Ryan Williams
@activationlayer.org
Creating the Global Disinformation Policy Database. https://disinfo-policy.org
I have a Pug.
Democracy, technology, and collective sensemaking.
PhD student @ the University of Texas.
I have a Pug.
Democracy, technology, and collective sensemaking.
PhD student @ the University of Texas.
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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👩🏫 I spent 6 months building something I’m super proud of: a course for journalists on using AI for investigations. It officially launched today! These approaches have already improved my own investigations. Get started: careercatalyst.asu.edu/programs/ai-...
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
👩🏫 I spent 6 months building something I’m super proud of: a course for journalists on using AI for investigations. It officially launched today! These approaches have already improved my own investigations. Get started: careercatalyst.asu.edu/programs/ai-...
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Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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You know, 11 years ago. Same shit
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
You know, 11 years ago. Same shit
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Today ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Today ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
Horrific.
Trump's reckless mass deportation policies are terrorizing American cities and endangering everyone -- immigrants and U.S. Citizens alike.
The chaos and terror must end.
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
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"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
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Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today
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We have entered the season of no meal rules. Dessert is breakfast. Dinner is lunch. A snack is an entire honey-mustard ham
December 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
We have entered the season of no meal rules. Dessert is breakfast. Dinner is lunch. A snack is an entire honey-mustard ham
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
2025, yeah- it was a hell of a decade.
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
2025, yeah- it was a hell of a decade.
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I chatted with @alexakoenig.bsky.social at @hrcberkeley.bsky.social about investigating sexual and gender based crimes online.
Anyone who knows me can tell you this is something I care deeply about and we're at a cultural turning point to either stop it or let it flourish
medium.com/@maggie.visu...
Anyone who knows me can tell you this is something I care deeply about and we're at a cultural turning point to either stop it or let it flourish
medium.com/@maggie.visu...
Investigating sexual and gender-based crimes online
To celebrate the publication of the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code, our Faculty Director Alexa Koenig sat down with…
medium.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I chatted with @alexakoenig.bsky.social at @hrcberkeley.bsky.social about investigating sexual and gender based crimes online.
Anyone who knows me can tell you this is something I care deeply about and we're at a cultural turning point to either stop it or let it flourish
medium.com/@maggie.visu...
Anyone who knows me can tell you this is something I care deeply about and we're at a cultural turning point to either stop it or let it flourish
medium.com/@maggie.visu...
Countering seasonal affective disorder with pure undiluted pug:
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Countering seasonal affective disorder with pure undiluted pug:
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oops I missed the outage, I was too busy writing in Obsidian
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
oops I missed the outage, I was too busy writing in Obsidian
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Super important work.
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Super important work.
This seems bad.
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This seems bad.
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No way to run a railroad
Pardon, *a global hegemon
Pardon, *a global hegemon
👀 👀 👀
Steve Witkoff doesn't read his email, doesn't read intelligence briefings and "isn’t consistently engaged. He will pop in for a visit to Vladimir Putin, say a bunch of stuff, not tell anyone what really happened and then just fuck off to his life again."
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Steve Witkoff doesn't read his email, doesn't read intelligence briefings and "isn’t consistently engaged. He will pop in for a visit to Vladimir Putin, say a bunch of stuff, not tell anyone what really happened and then just fuck off to his life again."
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No way to run a railroad
Pardon, *a global hegemon
Pardon, *a global hegemon
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Today was a great day because I found out there is a Bluesky feed just for pugs.
Today is a hard day because my wife took fern to work.
Today is a hard day because my wife took fern to work.
October 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Today was a great day because I found out there is a Bluesky feed just for pugs.
Today is a hard day because my wife took fern to work.
Today is a hard day because my wife took fern to work.
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Game Changer pride stickers are out now 🎉 (with massive thanks to @samreich.bsky.social for giving me permission to sell them!)
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International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
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International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
July 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Game Changer pride stickers are out now 🎉 (with massive thanks to @samreich.bsky.social for giving me permission to sell them!)
UK: canopyrobin.sumupstore.com/product/game...
International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
UK: canopyrobin.sumupstore.com/product/game...
International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
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delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!
You can get it for $12 USD here: wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
You can get it for $12 USD here: wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!
You can get it for $12 USD here: wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
You can get it for $12 USD here: wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
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This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.
Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.
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This is a four alarm fire for democracy.
The Homeland Security secretary is vowing to "liberate" Los Angeles with the U.S. military as a U.S. Senator is dragged away, tackled and handcuffed.
The Homeland Security secretary is vowing to "liberate" Los Angeles with the U.S. military as a U.S. Senator is dragged away, tackled and handcuffed.
June 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is a four alarm fire for democracy.
The Homeland Security secretary is vowing to "liberate" Los Angeles with the U.S. military as a U.S. Senator is dragged away, tackled and handcuffed.
The Homeland Security secretary is vowing to "liberate" Los Angeles with the U.S. military as a U.S. Senator is dragged away, tackled and handcuffed.