Sylvia Chi 齊思涵
@sylviachi.bsky.social
dog person. lawyer but not your lawyer. admin law enthusiast. i work on climate justice and public banking. she/they 🇺🇸🇹🇼
opinions are my own!
opinions are my own!
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the People’s Law Office in Chicago has tons of original documents from the Hampton/Clark case, from Panther publications to FBI files, available on their website and for about a week in 2018 while I was working on book research that was all I did
the people who leaked the COINTELPRO docs are heroes
the people who leaked the COINTELPRO docs are heroes
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
the People’s Law Office in Chicago has tons of original documents from the Hampton/Clark case, from Panther publications to FBI files, available on their website and for about a week in 2018 while I was working on book research that was all I did
the people who leaked the COINTELPRO docs are heroes
the people who leaked the COINTELPRO docs are heroes
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I honestly don’t think there’s a single figure in American history who has fundamentally shifted the way I understand the world I live in more radically than Fred Hampton. once you know the story you can’t un-know it and you see it repeated everywhere
The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I honestly don’t think there’s a single figure in American history who has fundamentally shifted the way I understand the world I live in more radically than Fred Hampton. once you know the story you can’t un-know it and you see it repeated everywhere
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You know how livid you gotta be to be a whole Caucasian man and refer to the “crackers” that are running rampant in your city? Whoever captured this deserves an honorary best documentary Oscar or something.
Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
You know how livid you gotta be to be a whole Caucasian man and refer to the “crackers” that are running rampant in your city? Whoever captured this deserves an honorary best documentary Oscar or something.
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That's what they said about the Tiananmen Massacre too. Billions of people saw with their own eyes what happened, including my parents, and they knew what they saw.
And yet.
And yet.
Yes and no. Billions of people saw with their own eyes what happened and we know what we saw.
A handful of Republicans in Congress could join Democrats to stop it tomorrow, legally, and the whole world would bow down to thank them, but they don't want to.
A handful of Republicans in Congress could join Democrats to stop it tomorrow, legally, and the whole world would bow down to thank them, but they don't want to.
looking back at now once again trump loyalists statements on jan 6 is crazy because it really illustrates how they’ve managed to sanitize what everyone knew was going on. the jan 6ers were ultimately successful it seems
January 7, 2026 at 5:40 AM
That's what they said about the Tiananmen Massacre too. Billions of people saw with their own eyes what happened, including my parents, and they knew what they saw.
And yet.
And yet.
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So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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And btw, the view that no one cares about climate... this is misunderstanding the difference between cycles of public opinion, and the material reality that climate is already devastating the economic basis of normal life—which, yes, ppl are noticing.
www.the-independent.com/us/money/hom...
www.the-independent.com/us/money/hom...
Nearly half of homeowners want to relocate because of climate-related concerns
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes,’ Kin Insurance noted
www.the-independent.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
And btw, the view that no one cares about climate... this is misunderstanding the difference between cycles of public opinion, and the material reality that climate is already devastating the economic basis of normal life—which, yes, ppl are noticing.
www.the-independent.com/us/money/hom...
www.the-independent.com/us/money/hom...
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If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
I couldn't immediately find prediction markets on Polymarket or Kalshi as to whether this (or something substantially similar) will actually happen...
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I couldn't immediately find prediction markets on Polymarket or Kalshi as to whether this (or something substantially similar) will actually happen...
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
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I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
I guess they're not concerned about liability from the nonconsensual deepfake porn?
Elon Musk's xAI announced it raised $20B in series E funding from familiar Musk backers including Fidelity, Nvidia, Cisco, Valor etc. Odd day to announce funding as xAI's Grok + X (Twitter) are drawing foreign regulatory probes over ai-generated csam / explicit images. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...
Elon Musk's xAI raises $20 billion from investors including Nvidia, Cisco, Fidelity | Lora Kolodny
xAI - which developed the AI chatbot and image generator Grok - has raised $20 billion in a series E round of growth funding, the company announced Tuesday.
