Jacqueline Rock Bublitz
@jacquelinebublitz.com
Writer. Feminist. Arachnophobe.
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Academy Award winner for “No Other Land”
March 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Academy Award winner for “No Other Land”
What a day to be reading Careless People ...
Meta initially considered licensing books. New legal docs show that a Llama senior manager felt it was “really important for [Meta] to get books ASAP,” as “books are actually more important than web data.” Paying and waiting wouldn't do. So they sought—and received—permission to torrent LibGen.
![Text screenshot: Court documents released last night show that the senior manager felt it was “really important for [Meta] to get books ASAP,” as “books are actually more important than web data.” Meta employees turned their attention to Library Genesis, or LibGen, one of the largest of the pirated libraries that circulate online. It currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers. Eventually, the team at Meta got permission from “MZ”—an apparent reference to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—to download and use the data set.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jxtnw3qiuq4wtx7sggjbbvi3/bafkreihorvm6uzvhjf5oely3gicfs4bj6cjtgw7pld4tcss4sxqoxu32p4@jpeg)
March 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
What a day to be reading Careless People ...
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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
My favourite writer being my favourite writer. This one came right when I needed it:
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
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February 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
My favourite writer being my favourite writer. This one came right when I needed it:
The joy this account brings, especially in these trying times. Thank you @weratedogs.com ... 13/10 all round 🐾❤️🩹
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February 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The joy this account brings, especially in these trying times. Thank you @weratedogs.com ... 13/10 all round 🐾❤️🩹
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NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
Missing children’s org removes LGBTQIA+ materials per Trump DOJ demand
A staffer at NCMEC confirms the distressing effort to comply with Trump's executive order.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
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Wrote up just how *actually evil* the demands from the Trump admin to NCMEC are and how they will *absolutely* lead to children dying. From the cultists who insisted they wanted to "save the children" to literally killing them deserves to be called out: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/m...
MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’
After years of screaming “save the children” while baselessly accusing others of exploiting kids, the Trump administration is now trying to destroy the actual infrastructure that saves …
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February 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wrote up just how *actually evil* the demands from the Trump admin to NCMEC are and how they will *absolutely* lead to children dying. From the cultists who insisted they wanted to "save the children" to literally killing them deserves to be called out: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/m...
Both of my novels are about missing children. This news about NCMEC is a gut-punch. To learn that this vital organisation has capitulated to these threats, when data around the disproportionate risks LGBTQIA+ kids face is crystal clear ... I feel sick.
I poked around NCMEC's website after @marisakabas.bsky.social reported the DOJ threatened to cut off funding unless it removed references to queer and trans kids. It appears to have done so, including taking down guides for stopping sex trafficking.
Mentions of trans kids scrubbed from national child safety clearinghouse website
NCMEC was reportedly threatened by the government.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Both of my novels are about missing children. This news about NCMEC is a gut-punch. To learn that this vital organisation has capitulated to these threats, when data around the disproportionate risks LGBTQIA+ kids face is crystal clear ... I feel sick.