Adam Quinn
@adamquinnphd.com
Postdoctoral Fellow @ Science History Institute. Writing a labor & environmental history of the computer industry.
Views expressed here are my own and not my employer's.
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Views expressed here are my own and not my employer's.
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Adam Quinn
@adamquinnphd.com
· Nov 19
Reposting this intro for my new followers along with a bonus dog
We've crossed the Rubicon here, especially if any of these blue states/cities follow through. The only historical precedent I can think of for this is police in the North arresting federal marshals who kidnapped people under the Fugitive Slave Act in the 1850s.
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We've crossed the Rubicon here, especially if any of these blue states/cities follow through. The only historical precedent I can think of for this is police in the North arresting federal marshals who kidnapped people under the Fugitive Slave Act in the 1850s.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) put out an official statement saying the threat of fascism has come to America & the labor movement must commit to ending it:
www.ilwu.org/the-ilwu-ver...
www.ilwu.org/the-ilwu-ver...
ILWU Statement of Policy: The ILWU Versus Fascism - ILWU
www.ilwu.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) put out an official statement saying the threat of fascism has come to America & the labor movement must commit to ending it:
www.ilwu.org/the-ilwu-ver...
www.ilwu.org/the-ilwu-ver...
Filling out the Captcha to train AI for free, because websites overwhelmed with AI traffic need to confirm I am not AI myself
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Filling out the Captcha to train AI for free, because websites overwhelmed with AI traffic need to confirm I am not AI myself
Today, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics published data that showed workers' share of business income is the lowest *ever recorded.*
By this metric, workers now receive a smaller cut of the revenue they generate than at any other time in recent history.
By this metric, workers now receive a smaller cut of the revenue they generate than at any other time in recent history.
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Today, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics published data that showed workers' share of business income is the lowest *ever recorded.*
By this metric, workers now receive a smaller cut of the revenue they generate than at any other time in recent history.
By this metric, workers now receive a smaller cut of the revenue they generate than at any other time in recent history.
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
I'm old enough to remember when tariffs were supposed to turn into big stimulus checks for every household instead of an excuse to increase the bloated military budget another half trillion to fund more wars
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm old enough to remember when tariffs were supposed to turn into big stimulus checks for every household instead of an excuse to increase the bloated military budget another half trillion to fund more wars
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Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
MPR News is live right now bringing you updates on this. mprnews.org/listen
ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
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After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
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“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
Maybe I just don't relate to some use case here, but the venn diagram crossover between people who use AI for everything, use local AI on device, and find current local AI to be too slow seems like it would be pretty slim?
January 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Maybe I just don't relate to some use case here, but the venn diagram crossover between people who use AI for everything, use local AI on device, and find current local AI to be too slow seems like it would be pretty slim?
In this week's CES product announcements, it looks like most chip, laptop, and phone makers are doubling down on faster on-device AI speeds as the main marketing and benchmarking standard.
I'm a bit confused about who is really asking for this though, even among AI power users.
I'm a bit confused about who is really asking for this though, even among AI power users.
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In this week's CES product announcements, it looks like most chip, laptop, and phone makers are doubling down on faster on-device AI speeds as the main marketing and benchmarking standard.
I'm a bit confused about who is really asking for this though, even among AI power users.
I'm a bit confused about who is really asking for this though, even among AI power users.
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
It can be about oil (amongst other things) without that goal being entirely rational economically. There's a bit of a tendency for the public to overestimate the assumed hidden 4-D chess of American geopolitics.
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It can be about oil (amongst other things) without that goal being entirely rational economically. There's a bit of a tendency for the public to overestimate the assumed hidden 4-D chess of American geopolitics.
According to Defense Secretaries, the US invasion of Venezuela is the exact opposite of Iraq, and Iraq is the opposite of Vietnam, therefore *checks notes patriotically* this is in fact another Vietnam. Checkmate, libs.
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
According to Defense Secretaries, the US invasion of Venezuela is the exact opposite of Iraq, and Iraq is the opposite of Vietnam, therefore *checks notes patriotically* this is in fact another Vietnam. Checkmate, libs.
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Hakeem Jeffries is absolutely worthless. His only demand is that Dems get a briefing on what just happened.
“Far too many questions remain unanswered…”
“Far too many questions remain unanswered…”
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is absolutely worthless. His only demand is that Dems get a briefing on what just happened.
“Far too many questions remain unanswered…”
“Far too many questions remain unanswered…”
When it's definitely about narcoterrorism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
When it's definitely about narcoterrorism