@tismejanie.bsky.social
trying to make tech a bit more responsible / cryptography and governance
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Mercy. He was one of the greatest designers in the world.
MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, a stalwart of Milan ready-to-wear who revolutionized fashion with unstructured looks, has died at 91.
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mercy. He was one of the greatest designers in the world.
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Throughout two nights, on 9/5 and 9/12, author and film historian Donald Bogle will join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz to present 10 riveting films that explore interracial relationships on screen and examine how cultural attitudes have shifted over the years.
It begins at 8pm ET with ISLAND IN THE SUN.
It begins at 8pm ET with ISLAND IN THE SUN.
September 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Throughout two nights, on 9/5 and 9/12, author and film historian Donald Bogle will join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz to present 10 riveting films that explore interracial relationships on screen and examine how cultural attitudes have shifted over the years.
It begins at 8pm ET with ISLAND IN THE SUN.
It begins at 8pm ET with ISLAND IN THE SUN.
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I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately
September 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately
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I wrote about America's favorite couple, NicOlandria, specifically Olandria for @thebarbedwire.com. I went in-depth about racial fetishization and colorism that Black women experience in the pursuit of love, and interracial dating in the South. #LoveIslandUSA
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/25/n...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/25/n...
Nicolandria’s Love Is a Balm for Black Women from the South
Maybe seeing this 24-year-old white man love his Black partner out loud, with devotion, can heal some of our old wounds.
thebarbedwire.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I wrote about America's favorite couple, NicOlandria, specifically Olandria for @thebarbedwire.com. I went in-depth about racial fetishization and colorism that Black women experience in the pursuit of love, and interracial dating in the South. #LoveIslandUSA
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/25/n...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/25/n...
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If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
We Are All Lisa Cook
Nobody is safe from weaponized government
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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“To the sum total of my life belongs the insight that there is no complete hopelessness.”
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“To the sum total of my life belongs the insight that there is no complete hopelessness.”
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt
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Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses.
Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.
My new editorial:
Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.
My new editorial:
Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs
Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.
www.mississippifreepress.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses.
Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.
My new editorial:
Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.
My new editorial:
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In 2023 the Mass. SJC held that a conflict of interest can arise when a defense attorney expresses bigotry against persons of their client's faith or race. law.justia.com/cases/massac...
Worth thinking about.
Worth thinking about.
A North Texas lawyer notorious for his involvement with far-right extremist groups — and his legal representation of members of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups — is working as a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.
Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys and sender of racist tweets — is a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
thebarbedwire.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In 2023 the Mass. SJC held that a conflict of interest can arise when a defense attorney expresses bigotry against persons of their client's faith or race. law.justia.com/cases/massac...
Worth thinking about.
Worth thinking about.
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today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American.
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
From Famine in Gaza to Trump Cutting SNAP, Child Hunger is An American Pastime
"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy."
www.teenvogue.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American.
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
they're moving them to aurora, co apparently
MIAMI HERALD: “A federal judge on Thursday barred DeSantis and Trump from bringing new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demanded the state close out operations at the immigration detention facility within 60 days…” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
August 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
they're moving them to aurora, co apparently
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There have been some very scathing dissents over the years, but I can't think of one where the accusation is so bluntly made that the majority is a bunch of partisan hacks who are politically subservient to a president.
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
There have been some very scathing dissents over the years, but I can't think of one where the accusation is so bluntly made that the majority is a bunch of partisan hacks who are politically subservient to a president.
"A judge would not award her attorneys fees because he ruled that her team did not act "in good faith."[7]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
August 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"A judge would not award her attorneys fees because he ruled that her team did not act "in good faith."[7]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
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@natpurser.bsky.social explains the FCC’s low-income support program, Lifeline, and highlights an upcoming opportunity to reform the Universal Service Fund to deliver more affordable internet services. To learn more, visit publicknowledge.org
#internet #inflation #technology #fcc #education
#internet #inflation #technology #fcc #education
August 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@natpurser.bsky.social explains the FCC’s low-income support program, Lifeline, and highlights an upcoming opportunity to reform the Universal Service Fund to deliver more affordable internet services. To learn more, visit publicknowledge.org
#internet #inflation #technology #fcc #education
#internet #inflation #technology #fcc #education
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Join the AEFP Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group for an interactive forum on Teacher Shortages & Vacancies in K-12 schools on Thursday, August 28th, from 1-2 EDT! Register today aefpweb.org/ev_calen...
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join the AEFP Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group for an interactive forum on Teacher Shortages & Vacancies in K-12 schools on Thursday, August 28th, from 1-2 EDT! Register today aefpweb.org/ev_calen...
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any historians (legal or otherwise) in the DC area want to be a special guest in one of my sessions for this? politics.georgetown.edu/2025/08/21/m...
Meet the Fall 2025 GU Politics Fellows - Institute of Politics and Public Service
We are so excited to announce the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) 10th Anniversary Fellows Class: our Fall 2025 Fellows. Over the past decade, GU Politics has brought...
politics.georgetown.edu
August 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
any historians (legal or otherwise) in the DC area want to be a special guest in one of my sessions for this? politics.georgetown.edu/2025/08/21/m...
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FTC sending letters to tech companies saying not to compromise encryption (great!) and framing encryption-busting mandates as part of the "foreign censorship" threat.
(The latter is a complicated and nuanced issue for serious people. From this FTC, it's BS posturing.)
www.ftc.gov/system/files...
(The latter is a complicated and nuanced issue for serious people. From this FTC, it's BS posturing.)
www.ftc.gov/system/files...
www.ftc.gov
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
FTC sending letters to tech companies saying not to compromise encryption (great!) and framing encryption-busting mandates as part of the "foreign censorship" threat.
(The latter is a complicated and nuanced issue for serious people. From this FTC, it's BS posturing.)
www.ftc.gov/system/files...
(The latter is a complicated and nuanced issue for serious people. From this FTC, it's BS posturing.)
www.ftc.gov/system/files...
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BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
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This is nazi logic. The Nazis would redistribute the confiscated property of Jews to the German populace as an incentive to support their mass deportation to concentration camps.
JD Vance: "As we've kicked illegal aliens out of our country, you actually see housing costs start to level off."
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is nazi logic. The Nazis would redistribute the confiscated property of Jews to the German populace as an incentive to support their mass deportation to concentration camps.
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"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
climate impacts of gemini from google services.google.com/fh/files/mis...
services.google.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
climate impacts of gemini from google services.google.com/fh/files/mis...
what is "surface traveller"
August 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
what is "surface traveller"
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In a quick escalation, six Republican-led states are set to send hundreds of their own National Guard members to D.C. to address “out-of-control” crime despite police data indicating otherwise. Over 2,000 troops are expected to soon be in the district.
Red States Rush to Send Troops for Trump’s D.C. Crackdown
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In a quick escalation, six Republican-led states are set to send hundreds of their own National Guard members to D.C. to address “out-of-control” crime despite police data indicating otherwise. Over 2,000 troops are expected to soon be in the district.
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OMG
August 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
OMG
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The Catholic Church in Rome has been insisting on calling attention to the suffering in Gaza, even if you don't hear much about it stateside. Seven hours of names: 16 Israeli children and 12,211 Palestinian children.
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war
The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have be...
www.ncronline.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Catholic Church in Rome has been insisting on calling attention to the suffering in Gaza, even if you don't hear much about it stateside. Seven hours of names: 16 Israeli children and 12,211 Palestinian children.