Michelle Moyd
@michmo.bsky.social
Historian of Africa, soldiers, war. Mom, spouse, daughter. Author of *Violent Intermediaries*. Vet. Wish I had a dog. Wish I could just write what I want.
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Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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Talladega College will sell four of its six Hale Woodruff murals, which commemorate the Underground Railroad and the mutiny of the Amistad www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
An Alabama HBCU Is Selling Historic Murals in First-of-its-Kind Partnership
Talladega College will sell four of its six Hale Woodruff murals, which commemorate the Undergound Railroad and the mutiny of Amistad
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Talladega College will sell four of its six Hale Woodruff murals, which commemorate the Underground Railroad and the mutiny of the Amistad www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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I think there's also a huge reluctance to acknowledge that Trump stands for a very real, material, active, vision of america.
like, it's not just the one guy. it's white supremacist oligarchy. opposing that is in itself an alternative vision.
like, it's not just the one guy. it's white supremacist oligarchy. opposing that is in itself an alternative vision.
There's just no way to exaggerate how cooked your brain has to be to think like this. Trump is an unprecedented, law-breaking, norm-breaking, increasingly demented maniac who is destroying this country's basic institutions. Like, right now! As we speak!
But media elites find that boring.
But media elites find that boring.
It’s 2025, and Democrats Are Still Running Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I think there's also a huge reluctance to acknowledge that Trump stands for a very real, material, active, vision of america.
like, it's not just the one guy. it's white supremacist oligarchy. opposing that is in itself an alternative vision.
like, it's not just the one guy. it's white supremacist oligarchy. opposing that is in itself an alternative vision.
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Dekolonial Erinnern in Berlin: Heute Einweihung der Stelen zur deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im „Afrikanischen“ und „Chinesisch/pazifischen“ Viertel
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdberlin.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdberlin.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Dekolonial Erinnern in Berlin: Heute Einweihung der Stelen zur deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im „Afrikanischen“ und „Chinesisch/pazifischen“ Viertel
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdberlin.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdberlin.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social
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after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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lol
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
lol
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Gunzert House, Bismarck Rock, Old Boma, Lugalo, Serengeti & Co.: Ein dekolonialer Reiseführer für Tanzania - dreisprachig, fundiert recherchiert und von Amani Abeid großartig illustriert! Als kostenfreier pdf-Download hier: decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com
Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania
Willkommen zu deiner dekolonialen Lernreise durch Tansania / Karibu safari yako ya kujifunza ya decolonial
decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Gunzert House, Bismarck Rock, Old Boma, Lugalo, Serengeti & Co.: Ein dekolonialer Reiseführer für Tanzania - dreisprachig, fundiert recherchiert und von Amani Abeid großartig illustriert! Als kostenfreier pdf-Download hier: decolonial-travel-guide-tanzania.com
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BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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Live now Friends youtu.be/7gd7ZnLXg_k?...
Target, Cracker Barrel, and the Race to Lose $100 Million Dollars
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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August 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Live now Friends youtu.be/7gd7ZnLXg_k?...
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Pfizer just got FDA approval for 2025-2026 COVID19 vaccines for those:
-Aged 65+ years
-Aged 5-64 years with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
-Aged 65+ years
-Aged 5-64 years with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s COMIRNATY® Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Adults 65 and Older and Individuals Ages 5 through 64 at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19
The 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine formulation targets the SARS-CoV-2 sublineage LP.8.1, in line with FDA guidance to more closely match circulating strains1Shipping of the LP.8.1-adapted vaccine will beg...
finance.yahoo.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pfizer just got FDA approval for 2025-2026 COVID19 vaccines for those:
-Aged 65+ years
-Aged 5-64 years with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
-Aged 65+ years
-Aged 5-64 years with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
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Virginia Giuffre isn’t here to tell her story anymore, but she wrote a memoir and it’s coming out in October. She deserves to be heard and remembered. #BookSky
Details here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...
Details here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...
Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: 9780593493120 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Gh...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Virginia Giuffre isn’t here to tell her story anymore, but she wrote a memoir and it’s coming out in October. She deserves to be heard and remembered. #BookSky
Details here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...
Details here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...
