Łori J. Williams🧋
@ringtheory.bsky.social
Ex Google SWE, neurospicy, + many other things that fuel me to endure, defend, and call out during the US autocracy.
Self care is a form of resistance, especially among queer and BIPOCs. People don't want us to exist and yet we do.
No LGB without the T
Self care is a form of resistance, especially among queer and BIPOCs. People don't want us to exist and yet we do.
No LGB without the T
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Trump is blatantly lying about the shooting now. We all saw the video.
Trump is lying about the circumstances of a US citizen being shot.
ICE murdered the woman in cold blood and walked away. He was not run over. He is not in the hospital. It is easy to know he is alive.
Impeach and remove Trump now for aiding murder of US citizens and lying to cover up the murder!
ICE murdered the woman in cold blood and walked away. He was not run over. He is not in the hospital. It is easy to know he is alive.
Impeach and remove Trump now for aiding murder of US citizens and lying to cover up the murder!
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1/ I made a comment the other night while watching @jbf1755.bsky.social Freeman at Night (A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can’t Sleep). She mentioned the importance of ID. I took a screenshot of my comment with a reply received. I fear folks really aren’t comprehending the severity of this issue.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
1/ I made a comment the other night while watching @jbf1755.bsky.social Freeman at Night (A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can’t Sleep). She mentioned the importance of ID. I took a screenshot of my comment with a reply received. I fear folks really aren’t comprehending the severity of this issue.
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See also:
www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...
www.forbes.com/sites/lindse...
juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop...
www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...
www.forbes.com/sites/lindse...
juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop...
Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?
Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women.
www.transresearch.org.au
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Since you’ve either been conned by internalized misogyny and propaganda about sports or are just using it as an excuse to be hateful: www.advocate.com/news/transge...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3...
No, trans women don't have inherent advantage over cis women in sports: new study
The report affirms what advocates of inclusion have said for years.
www.advocate.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Since you’ve either been conned by internalized misogyny and propaganda about sports or are just using it as an excuse to be hateful: www.advocate.com/news/transge...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3...
Jfc, I'm afab and *I* have testosterone (as do the majority of not all people) and it is even given to some people in perimenopause.
I'm not sure Emily realizes that she has testosterone.
I'm not sure Emily realizes that she has testosterone.
I asked for a demand that affects you, personally, and I know your pickleball league isn't competitive.
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Jfc, I'm afab and *I* have testosterone (as do the majority of not all people) and it is even given to some people in perimenopause.
I'm not sure Emily realizes that she has testosterone.
I'm not sure Emily realizes that she has testosterone.
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Unasked for advice in response to someone is criticism.
Etch this onto your souls.
Ask first.
Etch this onto your souls.
Ask first.
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Unasked for advice in response to someone is criticism.
Etch this onto your souls.
Ask first.
Etch this onto your souls.
Ask first.
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The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
Let's be absolutely clear:
They are including trans adults in this.
If you are 18, you are an adult and providers as big as Stanford are no longer providing gender affirming surgeries to 18 year old adults who should get to choose what they do with their bodies.
They are including trans adults in this.
If you are 18, you are an adult and providers as big as Stanford are no longer providing gender affirming surgeries to 18 year old adults who should get to choose what they do with their bodies.
A strange and confusing tale from the bowels of (where else) the New York Times.
Has the American Medical Association changed position on trans youth care? A New York Times headline says they "endorsed restrictions" on youth surgeries. Other outlets, including NPR, report they did no such thing.
Has the American Medical Association changed position on trans youth care? A New York Times headline says they "endorsed restrictions" on youth surgeries. Other outlets, including NPR, report they did no such thing.
Did the AMA Release a Statement Cooling Support for Trans Youth Surgeries? — Assigned
Leading Off: The New York Times and NPR release contradictory American Medical Association statements, and California AG Rob Bonta sues a children’s hospital for ending gender affirming care.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Let's be absolutely clear:
They are including trans adults in this.
If you are 18, you are an adult and providers as big as Stanford are no longer providing gender affirming surgeries to 18 year old adults who should get to choose what they do with their bodies.
They are including trans adults in this.
If you are 18, you are an adult and providers as big as Stanford are no longer providing gender affirming surgeries to 18 year old adults who should get to choose what they do with their bodies.
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
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Because when the losing party doesn’t want the public to o ow, they just take away information…?
“Trump’s Gallup approval rating as of last December was among the lowest the organization had found since it began taking the poll in the 1930s.”
“Trump’s Gallup approval rating as of last December was among the lowest the organization had found since it began taking the poll in the 1930s.”
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Because when the losing party doesn’t want the public to o ow, they just take away information…?
“Trump’s Gallup approval rating as of last December was among the lowest the organization had found since it began taking the poll in the 1930s.”
“Trump’s Gallup approval rating as of last December was among the lowest the organization had found since it began taking the poll in the 1930s.”
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Bondi laughing at the end is the real pièce de résistance. This is all just a big joke to her.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Bondi laughing at the end is the real pièce de résistance. This is all just a big joke to her.
Gentle reminder to take your (morning) meds 💜
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Gentle reminder to take your (morning) meds 💜
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Both detainees have pending court cases. We gave the men privacy release forms for their loved ones to sign so we could formally inquire about their cases. Both men called us later that day to tell us that CEM staff had confiscated the forms, preventing us from helping them.
