Sarah Szalavitz💡
@dearsarah.bsky.social
Accountability Architect💡
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
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Sarah Szalavitz💡
@dearsarah.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness; proves reality does not exist until measured <a href="http://phy.so/351940527" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://phy.so/351940527 <a href="http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs
ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after being detailed during a traffic stop by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after being detailed during a traffic stop by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after being detailed during a traffic stop by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after being detailed during a traffic stop by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A California sex 'cult' became a Netflix hit. @ellenhuet.bsky.social’s “riveting and intimate” new book, “Empire of Orgasm” unpacks even darker secrets www.latimes.com/entertainmen... Excellent & important as well as super relevant to this grim moment—hope y’all will read!
And bravo Ellen!
And bravo Ellen!
Review: A California sex 'cult' became a Netflix hit. This new book unpacks even darker secrets
'Empire of Orgasm' chronicles the descent of a Bay Area-based wellness company that promised sexual liberation but ultimately morphed into a manipulative enterprise.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A California sex 'cult' became a Netflix hit. @ellenhuet.bsky.social’s “riveting and intimate” new book, “Empire of Orgasm” unpacks even darker secrets www.latimes.com/entertainmen... Excellent & important as well as super relevant to this grim moment—hope y’all will read!
And bravo Ellen!
And bravo Ellen!
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Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
A federal judge blocked the Internal Revenue Service from sharing data with immigration enforcement officials, ruling that the tax agency violated federal law and individual rights in its support for ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out. (It’s in settings/super quick!)
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages & attachments to train its AI models - without your knowledge.
flip.it/4a2Im9 opt-in as a default should be illegal!!!
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages & attachments to train its AI models - without your knowledge.
flip.it/4a2Im9 opt-in as a default should be illegal!!!
Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages and attachments to train its AI models - likely without your knowledge. Opting out takes just moments.
flip.it
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out. (It’s in settings/super quick!)
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages & attachments to train its AI models - without your knowledge.
flip.it/4a2Im9 opt-in as a default should be illegal!!!
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages & attachments to train its AI models - without your knowledge.
flip.it/4a2Im9 opt-in as a default should be illegal!!!
Trump Says Mamdani Can Call Him a ‘Despot’ & ‘Fascist’
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump Says Mamdani Can Call Him a ‘Despot’ & ‘Fascist’
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
(Lawless) FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
FBI accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings (to protect vulnerable & undocumented folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings (to protect vulnerable & undocumented folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
(Lawless) FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
FBI accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings (to protect vulnerable & undocumented folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings (to protect vulnerable & undocumented folks)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Sarah Szalavitz💡
Trump Approves the Release of the Epstein Files, but Loopholes Remain
POTUS took credit for the bill, despite months of his pressure to kill it. It has significant exceptions—the DOJ can (& will) keep much of it confidential. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u... performative & exploitative—& for what?!
POTUS took credit for the bill, despite months of his pressure to kill it. It has significant exceptions—the DOJ can (& will) keep much of it confidential. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u... performative & exploitative—& for what?!
Trump Approves the Release of the Epstein Files, but Loopholes Remain
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Trump Approves the Release of the Epstein Files, but Loopholes Remain
POTUS took credit for the bill, despite months of his pressure to kill it. It has significant exceptions—the DOJ can (& will) keep much of it confidential. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u... performative & exploitative—& for what?!
POTUS took credit for the bill, despite months of his pressure to kill it. It has significant exceptions—the DOJ can (& will) keep much of it confidential. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u... performative & exploitative—& for what?!
💕https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/an-exclusive-look-inside-zohran-mamdani-and-rama-duwaji-new-york-wedding
An Exclusive Look Inside Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji’s Viral Clerk’s Office Wedding
Photographer Kara McCurdy shares a never-before-seen look at the New York City nuptials—and the high-profile Hinge love story—that captivated the internet.
www.vanityfair.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
💕https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/an-exclusive-look-inside-zohran-mamdani-and-rama-duwaji-new-york-wedding
Volkswagen finished restoring Megan Weintraub’s blue & white 1977 VW T2 bus that survived the Palisades wildfires. The viral image of the miraculously preserved (magic!) bus became a beacon of hope & is on display in LA thru January, when Ms. Weintraub gets it back:) www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
A fire-scarred Volkswagen bus was a viral 'beacon of hope.' Now you can see its glow-up
Megan Weinraub didn't realize her Volkswagen T2 bus had survived the January Palisades fire, but a viral Associated Press photo changed that. Then VW reached out to her.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Volkswagen finished restoring Megan Weintraub’s blue & white 1977 VW T2 bus that survived the Palisades wildfires. The viral image of the miraculously preserved (magic!) bus became a beacon of hope & is on display in LA thru January, when Ms. Weintraub gets it back:) www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
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Insanity‼️
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Insanity‼️
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
Trump administration halts naturalization ceremonies in upstate NY
wnyt.com/top-stories/... wtf?! lawless, vile, heartbreaking & dumbly harmful to all of us.
attending naturalization ceremonies is the best of this country:( so embarrassed & ashamed.
wnyt.com/top-stories/... wtf?! lawless, vile, heartbreaking & dumbly harmful to all of us.
attending naturalization ceremonies is the best of this country:( so embarrassed & ashamed.