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Deberlinizing Berlin after final verdict: Street in centre of former colonial metropole tomorrow named after Black German philosopher of Early Enlightment.
@michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/entsc...
@michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/entsc...
Entscheidung des Oberverwaltungsgerichts: Berliner Mohrenstraße kann am Sonnabend umbenannt werden
Nach einer Entscheidung des Berliner Verwaltungsgerichts war die feierliche Umbenennung der Mohrenstraße an diesem Sonnabend gescheitert. Doch das Oberverwaltungsgericht entschied anders.
www.tagesspiegel.de
August 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Deberlinizing Berlin after final verdict: Street in centre of former colonial metropole tomorrow named after Black German philosopher of Early Enlightment.
@michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/entsc...
@michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/entsc...
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Nothing makes more sense than you being a socialist male, trust me.
But let me reiterate, no individual enjoyment of LLMs justifies the current project of building ecologically disastrous data centers to fuel their continued speculation. There is no justifiable socialist defense of doing so.
But let me reiterate, no individual enjoyment of LLMs justifies the current project of building ecologically disastrous data centers to fuel their continued speculation. There is no justifiable socialist defense of doing so.
*I* am a socialist 😭
we can have aligned politics and different interpretations on the leverage of technology
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we can have aligned politics and different interpretations on the leverage of technology
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Oh that’s what you’re doing. You’re doing thing where if I’m a socialist then why do I buy clothes or whatever?
Well, there’s the usual thing that this is always a distraction tactic.
It’s also the case that building data centers for AI has nothing to do with my skeeting.
Well, there’s the usual thing that this is always a distraction tactic.
It’s also the case that building data centers for AI has nothing to do with my skeeting.
August 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nothing makes more sense than you being a socialist male, trust me.
But let me reiterate, no individual enjoyment of LLMs justifies the current project of building ecologically disastrous data centers to fuel their continued speculation. There is no justifiable socialist defense of doing so.
But let me reiterate, no individual enjoyment of LLMs justifies the current project of building ecologically disastrous data centers to fuel their continued speculation. There is no justifiable socialist defense of doing so.
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cc: @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social
Dekolonial Erinnern in Deutschland: Blog-Beitrag analysiert Antwort der Bundesregierung (@diplo.de @bundeskultur.bsky.social) auf Anfrage @gruene-bundestag.de & benennt zivilgesellschaftliche Agenda.
@mehler.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social
dekolonial-erinnern.de/aufarbeitung...
@mehler.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social
dekolonial-erinnern.de/aufarbeitung...
August 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I am sorry people are learning how violent this country is, but a switch was not just flipped this year.
August 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am sorry people are learning how violent this country is, but a switch was not just flipped this year.
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On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted.
Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...
Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...
Pro-Israel groups have attacked me for years. The Bendigo Writers Festival is a turning point.
Randa Abdel-Fattah writes of her experience as a target of the pro-Israel lobby
www.deepcutnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted.
Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...
Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...
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New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
August 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
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Because here's the story. Kaepernick started targeting Black comic book creatives. He was at San Diego Comic Con last year in artist alley with his "engineer". When they ALL pushed back, he ended up at a Newark charter school fabulizemag.com/black-creati...
Black creatives say 'No' to Colin Kaepernick's AI-based comics platform
Fabulize Mag – Black comic book creatives react on social media to express their disdain with Kaepernick's AI-based comics, Lumi.
fabulizemag.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Because here's the story. Kaepernick started targeting Black comic book creatives. He was at San Diego Comic Con last year in artist alley with his "engineer". When they ALL pushed back, he ended up at a Newark charter school fabulizemag.com/black-creati...
This is one of the best things ever.
www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/new... huh looks like @michmo.bsky.social’s kind review has been picked up by Tanzania’s paper of record. That’s some nice additional publicity!
How Julius Nyerere built a new army fit for African liberation
Tanzania has long enjoyed a reputation as a peaceful country. In contrast to most of its neighbours, this east African nation of 67 million people has largely avoided large-scale violence within...
www.thecitizen.co.tz
August 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is one of the best things ever.
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Y’all remember all the COVID funding that was funneled into police budgets? I do.
August 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Y’all remember all the COVID funding that was funneled into police budgets? I do.
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it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
August 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous