side of the flyer. At the top of the flyer is a black banner that says “the people demand change“ in white letters. Underneath that in smaller letters with words, alternating in white and purple font, it says “Deny the power. Defend the people. Depose the oligarchy.“ there is a QR code on the bottom left, but it does not provide helpful information. For more information about this and other related marches, follow @50501 movement.bsky.social.

This is a flyer for a peaceful March from the city Island to the capital steps in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 17, 2025 from 12 to 3 PM. The top of the flyer says “50 states 50 protests one day”. This is the slogan for the 50501 movement which you can follow on blue sky @50501. movement.bsky.social. The flyer is a white background with red and blue writing. in the background of the words is the capital building in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · Feb 17

While 'warrior tech bros' are apparently all the rage, we'll need a different kind of technologist if we want to survive as a species and inhabit a livable world. We'll need #DesignJustice.

Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · Nov 15

#Introduction

Hi! I'm Sasha Costanza-Chock (she/they/ella/elle).

Researcher & designer, focused on a just transition to a regenerative democratic economy.

Research Director, OneProject.org.

Author, Design Justice (MIT press): design-justice.pubpub.org.

Web: schock.cc

🇵🇸🍉📚🎶😻❤️‍🔥🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Design Justice

An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · Feb 13

As the gutting of the federal workforce continues, including federal lawyers, one way state bars can help is providing waivers or provisional licensing for attorneys that will mostly be barred in DC.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Feb 13

READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com:

"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Dear Attorney General Bondi:
On February 10, 2025, I received a memorandum from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, directing me to dismiss the indictment against Mayor Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, which would require leave of court. I do not repeat here the evidence against Adams that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed federal crimes; Mr. Bove rightly has never called into question that the case team conducted this investigation with integrity and that the charges against Adams are serious and supported by fact and law. Mr. Bove's memo, however, which directs me to dismiss an indictment returned by a duly constituted grand jury for reasons having nothing to do with the strength of the case, raises serious concerns that render the contemplated dismissal inconsistent with my ability and duty to prosecute federal crimes without fear or favor and to advance good-faith arguments before the courts.
When I took my oath of office three weeks ago, I vowed to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I was about to enter. In carrying out that responsibility, I am guided by, among other things, the Principles of Federal Prosecution set forth in the Justice Manual and your recent memoranda instructing attorneys for the Department of Justice to make only good-faith arguments and not to use the criminal enforcement authority of the United States to achieve political objectives or other improper aims. I am also guided by the values that have defined my over ten years of public service. You and I have yet to meet, let alone discuss this case. But as you may know, I clerked for the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Both men instilled in me a sense of duty to contribute to the public good and uphold the rule of law, and a commitment to reasoned and thorough analysis. I have always considered it my o…

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Feb 11

Wikipedia is rolling out anonymity features piloted in countries with authoritarian governments in the US & is making a change to not show editor IP addresses in response to a global "increase in threats" from Elon Musk, Heritage Foundation, and governments

www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...

Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies

The Wikimedia Foundation says it will likely roll out features previously used to protect editors in authoritarian countries more widely.

www.404media.co

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Feb 13

new york please i beg, i want to see you break the streak of each nyc mayor being worse than the one before him in my lifetime

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Feb 9

I miss the old Kanye

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · Feb 10

Donald Trump is everything our Founding Fathers feared.

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Anjali Vats @raceip.bsky.social · Feb 10

Love this memorial. Gone too soon.

Internet Archive @archive.org · Feb 10

On Aaron Swartz: “He stood for freedom of access to information, especially for scientific research — things the public had already paid for.” - Lisa Rein, co-founder of @creativecommons.bsky.social

sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/a...

Aaron Swartz, patron saint of the open-access internet, gets immortalized in SF

Hundreds gathered at the Internet Archive for the unveiling of a statue honoring the late programmer, who's been embraced as a tech hero.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Feb 10

DO NOT MEMORY HOLE THE NAZI SALUTE!

Elon Musk did it not once but twice, and with vigor!

It’s been 3 weeks, and there’s been no accountability. Institutionalized Judaism has let him off the hook. It is up to us to remember, to never forget the ancestors who deserve better, and to make it stick.

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