Odin Halvorson
@indubitablyodin.bsky.social
MLIS, MFA, BFA: I'm a writer, unenlightened generalist, and modern Romantic.
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I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.
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"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Ah, yes, budding brownshirts can argue with a professor and then get that professor to administrators and the president of an entire university fired.
But our democracy is completely fine.
But our democracy is completely fine.
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ah, yes, budding brownshirts can argue with a professor and then get that professor to administrators and the president of an entire university fired.
But our democracy is completely fine.
But our democracy is completely fine.
I had a wonderful time last night presenting at the Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts. My presentation on jediism, hauntology, and postmodernism was very fun, And there were so many great insightful questions, plus my co-panelists presentations were an absolute treat.
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I had a wonderful time last night presenting at the Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts. My presentation on jediism, hauntology, and postmodernism was very fun, And there were so many great insightful questions, plus my co-panelists presentations were an absolute treat.
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
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Funny how they scream angrily about "Socialism" until their Orange Messiah, YamTits McJulius, is having the government take control of private businesses. 🐸🍵 ~AdminMatt
August 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Funny how they scream angrily about "Socialism" until their Orange Messiah, YamTits McJulius, is having the government take control of private businesses. 🐸🍵 ~AdminMatt
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For a weekly digest on Big Tech's biggest harms and the effort to hold them accountable in Congress and statehouses across the country, subscribe to The Dispatch.
The Dispatch
A weekly newsletter about tech policy from the Team at The Tech Oversight Project.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Let us by all means determine that software should be covered by the Working Time Directive. Let’s tell OpenAI they can no longer change or deactivate their models because that amounts to forced surgery or murder. If we must have this conversation, let it go all the way.
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Let us by all means determine that software should be covered by the Working Time Directive. Let’s tell OpenAI they can no longer change or deactivate their models because that amounts to forced surgery or murder. If we must have this conversation, let it go all the way.
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AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…”
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…”
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
wtf
THINK OF TERRORIST CHILDREN
Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities
August 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
wtf
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
Join me as I unpack being a first-generation master’s student, the challenges of specialization vs generalism, and how this degree reshaped
www.youtube.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Should You Get an MLIS? A First‑Gen Perspective
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
In this honest reflection, I share what I gained from my MLIS in library and information science—from personal knowledge management to identity transformation.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#MLIS #LibraryScience #FirstGenStudent #Library #LIS
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the language of “collaboration”
with gen-ai tools is always pronounced in my brain in the voice of Kira Nerys
with gen-ai tools is always pronounced in my brain in the voice of Kira Nerys
August 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
the language of “collaboration”
with gen-ai tools is always pronounced in my brain in the voice of Kira Nerys
with gen-ai tools is always pronounced in my brain in the voice of Kira Nerys
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It’s not a competition.
Both Gaza and Ukraine are besieged by fascist colonial invaders on illegal land grabs who want to eliminate the local population.
Both invaders need to eradicated.
And Israel’s war on Gaza did not begin on 7 October. It began in 1947.
Both Gaza and Ukraine are besieged by fascist colonial invaders on illegal land grabs who want to eliminate the local population.
Both invaders need to eradicated.
And Israel’s war on Gaza did not begin on 7 October. It began in 1947.
August 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s not a competition.
Both Gaza and Ukraine are besieged by fascist colonial invaders on illegal land grabs who want to eliminate the local population.
Both invaders need to eradicated.
And Israel’s war on Gaza did not begin on 7 October. It began in 1947.
Both Gaza and Ukraine are besieged by fascist colonial invaders on illegal land grabs who want to eliminate the local population.
Both invaders need to eradicated.
And Israel’s war on Gaza did not begin on 7 October. It began in 1947.
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After DOGE outed Halimi, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After DOGE outed Halimi, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable.
www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center With Preliminary Injunction
www.everglades.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable.
www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
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Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
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Opposition absolutely works. It's not 100% of the time but we have to attack from as many fronts as possible.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz — handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win.
August 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Opposition absolutely works. It's not 100% of the time but we have to attack from as many fronts as possible.
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Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.
August 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.
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Check this shit!
Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents.
Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.
Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents.
Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Check this shit!
Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents.
Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.
Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California — no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents.
Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.