Angtha Thar
@untamespirit.bsky.social
Geek who stays on top on news and have a habit of reading/watching documentaries and play with cookies. Octavia Butler fan girl. Currently reading Sarah Kendzior. And don't worry, I'm not a bot and jerk-wad troll. She/her
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Angtha Thar
@untamespirit.bsky.social
· Jan 19
just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes:
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America a book by Talia Lavin
Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are en...
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Hi @swordsjew.bsky.social and #booksky📚💙, I'm ready to do a book thread on Wild Faith. TW: Child abuse, sexual assult, antisemitism
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generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
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Germany already had ICE, pictured here.
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Germany already had ICE, pictured here.
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as far as kid’s franchise filmmaking goes…the sonic the hedgehog movies aren’t bad
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
as far as kid’s franchise filmmaking goes…the sonic the hedgehog movies aren’t bad
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Happy Valentine’s Caturday!
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Happy Valentine’s Caturday!
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Happy that it’s happened at all, but it’s profoundly fucked up that they had to pay to buy back the land that was already theirs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Washoe Tribe buys 10,000 acres in one of California’s largest ever land returns
Tribe, which was forcibly removed from its lands near Lake Tahoe, used $5.5m grant and private donations for purchase
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Happy that it’s happened at all, but it’s profoundly fucked up that they had to pay to buy back the land that was already theirs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Dr. Oz’s name appears in the Epstein files — emails show he invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentine’s Day party in 2016, long after Epstein’s conviction. Some people had time for parties with predators, but not accountability. Happy Valentine’s Day.
#ChrisAhujaCongress #EpsteinFiles #DrOz
#ChrisAhujaCongress #EpsteinFiles #DrOz
February 13, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Dr. Oz’s name appears in the Epstein files — emails show he invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentine’s Day party in 2016, long after Epstein’s conviction. Some people had time for parties with predators, but not accountability. Happy Valentine’s Day.
#ChrisAhujaCongress #EpsteinFiles #DrOz
#ChrisAhujaCongress #EpsteinFiles #DrOz
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I’m old enough to remember when Bill Gates predicted print books would disappear within 2-3 years.
M&Ms CEO: 'most, if not all' meals can be replaced by M&Ms within 12-18 months
Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Bill Gates predicted print books would disappear within 2-3 years.
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y'all gotta stop placing all your hopes and dreams in the hands of bitchass white men—which is what Gavin Newsom is.
August 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
y'all gotta stop placing all your hopes and dreams in the hands of bitchass white men—which is what Gavin Newsom is.
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🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
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Part of what deeply annoys me about this is that episode counts are so much shorter. So in these sawed-off seasons, characters are spending way too much time telling each other things they all already know. I’m absolutely sure most writers & actors hate this as much as many of us do.
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Part of what deeply annoys me about this is that episode counts are so much shorter. So in these sawed-off seasons, characters are spending way too much time telling each other things they all already know. I’m absolutely sure most writers & actors hate this as much as many of us do.
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This is an insane sentence.
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
A planned collaboration between late night host Jimmy Fallon and powerful entertainment executive Tommy Mottola to launch a branded line of pasta sauces is now kaput as the entertainment mogul’s name is being discovered all over the Epstein Files, exposing his close relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender and trafficker.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This is an insane sentence.
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relatable tbh
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
relatable tbh
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turns out the discord situation is worse! the company that will be doing the age verifications with IDs is Persona, a peter thiel aligned company
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 AM
turns out the discord situation is worse! the company that will be doing the age verifications with IDs is Persona, a peter thiel aligned company
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
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Incredible news. The gender critical crowd has been trying to capture EU institutions and so far they've failed. The EU may yet be a safe haven for trans people.
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Incredible news. The gender critical crowd has been trying to capture EU institutions and so far they've failed. The EU may yet be a safe haven for trans people.
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Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
Is anyone on #academicsky having issues with workday? Was almost done with it then it shut down for maintenance after today's outage. 😡
a cartoon rabbit is standing on a grassy field and looking at something .
Alt: Judy hopps annoyed
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Is anyone on #academicsky having issues with workday? Was almost done with it then it shut down for maintenance after today's outage. 😡
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A few days ago my friend lost his young daughter to a rare genetic condition. Because it’s uncommon capitalist research institutions don’t dedicate money or time to studying it even though a cure is possible
Please help honor her memory by voting for Batten Disease research to receive grant funding
Please help honor her memory by voting for Batten Disease research to receive grant funding
One amazing way to keep Amelia’s fight against Batten Disease going is to vote for the BDSRA in the Project for Awesome 2026. Voting ends on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
Just head to: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
A few days ago my friend lost his young daughter to a rare genetic condition. Because it’s uncommon capitalist research institutions don’t dedicate money or time to studying it even though a cure is possible
Please help honor her memory by voting for Batten Disease research to receive grant funding
Please help honor her memory by voting for Batten Disease research to receive grant funding
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given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
i'm against barriers to the fanchise but it would be extremely funny if the republicans enact barriers to voting and nuke their voter base
Been toying with the same thought. Pointless barriers to voting pitched as a solution to an imaginary problem are a bad idea in principle, but Republicans seem very sure it will help them on net, and that’s not really obvious to me.
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
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“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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JB Pritzker led the creation of a Holocaust Museum, was a funder of the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (which covers the Cambodian Genocide), and his family came to the US to escape Russian pogroms.
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
JB Pritzker's chief of staff tells us that people appalled by ICE brutality badly wanted to join the fight. So Pritzker encouraged people to start recording. This takes seriously the role of information warfare in the age of Trump, enlisting ordinary people in it. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
JB Pritzker led the creation of a Holocaust Museum, was a funder of the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (which covers the Cambodian Genocide), and his family came to the US to escape Russian pogroms.
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
I don't have to wonder if he understands what's happening under Donald Trump. He does. Hence:
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There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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Ring has done this before. They partner with cops, get backlash, withdraw a bit, wait for it to calm down, and then go right back to working with cops. Don't believe this spin.
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
www.theverge.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Ring has done this before. They partner with cops, get backlash, withdraw a bit, wait for it to calm down, and then go right back to working with cops. Don't believe this spin.
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
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This is the third time Ring has backed off of some Orwellian practice because of public outcry; in the two previous cases it went right back to the evil as soon as the uproar died down. There is no reason to suspect this will be any different.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
This is the third time Ring has backed off of some Orwellian practice because of public outcry; in the two previous cases it went right back to the evil as soon as the uproar died down. There is no reason to suspect this will be any different.
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I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out