Colin
@celsmooth.bsky.social
Assistant clinical professor of STEM Ed. Parent to two young children. Walker in woods. Usually in Philly these days (he/his)
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This is straight up manufacturing consent now
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This is straight up manufacturing consent now
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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It's so funny how many people have had their brains pickled by X and Fox News and can't believe that SF remains one of the most amazing cities in the world.
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
It's so funny how many people have had their brains pickled by X and Fox News and can't believe that SF remains one of the most amazing cities in the world.
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Not even a hater but this is what AI psychosis seems like to me
February 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Not even a hater but this is what AI psychosis seems like to me
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especially when names of former colleagues, mentors or sources are in them…
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
especially when names of former colleagues, mentors or sources are in them…
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the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
DiChristina also invited Epstein to attend an editorial meeting for the Scientific American, where she worked as editor-in-chief.
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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the ongoing triumph of the 2026 protesters in Minnesota is credit to the best of the 2020 activists embracing then-disengaged liberals and those too young to have participated last time while the worst of the 2020 activists find themselves foot soldiers or posters and get very very Mad about it
Seeing all the “professional” activists go after Stancil is negatively polarizing me into a stance that Minnesota is winning because it’s normal people rising to the occasion and pushing a lot of activist nonsense out of the way by doing it
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
the ongoing triumph of the 2026 protesters in Minnesota is credit to the best of the 2020 activists embracing then-disengaged liberals and those too young to have participated last time while the worst of the 2020 activists find themselves foot soldiers or posters and get very very Mad about it
"AI avatars" for rural health care?!? Damn the AI rhetoric is really showing theyre all ghouls who lack any imagination
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"AI avatars" for rural health care?!? Damn the AI rhetoric is really showing theyre all ghouls who lack any imagination
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As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
7 Reasons Teens Say No to AI
Some young people only turn to artificial-intelligence chatbots as a last resort, citing concerns about relationships, creativity, the environment and more.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
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Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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Doesn't matter who authored it, rise up and flood every congressperson's office with support
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Doesn't matter who authored it, rise up and flood every congressperson's office with support
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Lively scene of LA teenagers and us older folks rallying outside Amazon offices in Santa Monica calling out Big Tech for powering state violence. Bonus sighting of @bcmerchant.bsky.social out reporting in the crowd.
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Lively scene of LA teenagers and us older folks rallying outside Amazon offices in Santa Monica calling out Big Tech for powering state violence. Bonus sighting of @bcmerchant.bsky.social out reporting in the crowd.
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HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
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ICE has weapons of war...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
...and surveillance: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
... including face recognition app Clearview AI. In 2024, DHS was only using Clearview for child exploitation investigations. Now use includes investigating "attacks on law enforcement."
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
...and surveillance: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
... including face recognition app Clearview AI. In 2024, DHS was only using Clearview for child exploitation investigations. Now use includes investigating "attacks on law enforcement."
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
ICE has weapons of war...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
...and surveillance: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
... including face recognition app Clearview AI. In 2024, DHS was only using Clearview for child exploitation investigations. Now use includes investigating "attacks on law enforcement."
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
...and surveillance: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
... including face recognition app Clearview AI. In 2024, DHS was only using Clearview for child exploitation investigations. Now use includes investigating "attacks on law enforcement."
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Once again @schumer.senate.gov demonstrates why he should be replaced as minority leader 😬
They caved
They must imagine that our outrage will subside by then
Job #1: show them our outrage will only increase!
They must imagine that our outrage will subside by then
Job #1: show them our outrage will only increase!
“.. a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they continue negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents. It is unclear how quickly the House can and will process those ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Once again @schumer.senate.gov demonstrates why he should be replaced as minority leader 😬
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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Katie Miller is now jumping in to blame CBP and defend her husband.
(All of this shows how vulnerable Stephen Miller is, so we need to keep the pressure on to get him out of the administration.)
(All of this shows how vulnerable Stephen Miller is, so we need to keep the pressure on to get him out of the administration.)
January 27, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Katie Miller is now jumping in to blame CBP and defend her husband.
(All of this shows how vulnerable Stephen Miller is, so we need to keep the pressure on to get him out of the administration.)
(All of this shows how vulnerable Stephen Miller is, so we need to keep the pressure on to get him out of the administration.)
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💯!
Harms go from additional surveillance, scams due to data leaks, scarcity of water and energy for consumer use, all the way to the opportunity costs of alternative, positive investments, including in health, education, housing, etc.
Harms go from additional surveillance, scams due to data leaks, scarcity of water and energy for consumer use, all the way to the opportunity costs of alternative, positive investments, including in health, education, housing, etc.
The overfunding of AI hurts us all, in very real ways
One of the reasons they need to strip ICE and DHS funding is to stop the development of things like this. We can’t have a democracy where we are constantly surveilled. And large corporations shouldn’t have access to all our private data AND make a fuckton of money off it.
January 27, 2026 at 11:26 AM
💯!
Harms go from additional surveillance, scams due to data leaks, scarcity of water and energy for consumer use, all the way to the opportunity costs of alternative, positive investments, including in health, education, housing, etc.
Harms go from additional surveillance, scams due to data leaks, scarcity of water and energy for consumer use, all the way to the opportunity costs of alternative, positive investments, including in health, education, housing, etc.
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You all know I've been saying FOR WEEKS that this needed to happen to strategically focus on what's happening at DHS. They need to USE this to do shadow hearings across the country, to call for the complete dismantling of ICE (yes) but also the apparatus of detention, to get local media coverage.
New Noem impeachment co-sponsors today: AOC, Neguse, DelBene, Garcia, Scott (Va.), Horsford, Hayes, Landsman, Peters, Norton, Auchincloss, Latimer, Crow, Soto, Walkinshaw, Meng, Ruiz, Castor, Ross, Levin, Cisneros
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
House Democrats' support for impeaching Kristi Noem surges after Minnesota shooting
The latest batch includes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several swing-district, moderate and leadership members.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You all know I've been saying FOR WEEKS that this needed to happen to strategically focus on what's happening at DHS. They need to USE this to do shadow hearings across the country, to call for the complete dismantling of ICE (yes) but also the apparatus of detention, to get local media coverage.