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Sarah T Roberts, PhD

Sarah T Roberts, PhD

@ubiquity75.xyz

24K followers 2.4K following 13K posts

Professor, researcher, author.

Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady.

Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM. .. more

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Oct 22

A thread…

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Oct 20

There are so many elements that have made his ascension possible: co-opted corporate media; social media’s unregulated environment; the overwhelm from the sheer number of misdeeds; coordinated foreign interference; destruction of K-12 education; racist grievance culture; unchecked gross inequity.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 4h

I have stumbled onto libertariansky. Help.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 9h

Okay but you absolutely cannot be serious that we're just glossing over "there are more data centers under construction than there are active data centers in the U.S"

web.archive.org/web/20260208...

Ives pointed out there are more data centers under construction than there are active data centers in the U.S. “I believe clean energy around nuclear is going to be the answer,” he said. “I think 2030 is the key threshold to hit some sort of scale and begin the next nuclear era in the United States.”

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15h

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.

Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

www.irishtimes.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18h

lol stay mad

Bad Bunny's halftime show ripped for language barrier, suspected political message

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 19h

Bobo.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 19h

Sure, why tf not.

Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase From Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons

The contract for the controversial weapons known for high civilian death tolls is the largest of its kind in available government records.

theintercept.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 19h

Her struggle was certainly real.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 21h

It went from bad to worse at that point, she kept talking shit and wouldn’t move, and I was like, you know what? Fuck it. I left and drove home. No party for me today, I guess.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 21h

She was like, “I can’t, you’re too close!!” The area behind her was a driveway, so it was wide open to reverse and then pull ahead and out. I really didn’t know what to do or say at that point so I was like, “Do you know how to drive?” Jesus CHRIST. I was all the way behind her.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 21h

Instead of pulling out, she started gesticulating wildly and mouthing, “CAN YOU MOVE?” and I and backed up even further. Somehow that still wasn’t enough. This woman was driving a compact sedan. So after she kept it up hollering and wouldn’t move, I said, “Just put it in reverse and go forward!”

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 21h

Why tf is the first move to come sideways and swinging? This woman was parked on the street and I had been circling for parking for ages. I pulled over pretty close to the right so I didn’t block traffic while she was leaving and I was waiting.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 21h

So tired from random people out in the world just popping off and running their mouths. It’s exhausting.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness

MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.

newrepublic.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

The whole world is being fucked over and scammed.

The 14 most explosive emails between Epstein and Mandelson

The extraordinary revelations appear to lay bare the extent of the professional and personal relationship between the paedophile financier and the ex-Labour minister

www.independent.co.uk

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

lol. Everything is fine. Automation is cool.

BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 4d

A fresh wave of spam is hitting inboxes worldwide, with users reporting that they are once again being bombarded by automated emails generated through companies' unsecured Zendesk support systems. Some recipients say they are receiving hundreds of messages with strange or alarming subject lines. ...

Zendesk spam wave returns, floods users with 'Activate account' emails

A fresh wave of spam is hitting inboxes worldwide, with users reporting that they are once again being bombarded by automated emails generated through companies' unsecured Zendesk support systems. Some recipients say they are receiving hundreds of messages with strange or alarming subject lines. ...

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I could not be more disgusted by plastic jeff but here we are

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee

Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

www.gofundme.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

www.reddit.com/r/UnderRepor...

From the UnderReportedNews community on Reddit: More than 50 protestors arrested at the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis today

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

archive.ph/2026.02.07-1...

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

I’m so sick of it.

(No-paywall link follows.)

How the Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Built a Global Property Empire

Mojtaba Khamenei has amassed sprawling international investments, while economic hardship at home has sparked Iran's deadliest protests in decades.

www.bloomberg.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

lol.

www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopl...

From the WhitePeopleTwitter community on Reddit: Well at least they are consistent.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d

Epstein said he was ‘asked everyday’ for advice on #MeToo: ‘So many guys reaching out to me’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Epstein said he was ‘asked everyday’ for advice on #MeToo: ‘So many guys reaching out to me’

Files released by DoJ reveal the financier engaging in efforts to blunt the impact of the movement as it was gaining ground

www.theguardian.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 3d

Same with Chicago house made on 909s that nobody wanted and producers picked up cheap, then used the limitations and wild sounds to invent a genre. 😎

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YourKingMob @yourkingmob.blacksky.app · 3d

Most Memphis hip hop was made with the lowest of low end drum machines found at goodwill like the BOSS DR-660 which was part of Roland's low end BOSS sub brand. Restrictions and having no money MADE the sound.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 3d

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Today's newsletter is my take on Bezos' gutting of the Washington Post and what I think his goal is with all of this: www.readtpa.com/p/jeff-bezos...

Jeff Bezos Gutted the Newsroom. He Kept the Megaphone.

Bezos didn’t abandon the Washington Post. He just decided which part of it he wanted.

www.readtpa.com

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 3d

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo

The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

www.theverge.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 3d

Are you aware of Brock Pierce’s sleazy background?

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 3d

They redacted every use of the word “Don”…and left the false positives, like this misspelling, in place.

From the WhitePeopleTwitter community on Reddit: I Don believe it

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