Sam Jackson
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc.
Professing in Albany, NY
Black Lives Matter
he/him
My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7
CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
Professing in Albany, NY
Black Lives Matter
he/him
My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7
CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
I would say this is fodder for another lawful extremism paper from @jmberger.com but I don’t think the paper would be very long.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I would say this is fodder for another lawful extremism paper from @jmberger.com but I don’t think the paper would be very long.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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I can't even count back how many years we've been warning about this.
Welcome to the wellness surveillance state
Welcome to the wellness surveillance state
Is there even a point in tracking over 60 biomarkers?
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I can't even count back how many years we've been warning about this.
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If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.
SCOOP: The Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect told the FBI he believed in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.
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I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
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It's tedious to say: "You should know SOMETHING about US history. Especially if you are prez."
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's tedious to say: "You should know SOMETHING about US history. Especially if you are prez."
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
But Jesus H. Christ: These are *exactly* the slurs used on:
-German immigs from B Franklin time onward.
-Irish immig through 1800s.
-Italians/ Greeks/ Poles/ Jews in 1900s
-Asians/Africans/LatAms passim
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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Around 90% of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens. Republicans call them "illegals" because they aren't white.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Around 90% of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens. Republicans call them "illegals" because they aren't white.
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Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
This story is another in a series of reminders for me that I'm very fortunate to be a faculty member where I am.
If I was at TTU, this directive would lead me to start teaching about race and gender in every single class. Obv, I would be fired quickly.
If I was at TTU, this directive would lead me to start teaching about race and gender in every single class. Obv, I would be fired quickly.
A very quick story time about Texas Tech and why this feels like less of a deviation than par for the course.
If you dont want to read to the end of the thread, the big deviation is that it’s explicit.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
If you dont want to read to the end of the thread, the big deviation is that it’s explicit.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This story is another in a series of reminders for me that I'm very fortunate to be a faculty member where I am.
If I was at TTU, this directive would lead me to start teaching about race and gender in every single class. Obv, I would be fired quickly.
If I was at TTU, this directive would lead me to start teaching about race and gender in every single class. Obv, I would be fired quickly.
Isn't it funny how little regulation there is for this tech (genAI) that is so easily making CSAM?
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Isn't it funny how little regulation there is for this tech (genAI) that is so easily making CSAM?
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Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
Abolish immigration enforcement
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Abolish immigration enforcement
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Kavanaugh stop
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kavanaugh stop
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
Also, that quote from DKT is a bit like saying “soon, some of these schools will have more students receiving financial aid than not.” And? Isn’t that a good thing, if we aren’t making systemic changes to address underlying problems?
We are in Bothsider Hell, and I hate it here.
On the one hand, some college kids got a few more minutes on a test.
On the other hand, the govt is destroying its entire safety net and threatening to put autistic people in camps.
The scales just balance, y’all. Somehow. Don’t ask. They just do.
On the one hand, some college kids got a few more minutes on a test.
On the other hand, the govt is destroying its entire safety net and threatening to put autistic people in camps.
The scales just balance, y’all. Somehow. Don’t ask. They just do.
So apparently we are doing this shit again.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Also, that quote from DKT is a bit like saying “soon, some of these schools will have more students receiving financial aid than not.” And? Isn’t that a good thing, if we aren’t making systemic changes to address underlying problems?
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I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
The topic of my class today was “A Duty to Resist?” and included thoughts like: we need to think about possible bad scenarios in our given profession, and we need to think in advance about our personal red lines.
One thing the events of the last couple of days have made clear is that we cis professors, especially those of us with tenure, need to have some definite clarity about what, tangibly, we are willing to do when someone comes for our trans colleagues and especially our trans grad students who teach.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The topic of my class today was “A Duty to Resist?” and included thoughts like: we need to think about possible bad scenarios in our given profession, and we need to think in advance about our personal red lines.
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One thing the events of the last couple of days have made clear is that we cis professors, especially those of us with tenure, need to have some definite clarity about what, tangibly, we are willing to do when someone comes for our trans colleagues and especially our trans grad students who teach.
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One thing the events of the last couple of days have made clear is that we cis professors, especially those of us with tenure, need to have some definite clarity about what, tangibly, we are willing to do when someone comes for our trans colleagues and especially our trans grad students who teach.
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I'm starting a new research project looking at the experiences of American fighters in the War in Ukraine. If you are an American veteran of the War in Ukraine I'd love to talk to you. my DMs are open.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm starting a new research project looking at the experiences of American fighters in the War in Ukraine. If you are an American veteran of the War in Ukraine I'd love to talk to you. my DMs are open.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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There’s no law saying it’s ok to kill someone for being a member of a US-designated terrorist organization. It’s not even a crime to be a member! (The UK criminalizes terrorist group membership, but the US, no.)
Material support of an FTO is punishable up to 20 years in prison. No death sentence.
Material support of an FTO is punishable up to 20 years in prison. No death sentence.
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There’s no law saying it’s ok to kill someone for being a member of a US-designated terrorist organization. It’s not even a crime to be a member! (The UK criminalizes terrorist group membership, but the US, no.)
Material support of an FTO is punishable up to 20 years in prison. No death sentence.
Material support of an FTO is punishable up to 20 years in prison. No death sentence.
This is why i get angry/annoyed every time someone says the word "AI" to me.
There’s an old saying, “Anything a computer can’t do yet is Artificial Intelligence. Everything the computer can already do is Machine Learning.”
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.
you would be well served to pay attention when paul says this and it's also worth noting that the shoddy elf tit machine and the coding assistant machine are _different machines_. you can very much have one and not the other.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is why i get angry/annoyed every time someone says the word "AI" to me.
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LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Lane Kiffin expected to take LSU job as Ole Miss sets team meeting: Source
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?