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@gemswanted.bsky.social
amateur artist. amateur academic. professional dilettante.
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Sullivan, B. (2024). Case-by-Case: Most Sound Recording Copyright Assignments Should be Terminable.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6nz6s5bk
https://ffm.bio/81p688a
Sullivan, B. (2024). Case-by-Case: Most Sound Recording Copyright Assignments Should be Terminable.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6nz6s5bk
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Drug-testing labs typically report results in black and white: positive or negative.
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Drug-testing labs typically report results in black and white: positive or negative.
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
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Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
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19/ To summarize: Pamela Paul, a racist and a transphobe who shaped the books biz for YEARS, has written an essay w no evidence proving there is a "growing divide" about trans rights amongst LGBTQ ppl. The WSJ publishing shoddy journalism is not just a disservice to trans ppl but the entire public.
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
19/ To summarize: Pamela Paul, a racist and a transphobe who shaped the books biz for YEARS, has written an essay w no evidence proving there is a "growing divide" about trans rights amongst LGBTQ ppl. The WSJ publishing shoddy journalism is not just a disservice to trans ppl but the entire public.
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once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
Oregon governor Tina Kotek, a gay woman, is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor a podcaster who said gay people should be stoned to death.
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
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More of that Big Strong Army Men Stomping Out Urban (ahem) Disorder that you just know the base love so much. The psychology of this ain't particularly subtle imo.
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More of that Big Strong Army Men Stomping Out Urban (ahem) Disorder that you just know the base love so much. The psychology of this ain't particularly subtle imo.
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The government is tyrant-maxing. It’s giving despot
The New York Times uses the word “maximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word “dictatorship.”
August 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The government is tyrant-maxing. It’s giving despot
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We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
“We are getting rid of woke. The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models,” President Trump said in a speech on Wednesday.
Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.
wrd.cm
July 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
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Our developmental pediatric clinic has already had multiple families cancel appointments for autism evaluations due to fears of their children ending up in this database. 😞
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Our developmental pediatric clinic has already had multiple families cancel appointments for autism evaluations due to fears of their children ending up in this database. 😞
EP 2 released at the start of 2025.
March 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
EP 2 released at the start of 2025.