Amy Isikoff Newell
@amynewell.bsky.social
hope from despair. Forest Witch. Baba Yaga type. Crazy. Artist, Aspiring Activist, Recovering Engineering Leader. bipolar, bisexual, and bitchy AF she/they 🏳️🌈
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"This guy is clearly a monster, but he's a well-connected and well-resourced monster so I'm going to let it slide" is the universal lapse in judgement here among elites, and it's a huge issue that seems to be getting missed even though it's so damning of the culture around them.
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"This guy is clearly a monster, but he's a well-connected and well-resourced monster so I'm going to let it slide" is the universal lapse in judgement here among elites, and it's a huge issue that seems to be getting missed even though it's so damning of the culture around them.
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Sometimes I get a really good quote in.
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
ICE's Use of AI Will Lead to Big Mistakes. Maybe That's the Point
Cybersecurity experts say that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seems to be indifferent to how their artificial intelligence tools work.
www.rollingstone.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Sometimes I get a really good quote in.
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 AM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
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People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
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Live your life so that:
-Isaac Chotiner never asks for an interview
-Ronan Farrow never investigates you
-Tressie McMillan Cottom writes an OpEd about your myopia
-Tanehisi Coates never has to come on your podcast to tell you how exactly you're a moron
-Isaac Chotiner never asks for an interview
-Ronan Farrow never investigates you
-Tressie McMillan Cottom writes an OpEd about your myopia
-Tanehisi Coates never has to come on your podcast to tell you how exactly you're a moron
February 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Live your life so that:
-Isaac Chotiner never asks for an interview
-Ronan Farrow never investigates you
-Tressie McMillan Cottom writes an OpEd about your myopia
-Tanehisi Coates never has to come on your podcast to tell you how exactly you're a moron
-Isaac Chotiner never asks for an interview
-Ronan Farrow never investigates you
-Tressie McMillan Cottom writes an OpEd about your myopia
-Tanehisi Coates never has to come on your podcast to tell you how exactly you're a moron
body cams will not fix this problem. they have never fixed the problem.
February 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
body cams will not fix this problem. they have never fixed the problem.
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Given the news drop of elite institution in the Epstein files, I hesitate to say this about *any* institution but…if Harvard continues to hold out, it will matter. Something that he cannot buy. Nominally anyway.
The Trump administration is no longer trying to get cash from Harvard as it seeks a settlement. At this point, the White House seems happy to get a signature on anything they can call a compact.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Given the news drop of elite institution in the Epstein files, I hesitate to say this about *any* institution but…if Harvard continues to hold out, it will matter. Something that he cannot buy. Nominally anyway.
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There is a whole paper to be written about how Big Tech malevolently uses the histories and cute affects of dogs to paper over some truly heinous shit--take "robot dogs" for example
The glow up for these devices is campaigns like this, which is an attempt to obscure the fact of them building a surveillance network for an authoritarian state.
Move Over, Puppy Bowl: Ring's Dog-Rescuing Super Bowl Ad Brings Tears and Tech
Ring is bringing its pup-finding AI to everyone, even non-Ring owners, with an adorable video for the big game day.
www.cnet.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
There is a whole paper to be written about how Big Tech malevolently uses the histories and cute affects of dogs to paper over some truly heinous shit--take "robot dogs" for example
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It’s frankly insulting that the worlds worst people weren’t meeting in a command center in a volcano wearing ceremonial robes but were all emailing on Hotmail accounts like “want 2 atrosity? With wemen?”
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
It’s frankly insulting that the worlds worst people weren’t meeting in a command center in a volcano wearing ceremonial robes but were all emailing on Hotmail accounts like “want 2 atrosity? With wemen?”
Maybe live your life in such a way that people who knew you don't think to look you up in the Epstein files.
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Maybe live your life in such a way that people who knew you don't think to look you up in the Epstein files.
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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Reminder that of all the people complicit in Epstein's crimes, the only person actually held accountable and sentenced was a woman. No men involved have yet to face consequences.
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Reminder that of all the people complicit in Epstein's crimes, the only person actually held accountable and sentenced was a woman. No men involved have yet to face consequences.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was.
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
You don't have to dirty your soul to be a successful academic or a scientist. Have some fucking pride. Have some fucking principles.
