BadSciFiName
@badscifiname.bsky.social
Writer, progressive, desert born ASU grad living in Los Angeles.
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This reminds me of the hospital in Panama City in the 1850s that funded itself selling the corpses of 5000 railroad workers to medical schools around the world.
I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This reminds me of the hospital in Panama City in the 1850s that funded itself selling the corpses of 5000 railroad workers to medical schools around the world.
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
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One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
September 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
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It's feel like we're counting down to the first mass killing of US citizens by the US military.
September 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's feel like we're counting down to the first mass killing of US citizens by the US military.
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I’ve loved the US Open my whole life.
But this? The USTA preemptively censoring the crowd to protect Trump’s image?
I am absolutely fucking beside myself.
🔗 New piece here:
Objection: Censoring the Crowd open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
But this? The USTA preemptively censoring the crowd to protect Trump’s image?
I am absolutely fucking beside myself.
🔗 New piece here:
Objection: Censoring the Crowd open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
Objection: Censoring the Crowd
The USTA just told broadcasters not to show booing or protests when Trump appears at the U.S. Open final. I’ve loved this tournament my whole life—and this crosses a line.
open.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’ve loved the US Open my whole life.
But this? The USTA preemptively censoring the crowd to protect Trump’s image?
I am absolutely fucking beside myself.
🔗 New piece here:
Objection: Censoring the Crowd open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
But this? The USTA preemptively censoring the crowd to protect Trump’s image?
I am absolutely fucking beside myself.
🔗 New piece here:
Objection: Censoring the Crowd open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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just when i thought people were as dumb as possible they yell “hey yall watch this” and faceplant into the patio furniture
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
just when i thought people were as dumb as possible they yell “hey yall watch this” and faceplant into the patio furniture
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I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
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"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
July 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
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Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.
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If you would normally have given if this were a natural disaster but haven't given yet...
...you should give.
...you should give.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If you would normally have given if this were a natural disaster but haven't given yet...
...you should give.
...you should give.
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Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
reut.rs
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
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My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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The Manosphere is just the capitalist patriarchy finding new customers.
I know it’s been said before but the entire manosphere really does rely entirely on the Male Gaze being turned inward. It’s by men, for men, and assumes virility and attraction can only be defined by men. It’s toxic homoeroticism.
July 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Manosphere is just the capitalist patriarchy finding new customers.
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Welp. WeTransfer has updated their policy. Your image, likeness, and voice are at risk!
🙄
The one service you can send large files through without paying an arm and leg. I've used it to send clients their photos and headshots. No more.
As an artist and performer, I am so very sick of this shit.
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The one service you can send large files through without paying an arm and leg. I've used it to send clients their photos and headshots. No more.
As an artist and performer, I am so very sick of this shit.
July 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Welp. WeTransfer has updated their policy. Your image, likeness, and voice are at risk!
🙄
The one service you can send large files through without paying an arm and leg. I've used it to send clients their photos and headshots. No more.
As an artist and performer, I am so very sick of this shit.
🙄
The one service you can send large files through without paying an arm and leg. I've used it to send clients their photos and headshots. No more.
As an artist and performer, I am so very sick of this shit.
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Get off Twitter and stop using LLMs.
Seems important to say that MechaHitler is being powered by turbines that are poisoning Black people in Memphis
www.wired.com/story/xai-da...
www.wired.com/story/xai-da...
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI
Elon Musk’s xAI gas turbines get official approval, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
www.wired.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Get off Twitter and stop using LLMs.
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CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO REJECT TRUMP’S NSF BUDGET CUTS! They are leaning in the correct direction, push them to continue!
"Scientists and advocacy groups have been pleading with Congress to protect funding. The campaign appears to be working: under the Senate committee’s bill, the NSF budget would drop by only 0.67%, rather than by 57% as Trump requested, & many NASA missions would continue rather than being shut down"
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO REJECT TRUMP’S NSF BUDGET CUTS! They are leaning in the correct direction, push them to continue!
Sometimes I think of this photo and how it’s everything conservatives can’t stand: people making their own choice to live their own life how they want to without harming anyone, and getting along fine while sitting next to someone who has made different choices.
June 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sometimes I think of this photo and how it’s everything conservatives can’t stand: people making their own choice to live their own life how they want to without harming anyone, and getting along fine while sitting next to someone who has made different choices.
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“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles
Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
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William Shierer observed in the Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, that he found by 1939, it frustrating and pointless to waste his energy arguing with Germans. They were in too deep, too radicalized, and too surrounded by propaganda for his words to have value.
I feel like this with Americans.
I feel like this with Americans.
June 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
William Shierer observed in the Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, that he found by 1939, it frustrating and pointless to waste his energy arguing with Germans. They were in too deep, too radicalized, and too surrounded by propaganda for his words to have value.
I feel like this with Americans.
I feel like this with Americans.
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UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days.
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Veteran photographer Michael Nigro was shot in the head with a non-lethal bullet while covering anti-ICE protests in LA. "It felt very very intentional," Nigro tells NPR, "a chilling effect to convince us to go away."
Other reporters say they have been targeted too.
My story below:
Other reporters say they have been targeted too.
My story below:
The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times. https://n.pr/3Zw0tPg
June 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days.
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Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
'This Is What Fascism Looks Like': Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested | Common Dreams
"This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we
www.commondreams.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
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This is 100% accurate, every time:
David Graeber said this in 2012 about protests in New York City.
Though this is increasingly what is happening this week in Los Angeles.
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
Though this is increasingly what is happening this week in Los Angeles.
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is 100% accurate, every time: