jen by.
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stories @ aljazeera, calmatters, the guardian, philadelphia inquirer, prism, showtime, truthout, etc.
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stories @ aljazeera, calmatters, the guardian, philadelphia inquirer, prism, showtime, truthout, etc.
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The anti-trans propaganda push is one of the best examples I know of real-world disinformation in action.
Part 3: "The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous year told a different story. This massive, messy dataset was brimming with increasingly vile headlines that only seemed to metastasize with time. ... two years later we know how the story turns out."
Welcome to the anti-trans outrage factory — Jessica Kant
When I first wrote Anatomy of a moral panic in February 2024, I had only a faint glimmer of what was to come.The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous ye...
jessk.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The anti-trans propaganda push is one of the best examples I know of real-world disinformation in action.
i've been thinking about how sexist america is.
it's bad.
i scored on tests in the 99th percentile all my life. i went to an elite math & science boarding school @ 15, then a fancy liberal arts college. i graduated at the top of my master's class.
i am regularly treated like i'm stupid.
it's bad.
i scored on tests in the 99th percentile all my life. i went to an elite math & science boarding school @ 15, then a fancy liberal arts college. i graduated at the top of my master's class.
i am regularly treated like i'm stupid.
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
i've been thinking about how sexist america is.
it's bad.
i scored on tests in the 99th percentile all my life. i went to an elite math & science boarding school @ 15, then a fancy liberal arts college. i graduated at the top of my master's class.
i am regularly treated like i'm stupid.
it's bad.
i scored on tests in the 99th percentile all my life. i went to an elite math & science boarding school @ 15, then a fancy liberal arts college. i graduated at the top of my master's class.
i am regularly treated like i'm stupid.
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My mother was 18 when Black women were able to vote openly. 23 when Roe v. Wade passed. 24 when women were allowed bank accounts in their own names
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
My mother was 18 when Black women were able to vote openly. 23 when Roe v. Wade passed. 24 when women were allowed bank accounts in their own names
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
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I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
it's been 14 years since this banger (my art 🥲) went viral on tumblr.
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 AM
it's been 14 years since this banger (my art 🥲) went viral on tumblr.
glaring bigotry aside, the logic of this speech doesn't even make coherent sense & it repeatedly casts the wrong villains. 😵💫
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
glaring bigotry aside, the logic of this speech doesn't even make coherent sense & it repeatedly casts the wrong villains. 😵💫
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Upper middle class white journos will burn the country to the ground pretending anybody who isn't wearing a hood and shouting "WATT PARR" in a toothless Alabama accent isn't a white supremacist before they'll examine where some of their own shitty beliefs come from and what they mean.
They’re jumping up and down, waving their arms and yelling “white supremacy” and people are just now beginning to hint at what’s happening
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Upper middle class white journos will burn the country to the ground pretending anybody who isn't wearing a hood and shouting "WATT PARR" in a toothless Alabama accent isn't a white supremacist before they'll examine where some of their own shitty beliefs come from and what they mean.
the city i live in has been so torn up & neglected.
i accidentally live in an "investment property," which means the landlord bought it for X$, sat on it and did nothing to improve it for 15 years and is now trying to sell it for X*3$.
i'm so horrified at how this world works.
i accidentally live in an "investment property," which means the landlord bought it for X$, sat on it and did nothing to improve it for 15 years and is now trying to sell it for X*3$.
i'm so horrified at how this world works.
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
the city i live in has been so torn up & neglected.
i accidentally live in an "investment property," which means the landlord bought it for X$, sat on it and did nothing to improve it for 15 years and is now trying to sell it for X*3$.
i'm so horrified at how this world works.
i accidentally live in an "investment property," which means the landlord bought it for X$, sat on it and did nothing to improve it for 15 years and is now trying to sell it for X*3$.
i'm so horrified at how this world works.
turns out that seeing your government terrorize children & murder people in the street fucks people up a lot 🫠
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
turns out that seeing your government terrorize children & murder people in the street fucks people up a lot 🫠
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i know i complain a lot about classism in media, but
✨ it has ruined a craft i dearly love ✨
so, i will keep at it.