If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.
If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.
February 1, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was.
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
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Blessings on @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for helping make this happen.
Abolish ICE. Shut down the concentration camps. Impeach Noem, Trump, and everyone else responsible.
Abolish ICE. Shut down the concentration camps. Impeach Noem, Trump, and everyone else responsible.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Blessings on @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for helping make this happen.
Abolish ICE. Shut down the concentration camps. Impeach Noem, Trump, and everyone else responsible.
Abolish ICE. Shut down the concentration camps. Impeach Noem, Trump, and everyone else responsible.
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This elite project taking place right now to distance Epstein from his friends and allies and try to wipe their slates clean is a way to protect elitism itself in the face of more evidence that it is a house of cards, filled with people who do not deserve to be there.
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This elite project taking place right now to distance Epstein from his friends and allies and try to wipe their slates clean is a way to protect elitism itself in the face of more evidence that it is a house of cards, filled with people who do not deserve to be there.
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The project to distance Epstein’s associates and collaborators from his abuse, a project which has been taken on by the likes of Ezra Klein and people at the elite institutions that enabled Epstein, is a project to prevent fully understanding why abusers get away with it and how they can be stopped
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The project to distance Epstein’s associates and collaborators from his abuse, a project which has been taken on by the likes of Ezra Klein and people at the elite institutions that enabled Epstein, is a project to prevent fully understanding why abusers get away with it and how they can be stopped
please understand you may be engaging in psychological warfare against yourself and choose accordingly.
pro-tip: if you want a fun way to ruin your weekend, search the epstein files for founders of companies you used to work for. or professors you admired.
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
please understand you may be engaging in psychological warfare against yourself and choose accordingly.
pro-tip: if you want a fun way to ruin your weekend, search the epstein files for founders of companies you used to work for. or professors you admired.
February 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
pro-tip: if you want a fun way to ruin your weekend, search the epstein files for founders of companies you used to work for. or professors you admired.
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Dr Abeba Birhane runs the coolest AI research I know: critical analysis of its biases &c including its effects on society. Please help her out if you know how to mitigate esp. # 2 below.
I am assembling resources for @aial.ie to mitigate/reduce risks (due to our research) from potential:
1)retaliation, defamation lawsuit etc for work on politically charged topics
2)emotional harm from dealing with sensitive issues (CSAM, hate, etc)
know of any helpful resources? pls share/repost
1)retaliation, defamation lawsuit etc for work on politically charged topics
2)emotional harm from dealing with sensitive issues (CSAM, hate, etc)
know of any helpful resources? pls share/repost
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Dr Abeba Birhane runs the coolest AI research I know: critical analysis of its biases &c including its effects on society. Please help her out if you know how to mitigate esp. # 2 below.
I once refused to do business with someone because in a former venture he'd made such poor business choices that he'd completely fucked over all his employees and he did not seem to care. So I have very little patience with these "my lab /startup needed funding" defenses.
I co-ran a company for 10 years that relied heavily on philanthropic funding. We had a clear and detailed ethical framework for who we'd accept money from.
We turned down several grants from orgs whose founders were problematic in ways that don't begin to approach Epstein.
We turned down several grants from orgs whose founders were problematic in ways that don't begin to approach Epstein.
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I once refused to do business with someone because in a former venture he'd made such poor business choices that he'd completely fucked over all his employees and he did not seem to care. So I have very little patience with these "my lab /startup needed funding" defenses.
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“That girls are so mistreated; that powerful men still get away with it: we cannot stop pushing until we have a world in which this is unthinkable.
Instead, it is Saturday.”
Instead, it is Saturday.”
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
Katie Johnson is Still at the Heart of the Epstein/Trump Story
Plus what the new files released tell us and what they don’t
katemanne.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
“That girls are so mistreated; that powerful men still get away with it: we cannot stop pushing until we have a world in which this is unthinkable.
Instead, it is Saturday.”
Instead, it is Saturday.”
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Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
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Say what you will about SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, I do believe that this sketch helped kill Amazon Go out of the gate 🎯
Amazon Go - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Say what you will about SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, I do believe that this sketch helped kill Amazon Go out of the gate 🎯