Stilty
@stilty.bsky.social
Interests: PNW, bicycling, whale watching from shore, antitrust, Letterboxd, Lina Khan's work, Frances Perkins, tech ethics, data analytics, parks, energy efficiency, Iceland, Mars, occupational safety, puffins, healthy air, karaoke, libraries, Tacoma
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If you are worried how data will be used against ICE protesters.
Or how smart homes reveal your secrets.
Or smart cars or medical devices will become evidence in court.
Listen to this conversation.
There are risks, rewards, and even solutions…
Or how smart homes reveal your secrets.
Or smart cars or medical devices will become evidence in court.
Listen to this conversation.
There are risks, rewards, and even solutions…
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology
George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is the author of the forthcoming book Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
www.techpolicy.press
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If you are worried how data will be used against ICE protesters.
Or how smart homes reveal your secrets.
Or smart cars or medical devices will become evidence in court.
Listen to this conversation.
There are risks, rewards, and even solutions…
Or how smart homes reveal your secrets.
Or smart cars or medical devices will become evidence in court.
Listen to this conversation.
There are risks, rewards, and even solutions…
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Steven Pinker wrote a legal analysis of a *child sex crimes law* as a favor to Epstein and then had the gall to say he had no idea what the guy was accused of.
All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting
All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting
David Brooks wrote an entire column about offensive it was to say "Epstien Class" without volunteering that he was at a conference with Epstien.
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Steven Pinker wrote a legal analysis of a *child sex crimes law* as a favor to Epstein and then had the gall to say he had no idea what the guy was accused of.
All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting
All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting
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I can't stand anyone who says things like "it's 300x cheaper". That's a meaningless phrase. If you really have seriously analyzed things you can say "it's 99% cheaper" and that is measurable.
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I can't stand anyone who says things like "it's 300x cheaper". That's a meaningless phrase. If you really have seriously analyzed things you can say "it's 99% cheaper" and that is measurable.
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Sorry, but this is bullshit.
Some of us have no choice but to be on the lookout for that creepy shit and cut ties as soon as the red flags start flying. Not doing so could result in significant harm to our personal safety and well-being.
Maybe folks not personally threatened should follow suit.
Some of us have no choice but to be on the lookout for that creepy shit and cut ties as soon as the red flags start flying. Not doing so could result in significant harm to our personal safety and well-being.
Maybe folks not personally threatened should follow suit.
I feel like someone’s gotta say something, so I guess it’s going to be me. I’m 100% certain that I either know, have met, or have sought meetings with people who have done horrible things in their lives, too. How about y’all? Association is not causation, and it's not guilt — of anything. (1/8)
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Sorry, but this is bullshit.
Some of us have no choice but to be on the lookout for that creepy shit and cut ties as soon as the red flags start flying. Not doing so could result in significant harm to our personal safety and well-being.
Maybe folks not personally threatened should follow suit.
Some of us have no choice but to be on the lookout for that creepy shit and cut ties as soon as the red flags start flying. Not doing so could result in significant harm to our personal safety and well-being.
Maybe folks not personally threatened should follow suit.
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There's no disclosure of who's behind this on the site, so I need someone in SF to find out who filed for the permit.
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 AM
There's no disclosure of who's behind this on the site, so I need someone in SF to find out who filed for the permit.
Omg, it has to be a bit...right? Who would subject themselves to being so outnumbered by hecklers?!
I'd like billionaires to someday discover how unified we Americans are re: the desire to heckle billionaires all at once.
(Of course it starts in Pacific Heights. either very clever or ick tacky)
I'd like billionaires to someday discover how unified we Americans are re: the desire to heckle billionaires all at once.
(Of course it starts in Pacific Heights. either very clever or ick tacky)
February 1, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Omg, it has to be a bit...right? Who would subject themselves to being so outnumbered by hecklers?!
I'd like billionaires to someday discover how unified we Americans are re: the desire to heckle billionaires all at once.
(Of course it starts in Pacific Heights. either very clever or ick tacky)
I'd like billionaires to someday discover how unified we Americans are re: the desire to heckle billionaires all at once.
(Of course it starts in Pacific Heights. either very clever or ick tacky)
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I'm going to use this map next year when we talk about gerrymandering in AP Government
Also: The special election runoff for Congress — Texas-18 — has been called for Christian Menefee. (This is the Dem seat that was held by Sylvester Turner.)
Texas Tribune article: www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/c...
Texas Tribune article: www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/c...
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 AM
I'm going to use this map next year when we talk about gerrymandering in AP Government
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Jury finds the city of Seattle liable for the death of Antonio Mays Jr., who was killed in CHOP in 2020.
Awards more than $25 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.
Awards more than $25 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.
January 29, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Jury finds the city of Seattle liable for the death of Antonio Mays Jr., who was killed in CHOP in 2020.
Awards more than $25 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.
Awards more than $25 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.
