Antonio Byrd
@writesantonio.bsky.social
He/they and 🏳️🌈. K drama and anime and mostly reposting about whatever I think is interesting. I don’t get any attention here but happy to support others get engagement! 😃
It’s sad because the comments on YouTube are like “AMERICA!!” And I’m like Puerto Rico is . . . America . . .
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
It’s sad because the comments on YouTube are like “AMERICA!!” And I’m like Puerto Rico is . . . America . . .
Just checked out Turning Point’s counter halftime show. Most boring 10 seconds show of my life. Back to Bad Bunny lol
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Just checked out Turning Point’s counter halftime show. Most boring 10 seconds show of my life. Back to Bad Bunny lol
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In my dissertation I wrote about the concept of the Golden Cage. People who hoard power are desperately miserable, trapped by their own minds in a system built on the myth that any of this is good for anybody. Anyways he just tweeted it out
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 AM
In my dissertation I wrote about the concept of the Golden Cage. People who hoard power are desperately miserable, trapped by their own minds in a system built on the myth that any of this is good for anybody. Anyways he just tweeted it out
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“A company that promises—however jokily—to do your thinking for you is, not even subtly, also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good.”
What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?
If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“A company that promises—however jokily—to do your thinking for you is, not even subtly, also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good.”
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Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
Martinez ends her testimony with this:
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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If them white folk sit back and let their president tear down thee Kennedy Center that would be craaazy as hell.
DA WHALE.
DA WHALE.
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ALT: a blurry picture of a woman 's face with a purple background
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
If them white folk sit back and let their president tear down thee Kennedy Center that would be craaazy as hell.
DA WHALE.
DA WHALE.
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404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
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South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades www.livescience.com/health/virus...
South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades
Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.
www.livescience.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades www.livescience.com/health/virus...
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
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Tomorrow marks the first day of the 100 years of Black History Month. I will be Blackity Black Black all month. This is a PSA.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Tomorrow marks the first day of the 100 years of Black History Month. I will be Blackity Black Black all month. This is a PSA.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
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Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority
The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
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The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job
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Marvel does this with all black heroes so please keep watching, especially week 1 cause they rarely care about week 2 and onward..
If you’re looking for something to watch this weekend, make sure you go to support WONDER MAN cause it seems like Marvel didn’t care to promote the fact that it is now out #wonderman
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Marvel does this with all black heroes so please keep watching, especially week 1 cause they rarely care about week 2 and onward..
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I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
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If anyone likes working with webtexts and doing digital rhetoric stuff, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring assistant editors.
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
Issue 30.2 - Logging On (Spring 2026) - Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is the premier online, peer-reviewed journal in computers and writing.
kairos.technorhetoric.net
January 29, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If anyone likes working with webtexts and doing digital rhetoric stuff, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring assistant editors.
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
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I think we may be calling too many things “mutual aid” and it could use some clarity.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I think we may be calling too many things “mutual aid” and it could use some clarity.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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Amazon reported hundreds of thousands of pieces of potential CSAM in AI training data to NCMEC in 2025; child safety officials say Amazon didn't give the source (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
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Ilhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”
January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ilhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”
Identity capitalism at its finest
Nicki Minaj on Trump: “I am probably the president’s number one fan — and that’s not going to change.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Identity capitalism at its finest