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Anodyne
@anodynesix.bsky.social
Lawyer. He/Him.
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In case anyone's interested, here is a feed that only includes posts with pictures of Cassie, Eeyore, and/or Winnie.

(Since the feed excludes reposts, as well as posts about other topics, I imagine that some might prefer to use the feed rather than following me.)
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"The risk of what they could do is irreversible ... If I didn't do everything in my power possible to stop this, I would regret that for the rest of my life."
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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"We have survived through the hardest moments; let us not skip this one ... Our people need us."
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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"I'm not really coping. ... [L]et's just make it to the next day."
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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"Across disparate geographies, we encounter similar patterns: the scaling down of rights, the shrinking of public goods, the contraction of political possibility, the normalization of emergency as structure. ... What seemed outrageous yesterday becomes backdrop today."
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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"[T]he way carceral AI tools are used is unpredictable and can worsen discrimination. For example, judges who used a risk assessment instrument to decide prison sentences ... gave harsher sentences to young and Black defendants than to older and white defendants who received the same risk score."
"Carceral AI is not a futuristic threat—it is a present-day reality."

"[F]ighting to make carceral AI 'unbiased' [..] works directly against abolitionist aims, obscuring the biases that the criminal legal system is built on."
#Michigan #USA #Policing #Surveillance #Technology #Weapons
Carceral AI is here. It's time to fight back.
Facial recognition is just the tip of the iceberg. Today, AI is being used to monitor social media, track ICE targets, and classify swaths of the population as "future" criminals.
inquest.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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"Studies have shown Black drivers are more likely to be stopped than white drivers and are more likely to have their vehicles searched ... though [Black drivers] are less likely to be carrying illegal drugs or guns compared to their white peers."
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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"At least 10 'serious Israeli settler attacks' were recorded between 23 and 25 January ... Israeli settlers 'ran over a 13-year-old boy with a tractor, fracturing his leg.' Israeli forces who were present 'fired tear gas and stun grenades' at the Palestinian herders who were being attacked."
At least 79 "people were killed in Israeli attacks in [Gaza] between 29 December 2025 and 28 January."

"[K]illed six Palestinians, including a child, in the occupied West Bank during January."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #USA #Genocide #Education #Healthcare #Policing #Military #EthnicCleansing
Palestine in Pictures: January 2026
A monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists.
electronicintifada.net
February 16, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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"The right of return is the right of Palestinians who were expelled or forced to flee their homes in 1948 and after to return to those homes, to reclaim their property, and to live there in dignity. It is an individual and collective right recognized under international law that does not expire."
February 16, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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"In 2004, a woman in Boston died after being shot with an FN303. ... [F]ollowing the decision by a federal judge who is overseeing a lawsuit between Black Lives Matter and the city, banning the LAPD from using 40mm foam launchers, the LAPD seems to be prepared to use the FN303 even more frequently."
February 16, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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"[A]uthorities ... have thus far failed to prosecute any citizens returning home after fighting [for the Israel Defence Forces] in Gaza."
"More than 2,000 Britons served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Gaza genocide."

"[D]ata outlines the number of people with dual and multiple nationalities."

"The largest cohorts come from the US, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany."
#UK #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide #Military
Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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"[Shurat HaDin]'s campaign against The Maple is the latest incident in a nearly year-long effort by pro-Israel forces ... to shut us down and imprison me. The campaign was sparked by my reporting on Canadians who join the Israeli military."
"Shurat HaDin, an Israeli lawfare organization, is attempting to 'shut down' The Maple."

"We stand by our reporting, reject the baseless allegations made against us and will continue our work."
#Ontario #Canada #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Policing #Media #Genocide
A Mossad-Linked Israeli Org Is Trying To 'Shut Down' The Maple
The organization has sent demand letters to Ontario law enforcement and global payment processors.
www.readthemaple.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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"Israel has officially removed any collective existence of Palestinians in the West Bank, administrative or political, from its legal framework. ... The cabinet decisions are in line with Israel's stated goal of destroying the idea of a Palestinian state."
February 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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"[W]hen we conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism ... the public is less likely to take actual antisemitism instances seriously."
"We're talking about codifying into law a definition of antisemitism which would restrict and punish accurate and necessary criticisms of Israel."

