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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"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.
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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RIP Jesse Jackson.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
RIP Jesse Jackson.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
Here he is in 2016 riding into #NoDAPL camp at Standing Rock with great aplomb. He always did his best over many years to show up and support oppressed people in struggle.
So sad for Amber Glenn and also upset they interviewed her while she was clearly still struggling with what happened. Olympic athletes are put through so much unnecessary stress.
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
So sad for Amber Glenn and also upset they interviewed her while she was clearly still struggling with what happened. Olympic athletes are put through so much unnecessary stress.
Alysa Liu skating to Laufey's "Promise", my favorite heartbreak song, had me crying before she got going. What a beautiful performance of absolute craft.
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Alysa Liu skating to Laufey's "Promise", my favorite heartbreak song, had me crying before she got going. What a beautiful performance of absolute craft.
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
ugh
Susan Collins says she's in favor of the SAVE Act, which is the Trump push to overhaul how elections are administered. wgme.com/news/local/c...
The bill would impose voter ID requirements... which Mainers literally just rejected in a referendum in November. boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
The bill would impose voter ID requirements... which Mainers literally just rejected in a referendum in November. boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
ugh
Michigan is a mess as per usual
How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Michigan is a mess as per usual
Japan has been showing UP to these figure skating competitions!
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Japan has been showing UP to these figure skating competitions!
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I agree, but we also have to acknowledge how many Indigenous journalists that currently exist and remain unemployed or dependent upon freelance work because of discriminatory hiring practices in newsrooms. Even when hired, Indigenous journalists have to fight to cover Indigenous beats.
Nelson Bird started his career in news in 1998 as a video journalist, producer & host of Indigenous Circle before becoming the assignment editor at CTV News Regina.
On tonight's episode of Face to Face he talks about his experience with the industry.
On tonight's episode of Face to Face he talks about his experience with the industry.
Cree journalist Nelson Bird says more Indigenous people should consider a career in journalism
Longtime Cree journalist Nelson Bird speaks with Face to Face about the need for more Indigenous people to get into the business.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I agree, but we also have to acknowledge how many Indigenous journalists that currently exist and remain unemployed or dependent upon freelance work because of discriminatory hiring practices in newsrooms. Even when hired, Indigenous journalists have to fight to cover Indigenous beats.
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Are his ties to Peter Thiel not a dealbreaker? Especially with the Epstein files.
February 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Are his ties to Peter Thiel not a dealbreaker? Especially with the Epstein files.