ProgGrrl ❌👑
@proggrrl.bsky.social
I work in TV whatever that means now. Cinephile. News junkie. Treehugger. Brooklyn NY. Hating on fascists and authoritarians. I follow tons of folks to grow a great news/culture feed for myself to read, so there.
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Keeping this thread pinned to look at whenever I need self care. 🫶
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Today I learned that the paleontologist who recorded the educational dino audio programs that my son sometimes listens to at bedtime ... is in the Epstein files. So that's fun.
Jack Horner being in the Epstein files is not something I had on my bingo card for 2026.... Horner seemingly visited Epstein's ranch multiple times, including apparently with a student.
![Email from John Horner to Jeffrey Epstein 6/29/2012
Hi [redacted] Since i don't really know how long it would take to get from Albuquerque to the ranch and visa versa [sic], and don't know how I'm to get there (would someone be picking me up or should I rent a car) it would probably be best if you just booked the flight for me. Delta Airlines connecting through Salt Lake is the most convenient for me. My official name and frequent number [sic] is:
John Robert Horner
Delta # [REDACTED]
The geology maps are perfect.
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![email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein
"Reminder: John Horner and student to visit ranch today... [redacted] =ill [sic] be taking care of them...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqyx54eikl5vllctjxufeavr/bafkreidykpmdkytzqsinvhufnpoyvhxkajaj6oltk2jjjoafnracumq63m@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Today I learned that the paleontologist who recorded the educational dino audio programs that my son sometimes listens to at bedtime ... is in the Epstein files. So that's fun.
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The boldest color choice on Sunday’s Grammys red carpet may have been the carpet itself.
But the most popular accessory of the evening? A small, round, white pin bearing the words “ICE Out.”
But the most popular accessory of the evening? A small, round, white pin bearing the words “ICE Out.”
The best celebrity red carpet looks at the 2026 Grammys
Musicians brought their A-game to the 2026 Grammys red carpet, with standout looks from Addison Rae, Bad Bunny, Olivia Dean and more.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The boldest color choice on Sunday’s Grammys red carpet may have been the carpet itself.
But the most popular accessory of the evening? A small, round, white pin bearing the words “ICE Out.”
But the most popular accessory of the evening? A small, round, white pin bearing the words “ICE Out.”
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Can we PLEASE stop calling it the EPA?! The EPA died over a year ago. If we need to give it a name, use "EDA", the Environmental Destruction Agency.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Can we PLEASE stop calling it the EPA?! The EPA died over a year ago. If we need to give it a name, use "EDA", the Environmental Destruction Agency.
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"the EPA announced it would no longer calculate the economic benefits of lives saved when setting limits [on pollution]...From now on, the agency will only tally the costs to industry. The benefits to human beings? Too uncertain to count, according to the EPA."
“This isn’t just a policy change. It’s a betrayal of more than a century of hard-won victories by public health heroes who fought, often at great personal and professional sacrifice, to establish a principle that should be beyond debate: American lives have value.”
The EPA just erased a century of public health progress
Former Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle A. Williams on the EPA’s incorrect and morally wrong decision.
www.statnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"the EPA announced it would no longer calculate the economic benefits of lives saved when setting limits [on pollution]...From now on, the agency will only tally the costs to industry. The benefits to human beings? Too uncertain to count, according to the EPA."
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Janet Napolitano: She Ran DHS. Now She’s Watching It Mishandle Minnesota
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
She Ran DHS. Now She’s Watching It Mishandle Minnesota.
Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano offers a candid take on recent events and the path forward.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Janet Napolitano: She Ran DHS. Now She’s Watching It Mishandle Minnesota
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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"One cannot truly and meaningfully comprehend the history of this continent without considering Indigenous peoples’ histories, across a vast and diverse chronological and spatial expanse. But unless these stories make white people feel good about themselves, teaching them is proscribed."
Two acts by the Feds last week: the issuance of a Polly Cooper coin, and the removal of interpretive material at Little Bighorn National Monument. Together they say a lot about us as a white supremacist nation.
michaelleroyoberg.com/teaching-nat...
michaelleroyoberg.com/teaching-nat...
We Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Two stories. Both of them are true. One the Trump administration has chosen to commemorate as part of the American nation’s 250th birthday celebration; the other it wants unremembered, proscribed, …
michaelleroyoberg.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
"One cannot truly and meaningfully comprehend the history of this continent without considering Indigenous peoples’ histories, across a vast and diverse chronological and spatial expanse. But unless these stories make white people feel good about themselves, teaching them is proscribed."
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I understand they are useful simulations. But in terms of intelligence, it is "fake." I mean, it's right in the name: "artificial." And the mechanics of *how* it simulates intelligence are worth investigating, including the limits of what it can do.