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Both detainees have pending court cases. We gave the men privacy release forms for their loved ones to sign so we could formally inquire about their cases. Both men called us later that day to tell us that CEM staff had confiscated the forms, preventing us from helping them.
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After 6 months of oversight visits to Camp East Montana, the $1.24 billion immigration detention facility in El Paso, it's clear the company running it is defrauding taxpayers, preventing detainees from talking to lawyers, and DHS is assisting them by obstructing Congress.
Long thread incoming 🧵
Long thread incoming 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
After 6 months of oversight visits to Camp East Montana, the $1.24 billion immigration detention facility in El Paso, it's clear the company running it is defrauding taxpayers, preventing detainees from talking to lawyers, and DHS is assisting them by obstructing Congress.
Long thread incoming 🧵
Long thread incoming 🧵
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
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"I do that to anyone I talk to."
No, no you don't. And they never preface it with "I think..." and instead say something like "you must have checked incorrectly."
... when I checked the time and they had not. Dude still doesn't accept he does this and invents different memories that I call him on.
No, no you don't. And they never preface it with "I think..." and instead say something like "you must have checked incorrectly."
... when I checked the time and they had not. Dude still doesn't accept he does this and invents different memories that I call him on.
It's why so many men, even progressive ones, automatically don't believe anything women say. I remember seeing a post by a guy who realized he was doing that to his partner despite thinking of himself as a feminist. That his reflex was to question/challenge anything she told him.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"I do that to anyone I talk to."
No, no you don't. And they never preface it with "I think..." and instead say something like "you must have checked incorrectly."
... when I checked the time and they had not. Dude still doesn't accept he does this and invents different memories that I call him on.
No, no you don't. And they never preface it with "I think..." and instead say something like "you must have checked incorrectly."
... when I checked the time and they had not. Dude still doesn't accept he does this and invents different memories that I call him on.
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This feels like an excuse to avoid regulation or discussions of whether any of the supposed benefits in any way justify the already well-documented harms from encouraging suicide to the environmental harm of data centres to the creation and spread of misinformation etc.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This feels like an excuse to avoid regulation or discussions of whether any of the supposed benefits in any way justify the already well-documented harms from encouraging suicide to the environmental harm of data centres to the creation and spread of misinformation etc.
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Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
Chicago's U.S. attorney's office has released evidence from the case against Marimar Martinez, pre-empting her press conference later today.
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol agents say 'time to get aggressive' in footage that contradicts claims against Marimar Martinez
Martinez is expected to announce a new lawsuit stemming from her Oct. 4 shooting by a Border Patrol agent at a press conference Wednesday. Her attorneys say newly released evidence will show an agent ...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
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Alt text: two images showing the described scene. The first one shows a very smashed up dark red sedan that is half crushed in along the whole driver side. The second photo is pulled back more showing other vehicles that ICE caused a crash with, and all kinds of little pieces of debris on the street
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Alt text: two images showing the described scene. The first one shows a very smashed up dark red sedan that is half crushed in along the whole driver side. The second photo is pulled back more showing other vehicles that ICE caused a crash with, and all kinds of little pieces of debris on the street
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“Consider that the AI hype is true.”
My dude. Lots of us have considered this. We’ve tried it, put it through its paces, and found it seriously lacking. It’s impressive software with very limited real world applications. No amount of advertising money they throw at it will make it less of a hype.
My dude. Lots of us have considered this. We’ve tried it, put it through its paces, and found it seriously lacking. It’s impressive software with very limited real world applications. No amount of advertising money they throw at it will make it less of a hype.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“Consider that the AI hype is true.”
My dude. Lots of us have considered this. We’ve tried it, put it through its paces, and found it seriously lacking. It’s impressive software with very limited real world applications. No amount of advertising money they throw at it will make it less of a hype.
My dude. Lots of us have considered this. We’ve tried it, put it through its paces, and found it seriously lacking. It’s impressive software with very limited real world applications. No amount of advertising money they throw at it will make it less of a hype.
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Yesterday @governorwalz.mn.gov was telling people to go out and shop at Small Businesses and holy shit you asshole look what they're doing to your state
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Yesterday @governorwalz.mn.gov was telling people to go out and shop at Small Businesses and holy shit you asshole look what they're doing to your state
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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WATCH i made this clip and she should be IMPEACHED bsky.app/profile/off-...
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy Live !!!
Impeach Pam Bondi
Lying under OATH
#PonziBondi - lie over lie over lie
"We have proved it"
WATCH
#USDemocracy Live !!!
Impeach Pam Bondi
Lying under OATH
#PonziBondi - lie over lie over lie
"We have proved it"
WATCH
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
WATCH i made this clip and she should be IMPEACHED bsky.app/profile/off-...
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Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.
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Trump administration is full on authoritarian now.
There is NO safety for the rest of us if they can arrest a Senator for speaking out.
There is NO safety for the rest of us if they can arrest a Senator for speaking out.
A staff member for Sen. Padilla shared this photo with @samsteindc.bsky.social:
June 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump administration is full on authoritarian now.
There is NO safety for the rest of us if they can arrest a Senator for speaking out.
There is NO safety for the rest of us if they can arrest a Senator for speaking out.