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Sarah T Roberts, PhD

@ubiquity75.xyz

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Professor, researcher, author.

Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady.

Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM. .. more

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Oct 22

A thread…

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Oct 20

There are so many elements that have made his ascension possible: co-opted corporate media; social media’s unregulated environment; the overwhelm from the sheer number of misdeeds; coordinated foreign interference; destruction of K-12 education; racist grievance culture; unchecked gross inequity.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 3h

I believe they are.

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 6h

The 2026 @aoir.bsky.social Flashpoint is in Malmö on 11-12 August, with wonderful keynotes by @annettemarkham.bsky.social, Susana Tosca, @katjungnickel.bsky.social and @ubiquity75.xyz Submit abstracts by 30 March.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 7h

Yep.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 7h

I tend to agree. Although I do think that Epstein is perhaps dealing with an impairment. The rest are doing exactly what I think you’re saying.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 8h

I hesitate to ask, but…

…is there a theory as to why so many of the Epstein interlocutors seem to be functionally illiterate, to include Epstein himself? Were they trying to match his style? Is it something about being too rich/important to take time to correct typos? Wtaf?

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 14h

Please help if you can.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard

NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

www.gofundme.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 14h

I am so so saddened to learn this. Rest in power. My heart goes out to who loved her.

Fobazi M. Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social · 5d

With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026.

Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy.

We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 18h

I have stumbled onto libertariansky. Help.

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 23h

In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.

Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

www.irishtimes.com

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 23h

Okay but you absolutely cannot be serious that we're just glossing over "there are more data centers under construction than there are active data centers in the U.S"

web.archive.org/web/20260208...

Ives pointed out there are more data centers under construction than there are active data centers in the U.S. “I believe clean energy around nuclear is going to be the answer,” he said. “I think 2030 is the key threshold to hit some sort of scale and begin the next nuclear era in the United States.”

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

www.irishtimes.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

lol stay mad

Bad Bunny's halftime show ripped for language barrier, suspected political message

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

Bobo.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

Sure, why tf not.

Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase From Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons

The contract for the controversial weapons known for high civilian death tolls is the largest of its kind in available government records.

theintercept.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

Her struggle was certainly real.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

It went from bad to worse at that point, she kept talking shit and wouldn’t move, and I was like, you know what? Fuck it. I left and drove home. No party for me today, I guess.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

She was like, “I can’t, you’re too close!!” The area behind her was a driveway, so it was wide open to reverse and then pull ahead and out. I really didn’t know what to do or say at that point so I was like, “Do you know how to drive?” Jesus CHRIST. I was all the way behind her.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

Instead of pulling out, she started gesticulating wildly and mouthing, “CAN YOU MOVE?” and I and backed up even further. Somehow that still wasn’t enough. This woman was driving a compact sedan. So after she kept it up hollering and wouldn’t move, I said, “Just put it in reverse and go forward!”

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

Why tf is the first move to come sideways and swinging? This woman was parked on the street and I had been circling for parking for ages. I pulled over pretty close to the right so I didn’t block traffic while she was leaving and I was waiting.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

So tired from random people out in the world just popping off and running their mouths. It’s exhausting.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 1d

newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness

MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.

newrepublic.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

The whole world is being fucked over and scammed.

The 14 most explosive emails between Epstein and Mandelson

The extraordinary revelations appear to lay bare the extent of the professional and personal relationship between the paedophile financier and the ex-Labour minister

www.independent.co.uk

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

lol. Everything is fine. Automation is cool.

BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 5d

A fresh wave of spam is hitting inboxes worldwide, with users reporting that they are once again being bombarded by automated emails generated through companies' unsecured Zendesk support systems. Some recipients say they are receiving hundreds of messages with strange or alarming subject lines. ...

Zendesk spam wave returns, floods users with 'Activate account' emails

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 2d

I thought I could not be more disgusted by plastic jeff but here we are

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee

Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

www.gofundme.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 2d

www.reddit.com/r/UnderRepor...

From the UnderReportedNews community on Reddit: More than 50 protestors arrested at the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis today

Explore this post and more from the UnderReportedNews community

www.reddit.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."