Syreeta McFadden
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Syreeta McFadden
@reetamac.bsky.social
· Aug 19
A lot of this *waves hand in the air* really tells me that the 2020 worked. The ferocity and speed of breaking the whole society down in service to Stupid Thanos’ conception of society, self, reality underscores it.
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My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
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if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
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wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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There's no explicit way to stop this and this is what I'm wondering how that "revival of Vine" will stop (spoiler alert: it might not do anything despite anything banning AI, at best, they'll train against all of the videos they own and sell that facial recognition data for Nostr).
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
There's no explicit way to stop this and this is what I'm wondering how that "revival of Vine" will stop (spoiler alert: it might not do anything despite anything banning AI, at best, they'll train against all of the videos they own and sell that facial recognition data for Nostr).
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In 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the content of fat, disabled, and queer users. In 2020 they claim a “glitch” caused the suppression of George Floyd content.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the content of fat, disabled, and queer users. In 2020 they claim a “glitch” caused the suppression of George Floyd content.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
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“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
I got lost in a threads rabbit hole of hell debating Toni Morrison and I can’t get that time back.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I got lost in a threads rabbit hole of hell debating Toni Morrison and I can’t get that time back.
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“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. … this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.”
thelocal.to/investigatin...
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. … this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.”
thelocal.to/investigatin...
thelocal.to/investigatin...
The points and strategies in this piece became my ministry in AY 24-25.
A fantastic piece that gets into the details of what a great Humanities classroom looks like. I love the focus on what to do versus what not to do—and why.
🧍Non-AI summary: it’s human and paper-based.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
🧍Non-AI summary: it’s human and paper-based.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The points and strategies in this piece became my ministry in AY 24-25.
I'm never taking anything you say seriously if you write a screed about ✌🏿woke✌🏿
James Carville a few months ago: "Roll over and play dead."
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm never taking anything you say seriously if you write a screed about ✌🏿woke✌🏿
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"As long as policymakers continue to flood money into AI, small press publishers will only grow in importance. The quality of the books they produce, driven by that creative, alternative thinking & integrative design focus is only set to become more in demand." www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"As long as policymakers continue to flood money into AI, small press publishers will only grow in importance. The quality of the books they produce, driven by that creative, alternative thinking & integrative design focus is only set to become more in demand." www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
To boot, sounds like they wanna finance it with debt with a guarantee of smoke, mirrors, gossamer, and ketchup to keep their company balance sheet clean that could become a public too big to fail problem much later.
Boy oh boy do companies love to pollute Louisiana. Especially the places where all the Black folks live.
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To boot, sounds like they wanna finance it with debt with a guarantee of smoke, mirrors, gossamer, and ketchup to keep their company balance sheet clean that could become a public too big to fail problem much later.
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Boy oh boy do companies love to pollute Louisiana. Especially the places where all the Black folks live.
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Boy oh boy do companies love to pollute Louisiana. Especially the places where all the Black folks live.
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Jimmy Cliff has crossed the last of his many rivers.
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Jimmy Cliff has crossed the last of his many rivers.
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
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Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
Jellybean Johnson, Minneapolis music legend, dies at 69
Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
Did this man really put his thumb on the scale that fires Stephen Colbert, install Bari Weiss to lead one of the most storied of newsrooms in American journalism all to get a franchise reboot he can binge watch on taxpayer dollars?
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Did this man really put his thumb on the scale that fires Stephen Colbert, install Bari Weiss to lead one of the most storied of newsrooms in American journalism all to get a franchise reboot he can binge watch on taxpayer dollars?
This post is aggressive sksksksk
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This post is aggressive sksksksk
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
Been reading bits about this since Friday and the allegations certainly highlight how truly unhinged hubris to white supremacy is to believe that you can conquer, murder, and enslave an island of 87k inhabitants.
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Been reading bits about this since Friday and the allegations certainly highlight how truly unhinged hubris to white supremacy is to believe that you can conquer, murder, and enslave an island of 87k inhabitants.
The optics are clear but very glad someone said it out loud.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The optics are clear but very glad someone said it out loud.
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We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...