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Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
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Today for @theflytrapmedia.com I wrote about the (techno)fascist push to grant personhood to anything except people
Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely
Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Today for @theflytrapmedia.com I wrote about the (techno)fascist push to grant personhood to anything except people
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I was unprepared for last week’s Starfleet Academy and I am gonna need a minute, especially after reading the behind the scenes narrative of how it, and the lines at the end, came to be.
This is ABSOLUTELY what Trek was meant to be.
This is ABSOLUTELY what Trek was meant to be.
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I was unprepared for last week’s Starfleet Academy and I am gonna need a minute, especially after reading the behind the scenes narrative of how it, and the lines at the end, came to be.
This is ABSOLUTELY what Trek was meant to be.
This is ABSOLUTELY what Trek was meant to be.
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Essentially, we are a country lacking any centralized environmental regulation. Until that changes, community groups are stepping up to monitor air pollution, with help from environmental engineers from area universities. #ScienceSky #HigherEdSky #ClimateSky 🧪🌤️ www.nrdc.org/stories/comm...
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Essentially, we are a country lacking any centralized environmental regulation. Until that changes, community groups are stepping up to monitor air pollution, with help from environmental engineers from area universities. #ScienceSky #HigherEdSky #ClimateSky 🧪🌤️ www.nrdc.org/stories/comm...
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
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it’s honestly gross the way these ai (llm) companies obsfucate their intentions by hiring “ai ethicists” proselytizing about the conscience of a predictive media generator (???) while ignoring & firing the ethicists who warned about its actual harms for years
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
it’s honestly gross the way these ai (llm) companies obsfucate their intentions by hiring “ai ethicists” proselytizing about the conscience of a predictive media generator (???) while ignoring & firing the ethicists who warned about its actual harms for years
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"All of these individual systems together are part of a bigger picture of mass surveillance that's at an unprecedented level because of the total control from top to bottom of the infrastructure."
Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"All of these individual systems together are part of a bigger picture of mass surveillance that's at an unprecedented level because of the total control from top to bottom of the infrastructure."
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The defining feature of AI today is infrastructure: the rapacious buildout of data centres; the transnational configuration of labour exploitation; the grafting of AI onto processes of capitalist accumulation.
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The defining feature of AI today is infrastructure: the rapacious buildout of data centres; the transnational configuration of labour exploitation; the grafting of AI onto processes of capitalist accumulation.
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Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore
Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
everyone thinks they’re entitled to be a 100x engineer in the convenience economy. bro nah
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
everyone thinks they’re entitled to be a 100x engineer in the convenience economy. bro nah
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
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The fact that *not one* person in Harris' camp can explain why they shouldn't launch their fucking media operation on the Substack platform is... probably all you need to know about that endeavor.
February 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The fact that *not one* person in Harris' camp can explain why they shouldn't launch their fucking media operation on the Substack platform is... probably all you need to know about that endeavor.
& i can’t even tell u how I really feel bc of an nda. speaking out results in being silenced. imagine that!
i had to take a 2.5 year break from tech bc of misogyny I don’t exactly have high hopes for a future in academia fr but
February 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
& i can’t even tell u how I really feel bc of an nda. speaking out results in being silenced. imagine that!
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Given the influx of users from TikTok to Skylight, I thought a list of good video feeds was in order.
It’s past midnight and I did this from mobile — will update with more tomorrow after I make slides for my committee mtg 💀🥲
It’s past midnight and I did this from mobile — will update with more tomorrow after I make slides for my committee mtg 💀🥲
Video Feeds
Pin and/or like any of these feeds if you like their content
feeds.byarielm.fyi
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Given the influx of users from TikTok to Skylight, I thought a list of good video feeds was in order.
It’s past midnight and I did this from mobile — will update with more tomorrow after I make slides for my committee mtg 💀🥲
It’s past midnight and I did this from mobile — will update with more tomorrow after I make slides for my committee mtg 💀🥲
not only, it’s the world that misses out on opportunities—instead of letting women actually do shit they are pushed out so men can do…..this
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
not only, it’s the world that misses out on opportunities—instead of letting women actually do shit they are pushed out so men can do…..this
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found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
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Benedict Bridgerton is the worst
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Benedict Bridgerton is the worst
everything about this is like. truly so embarrassing lol
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
everything about this is like. truly so embarrassing lol
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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It won't surprise anyone to learn that Data Center lobbying has exploded.
www.techpolicy.press/amidst-boom-...
www.techpolicy.press/amidst-boom-...
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It won't surprise anyone to learn that Data Center lobbying has exploded.
www.techpolicy.press/amidst-boom-...
www.techpolicy.press/amidst-boom-...
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Books recommended by one of my faves? Absolutely looking! #BookSky
Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Books recommended by one of my faves? Absolutely looking! #BookSky
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.