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1. We have a new tool for exploring how corporate concentration has hollowed out grocery access in your region: an interactive map that shows food deserts along with the location of every grocery store in the US by type — independent, small chain, large chain, or megachain like Walmart or Kroger.
Mapping Food Deserts and Grocery Consolidation
To help users explore how corporate concentration has reshaped food access across the United States, ILSR created an interactive map that shows food deserts alongside the location of different types…
ilsr.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
1. We have a new tool for exploring how corporate concentration has hollowed out grocery access in your region: an interactive map that shows food deserts along with the location of every grocery store in the US by type — independent, small chain, large chain, or megachain like Walmart or Kroger.
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Incredible story by @agreenberg.bsky.social, both on the scam compound operation and how he navigated a uniquely difficult and dangerous situation for his source. This one should be required reading for journalism ethics classes: www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Incredible story by @agreenberg.bsky.social, both on the scam compound operation and how he navigated a uniquely difficult and dangerous situation for his source. This one should be required reading for journalism ethics classes: www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
I'm watching Women of the Resistance on The Criterion Channel.
If it's before 23:10 where you are, there's still time to watch it before International Holocaust Remembrance Day ends
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/women...
If it's before 23:10 where you are, there's still time to watch it before International Holocaust Remembrance Day ends
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/women...
Women of the Resistance
Directed by Liliana Cavani • 1965 • Italy
Made for Italian television, this powerful documentary by iconoclastic auteur Liliana Cavani profiles a number of women who participated in the Italian Resis...
www.criterionchannel.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I'm watching Women of the Resistance on The Criterion Channel.
If it's before 23:10 where you are, there's still time to watch it before International Holocaust Remembrance Day ends
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/women...
If it's before 23:10 where you are, there's still time to watch it before International Holocaust Remembrance Day ends
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/women...
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attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
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1. Cities and states should outlaw Amazon’s latest assault on small businesses — an AI tool that scrapes their websites and creates listings of their products within the Amazon app without their consent. It’s causing huge, costly problems. This can and should be banned.
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
1. Cities and states should outlaw Amazon’s latest assault on small businesses — an AI tool that scrapes their websites and creates listings of their products within the Amazon app without their consent. It’s causing huge, costly problems. This can and should be banned.
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In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.
After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got i...
www.kuow.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.
The (once radical then commonplace) work of Frances Perkins gives me hope.
This is a wonderful article that weaves the history of Perkins' achievements with our current democracy crisis.
This is a wonderful article that weaves the history of Perkins' achievements with our current democracy crisis.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The (once radical then commonplace) work of Frances Perkins gives me hope.
This is a wonderful article that weaves the history of Perkins' achievements with our current democracy crisis.
This is a wonderful article that weaves the history of Perkins' achievements with our current democracy crisis.
11/ For an excellent history of Perkins immigration reforms, see "Labor Secretary Frances Perkins Reorganizes Her Department's Immigration Enforcement Functions, 1933–1940: 'Going against the Grain'" by Neil Hernandez:
muse.jhu.edu/article/8759...
muse.jhu.edu/article/8759...
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 AM
10/ Abolishing ICE is much harder today than Section 24 was then. ICE is statutory and an entrenched agency. But Perkins reminds us they are policy choices. They’ve been built, dismantled, and rebuilt before. Immigration enforcement is policy. And policy can be changed.
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM
9/ The police model eventually returned. In 1940, FDR moved the INS to the DOJ citing national security reasons as WW2 raged. In 2002, the INS was dissolved entirely to create CBP and ICE, placing immigration enforcement under DHS.
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM
8/ Unsurprising Perkins faced political backlash. In 1939, anti-immigrant conservatives unsuccessfully tried to impeach Perkins, accusing her of failing to enforce deportation laws.
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM
7/ While the State Department erected “paper walls” to block Jewish refugees, Perkins used her authority to issue Rule 25(A) permits which helped thousands of German Jews escape Nazi Germany.
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM
6/ Crucially, she didn’t act in a vacuum. Perkins was empowered by a surging labor movement. That labor power gave her the political capital to humanize the immigration process.
A good example of a truism I tell my students: Heroes don’t create movements. Movements create heroes.
A good example of a truism I tell my students: Heroes don’t create movements. Movements create heroes.
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
5/ She refused to treat immigrants as economic scapegoats. She rejected the idea that deportation was a valid tool for unemployment relief, insisting on due process over police terror.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
4/ She then merged immigration bureaus into the INS, an agency focused on processing adjudication, not raids. Her goal, she said, was to proceed “with scrupulous fairness.” Warrantless arrests ended and for a time immigration was treated as a social/administrative issue rather than law enforcement.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
3/ Perkins couldn’t simply fire the Section 24 officers due to civil service protections. So she found a bureaucratic loophole: She let their funding appropriation lapse. Once the money was gone, she terminated the squad due to insufficient funds.
January 14, 2026 at 7:07 AM