Investors included vendors who are also s...
www.linkedin.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I guess they're not concerned about liability from the nonconsensual deepfake porn?
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It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
“.. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” she said.
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
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“90% of new petrochemical facilities proposed for Texas are in counties with higher demographic vulnerability in the form of higher percentages of people of color, or higher percentages of people in poverty (or both) than other areas of the state or the nation.”
Texas Keeps Greenlighting Pollution. Guess Who Lives Nearby
Race remains the strongest predictor of where petrochemical plants get built.
wordinblack.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“90% of new petrochemical facilities proposed for Texas are in counties with higher demographic vulnerability in the form of higher percentages of people of color, or higher percentages of people in poverty (or both) than other areas of the state or the nation.”
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Every day they prove this 30 year old joke more and more correct.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Every day they prove this 30 year old joke more and more correct.
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we get dozens of male loneliness articles but women being sexually harassed on twitter? not a peep
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
we get dozens of male loneliness articles but women being sexually harassed on twitter? not a peep
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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This is great news—and the decision relies on the state constitution’s right to “health care freedom,” which I wrote about last year: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is great news—and the decision relies on the state constitution’s right to “health care freedom,” which I wrote about last year: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
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I agree 💯 + think that SAFs with current sources in the US (🌽, soybeans) are a terrible idea and need to be treated as such: it means building infrastructure like CO2 pipelines for ethanol plants & devoting resources to impermanent and questionable sequestration practices like cover crops & no till.
I didn't follow this fight - but buried within this exciting victory is an indication of the next threat. A lot of climate folks don't focus on resisting so-called sustainable aviation fuel bc current sources can't scale - but the biomass industry can do scale!
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Following Defeat in California, Wood Pellet Industry Eyes Pacific Northwest
How California pulled the plug on biomass energy.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/following-defeat-in-california-wood-pellet-industry-eyes-pacific-northwest##
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I agree 💯 + think that SAFs with current sources in the US (🌽, soybeans) are a terrible idea and need to be treated as such: it means building infrastructure like CO2 pipelines for ethanol plants & devoting resources to impermanent and questionable sequestration practices like cover crops & no till.
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"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
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The takes from the last 48 hours have treated it like we’re in a normal situation where oil companies make decisions based on market logic.
We’re not in a normal situation, we’re in an authoritarian petrostate driven by the nostalgic visions of an old kook.
bsky.app/profile/fint...
We’re not in a normal situation, we’re in an authoritarian petrostate driven by the nostalgic visions of an old kook.
bsky.app/profile/fint...
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The takes from the last 48 hours have treated it like we’re in a normal situation where oil companies make decisions based on market logic.
We’re not in a normal situation, we’re in an authoritarian petrostate driven by the nostalgic visions of an old kook.
bsky.app/profile/fint...
We’re not in a normal situation, we’re in an authoritarian petrostate driven by the nostalgic visions of an old kook.
bsky.app/profile/fint...
This article would be significantly improved by providing the context that (1) Trump is a notorious liar; (2) the 18-month claim here is absurd; and (3) the legal authority for the U.S. government to subsidize such an effort — what is it?
Otherwise they are just misleading the public.
Otherwise they are just misleading the public.
👀 #AmericaFirst
"U.S. may subsidize an effort by oil companies to rebuild the country's energy infrastructure — a project he said could take less than 18 months."
Trump is looking to spend our tax dollars to boost up big oil's "infrastructure" in Venezuela.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
"U.S. may subsidize an effort by oil companies to rebuild the country's energy infrastructure — a project he said could take less than 18 months."
Trump is looking to spend our tax dollars to boost up big oil's "infrastructure" in Venezuela.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This article would be significantly improved by providing the context that (1) Trump is a notorious liar; (2) the 18-month claim here is absurd; and (3) the legal authority for the U.S. government to subsidize such an effort — what is it?
Otherwise they are just misleading the public.
Otherwise they are just misleading the public.
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By the same right we exert control over Hawaii?
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
By the same right we exert control over Hawaii?
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How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.