Traci White
@thetraciest.bsky.social
Multimedia person! Takes pictures, writes stuff, laughs conspicuously.
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Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison
The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?
www.forever-wars.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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So the Trump Administration and its dumbass lackeys in DHS and CTC completely fumbled the ball eh?
Also, the CIA which allegedly radicalized this man through its Zero Unit activities.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Also, the CIA which allegedly radicalized this man through its Zero Unit activities.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So the Trump Administration and its dumbass lackeys in DHS and CTC completely fumbled the ball eh?
Also, the CIA which allegedly radicalized this man through its Zero Unit activities.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Also, the CIA which allegedly radicalized this man through its Zero Unit activities.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Another 2 things are true: asylum seekers undergo years of intense screening before being allowed to come to America, and one individual’s violent actions don’t invalidate that.
These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Another 2 things are true: asylum seekers undergo years of intense screening before being allowed to come to America, and one individual’s violent actions don’t invalidate that.
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"She signed something that they told her was, 'If you are removed you can take your baby with you,' and she signed that document, but at the end she was removed without her baby," her lawyer said. ➡️
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Young mother deported from Minnesota to Honduras without her infant
After being deported from Minnesota last week, a young mother says she's back in Honduras without her 8-month-old child.
www.cbsnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"She signed something that they told her was, 'If you are removed you can take your baby with you,' and she signed that document, but at the end she was removed without her baby," her lawyer said. ➡️
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pluribus. Got Milk. Ewwwwwwww (so disturbing and so well foreshadowed and ewwwwwwww)
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pluribus. Got Milk. Ewwwwwwww (so disturbing and so well foreshadowed and ewwwwwwww)
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See you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
See you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon2025
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“YeeHawFuckTheLaw” trending because NC folks keep running ICE into the woods is exactly the kind of Appalachian abolitionist energy I didn’t know I needed 😭🔥
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“YeeHawFuckTheLaw” trending because NC folks keep running ICE into the woods is exactly the kind of Appalachian abolitionist energy I didn’t know I needed 😭🔥
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WELCOME SAGITTARIUS SEASON! HYPERBOLE! ENTHUSIASM! AGGRESSIVE GENEROSITY! OPTIMISTICALLY OVEREXTEND YOURSELF! KNOW IT ALL! TMI! PDA! UNHINGED AS AN ATTACHMENT STYLE! BRUTAL HONESTY AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! LIFE IS SHORT! REGRET IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD INSIDE! F ICE! EAT THE OLIGARCHY! FREE PALESTINE!
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
WELCOME SAGITTARIUS SEASON! HYPERBOLE! ENTHUSIASM! AGGRESSIVE GENEROSITY! OPTIMISTICALLY OVEREXTEND YOURSELF! KNOW IT ALL! TMI! PDA! UNHINGED AS AN ATTACHMENT STYLE! BRUTAL HONESTY AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! LIFE IS SHORT! REGRET IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD INSIDE! F ICE! EAT THE OLIGARCHY! FREE PALESTINE!
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Hanging out with MBS this week really emboldened his already extremely bold and explicit dictator tendencies
When a sitting president calls for death to lawmakers, it’s not a warning sign, it’s the emergency siren. He is talking like a dictator and telling you exactly how he plans to use his power.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hanging out with MBS this week really emboldened his already extremely bold and explicit dictator tendencies
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
There’s an AI event at the place where I work on Fridays, and it’s an honestly startling amount of men, and it’s giving this
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There’s an AI event at the place where I work on Fridays, and it’s an honestly startling amount of men, and it’s giving this
went on an @npr.org tiny desk deep dive, found bloc party's excellent set - www.npr.org/2025/07/15/g... - and then found out that Kele Okereke is queer, and that just makes me happy because i've gotten so much joy from their songs for the past two decades
Bloc Party: Tiny Desk Concert
From the party anthem "Banquet" to the quiet "Blue," the English rock band spans its catalog at the Tiny Desk.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
went on an @npr.org tiny desk deep dive, found bloc party's excellent set - www.npr.org/2025/07/15/g... - and then found out that Kele Okereke is queer, and that just makes me happy because i've gotten so much joy from their songs for the past two decades
episode 1 of "pluribus" was much more disturbing than i expected and i am here for it. vince gilligan's cinematography/humor with rhea seehorn's nuance are an iconic duo. it makes me wonder about how countries more based on collectivism (v. american individualism) depict hive minds in their sci fi.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
episode 1 of "pluribus" was much more disturbing than i expected and i am here for it. vince gilligan's cinematography/humor with rhea seehorn's nuance are an iconic duo. it makes me wonder about how countries more based on collectivism (v. american individualism) depict hive minds in their sci fi.
With all the highs and lows of what the internet has brought me in the past week, this song is even more accurate than every other day that it's extremely accurate
Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)
YouTube video by boburnham
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
With all the highs and lows of what the internet has brought me in the past week, this song is even more accurate than every other day that it's extremely accurate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin... (namesake of professorship for women academics at the University of Groningen, too) (and while she was far from the first woman in science to not get the credit she deserves, this specific case kind of reminds me of Harmony Cobel's storyline in "Severance")
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin... (namesake of professorship for women academics at the University of Groningen, too) (and while she was far from the first woman in science to not get the credit she deserves, this specific case kind of reminds me of Harmony Cobel's storyline in "Severance")
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There is really no escaping the fact that electrification = an overall massive reduction in energy consumption *but* a massive increase in *electricity* consumption.
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
Paper mill owner told not enough power for coal to electric conversion
Australia's only paper mill uses coal-fired boilers, which its new owner wants to convert to electric, but he says he has been told there is not enough local power in the Tasmanian grid to support thi...
www.abc.net.au
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
There is really no escaping the fact that electrification = an overall massive reduction in energy consumption *but* a massive increase in *electricity* consumption.
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
Vibe Check is the best thing every week (now twice a week!) but this episode in particular is the very best because @theferocity.bsky.social and @zachstafford.bsky.social kindly answered one of my questions and said outrageously nice things about me 🥺
Vibe Check
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated weekly · A weekly podcast where Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Vibe Check is the best thing every week (now twice a week!) but this episode in particular is the very best because @theferocity.bsky.social and @zachstafford.bsky.social kindly answered one of my questions and said outrageously nice things about me 🥺
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
"History will tell you that negotiating with racism or fascism or authoritarianism never ends well." - i'm so appreciative of, and in awe of, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's ability to hit the damn nail on the head every time.
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"History will tell you that negotiating with racism or fascism or authoritarianism never ends well." - i'm so appreciative of, and in awe of, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's ability to hit the damn nail on the head every time.