Arath Ceballos Moreno
arathcm.bsky.social
Arath Ceballos Moreno
@arathcm.bsky.social
Law student @ SMU • Texas
Musician (mariachi, rock, and beyond)
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Mount Denali was named for the Koyukon people who are native to Alaska and have referred to the mountain with this name for centuries.

Indigenous land should be protected, not further whitewashed.
Trump Renames Denali To Mount McKinley—Here’s What To Know
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
www.forbes.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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linguistics work on offensiveness maintains that a significant part of classifying a communicative act is how it’s evaluated by receivers. we knew what we were seeing when we saw it. so, by the way, did self-professed white supremacists, they loved it! what’s in elon’s heart? who cares
Did Elon Musk *really* do a Nazi salute? It doesn't matter. He knew how it would be interpreted, and as with Trump, the intent is beside the point.

He did it for one reason: To show us that he could, and that there's nothing we can do to stop him.

www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk did a Nazi salute on live TV to show us there's nothing we can do about it
It was a display of power, and a signal: the tech oligarchy is here, and it will do what it wants
www.bloodinthemachine.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in a census count used for election maps.
Trump rescinds Biden's census order, clearing a path to reshape election maps
President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in a census count used for election maps.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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We are about to have a president for whom there are utterly and literally no expectations. No one expects him to behave well. No one expects him to uphold normal standards of decency.
We’ve Never Been Here Before: The Zero-Accountability Presidency
The only institutions that will try to hold Trump accountable are powerless, while the only ones with the power to punish him will never do it.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM