Kendra Albert
@kendraserra.bsky.social
They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. Proud Philly resident. More at kendraalbert.com
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings." - Ursula K. LeGuin
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings." - Ursula K. LeGuin
Pinned
Look I can’t help that one of my hobbies is “reading PDFs”
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If you know any public interest organizations that do work around food insecurity etc. that might not be filing FOIAs on this issue, please encourage them to 1) file FOIAs and 2) start looking around for public interest law firms that do FOIA. Happy to share any responses I get (or don't get).
Just gonna submit a lil' FOIA to Rollins for "186,000" and see what comes up.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you know any public interest organizations that do work around food insecurity etc. that might not be filing FOIAs on this issue, please encourage them to 1) file FOIAs and 2) start looking around for public interest law firms that do FOIA. Happy to share any responses I get (or don't get).
Well it certainly was a choice for @digiphile-team.bsky.social to launch its first bundle with a game where one of the creators was recently very publicly transphobic! And I wouldn't have known except for the Steam reviews being recently mixed.
Context: bsky.app/profile/deat...
Context: bsky.app/profile/deat...
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well it certainly was a choice for @digiphile-team.bsky.social to launch its first bundle with a game where one of the creators was recently very publicly transphobic! And I wouldn't have known except for the Steam reviews being recently mixed.
Context: bsky.app/profile/deat...
Context: bsky.app/profile/deat...
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as a CSA victim, it’s a great day to be on an airplane with limited connectivity
if you’ve posted more than 10 times about Epstein maybe make a donation to RAINN or your local SA support center
if you’ve posted more than 10 times about Epstein maybe make a donation to RAINN or your local SA support center
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
as a CSA victim, it’s a great day to be on an airplane with limited connectivity
if you’ve posted more than 10 times about Epstein maybe make a donation to RAINN or your local SA support center
if you’ve posted more than 10 times about Epstein maybe make a donation to RAINN or your local SA support center
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The NYT just published an article largely hyping internet voting in Alaska.
I do not agree, and argue that the article has significant problems. Let’s look at a few of them 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
I do not agree, and argue that the article has significant problems. Let’s look at a few of them 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The NYT just published an article largely hyping internet voting in Alaska.
I do not agree, and argue that the article has significant problems. Let’s look at a few of them 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
I do not agree, and argue that the article has significant problems. Let’s look at a few of them 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Live your life in such a way that if 20K pages of your files are released and someone builds a database of them, it doesn't crash because too many people want to search it simultaneously.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Live your life in such a way that if 20K pages of your files are released and someone builds a database of them, it doesn't crash because too many people want to search it simultaneously.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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THIS WEDNESDAY NOV 12TH 8:30AM ET: Feminist AI - Frameworks, Practices, Refusals
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We have a great event coming up on Nov. 12 to discuss possibilities for and examples of Feminist AI —join us! bit.ly/DCFNOV2025
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
THIS WEDNESDAY NOV 12TH 8:30AM ET: Feminist AI - Frameworks, Practices, Refusals
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Just got the best ending, using this to re-up my overall recommendation for this game! Distract yourself from the horrors!
The Seance at Blake Manor is so good. I can’t even quibble with all the little flaws because the overall game is masterful.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just got the best ending, using this to re-up my overall recommendation for this game! Distract yourself from the horrors!
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A goddamn work of art. Two Beard awards in a row, looks like.
It feels inelegant to say you should read my latest review because it’s very negative. You should read my latest review because it’s insane. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire
The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A goddamn work of art. Two Beard awards in a row, looks like.
Happy chewing out John Fetterman day! (Washington office phone line didn’t connect but the PHL one did.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy chewing out John Fetterman day! (Washington office phone line didn’t connect but the PHL one did.)
The Seance at Blake Manor is so good. I can’t even quibble with all the little flaws because the overall game is masterful.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The Seance at Blake Manor is so good. I can’t even quibble with all the little flaws because the overall game is masterful.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
Mild spoiler: also there is a v. cute queer femme couple.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Paging the Becket Fund. The Becket Fund to Broadview.
...hmm.
...hmm.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Paging the Becket Fund. The Becket Fund to Broadview.
...hmm.
...hmm.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot
The Body as a Password: The Cost of Face ID
Convenience is costing people their freedom. Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities, writes Afsaneh Rigot.
the-decenter.ghost.io
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Research shows that features like Face ID and fingerprints enable violent, forced phone access by police and authorities" the-decenter.ghost.io/the-body-as-... by Afsaneh Rigot
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Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, November 6 — Unbreaking
Unbreaking is built to be an antidote to information overload. Since we launched, we have been meticulously documenting lawsuits, executive orders, court rulings, countermoves, and other key events.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
💔 Orr.
Not unexpected. Still fucked up.
Not unexpected. Still fucked up.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
💔 Orr.
Not unexpected. Still fucked up.
Not unexpected. Still fucked up.
When I wore this shirt to Blackhat, a woman stopped me to tell me it was "aggressive." That could be you!
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When I wore this shirt to Blackhat, a woman stopped me to tell me it was "aggressive." That could be you!
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Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
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hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
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This is chilling.
"Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Rather, the Trump administration is alleging he’s 'glorifying terrorism' via social media posts."
"Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Rather, the Trump administration is alleging he’s 'glorifying terrorism' via social media posts."
When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE
As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.
thebarbedwire.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is chilling.
"Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Rather, the Trump administration is alleging he’s 'glorifying terrorism' via social media posts."
"Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Rather, the Trump administration is alleging he’s 'glorifying terrorism' via social media posts."
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BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...