Katherine D. Johnston
@katherinejohnston.bsky.social
Assistant Professor English, Writing, and Rhetoric at SUNY Stony Brook. Contemporary American Literature, Surveillance Studies
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PRIMARY THE DEM DEFECTORS.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
PRIMARY THE DEM DEFECTORS.
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If Democrats get no concessions, then what they are doing is casting blame on themselves for the shutdown,
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If Democrats get no concessions, then what they are doing is casting blame on themselves for the shutdown,
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The senate dems are about to embarrass themselves and us AGAIN! I hope these reports are not true.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The senate dems are about to embarrass themselves and us AGAIN! I hope these reports are not true.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
Some places will have to start rationing water - to enable AI slop.
"A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day"
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"A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day"
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Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
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Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
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I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.
July 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.
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This story about technophile overconfidence, disciplining labor with software, predictive analytics, privatization of public services, & aggressive litigation of known victims is the story of our times.
July 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This story about technophile overconfidence, disciplining labor with software, predictive analytics, privatization of public services, & aggressive litigation of known victims is the story of our times.
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It’s been years since I had to face reality, but I still am not over the fact that there is no group of anybody anywhere, no A team actually protecting this country from bat shit crazy leadership.
June 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It’s been years since I had to face reality, but I still am not over the fact that there is no group of anybody anywhere, no A team actually protecting this country from bat shit crazy leadership.
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Magic The Gathering event vs. Trump's Birthday Party
June 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Magic The Gathering event vs. Trump's Birthday Party
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Pikachu's birthday party vs. Donald Trump's birthday party
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Pikachu's birthday party vs. Donald Trump's birthday party
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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Meta must prioritise human rights, and recent cases show what needs to change.
Ghana, like Kenya, sued Meta for the distress content moderators endure.
It follows Nigeria upholding a fine against the tech giant for violating consumer & data protection laws.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ghana, like Kenya, sued Meta for the distress content moderators endure.
It follows Nigeria upholding a fine against the tech giant for violating consumer & data protection laws.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators
Workers at contractor in Accra say they have suffered from depression and anxiety as a result of their work
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Meta must prioritise human rights, and recent cases show what needs to change.
Ghana, like Kenya, sued Meta for the distress content moderators endure.
It follows Nigeria upholding a fine against the tech giant for violating consumer & data protection laws.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ghana, like Kenya, sued Meta for the distress content moderators endure.
It follows Nigeria upholding a fine against the tech giant for violating consumer & data protection laws.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
apnews.com/article/army...
apnews.com/article/army...
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
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Silicon Valley ideologues agitating for an autocoup.
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
April 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Silicon Valley ideologues agitating for an autocoup.
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Supreme Court, if you're listening . . .
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Supreme Court, if you're listening . . .
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: "Has the Trump administration made any efforts to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the United States?"
US EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR: "No."
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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
March 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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Nothing outrageous here, just the vice president of the United States promoting Nazi white supremacist ideology.
"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."
March 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nothing outrageous here, just the vice president of the United States promoting Nazi white supremacist ideology.
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BREAKING | Protesters in Los Angeles shut down traffic, joining the nationwide movement demanding the release of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
BREAKING | Protesters in Los Angeles shut down traffic, joining the nationwide movement demanding the release of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.
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all of this has to be understood in context of collective unwillingness to say emperor is mad
american journalists have a brain when framing recent us-canada relations challenge (impossible)
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
all of this has to be understood in context of collective unwillingness to say emperor is mad