Elizabeth Kate Switaj
@ekswitaj.bsky.social
http://www.elizabethkateswitaj.net/
📚The Articulations, Kernpunkt Press http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p43/articulationsamouroboros.html
📚The Bringers of Fruit, 11:11 Press https://1111press.com/the-bringers-of-fruit
🇲🇭Majuro, Marshall Islands
📚The Articulations, Kernpunkt Press http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p43/articulationsamouroboros.html
📚The Bringers of Fruit, 11:11 Press https://1111press.com/the-bringers-of-fruit
🇲🇭Majuro, Marshall Islands
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Really cool that @bsky.app thinks this is adult content and so is limiting the audience.
When I visited this temple in 2008, it already seemed quite commercialized. uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-abbot-chi...
China authorities approve arrest of ex-abbot of Shaolin Temple
Local authorities in China said Sunday they had approved the arrest of the former head of the Shaolin Temple, known as the birthplace of kung fu, over suspicion of embezzlement.Authorities in central ...
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
When I visited this temple in 2008, it already seemed quite commercialized. uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-abbot-chi...
I am at work and cannot keep up with the Seahawks scoring.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I am at work and cannot keep up with the Seahawks scoring.
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"As of November 5th, it estimated that USAID's dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"As of November 5th, it estimated that USAID's dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This is clear political prosecution and government overreach meant to scare protestors by going after resistance leaders and political candidates.
Kat Abughazaleh must not be imprisoned for fighting against the President’s fascism.
Kat Abughazaleh must not be imprisoned for fighting against the President’s fascism.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is clear political prosecution and government overreach meant to scare protestors by going after resistance leaders and political candidates.
Kat Abughazaleh must not be imprisoned for fighting against the President’s fascism.
Kat Abughazaleh must not be imprisoned for fighting against the President’s fascism.
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In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
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I had my nose broken badly in an assault. Worked for Starbucks at the time and the Cup Fund paid all my expenses. 18 years later it still triggers my PTSD seeing these pictures. 18 years later, I'm paying it forward and donating. I hope she is ok.
Please consider donating.
Please consider donating.
my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415
Donate to Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens, organized by Alexandra Lang
Hello,
My name is Grace Lang, and I am a 23 year old U… Alexandra Lang needs your support for Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I had my nose broken badly in an assault. Worked for Starbucks at the time and the Cup Fund paid all my expenses. 18 years later it still triggers my PTSD seeing these pictures. 18 years later, I'm paying it forward and donating. I hope she is ok.
Please consider donating.
Please consider donating.
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If you want to help all islands impacted by Melissa, it looks like CORE, which has a good amount of Caribbean hurricane experience, will be operating throughout the region: www.coreresponse.org
CORE - Homepage
CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort): global crisis response organization bringing immediate aid and recovery to underserved communities.
www.coreresponse.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If you want to help all islands impacted by Melissa, it looks like CORE, which has a good amount of Caribbean hurricane experience, will be operating throughout the region: www.coreresponse.org
We’re not living in a horror movie. We’re living in all the horror movies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Truck with monkeys thought to carry Covid and other diseases crashed in Mississippi
The truck carrying Rehsus monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans crashed on Interstate 59
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We’re not living in a horror movie. We’re living in all the horror movies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
I have a poem in ANMLY 41’s folio of autistic protest poetry: anmly.org/ap41/elizabe...
Elizabeth Switaj – ANMLY
anmly.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I have a poem in ANMLY 41’s folio of autistic protest poetry: anmly.org/ap41/elizabe...
The Telephone art game is live! Check out my contribution: telephonegame.art/game/artists...
telephonegame.art
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Telephone art game is live! Check out my contribution: telephonegame.art/game/artists...
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How to record ICE:
1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.
@eltragon.bsky.social
1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.
@eltragon.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How to record ICE:
1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.
@eltragon.bsky.social
1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.
@eltragon.bsky.social
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In my view, Amy Coney Barrett kicking off her book tour by doing a sold-out event with Bari Weiss and publishing an exclusive excerpt in The Free Press should end the "Supreme Court justices are not motivated by ideology" discourse once and for all ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Conservative Media Ecosystem Is Coddling Amy Coney Barrett
Nothing says “I am not a partisan hack” like kicking off your book tour in conversation with Bari Weiss.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In my view, Amy Coney Barrett kicking off her book tour by doing a sold-out event with Bari Weiss and publishing an exclusive excerpt in The Free Press should end the "Supreme Court justices are not motivated by ideology" discourse once and for all ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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When Misk first messaged me she always was asking to raise money for school now she is trying to survive
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When Misk first messaged me she always was asking to raise money for school now she is trying to survive
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And now government doctors got my entire channel removed.
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
August 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And now government doctors got my entire channel removed.
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
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The largest wildfire burning in the state of Washington is still alive today thanks to brave federal U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents who arrested firefighters caught in the act of attempting to kill it.
ICE Arrests Firefighters Caught Attempting to Murder Wildfire: tinyurl.com/255zs4c5
August 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The largest wildfire burning in the state of Washington is still alive today thanks to brave federal U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents who arrested firefighters caught in the act of attempting to kill it.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
A billionaire who has never taught a class referring to herself as an English teacher while wearing a $5 million dollar ring is despicable when educators are consistently underpaid.
August 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A billionaire who has never taught a class referring to herself as an English teacher while wearing a $5 million dollar ring is despicable when educators are consistently underpaid.
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If you are anywhere near Austin Texas, tonight, go to the capital.
They’re calling for people.
This can not stand. Go. You’re needed. #txlege
1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701
They’re calling for people.
This can not stand. Go. You’re needed. #txlege
1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you are anywhere near Austin Texas, tonight, go to the capital.
They’re calling for people.
This can not stand. Go. You’re needed. #txlege
1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701
They’re calling for people.
This can not stand. Go. You’re needed. #txlege
1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701
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Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
August 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
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Y'know, at some point y'all are gonna have to chisel that poem off the base of that big ass statue, or at least cover the damn thing with a tarp. i mean jesus.
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Y'know, at some point y'all are gonna have to chisel that poem off the base of that big ass statue, or at least cover the damn thing with a tarp. i mean jesus.
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You can read the full poem for free at the Lamp Lit website. A huge thank you to the editors for sharing this with the world!
from Bernadette Geyer's
( @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social ): The Most Beautiful Clown in the Circus
Read the full piece in our first issue at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #art #lamplitmag
( @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social ): The Most Beautiful Clown in the Circus
Read the full piece in our first issue at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #art #lamplitmag
July 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM
You can read the full poem for free at the Lamp Lit website. A huge thank you to the editors for sharing this with the world!
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“Findings all point to the likelihood of widespread famine, the migration of large numbers of people seeking a more stable environment and the carry-on impact of geopolitical disorder.”
NEW: Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels.
Here are the key takeaways.
Here are the key takeaways.
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
www.propublica.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Findings all point to the likelihood of widespread famine, the migration of large numbers of people seeking a more stable environment and the carry-on impact of geopolitical disorder.”