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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 3h

“‘No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sentence first—verdict afterwards.’”

www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/alice-X...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- Chapter XII

www.cs.cmu.edu

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 5h

(20-second video showing protesters in Portland, in inflatable animal costumes, dancing to music)

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6h

War is hell, Portland style

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 1d

“Chicago was *not* a war zone when Operation Midway Blitz began, but DHS and ICE made sure it became one. As author and activist Kelly Hayes put it, ‘The president is waging war on our city for welcoming those he wishes to expel.’”

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 2d

The 11th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications. We're particularly interested in TPOC-led collectives engaged in ongoing community work.

Apply 💫 genderpodcast.com/grant 💫

If you'd like to help fund one of our no-strings-attached grants, visit genderpodcast.com/donate, tysm!

graphic that says: are you a trans person of color doing rad organizing, art, or community work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2025 grant program are open now thru October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2d

On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.

www.sanfordberman.org

Welcome to the Sanford Berman website devoted to the work of librarian Sanford Berman who created an innovative, radical and inclusive catalog which used terms we use when looking for information instead of the 19th century language of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Berman worked for the Hennepin County library from 1973 until 1999. Sandy continues to create subject headings and works for political and social justice.

www.sanfordberman.org

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 1d

#EvergreenGoodOldDays

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 1d

SFWA’s FAQ about the Anthropic/AI/piracy settlement: www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

(I got this link via Locus)

Anthropic FAQ - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Frequently Asked Questions about the Anthropic/AI Settlement Please note that all answers are based on the settlement documents as of […]

www.sfwa.org

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Nancy Jane Moore @nancyjane.bsky.social · 2d

Think I might adopt that one.

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, me too. I occasionally see people repost the image with alt text, but I’m not sure how they do that—I guess they just copy the image and add it to their post, and add alt text to that? I considered doing that here, but decided that since the image was just text, it wasn’t necessary.

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

(Image is missing alt text. It’s a screen snap of text from the linked-to page; the highlighted text says “Because the recent attacks on Venezuelan vessels and their crews were unauthorized by U.S. law and in violation of binding international law, they were illegal summary executions – murders.”)

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“the immigration agency proposes entering into a contract to buy ‘all-in-one’ tools from a company called PenLink that will allow agents to ‘compile, process, and validate billions of daily location signals from hundreds of millions of mobile devices.’”

Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“ICE [wants to buy access to a] new tool to monitor [location data from] hundreds of millions of smartphones.”

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

ICE buys tool to monitor millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous

Move comes after immigration agencies ceased buying some location data during Biden administration after inspectors found they abused privacy protections

www.the-independent.com

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case anyone missed this last week: “ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building”

newrepublic.com/post/201258/...

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

newrepublic.com

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“We refuse to go about our normal lives, or to allow normalcy to exist, while our beloved neighbors are stolen. We are living in opposition to fascism, capitulation and complicity, however dangerously, and we are doing it the only way we can—together.”

Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

A couple more quotes from the article:

“‘We are in a terrifying place, where violent deportations are treated as inevitable,’ Rodriguez said. ‘And yet, something powerful is rising in Broadview: grief, power, and solidarity.’”

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

Another description of resistance against ICE in Broadview. (Published Sept. 26.)

“‘I was scared to go,’ a protester named Meg told me. ‘But it's not as scary as getting sent to CECOT, so I let solidarity be my guide.’”

organizingmythoughts.org/fighting-for...

Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open

"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.”

(Article from Sept. 16.)

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“Bari Weiss’ Takeover of CBS News Will Be a Disaster”

“She’s made a career railing against ‘wokeness.’ Now she’s in charge of a storied newsroom.”

(Most of this article is paywalled, but the first three paragraphs are visible for free.)

slate.com/technology/2...

Forget “DEI”—Bari Weiss Is Proof That Merit Doesn’t Matter

She’s made a career railing against “wokeness.” Now she’s in charge of a venerated newsroom.

slate.com

Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“Kavanaugh said that immigration agents ‘promptly’ release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.”

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day

Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“Demystifying Sourdough Bread Baking”

“there is both a lot of information out there on baking sourdough bread, and also a lot of *conflicting* information out there about baking sourdough bread.”

(Article from 2019.)

breadtopia.com/demystifying...

Demystifying Sourdough Bread Baking

One baker’s attempt to take some of the mystery out of sourdough bread baking.

breadtopia.com

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

“‘We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.’”

www.ru.nl/en/research/...

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University

Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

www.ru.nl

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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 2d

More updates on the Trump/ICE attack on Chicagoland.

truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

Curtis Yarvin is fantasizing about fleeing the country because “Stephen Miller and his ilk” aren’t going far enough, fast enough and are only trying to “look tough”:

The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat.
Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020— because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first
—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

When you see clips of masked DHS goons hauling off some equally masked anarchist, you may be tempted to cheer. Don't. Yes, charges will be filed. No, it will not harm the anarchist—it will make his day, his year, and maybe his life. All the money and power in the world will be at his defense. He will not even need to lift a finger to organize his own lawyers, much less pay them. In the end, as with many of the BLM rioters, he will probably be well compensated, with taxpayer funds, for his trouble. Not to mention all the pussy and/or dick s/he will, as a martyr, be entitled to! For the Islamist, this reward is only in heaven. But for the leftist it comes on earth.
The reward for Stephen Miller and his ilk is also on earth. They look tough. They're doing something. That they are not even doing 0.01% of what it would take to solve the problem —that, at much more risk to themselves, the most they could probably do is 0.05%-matters not. They can milk it as far as it goes. They, too, will sell books.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 3d

I went to the Broadview ICE detention center this afternoon/evening. The first 2 hours were pretty quiet. Several dozen protesters & occasionally some Fascism Enjoyers who shouted things but mostly lowkey. But then a violent Christofascist biker rolled up & that was not good. Everyone is OK. Thread:

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