"It's an attack on the ability to say things that are objectively true."
#Missouri #USA #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Education #Censorship #Genocide
Organizers Fight Back as Missouri Moves to Crack Down on Speech in Schools
Jewish and Palestinian leaders, rights groups warn HB 2061 will be used to silence criticisms of Israel and attack Missouri teachers.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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"Misinformation about violence by trans people is such a pervasive trend that it has its own Wikipedia page. ... [F]ar-right media and anti-trans advocates [often] immediately rush to draw connections between trans people, our care and mass violence even when there is nothing there."
"[F]ar-right media, online commentators and even at least one elected official in Canada were already blaming the tragedy on trans people."

"[U]sed to argue for further restrictions on [.] trans people."

"[B]oosted by [U.S.] far-right voices."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Media #Education #Healthcare
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter's trans identity to the violence.
xtramagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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"[I]n 1862, as masses of Native Americans were imprisoned in Fort Snelling, a military commission held trials for 498 Dakota men who were suspected of raiding settler towns. 38 men were convicted and sentenced to public execution ... This mass execution [was] ordered by President Abraham Lincoln."
February 16, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Today I learned there have only been three (3) competitive democratic primaries for my congressional district in the last 30 years.

A+ democracy.
Search Past Elections | New York State Board of Elections
Election results and vote counts for candidates for office and ballot questions, from 1994 to 2025.
results.elections.ny.gov
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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"Forming [Be the Change] has changed so many lives for the better. The constant fears of being raped and the constant fears of being assaulted and abused by other inmates and staff … that has been replaced with friendships and the ability to live an authentic life even behind the bars."
February 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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"Let's ditch the glorification of billionaires like [Peter] Thiel and [Elon] Musk who care only about power and profit. Let's call them what they are: colonizers that see ... people of color[ ]as their new profit frontier."
Tech billionaires are not the future. They are just another colonizer looking for a scheme to grow power and wealth on our backs.
Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras
Tech billionaires want to create their own city-states. Hondurans pay the price.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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"[T]he Trump administration has often ... le[ft] people locked up even after judges ordered them to be released."
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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"The United States used Fort Snelling as a concentration camp during the Dakota Indian Wars ... [T]he use of the former Fort Snelling site as a federal detention center serves as a reminder of the federal government's ongoing efforts to deprive Native people and Hispanic immigrants of their rights."
February 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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"When organizers and elected officials work together to expand access to care and control costs, we build momentum toward Medicare for All ... [T]aking on the power of health insurance corporations is both good policy and good politics."
Access to mental health care is rapidly expanding in Illinois, thanks to a legislative victory won through a grassroots campaign that united patients and health care providers to take on the power of the health insurance industry.
Illinois Had Massive Gaps in Mental Health Coverage. We Organized to Fix It.
A grassroots campaign that united patients and providers succeeded in expanding mental health care access. Here’s how.
truthout.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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"Customers of Ring and the bystanders their cameras surveil have reason to distrust the company's assurances ... Ring has a long history of privacy failures and violations that go back years before it announced its partnership with Flock."
Ring, the doorbell and security systems company owned by Amazon, announced last week it was canceling its partnership with surveillance company Flock Security following immense backlash to a Super Bowl commercial touting its AI technology.
Ring Scraps Flock Security Partnership Following Uproar Over Super Bowl AI Commercial
There is still "reason to distrust" the company, one security expert said, warning it has backtracked on plans before.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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"Randy Fine has spent years spewing hate: attacking entire faiths, calling for violence, targeting kids and families, and dehumanizing [people] ... Congress must act now and expel Randy Fine."
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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"Unlike most outlets, The Defender pairs its editorial work with a robust community programs wing aimed at building material and political power through mutual aid, political education, and arts and culture events. These efforts include a free clothing program, a free grocery program ... and more."
“Good old-fashioned human interaction is the way that you actually build [movements]. Not through a virtual world that is owned and manipulated by corporations and the right.”
The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces
Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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"By targeting private businesses and imposing civil or criminal liability directly on transgender individuals, these bills move enforcement ... into the realm of lawsuits and vigilantism. And history offers a warning: once a new anti-trans legal strategy gains traction in one state, it [spreads]."
Multiple states are advancing a new generation of bills that would extend anti-trans bathroom bans into private businesses for the first time. The first clear sign came this year in Kansas.
States Are Expanding Trans Bathroom Ban Bills to Encompass Private Businesses
New legislation in several states moves the scope of bathroom bans beyond schools and government buildings.
truthout.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM