Sarah Darer Littman
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MG and YA novelist, INFLUENCED, Sydney Taylor Honor book SOME KIND OF HATE, DEEPFAKE, and many more. Teacher, dot connector, columnist. Leviticus 19:33 sarahdarerlittman.com
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NEW: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits removed from the President's House in Philadelphia.
Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
NEW: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits removed from the President's House in Philadelphia.
So excited to read and rep Camp Monster by @katemessner.com and share it with my neighborhood readers! Thank you @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social !
February 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
So excited to read and rep Camp Monster by @katemessner.com and share it with my neighborhood readers! Thank you @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social !
Washington Warned Us About Trump
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Washington Warned Us About Trump
Our first president valued national unity and feared a despot who would exploit "the ruins of public liberty." A reminder for this Presidents’ Day.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Washington Warned Us About Trump
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I hate everything about this with its the vision of a world in which every field is ruined by applying AI until every human is deprofessionalized and human value is reduced to whatever singular aspect some a-hole boss decides still needs a human.
This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor
Journalism schools lag in teaching AI, crucial for modern reporting, which aids in efficient news gathering and frees reporters for fieldwork.
www.cleveland.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I hate everything about this with its the vision of a world in which every field is ruined by applying AI until every human is deprofessionalized and human value is reduced to whatever singular aspect some a-hole boss decides still needs a human.
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It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.
From Newsmax's Carl Higbie re/the Bondi Judiciary Committee hearing. He criticizes Bondi, but has to add this because he can't help himself. "And was this hearing entertaining? Oh yeah, it was definitely entertaining."
February 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
From Newsmax's Carl Higbie re/the Bondi Judiciary Committee hearing. He criticizes Bondi, but has to add this because he can't help himself. "And was this hearing entertaining? Oh yeah, it was definitely entertaining."
I am struggling with so much of this, but I'm REALLY struggling with anyone of my faith promoting "master-race science" because we f*cking know where that leads!
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I am struggling with so much of this, but I'm REALLY struggling with anyone of my faith promoting "master-race science" because we f*cking know where that leads!
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Go Deacs!
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Go Deacs!
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@rokhanna.bsky.social, thank you for your perseverance.
Since this is #ValentinesDayResistance, I’ll say this. Women don’t want roses today. We want every mfr involved in this horrific pedo sex trafficking ring exposed, humiliated, & to receive appropriate consequences.
Since this is #ValentinesDayResistance, I’ll say this. Women don’t want roses today. We want every mfr involved in this horrific pedo sex trafficking ring exposed, humiliated, & to receive appropriate consequences.
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social, thank you for your perseverance.
Since this is #ValentinesDayResistance, I’ll say this. Women don’t want roses today. We want every mfr involved in this horrific pedo sex trafficking ring exposed, humiliated, & to receive appropriate consequences.
Since this is #ValentinesDayResistance, I’ll say this. Women don’t want roses today. We want every mfr involved in this horrific pedo sex trafficking ring exposed, humiliated, & to receive appropriate consequences.
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Our latest EFFector is out! We're covering Homeland Security's unlawful subpoenas to silence critics, our push to expand encryption protections, and a new bill to stop government face scans. Learn more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
🗣 Homeland Security Wants Names | EFFector 38.3
Criticize the government online? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might ask Google to cough up your name. By abusing an investigative tool called "administrative subpoenas," DHS has been
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February 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Our latest EFFector is out! We're covering Homeland Security's unlawful subpoenas to silence critics, our push to expand encryption protections, and a new bill to stop government face scans. Learn more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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“After years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship & bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”
February 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“After years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship & bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”
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This entire piece is a MUST READ.
David Leonhardt, the "Popularists"--their analysis of how the politics of immigration plays out is simplistic and, as Greg shows, belied by reality.
Morally decent politics around immigration ARE ALSO politically expedient.
David Leonhardt, the "Popularists"--their analysis of how the politics of immigration plays out is simplistic and, as Greg shows, belied by reality.
Morally decent politics around immigration ARE ALSO politically expedient.
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This entire piece is a MUST READ.