✨ it has ruined a craft i dearly love ✨
so, i will keep at it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
i know i complain a lot about classism in media, but
✨ it has ruined a craft i dearly love ✨
so, i will keep at it.
✨ it has ruined a craft i dearly love ✨
so, i will keep at it.
lol, we need to make a fund for "everyone who was right too soon."
with a sub-sect for "journalists who were laid off could read the writing on the wall years before their old money editors."
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with a sub-sect for "journalists who were laid off could read the writing on the wall years before their old money editors."
🥲
February 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
lol, we need to make a fund for "everyone who was right too soon."
with a sub-sect for "journalists who were laid off could read the writing on the wall years before their old money editors."
🥲
with a sub-sect for "journalists who were laid off could read the writing on the wall years before their old money editors."
🥲
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🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
Feds could be in your group chat
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:29 AM
🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
www.inquirer.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch
yes, because, to authoritarians, any questioning, accountability or fighting back against them is violence.
they want domination, control & submission.
they want domination, control & submission.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
yes, because, to authoritarians, any questioning, accountability or fighting back against them is violence.
they want domination, control & submission.
they want domination, control & submission.
philadelphia residents won a similar lawsuit back in 2020. it ended with a $9mil settlement & followed a city-council prohibition on the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and other "less lethal" munitions.
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
philadelphia residents won a similar lawsuit back in 2020. it ended with a $9mil settlement & followed a city-council prohibition on the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and other "less lethal" munitions.
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On this day in 1828, the first edition of the Cherokee Phoenix is printed.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/19/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/19/
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
On this day in 1828, the first edition of the Cherokee Phoenix is printed.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/19/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/19/
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It’s truly fucked up that the government regularly refers to actions it’s taking on American soil using military terms like “surge” (as in, the Iraq troop surge of 2007) and “Operation Midway Blitz” as in the Blitz of 1940, when the Nazis attacked Britain.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
It’s truly fucked up that the government regularly refers to actions it’s taking on American soil using military terms like “surge” (as in, the Iraq troop surge of 2007) and “Operation Midway Blitz” as in the Blitz of 1940, when the Nazis attacked Britain.
the line between conspiracy theory (untrue) & "oligarchy is, by definition, a small and powerful group" (true) is visibly fine these days, huh.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
the line between conspiracy theory (untrue) & "oligarchy is, by definition, a small and powerful group" (true) is visibly fine these days, huh.
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A recently leaked Department of Justice memo directs the department to compile a list of “domestic terrorist” groups based on their opposition to Trump’s agenda, as well as soliciting public tips on Left activism.
@alfatau.bsky.social on "Antifa Everywhere"
inthesetimes.com/article/anti...
@alfatau.bsky.social on "Antifa Everywhere"
inthesetimes.com/article/anti...
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A recently leaked Department of Justice memo directs the department to compile a list of “domestic terrorist” groups based on their opposition to Trump’s agenda, as well as soliciting public tips on Left activism.
@alfatau.bsky.social on "Antifa Everywhere"
inthesetimes.com/article/anti...
@alfatau.bsky.social on "Antifa Everywhere"
inthesetimes.com/article/anti...
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Cardi B called out ICE at her show last night: “Bitch, if ICE come in here we’re gonna jump they asses. Bitch, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, bitch”
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cardi B called out ICE at her show last night: “Bitch, if ICE come in here we’re gonna jump they asses. Bitch, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, bitch”
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This tech is pretty common now but I don't think people fully understand what it means that anyone including police can use it www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly g...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This tech is pretty common now but I don't think people fully understand what it means that anyone including police can use it www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
it's finally above freezing & i'm so traumatized from the last few weeks, it feels balmy like california 🥲
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
it's finally above freezing & i'm so traumatized from the last few weeks, it feels balmy like california 🥲
"heterodox journalism," or
"we fired most of the marginalized journalists, and now we're giving bigots the reigns again!"
"we fired most of the marginalized journalists, and now we're giving bigots the reigns again!"
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"heterodox journalism," or
"we fired most of the marginalized journalists, and now we're giving bigots the reigns again!"
"we fired most of the marginalized journalists, and now we're giving bigots the reigns again!"