Gayle Force
@gayleforce.bsky.social
Queer, feral street Jew. Contortionist without a circus. Capital public defender. Amateur potter and maker of little guys. ACAB includes prosecutors. Free 🇵🇸
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I know some of you are too On Here to take in this information, but deleting a skeet rather than being a dick about being wrong is always an option
QI doesn’t apply in criminal prosecutions, what are you talking about
Note how easy it is to demand prosecutions when it's not clear how you'd get by QI.
Imposing litmus tests like this have the effect of outsourcing political work and really difficult questions about how you hold them accountable.
Imposing litmus tests like this have the effect of outsourcing political work and really difficult questions about how you hold them accountable.
February 20, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I know some of you are too On Here to take in this information, but deleting a skeet rather than being a dick about being wrong is always an option
Maxine Waters should have bodied this tool
February 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Maxine Waters should have bodied this tool
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If you have parents this stupid and you survive to adulthood unscathed physically, you should be legally able to take all their money and put them in a haunted house for their retirement
Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
If you have parents this stupid and you survive to adulthood unscathed physically, you should be legally able to take all their money and put them in a haunted house for their retirement
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I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries
The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...
prisonculture.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
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The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world!
May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️
May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️
February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world!
May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️
May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️
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Philadelphia, you are the best
February 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Philadelphia, you are the best
We're all 12 theory undefeated
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
We're all 12 theory undefeated
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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“Nobody in their right mind would say, ‘Hey, a 41-y-old woman is going to have a shot at another Olympic medal in a speed and power sport. I want my children to know that people told their mom that it can’t happen and then she went for it anyways.” www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor wins gold in monobob
The veteran bobsledder finally became an Olympic gold medalist on Monday. But to Meyers Taylor, the most special prize is sharing the moment with her kids.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Nobody in their right mind would say, ‘Hey, a 41-y-old woman is going to have a shot at another Olympic medal in a speed and power sport. I want my children to know that people told their mom that it can’t happen and then she went for it anyways.” www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
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The young journalist who wouldn't work for them out of a refusal to use AI to write stories is welcome to apply for any of our three open reporting positions at the Mississippi Free Press: www.mississippifreepress.org/jobs/
This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor
Journalism schools lag in teaching AI, crucial for modern reporting, which aids in efficient news gathering and frees reporters for fieldwork.
www.cleveland.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The young journalist who wouldn't work for them out of a refusal to use AI to write stories is welcome to apply for any of our three open reporting positions at the Mississippi Free Press: www.mississippifreepress.org/jobs/
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
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“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
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we are, at all times, cursed with two political parties: the Republicans and the Republicans of twenty years ago
February 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
we are, at all times, cursed with two political parties: the Republicans and the Republicans of twenty years ago
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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Laughing at this because it literally says at the bottom that it’s not from the Black Panthers, it’s from the New American movement, one of the ancestors of the DSA. It’s not wrong, but I think some people think the Black Panthers are just anything they agree with.
February 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Laughing at this because it literally says at the bottom that it’s not from the Black Panthers, it’s from the New American movement, one of the ancestors of the DSA. It’s not wrong, but I think some people think the Black Panthers are just anything they agree with.
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NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia.
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
www.lawdork.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia.
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
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FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
At this point in figure skating I am rooting for Team Nobody Fall
February 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
At this point in figure skating I am rooting for Team Nobody Fall
Who knew figure skating to Seven Nation Army would be such a great call
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Who knew figure skating to Seven Nation Army would be such a great call
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"There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up."
-- Tony Benn
-- Tony Benn
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
"There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up."
-- Tony Benn
-- Tony Benn
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I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
One of the interesting things this time around is just how hollow the whole thing sounds. In the past, people have been able to use the empty concept of electability to anoint and position the person they demanded, but now that Republicans are getting obliterated everywhere, that doesn't work.
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
