arushi
@arushiirl.bsky.social
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You face no such risk and anonymity is hopeless anyway, and yet your energy is expended hiding?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
You face no such risk and anonymity is hopeless anyway, and yet your energy is expended hiding?
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Right, they could have probably successfully concealed their identities, and did not do so, despite the risk of literally being lynched in their homes
My dude, Selma marchers did not face a security state with the capability of mass surveillance and data collection through highly sophisticated tools that do not require human review to record literally everything you do at a protest for use in a potential prosecution/detention.
I’m so glad you went. I had many people ask me - “is it safe? Should I leave my phone and ID at home? Do I need an exit strategy?”
We’re building this bizarre and paranoid civic culture based almost entirely on miasmatic online fear endlessly feeding itself. Selma marchers didn’t even mask!
We’re building this bizarre and paranoid civic culture based almost entirely on miasmatic online fear endlessly feeding itself. Selma marchers didn’t even mask!
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Right, they could have probably successfully concealed their identities, and did not do so, despite the risk of literally being lynched in their homes
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sitting at a whites-only lunch counter is also "baiting," is the thing. and probably a lot more dangerous than telling ICE's donut patrol to bug off
I mean when they pulled you over clearly you did the right thing and you're doing the right thing chasing them... it's just actually baiting them seems could lead to an unforced error but maybe that's the point. Maybe it would make a good court case and publicity.
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
sitting at a whites-only lunch counter is also "baiting," is the thing. and probably a lot more dangerous than telling ICE's donut patrol to bug off
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lmao
look, generative AI is not going to die, even if the current bubble bursts
but OpenAI might
look, generative AI is not going to die, even if the current bubble bursts
but OpenAI might
Sources: Nvidia's plan to invest up to $100B in OpenAI has stalled after some inside Nvidia expressed doubts about the deal (Wall Street Journal)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
lmao
look, generative AI is not going to die, even if the current bubble bursts
but OpenAI might
look, generative AI is not going to die, even if the current bubble bursts
but OpenAI might
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It turns out that almost every single social media/keyboard revolutionary leftist literally doesn’t understand that the entire point of civil disobedience is about getting arrested. That’s the feature not a bug! I just assume they’re all cowardly idiots at this point.
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
It turns out that almost every single social media/keyboard revolutionary leftist literally doesn’t understand that the entire point of civil disobedience is about getting arrested. That’s the feature not a bug! I just assume they’re all cowardly idiots at this point.
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Hey @icegov.bsky.social come arrest me, if you think you can. Literally. Make my day.
I would put money on the the White House/DHS/DOJ having had whether they could arrest @whstancil.bsky.social on the agenda of at least one meeting.
two sources with knowledge of the situation tell @zeteo.com some officials in Trump’s DOJ actually explored if certain instances of anti-ICE activists blowing whistles in Minnesota could be used as evidence in criminal prosecutions of those who “obstruct” operations... zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Hey @icegov.bsky.social come arrest me, if you think you can. Literally. Make my day.
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figure out a fight you can win and DARE THE OTHER SIDE TO FIGHT IT
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
figure out a fight you can win and DARE THE OTHER SIDE TO FIGHT IT
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yeah it's extremely funny because the people who are extremely insistent that their politics are revolutionary spend all their time trying to not to get in trouble which ensures that that existing power structures literally have to exert no force at all to pacify them
It turns out that almost every single social media/keyboard revolutionary leftist literally doesn’t understand that the entire point of civil disobedience is about getting arrested. That’s the feature not a bug! I just assume they’re all cowardly idiots at this point.
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
yeah it's extremely funny because the people who are extremely insistent that their politics are revolutionary spend all their time trying to not to get in trouble which ensures that that existing power structures literally have to exert no force at all to pacify them
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They have finite capacity and finite legitimacy; going after you for activities that a large portion of the populace considers acceptable or patriotic ends up rapidly reducing both capacity and legitimacy
not even highly repressive regimes try to track down every individual protester. you are not trying to leave no signature. that is an unusual signature. you are trying to maximize the mutual entropy of your signature with a person who does not get arrested.
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
They have finite capacity and finite legitimacy; going after you for activities that a large portion of the populace considers acceptable or patriotic ends up rapidly reducing both capacity and legitimacy
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People keep saying "Getting arrested is bad, actually" and while I'd certainly prefer not to be, the administration's entire strategy is built around the idea that I will live in fear of it, and shape my behavior to avoid it, and cry in shame if I am. That is how THEY CONTROL YOU.
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
People keep saying "Getting arrested is bad, actually" and while I'd certainly prefer not to be, the administration's entire strategy is built around the idea that I will live in fear of it, and shape my behavior to avoid it, and cry in shame if I am. That is how THEY CONTROL YOU.
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so many conversations like this:
"stop being selfish and work with the movement"
"okay, tell me how"
"the movement has decided to exclude you, respect its decision"
"I don't like that, but I'll do my own thing"
"why are you acting unilaterally, disrespecting and criticizing the movement"
"stop being selfish and work with the movement"
"okay, tell me how"
"the movement has decided to exclude you, respect its decision"
"I don't like that, but I'll do my own thing"
"why are you acting unilaterally, disrespecting and criticizing the movement"
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 AM
so many conversations like this:
"stop being selfish and work with the movement"
"okay, tell me how"
"the movement has decided to exclude you, respect its decision"
"I don't like that, but I'll do my own thing"
"why are you acting unilaterally, disrespecting and criticizing the movement"
"stop being selfish and work with the movement"
"okay, tell me how"
"the movement has decided to exclude you, respect its decision"
"I don't like that, but I'll do my own thing"
"why are you acting unilaterally, disrespecting and criticizing the movement"
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What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 AM
What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours
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I for one have never underrated the idea that Vance looks weird and disgusting.
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I for one have never underrated the idea that Vance looks weird and disgusting.
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Context: Kelly and Krishnamoorthi are both running for Durbin's Senate seat (he's the frontrunner, she's running behind in what's effectively a three-way race with the lt. gov.)
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Context: Kelly and Krishnamoorthi are both running for Durbin's Senate seat (he's the frontrunner, she's running behind in what's effectively a three-way race with the lt. gov.)
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
In other words, Dems in a competitive(-ish) primary are maneuvering over how eager they are to start impeaching.
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Reading the right-wing reaction to today's murder and I cannot escape the conclusion that they are simply less human than we are
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Reading the right-wing reaction to today's murder and I cannot escape the conclusion that they are simply less human than we are
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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And, really, what else is the point of government?
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
And, really, what else is the point of government?
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Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
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Oceans of data on job, education and housing discrimination:
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Oceans of data on job, education and housing discrimination:
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
Try harder, losers, stop blaming everyone else
Anecdotal evidence and innumeracy:
There's no point in trying, the deck is stacked against us and it is a great injustice that must be rectified
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The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
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Look at my leftists dawg I'm never getting a mass movement
"The anti-capitalist left should go to the no kings protests....to rebut them!" is peak. Pack it up, we're done
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Look at my leftists dawg I'm never getting a mass movement
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Jeffries: "The Democratic alternative in terms of keeping the govt funded as well as addressing the Republican healthcare crisis also has guardrails in it to make sure if we reach a bipartisan agreement, the policies contained in that spending bill are actually implemented by the administration."
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Jeffries: "The Democratic alternative in terms of keeping the govt funded as well as addressing the Republican healthcare crisis also has guardrails in it to make sure if we reach a bipartisan agreement, the policies contained in that spending bill are actually implemented by the administration."
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would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
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separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me