Diane Curtis
@dianecurtis.bsky.social
Dabble in law, politics, family, music, education, genealogy, and women’s basketball — rarely in that order.
All opinions mine and do not represent any institution I might be affiliated with.
All opinions mine and do not represent any institution I might be affiliated with.
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Diane Curtis
@dianecurtis.bsky.social
· Oct 1
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything made by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed by AI, or buy anything sold or processed by AI, or AI-generate anything sold, bought, or processed, or AI-repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Sociolinguistics
2. Narrative Theory
3. Proust
4. 19th Century Novel
5. Feminist Literary Theory
I was a CompLit major in the 80s, what can I say.
1. Sociolinguistics
2. Narrative Theory
3. Proust
4. 19th Century Novel
5. Feminist Literary Theory
I was a CompLit major in the 80s, what can I say.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Sociolinguistics
2. Narrative Theory
3. Proust
4. 19th Century Novel
5. Feminist Literary Theory
I was a CompLit major in the 80s, what can I say.
1. Sociolinguistics
2. Narrative Theory
3. Proust
4. 19th Century Novel
5. Feminist Literary Theory
I was a CompLit major in the 80s, what can I say.
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Excellent advice, no paywall
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Excellent advice, no paywall
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So what I'm hearing is that, in the last five days, two Black Members of Congress have been assaulted in apparent support of the regime's deportation diktat (Rep Frost, punched at Sundance & told he'd be deported; Rep Omar at an ICE townhall) & the regime has arrested four Black journalists.
Huh.
Huh.
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
So what I'm hearing is that, in the last five days, two Black Members of Congress have been assaulted in apparent support of the regime's deportation diktat (Rep Frost, punched at Sundance & told he'd be deported; Rep Omar at an ICE townhall) & the regime has arrested four Black journalists.
Huh.
Huh.
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It’s just unfathomable to me that people think it makes sense for any law enforcement to be masked and anonymous. Police officers operate under risks and don’t wear masks. Judges & prosecutors, the same.
Radley is so on the mark zeroing in on this: the creation of new "privacy" rights for federal police. The right to be anonymous to the public. The right not to have anyone know why they shot someone and tried to hide the evidence. "right to privacy" fascism addition.
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
It’s just unfathomable to me that people think it makes sense for any law enforcement to be masked and anonymous. Police officers operate under risks and don’t wear masks. Judges & prosecutors, the same.
Interesting choice of arms: "inside the bag was a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter."
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release him, authorities said
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Interesting choice of arms: "inside the bag was a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter."
Now with video
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Now with video
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Another day, among too many to count, when this is as true as it was in 1963, and just as important not just for racial justice but for democracy, period.
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Another day, among too many to count, when this is as true as it was in 1963, and just as important not just for racial justice but for democracy, period.
Me, earlier in the year, to my HS senior: My god, your AP Gov text simplifies stuff into absurdity!
HS senior, today: Can you explain substantive due process to me?
Me: Nope.
<half hour of nonetheless trying to explain SDP>
Me: Just write whatever simplistic version they have in your textbook.
HS senior, today: Can you explain substantive due process to me?
Me: Nope.
<half hour of nonetheless trying to explain SDP>
Me: Just write whatever simplistic version they have in your textbook.
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Me, earlier in the year, to my HS senior: My god, your AP Gov text simplifies stuff into absurdity!
HS senior, today: Can you explain substantive due process to me?
Me: Nope.
<half hour of nonetheless trying to explain SDP>
Me: Just write whatever simplistic version they have in your textbook.
HS senior, today: Can you explain substantive due process to me?
Me: Nope.
<half hour of nonetheless trying to explain SDP>
Me: Just write whatever simplistic version they have in your textbook.
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Day 1: Snowy Sunday! Yay!
Day 2: Actual Snow Day, everything's closed - yay!
Day 3: Still so much snow, wow.
Day 4: Why is it still so cold and why is all the snow still here?
Day 2: Actual Snow Day, everything's closed - yay!
Day 3: Still so much snow, wow.
Day 4: Why is it still so cold and why is all the snow still here?
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Day 1: Snowy Sunday! Yay!
Day 2: Actual Snow Day, everything's closed - yay!
Day 3: Still so much snow, wow.
Day 4: Why is it still so cold and why is all the snow still here?
Day 2: Actual Snow Day, everything's closed - yay!
Day 3: Still so much snow, wow.
Day 4: Why is it still so cold and why is all the snow still here?
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
This is so good on so many levels. Must read.
My report from Minneapolis, about the things you'll never see. newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is so good on so many levels. Must read.
I wonder if the killing people thing is getting to them too.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I wonder if the killing people thing is getting to them too.
We've moved from deference to the career experts in the administrative agencies to meh, who even cares what they write.
I look forward to judges interpreting the resultant regulations by trying to discern the gen AI "intent".
I look forward to judges interpreting the resultant regulations by trying to discern the gen AI "intent".
NEW: The Trump administration is planning to use AI to write federal regulations despite the risk of hallucinations.
“We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department’s top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica. “We want good enough.”🧵
“We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department’s top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica. “We want good enough.”🧵
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
We've moved from deference to the career experts in the administrative agencies to meh, who even cares what they write.
I look forward to judges interpreting the resultant regulations by trying to discern the gen AI "intent".
I look forward to judges interpreting the resultant regulations by trying to discern the gen AI "intent".
I'll go out on a limb here and say that police should never shoot anybody. Like it's so incredibly rare when shooting somebody is the only way to prevent a greater harm that I'll just go with never.
The whole point of due process is so that disputes aren't resolved through violence.
The whole point of due process is so that disputes aren't resolved through violence.
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I'll go out on a limb here and say that police should never shoot anybody. Like it's so incredibly rare when shooting somebody is the only way to prevent a greater harm that I'll just go with never.
The whole point of due process is so that disputes aren't resolved through violence.
The whole point of due process is so that disputes aren't resolved through violence.
The dogs are looking at me accusingly because I (apparently) refuse to turn off the snow for them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The dogs are looking at me accusingly because I (apparently) refuse to turn off the snow for them.
On repeat
Haute & Freddy - Dance The Pain Away
YouTube video by Haute & Freddy
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
On repeat
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
“A regime based on terror . . . deploys violence precisely to reinforce the message that anyone can be subjected to it.”
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
“A regime based on terror . . . deploys violence precisely to reinforce the message that anyone can be subjected to it.”
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
See, this what ALL Dems could be doing and saying.
McGovern is the REAL Democratic leader.
McGovern is the REAL Democratic leader.
To protect the American People, we must abolish Trump’s paramilitary secret police force. That’s why I voted HELL NO to another cent for ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
See, this what ALL Dems could be doing and saying.
McGovern is the REAL Democratic leader.
McGovern is the REAL Democratic leader.