Trump administration halts naturalization ceremonies in upstate NY
According to several county clerks contacted by NewsChannel 13, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) informed them that naturalization ceremonies are canceled indefinitely. This has left ...
wnyt.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump administration halts naturalization ceremonies in upstate NY
wnyt.com/top-stories/... wtf?! lawless, vile, heartbreaking & dumbly harmful to all of us.
attending naturalization ceremonies is the best of this country:( so embarrassed & ashamed.
wnyt.com/top-stories/... wtf?! lawless, vile, heartbreaking & dumbly harmful to all of us.
attending naturalization ceremonies is the best of this country:( so embarrassed & ashamed.
How you can view the northern lights near Los Angeles
www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...
www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...
How to view the northern lights near L.A.
Under the right conditions, the northern lights are visible near Los Angeles. Here's how to find out the next time the aurora is visible in Los Angeles County.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How you can view the northern lights near Los Angeles
www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...
www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid & toiling in toxic fields, with little state oversight
www.latimes.com/california/s... appalling. & preedictably ICE raids keep increasing how many kids work at farms & their reliance upon them. Even tho many are citizens, there’s no consequences…
www.latimes.com/california/s... appalling. & preedictably ICE raids keep increasing how many kids work at farms & their reliance upon them. Even tho many are citizens, there’s no consequences…
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid & toiling in toxic fields, with little state oversight
www.latimes.com/california/s... appalling. & preedictably ICE raids keep increasing how many kids work at farms & their reliance upon them. Even tho many are citizens, there’s no consequences…
www.latimes.com/california/s... appalling. & preedictably ICE raids keep increasing how many kids work at farms & their reliance upon them. Even tho many are citizens, there’s no consequences…
"A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about…Things happen" Trump waves away (& slanders) Khashoggi question during summit with MBS
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about…Things happen" Trump waves away (& slanders) Khashoggi question during summit with MBS
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
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I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
aaanndd lawsuit.
Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
aaanndd lawsuit.
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My hot take about insecure and unreliable software coding practices or language foot-guns is, as a society, we have decided that there simply aren’t going to be any real consequences for releasing unsafe software, and so it doesn’t really matter how or if people try to fix it at the technical level
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My hot take about insecure and unreliable software coding practices or language foot-guns is, as a society, we have decided that there simply aren’t going to be any real consequences for releasing unsafe software, and so it doesn’t really matter how or if people try to fix it at the technical level
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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New @carefultrouble.bsky.social paper out today with a whole bevy of academic partners, on the impacts of AI in urban environments. As the plan for AI Growth Zones starts to roll out, we find innovation policy is disconnected from the real impacts of AI on people and places
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New @carefultrouble.bsky.social paper out today with a whole bevy of academic partners, on the impacts of AI in urban environments. As the plan for AI Growth Zones starts to roll out, we find innovation policy is disconnected from the real impacts of AI on people and places
Reposted by Sarah Szalavitz💡
If Trump Wants the Epstein Files Out, Why Not Do It Himself?
nymag.com/intelligence... does anyone believe he’ll release these files? Why?
nymag.com/intelligence... does anyone believe he’ll release these files? Why?
If Trump Wants the Epstein Files Released, Why Not Do It Himself?
Trump just reversed course, ordering House Republicans to support a vote to … force his administration to release the Epstein files?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If Trump Wants the Epstein Files Out, Why Not Do It Himself?
nymag.com/intelligence... does anyone believe he’ll release these files? Why?
nymag.com/intelligence... does anyone believe he’ll release these files? Why?
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Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
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they're going after holocaust survivors
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
they're going after holocaust survivors
The Global Internet Is Coming Apart
nymag.com/intelligence... there’s a fair argument to be made that it never existed for most folks (it certainly did for me)—but, it’s been gone for years?
nymag.com/intelligence... there’s a fair argument to be made that it never existed for most folks (it certainly did for me)—but, it’s been gone for years?
The Global Internet Is Coming Apart
More and more countries are following China’s lead, limiting digital access and building their own “everything apps.”
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Global Internet Is Coming Apart
nymag.com/intelligence... there’s a fair argument to be made that it never existed for most folks (it certainly did for me)—but, it’s been gone for years?
nymag.com/intelligence... there’s a fair argument to be made that it never existed for most folks (it certainly did for me)—but, it’s been gone for years?
👏 Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u... about time!
An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u... about time!
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
👏 Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u... about time!
An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u... about time!