rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
ex-professor of rhetoric. current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back. they/them
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rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Okay. This is going to be my baking thread. Follow along with me on my journey if you want.
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People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
February 19, 2026 at 1:03 AM
People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
This is terrible.
ICE claims a Romulus warehouse brings 1,458 jobs + $150M in benefits. ICE also just bought IMPLAN economic modeling software Feb 4. This is PR math.
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
ICE purchases facility in Romulus, agency spokesperson says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Romulus, Michigan, a spokesperson for the federal agency told CBS News Detroit on Sunday afternoon.
www.cbsnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This is terrible.
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have yall noticed that shitlibs all got some kind of memo that they should call anyone to their left a nihilist? lts almost like they're purposely trying to obfuscate the beliefs of the people they're denigrating so they don't have to admit they're arguing against things they pretend to believe in.
twitter is like, a bunch of good journalists who post stuff and then you get annoying ultra-right wing Nazi bots in the replies. bluesky is a bunch of good journalists who post stuff and then you get annoying nihilist leftists in the replies. both are suboptimal.
February 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
have yall noticed that shitlibs all got some kind of memo that they should call anyone to their left a nihilist? lts almost like they're purposely trying to obfuscate the beliefs of the people they're denigrating so they don't have to admit they're arguing against things they pretend to believe in.
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The biggest thing about not caring when it happens to other ppl is you're sitting back and letting them build the entire infrastructure for when it's YOUR turn.
February 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The biggest thing about not caring when it happens to other ppl is you're sitting back and letting them build the entire infrastructure for when it's YOUR turn.
Lansing School Districts just cancelled picture day because of LifeTouch 👀
February 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Lansing School Districts just cancelled picture day because of LifeTouch 👀
watching Andor again so I don't give in to my worst fears
February 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
watching Andor again so I don't give in to my worst fears
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You know that moment in Pride and Prejudice when Darcy has just finished insulting Elizabeth for the first time and she tells him what a dick he is and then had to go cry about it because of how upset she is? That. I needed to read that.
If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 PM
You know that moment in Pride and Prejudice when Darcy has just finished insulting Elizabeth for the first time and she tells him what a dick he is and then had to go cry about it because of how upset she is? That. I needed to read that.
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Oh so it does have phd level intelligence
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Oh so it does have phd level intelligence
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
"King of Coal" mass killings
Trump clears the way for power plants to dump more mercury into the atmosphere.
US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports
The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesda...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"King of Coal" mass killings
This is one of the most important news articles you will read this week:
“Here’s the bottom line: DHS is buying warehouses across the country to build out concentration camps for caging and deporting immigrants, and WEXMAC TITUS is allowing them to be operational in a matter of weeks.”
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is one of the most important news articles you will read this week:
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"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
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ICE’s $85 Billion Surveillance Machine Includes Skydio Drones for Protest Monitoring and Roving No-Fly Zones for Everyone Else…
medium.com/@hayekestelo...
medium.com/@hayekestelo...
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
ICE’s $85 Billion Surveillance Machine Includes Skydio Drones for Protest Monitoring and Roving No-Fly Zones for Everyone Else…
medium.com/@hayekestelo...
medium.com/@hayekestelo...
Everyone please connect the dots before we are past the point of response. Surveillance drones, warehouses for camps in every state, data centers in every city, social media tracking. None of it is new, but now it's all connecting into a nationalized infrastructure.
AI drones used in Gaza are now surveilling American cities…
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
February 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Everyone please connect the dots before we are past the point of response. Surveillance drones, warehouses for camps in every state, data centers in every city, social media tracking. None of it is new, but now it's all connecting into a nationalized infrastructure.
i love this contemporary review of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack by The French Black Type. thefrenchblacktype.com/why-daft-pun...
Why Daft Punk TRON Legacy Music Still Hits Different in 2026
It’s been over fifteen years since the light cycles roared across the screen, yet the **Daft Punk TRON Legacy music** remains a towering achievement that...
thefrenchblacktype.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
i love this contemporary review of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack by The French Black Type. thefrenchblacktype.com/why-daft-pun...
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I need that tech that you put in your pocket and it will blur you out of any camera that sees you .
I think that will be important in the next 5 yrs
I think that will be important in the next 5 yrs
February 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I need that tech that you put in your pocket and it will blur you out of any camera that sees you .
I think that will be important in the next 5 yrs
I think that will be important in the next 5 yrs
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I refuse to accept a future where we continue to do this.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I refuse to accept a future where we continue to do this.
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Oh, we here! Civil War soon come! (Because this actually isn't the first time they've been in the minority... remember, kids. That's a sociological term, not necessarily a numbers one!)
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Oh, we here! Civil War soon come! (Because this actually isn't the first time they've been in the minority... remember, kids. That's a sociological term, not necessarily a numbers one!)
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@mayor.nyc.gov preliminary budget is full of broken promises nycplan.org/new-york-cit...
New York City Public Library Action Network Newsletter, Issue #7
The Mayor’s Preliminary Budget is Terrible for NYC Public Libraries…
nycplan.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
@mayor.nyc.gov preliminary budget is full of broken promises nycplan.org/new-york-cit...
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This happens regardless of who is president.
Kids are in cages in the US regardless of who is president
Kids are in cages in the US regardless of who is president
February 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This happens regardless of who is president.
Kids are in cages in the US regardless of who is president
Kids are in cages in the US regardless of who is president
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Anyone else having constant panic attacks about everything?
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Anyone else having constant panic attacks about everything?
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👀
Judge fines DTE, its Zug Island facility $100 million for Clean Air Act violations @planetdetroit.bsky.social planetdetroit.org/2026/02/dte-...
Judge fines DTE, its Zug Island facility $100 million for Clean Air Act violations
DTE Energy and EES Coke Battery are fined $100 million in EPA lawsuit over sulfur dioxide emissions. A judge finds DTE liable and mandated compliance with the Clean Air Act.
planetdetroit.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👀
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"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
AI can't feed people.
What job are you gonna do when AI takes over? I guess I will try a bit of road licking
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 AM
AI can't feed people.