Stephanie Kollmann
@slkollmann.bsky.social
law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
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“We rely on Hispanic labor,” said Chris Gross, a second-generation farmer who grows sweet corn seed and mint in Wilder. She added, “Nobody thought something like this could happen here.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“We rely on Hispanic labor,” said Chris Gross, a second-generation farmer who grows sweet corn seed and mint in Wilder. She added, “Nobody thought something like this could happen here.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
Chicago has highs above freezing for the entire 10-day forecast, which is nice
“We rely on Hispanic labor,” said Chris Gross, a second-generation farmer who grows sweet corn seed and mint in Wilder. She added, “Nobody thought something like this could happen here.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
“91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024.”
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Chicago has highs above freezing for the entire 10-day forecast, which is nice
It is impossible to assault a robot and people who interfere with or damage property are not assailants.
Chicago’s autonomous delivery robots are getting into scrapes with humans, per city records we obtained via FOIA. with @robertchannick.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/f...
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
It is impossible to assault a robot and people who interfere with or damage property are not assailants.
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I say this regularly. People use performative as a substitute for 'inauthentic' and we could all just say the words we mean to say. Erving Goffman helps us to understand that we perform all of the time in real life. Life itself is often a performance of self.
People have worn out "performative." We often perform things that are real, you know. Posting is a kind of performance of one's politics. Performative doesn't actually mean "fake" or "empty," it just gets deployed that way. We actually need performance. Case in point: last night's performance.
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I say this regularly. People use performative as a substitute for 'inauthentic' and we could all just say the words we mean to say. Erving Goffman helps us to understand that we perform all of the time in real life. Life itself is often a performance of self.
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I talked w/ uniformed health workers about their deployments to prisons where ICE holds immigrants.
ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11.
@wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)
ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11.
@wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I talked w/ uniformed health workers about their deployments to prisons where ICE holds immigrants.
ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11.
@wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)
ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11.
@wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)
One thing about this woman whining about the halftime show is that 33% of the big-name stars were white nonHispanic/Latino whereas the university she chose to attend is about 20% white nonHispanic/Latino
not to mention she knowingly and willingly moved to, and remains in, SOUTH FLORIDA
not to mention she knowingly and willingly moved to, and remains in, SOUTH FLORIDA
OMG you guys
I saw the (afaik baseless) speculation that Laura Loomer is pregnant and thought, "unlikely, tho, given her age" so I looked it up and found out I was very wrong (31!?) and also somewhat unfamiliar with her oeuvre which apparently started at Barry U lol
I saw the (afaik baseless) speculation that Laura Loomer is pregnant and thought, "unlikely, tho, given her age" so I looked it up and found out I was very wrong (31!?) and also somewhat unfamiliar with her oeuvre which apparently started at Barry U lol
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
One thing about this woman whining about the halftime show is that 33% of the big-name stars were white nonHispanic/Latino whereas the university she chose to attend is about 20% white nonHispanic/Latino
not to mention she knowingly and willingly moved to, and remains in, SOUTH FLORIDA
not to mention she knowingly and willingly moved to, and remains in, SOUTH FLORIDA
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AND if you're going to make gendered critiques about how fashion isn't action why not focus on the *many many more* Tactical Dads sitting on the couch during a sociopolitical emergency passively or loudly supporting ICE rather than putting all their cool toys and outfits and gear to work opposing it
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
AND if you're going to make gendered critiques about how fashion isn't action why not focus on the *many many more* Tactical Dads sitting on the couch during a sociopolitical emergency passively or loudly supporting ICE rather than putting all their cool toys and outfits and gear to work opposing it
Re: hat discourse
The part that isn't misogyny/internalized misogyny is probably this
The part that isn't misogyny/internalized misogyny is probably this
I think there is a class/race/culture component too (gendered but also this). I've never been to MSP but in the environment I was raised in, expressive opposition to authority was Simply Not Ever Done while organizing material support was common/important ...
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Re: hat discourse
The part that isn't misogyny/internalized misogyny is probably this
The part that isn't misogyny/internalized misogyny is probably this
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No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
May 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
It's been 14 months since the Cook County State's Attorney was sworn in
and this info, which she "temporarily" took down, is still unavailable
Data | Cook County State's Attorney share.google/73WFGrpKtnIU...
and this info, which she "temporarily" took down, is still unavailable
Data | Cook County State's Attorney share.google/73WFGrpKtnIU...
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It's been 14 months since the Cook County State's Attorney was sworn in
and this info, which she "temporarily" took down, is still unavailable
Data | Cook County State's Attorney share.google/73WFGrpKtnIU...
and this info, which she "temporarily" took down, is still unavailable
Data | Cook County State's Attorney share.google/73WFGrpKtnIU...
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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LOLOLOL
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
LOLOLOL
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Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state - Volume 57 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Anywho, would be nice if there were Latine and Caribbean cultural critics employed by the MSM...
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Anywho, would be nice if there were Latine and Caribbean cultural critics employed by the MSM...
Positively rolling every time they run the Lou Canellis spot
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Positively rolling every time they run the Lou Canellis spot
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fuck this Ring commercial hiding fascism behind dogs
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
fuck this Ring commercial hiding fascism behind dogs
Btw I think we need to develop a broader term for MAGAtarianist Christians, which do include a strain of Catholics and Mormons more obvious (and more welcomed by Protestants) than before
"evangelicals" has always been overinclusive re: white Christian nationalists but its underinclusion is starker
"evangelicals" has always been overinclusive re: white Christian nationalists but its underinclusion is starker
February 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Btw I think we need to develop a broader term for MAGAtarianist Christians, which do include a strain of Catholics and Mormons more obvious (and more welcomed by Protestants) than before
"evangelicals" has always been overinclusive re: white Christian nationalists but its underinclusion is starker
"evangelicals" has always been overinclusive re: white Christian nationalists but its underinclusion is starker
(I believe that she makes money from the books too but agree with the overarching point here)
Also since I'm mentioning this annoying article, 2 more things:
- Cape Town SA 🤔
- copyediting of the article itself
Also since I'm mentioning this annoying article, 2 more things:
- Cape Town SA 🤔
- copyediting of the article itself
February 8, 2026 at 10:36 PM
(I believe that she makes money from the books too but agree with the overarching point here)
Also since I'm mentioning this annoying article, 2 more things:
- Cape Town SA 🤔
- copyediting of the article itself
Also since I'm mentioning this annoying article, 2 more things:
- Cape Town SA 🤔
- copyediting of the article itself
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If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
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Dan’s piece is extremely good. I’m honored to be connected with the whistle crew, and it’s very fun to joke about my vertically integrated whistle packing party supply chain
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Dan’s piece is extremely good. I’m honored to be connected with the whistle crew, and it’s very fun to joke about my vertically integrated whistle packing party supply chain
Reposted by Stephanie Kollmann
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...