Shava Nerad
@shava23.bsky.social
Career activist, writer in retirement.
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
Everything is global politics.
I think Tip O'Neill ("All politics is local") is a little out of date, and would be horrified that MAGAs think they can force globalization back in the bottle.
youtu.be/I92U21m9JgQ?...
I think Tip O'Neill ("All politics is local") is a little out of date, and would be horrified that MAGAs think they can force globalization back in the bottle.
youtu.be/I92U21m9JgQ?...
Tracing Vietnam’s Coffee Legacy Through Hanoi’s Cafés
YouTube video by Hal On Earth
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Everything is global politics.
I think Tip O'Neill ("All politics is local") is a little out of date, and would be horrified that MAGAs think they can force globalization back in the bottle.
youtu.be/I92U21m9JgQ?...
I think Tip O'Neill ("All politics is local") is a little out of date, and would be horrified that MAGAs think they can force globalization back in the bottle.
youtu.be/I92U21m9JgQ?...
100 police officers and 20 protesters injured in Mexico City, protesting cartels and corruption, sparked by murder of provincial mayor by drug traffickers.
I am so used to seeing that ratio reversed...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am so used to seeing that ratio reversed...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands protest against government in Mexico City as clashes leave 120 injured
The protests came weeks after Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, was killed.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
100 police officers and 20 protesters injured in Mexico City, protesting cartels and corruption, sparked by murder of provincial mayor by drug traffickers.
I am so used to seeing that ratio reversed...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am so used to seeing that ratio reversed...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will MTG be rehabilitated?
'“I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene said. “It’s very bad for our country.”'
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
'“I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene said. “It’s very bad for our country.”'
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Marjorie Taylor Greene says fallout with Trump 'has all come down to the Epstein files'
The Georgia Republican said the president’s recent attacks on her could put her life in danger.
www.politico.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Will MTG be rehabilitated?
'“I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene said. “It’s very bad for our country.”'
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
'“I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene said. “It’s very bad for our country.”'
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Federal officials confirm immigration enforcement operations are underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, assault and vandalize car of at least one US citizen.
ground.news/article/fede...
ground.news/article/fede...
Federal officials confirm immigration enforcement operations are underway in Charlotte, North Carolina
Federal officials confirmed that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations Saturday.
ground.news
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Federal officials confirm immigration enforcement operations are underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, assault and vandalize car of at least one US citizen.
ground.news/article/fede...
ground.news/article/fede...
I am concerned with the ethics of stigmatization.
Also, I wish they'd listed percentages with the predispositions of various syndromes. They are generally single, low double digits, even predisposed.
Maybe neonatzis will develop more respect for neurodiversity? Nah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Also, I wish they'd listed percentages with the predispositions of various syndromes. They are generally single, low double digits, even predisposed.
Maybe neonatzis will develop more respect for neurodiversity? Nah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Should Hitler's DNA have been studied?
Ground-breaking research has made some fascinating discoveries on the dictator, from his ancestry to possible neurological disorders.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am concerned with the ethics of stigmatization.
Also, I wish they'd listed percentages with the predispositions of various syndromes. They are generally single, low double digits, even predisposed.
Maybe neonatzis will develop more respect for neurodiversity? Nah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Also, I wish they'd listed percentages with the predispositions of various syndromes. They are generally single, low double digits, even predisposed.
Maybe neonatzis will develop more respect for neurodiversity? Nah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And now I close my eyes for a few hours.
I don't get out of migraine jail for at least another 24h.
Relentless.
I don't get out of migraine jail for at least another 24h.
Relentless.
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And now I close my eyes for a few hours.
I don't get out of migraine jail for at least another 24h.
Relentless.
I don't get out of migraine jail for at least another 24h.
Relentless.
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Stunning. Archives are everything.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Stunning. Archives are everything.
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65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
How to say you are young without saying you are young.
The US had pockets of pluralism since it was a handful of colonies. These mostly continued into pluralistic democracy over our first century.
And Blacks were granted the vote 100y before it was "guaranteed."
It's still not consolidated tho.
The US had pockets of pluralism since it was a handful of colonies. These mostly continued into pluralistic democracy over our first century.
And Blacks were granted the vote 100y before it was "guaranteed."
It's still not consolidated tho.
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
How to say you are young without saying you are young.
The US had pockets of pluralism since it was a handful of colonies. These mostly continued into pluralistic democracy over our first century.
And Blacks were granted the vote 100y before it was "guaranteed."
It's still not consolidated tho.
The US had pockets of pluralism since it was a handful of colonies. These mostly continued into pluralistic democracy over our first century.
And Blacks were granted the vote 100y before it was "guaranteed."
It's still not consolidated tho.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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I watched every episode of this show and have no idea who she is. We’ve got to insist on actors reaching a certain level of fame before they have their diva insanity phase.
"Nekrasova has made controversial statements in the past. In a 2023 New Yorker story, she was quoted as saying, “Francis is not the real Pope, we all know it. … You’re not gonna get rid of the Freemasons. You’re not gonna get rid of the Jews. They infiltrated the Church a long time ago.”"
Gersh Drops ‘Succession’ Actress Dasha Nekrasova After Podcast With White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
"Succession" actress Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by her talent agency, Gersh, after a podcast featured white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
variety.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I watched every episode of this show and have no idea who she is. We’ve got to insist on actors reaching a certain level of fame before they have their diva insanity phase.
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How civil rights activists have changed with the times.
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
How civil rights activists have changed with the times.
Politics and etymology -- he knows the way to a grrl's heart
This made me wonder about the etymology of quack.
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Politics and etymology -- he knows the way to a grrl's heart
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Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
Older article, but sadly we'll need this orderly argument again and again.
kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-message-...
kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-message-...
A Message to Students at Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas
Yesterday your school district’s board of trustees voted 4-3 to rename your school after Robert E.
kevinmlevin.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Older article, but sadly we'll need this orderly argument again and again.
kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-message-...
kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-message-...
I disagree with Krugman that #cryptocurrency is speculation or crime. It's also experimental, like any unregulated sandbox.
But I do believe it's likely to die under the weight of foolishness, exploitation and abuse before the experiments can carry it forward.
But I do believe it's likely to die under the weight of foolishness, exploitation and abuse before the experiments can carry it forward.
Paul Krugman only reads blogs and that is why he, unlike everyone else who has been in punditry for decades, has never lost his mind
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I disagree with Krugman that #cryptocurrency is speculation or crime. It's also experimental, like any unregulated sandbox.
But I do believe it's likely to die under the weight of foolishness, exploitation and abuse before the experiments can carry it forward.
But I do believe it's likely to die under the weight of foolishness, exploitation and abuse before the experiments can carry it forward.
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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my wife worked for a catholic hospital and gave birth to our last child there and _their own obstetrician_ told her to get her tubes tied because it was _medically necessary_ and the hospital wouldn't allow it to be done with her c-section because it was against their beliefs, even though we're jews
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
my wife worked for a catholic hospital and gave birth to our last child there and _their own obstetrician_ told her to get her tubes tied because it was _medically necessary_ and the hospital wouldn't allow it to be done with her c-section because it was against their beliefs, even though we're jews