David Leonhardt, the "Popularists"--their analysis of how the politics of immigration plays out is simplistic and, as Greg shows, belied by reality.
Morally decent politics around immigration ARE ALSO politically expedient.
David Leonhardt, the "Popularists"--their analysis of how the politics of immigration plays out is simplistic and, as Greg shows, belied by reality.
Morally decent politics around immigration ARE ALSO politically expedient.
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“U.S. billionaires … have moved an increasingly anti-civic democratic direction as the scale of their wealth and their identity as a class has exploded.”
Exactly. Their class interests benefit Trump — but the problem of them attempting to rule us, and reality itself, will persist after he’s gone.
Exactly. Their class interests benefit Trump — but the problem of them attempting to rule us, and reality itself, will persist after he’s gone.
Thinking Clearly About the Global Authoritarian Movement
Day after day we’re seeing more signs of Donald Trump’s slipping grip...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“U.S. billionaires … have moved an increasingly anti-civic democratic direction as the scale of their wealth and their identity as a class has exploded.”
Exactly. Their class interests benefit Trump — but the problem of them attempting to rule us, and reality itself, will persist after he’s gone.
Exactly. Their class interests benefit Trump — but the problem of them attempting to rule us, and reality itself, will persist after he’s gone.
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I've wondered if we're living through a different sort of epistemic closure: not one of the right cocooning itself in participatory nonsense, but rather one of billionaires grown confident that closing on—i.e., purchasing—the means of knowledge production will let them dictate what's real or true.
Trump on the endangerment finding: "This radical rule became the legal foundation for the green new scam. One of the greatest scams in history, maybe even greater than the Russia Russia Russia hoax."
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I've wondered if we're living through a different sort of epistemic closure: not one of the right cocooning itself in participatory nonsense, but rather one of billionaires grown confident that closing on—i.e., purchasing—the means of knowledge production will let them dictate what's real or true.
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You know, if people believed girls and women or even just considered boasting about sexually assaulting them a no-go disqualification for leadership..
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
You know, if people believed girls and women or even just considered boasting about sexually assaulting them a no-go disqualification for leadership..
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
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Who is profiting off of ICE Contracts...
🔹️Palantir: $139,000,000 for case mgt operations
🔹️AT&T: $165,000,000 for IT & network support
🔹️Deloitte: $24,000,000 a year for data modernization
Good to know as Congress is examining their budget
🎁 @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
🔹️Palantir: $139,000,000 for case mgt operations
🔹️AT&T: $165,000,000 for IT & network support
🔹️Deloitte: $24,000,000 a year for data modernization
Good to know as Congress is examining their budget
🎁 @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
These Companies Have The Biggest ICE Contracts
Demonstrations have demanded an end to federal funding for ICE, after two protesters were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
www.forbes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Who is profiting off of ICE Contracts...
🔹️Palantir: $139,000,000 for case mgt operations
🔹️AT&T: $165,000,000 for IT & network support
🔹️Deloitte: $24,000,000 a year for data modernization
Good to know as Congress is examining their budget
🎁 @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
🔹️Palantir: $139,000,000 for case mgt operations
🔹️AT&T: $165,000,000 for IT & network support
🔹️Deloitte: $24,000,000 a year for data modernization
Good to know as Congress is examining their budget
🎁 @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda
And their supporters are loving it.
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What's your favorite language learning app? Please don't say Duolingo - I did that one for a while, but ended up hating it because I realized the gamified format brought out my worst competitive, perfectionist instincts in an unhealthy way. Also, I wanted to murder that fricking Owl.
a pixel art of a green owl with white eyes and an orange beak
ALT: a pixel art of a green owl with white eyes and an orange beak
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February 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
What's your favorite language learning app? Please don't say Duolingo - I did that one for a while, but ended up hating it because I realized the gamified format brought out my worst competitive, perfectionist instincts in an unhealthy way. Also, I wanted to murder that fricking Owl.
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👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Have to say, I am very surprised to see this coming from a Columbia Dean right now:
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I've said it before, but the first school that promotes itself as "AI-free" is going to corner the market on folks committed to learning. (gift link)
Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Have to say, I am very surprised to see this coming from a Columbia Dean right now:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...