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I understand they are useful simulations. But in terms of intelligence, it is "fake." I mean, it's right in the name: "artificial." And the mechanics of *how* it simulates intelligence are worth investigating, including the limits of what it can do.
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Well, what does it mean for AI to be "fake?" Language evokes intelligence - in the reader. It's a powerful illusion. A reasonable critic sees that computation at scale can fuse language w/math in ways that do things. That is not "intelligence," and the problems that come that error are bountiful.
You can totally point out that some aspects of AI are overhyped, you can believe that AGI is not possible, you can criticize how the companies and governments developing AI are using or being coopted by these tools. There is a lot to criticize.
But "it doesn't work and is fake" is just wrong now.
But "it doesn't work and is fake" is just wrong now.
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Well, what does it mean for AI to be "fake?" Language evokes intelligence - in the reader. It's a powerful illusion. A reasonable critic sees that computation at scale can fuse language w/math in ways that do things. That is not "intelligence," and the problems that come that error are bountiful.
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“Had a great time criming with you last weekend. Let’s get together and do some more criming next time I have an opening on my calendar.”
Conspiracy theorists thought the rich were using phrases like "cheese pizza" to disguise their deprived sex acts but all this time they were just emailing "yo Jeff, got any space on KidFuck Island this weekend?"
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
“Had a great time criming with you last weekend. Let’s get together and do some more criming next time I have an opening on my calendar.”
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Every single person should listen to this @muellershewrote.com podcast.
To me, the Trump regime should be impeached, removed, and charged (put them in jail). Then we convict. These people CANNOT be in charge of our nation.
Our national safety is at risk and all American residents are in peril.
To me, the Trump regime should be impeached, removed, and charged (put them in jail). Then we convict. These people CANNOT be in charge of our nation.
Our national safety is at risk and all American residents are in peril.
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein files tipster tells me about her friend who was trafficked from Trump's modeling agency to Epstein. She sat for a formal interview with the FBI, but her 302 is MISSING from the release of the files. I'll show you what I have in 20 minutes: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
LIVE: Epstein Files Tipster IDENTIFIES MISSING DOCS!!!
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February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Every single person should listen to this @muellershewrote.com podcast.
To me, the Trump regime should be impeached, removed, and charged (put them in jail). Then we convict. These people CANNOT be in charge of our nation.
Our national safety is at risk and all American residents are in peril.
To me, the Trump regime should be impeached, removed, and charged (put them in jail). Then we convict. These people CANNOT be in charge of our nation.
Our national safety is at risk and all American residents are in peril.
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This is a great piece. It's astonishing that we've reached the point where such extraordinary efforts are actually warranted.
A Minnesota School District Guards Against ICE, From Dawn to Dusk
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This is a great piece. It's astonishing that we've reached the point where such extraordinary efforts are actually warranted.
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NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
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Four days of icy weather in Texas = oil, gas and petrochemical facilities released 1.6 million pounds of regulated pollutants. Companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, because of "enforcement discretion" during the big freeze. ICN did the data: insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather - Inside Climate News
As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading oper...
insideclimatenews.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Four days of icy weather in Texas = oil, gas and petrochemical facilities released 1.6 million pounds of regulated pollutants. Companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, because of "enforcement discretion" during the big freeze. ICN did the data: insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...
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In Germany the camps did not begin as death. They began as temporary, legal and administrative. "For public order", they said. They grew because space existed, because citizens adjusted, because each step towards extermination felt small. It was built, justified, one "warehouse" at a time.
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In Germany the camps did not begin as death. They began as temporary, legal and administrative. "For public order", they said. They grew because space existed, because citizens adjusted, because each step towards extermination felt small. It was built, justified, one "warehouse" at a time.
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A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
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A way of supporting him.
Doomering helps Trump
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A way of supporting him.
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Cynicism is nihilism's nymph stage.
In short, doomers are just pre-collaborators
In short, doomers are just pre-collaborators
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Cynicism is nihilism's nymph stage.
In short, doomers are just pre-collaborators
In short, doomers are just pre-collaborators
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International law governing conflict isn’t just “at a breaking point.” It was intentionally destroyed to protect Israel’s war on Gaza.
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
International law governing conflict isn’t just “at a breaking point.” It was intentionally destroyed to protect Israel’s war on Gaza.
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People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
Lots and lots of teargas and various other munitions. People yelling for medics. Ambulance came for one person already and there was a brutal arrest amidst all of this
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
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"The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength."
Amazing report from @crimethinc.com on the recent general strike in #Minneapolis. crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/c...
Amazing report from @crimethinc.com on the recent general strike in #Minneapolis. crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/c...
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
"The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength."
Amazing report from @crimethinc.com on the recent general strike in #Minneapolis. crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/c...
Amazing report from @crimethinc.com on the recent general strike in #Minneapolis. crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/c...