Hypatia L.A. Seneschale ↙️↙️↙️ (she/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@femiyahtzee.bsky.social
metacognition zealot & public library evangelist, writing about law, ethics, media, and SFF. I was a guest on Women at Warp once.
“Terrifyingly brilliant. Brilliantly terrifying.” — opposing counsel
“Very special.” — my mom
https://www.laseneschale.com/
“Terrifyingly brilliant. Brilliantly terrifying.” — opposing counsel
“Very special.” — my mom
https://www.laseneschale.com/
Pinned
“Can you believe Elon asserted that it’s a crime for a journalist to disclose the identifies of his crew, while he doxxed the daughter of the judge who is faithfully applying the law?”
Yes.
What you see as “hypocrisy” on his part is just authoritarianism. 1/🧵
Yes.
What you see as “hypocrisy” on his part is just authoritarianism. 1/🧵
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
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if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
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Did you know: Eric Adams could temporarily thwart Zohran's plan to freeze rents by appointing a "tenant member" of the RGB who's willing to raise rents?
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Did you know: Eric Adams could temporarily thwart Zohran's plan to freeze rents by appointing a "tenant member" of the RGB who's willing to raise rents?
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
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ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
Nice to see the “Yet you participate in society. Curious!” brigade is hard at work again
they’re criticizing Mamdani for flying to DC to meet with the president
They’re saying he should’ve taken the Amtrak
They’re saying he should’ve taken the Amtrak
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Nice to see the “Yet you participate in society. Curious!” brigade is hard at work again
Of course not, he’s got the terrorists he pardoned to do that for him.
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Of course not, he’s got the terrorists he pardoned to do that for him.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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absolutely wild that we live in a world where the president can call for congresspeople to be executed in the morning and by 6 pm it’s not even on the trending page anymore
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
absolutely wild that we live in a world where the president can call for congresspeople to be executed in the morning and by 6 pm it’s not even on the trending page anymore
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You'll forgive my profanity, but we f*cking told you so.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
You'll forgive my profanity, but we f*cking told you so.
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Some of the large public health accounts that are rightfully upset about the CDC spreading misinfo that vaccines cause autism have been silent on long COVID & haven't masked in public in years. Just sayin'
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some of the large public health accounts that are rightfully upset about the CDC spreading misinfo that vaccines cause autism have been silent on long COVID & haven't masked in public in years. Just sayin'
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This is how we got to where we are today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is how we got to where we are today.
At which point will the majority of Americans accept there’s been a fascist takeover of the US? If the KKKoast Guard isn’t enough to jolt folks awake, what will be?
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At which point will the majority of Americans accept there’s been a fascist takeover of the US? If the KKKoast Guard isn’t enough to jolt folks awake, what will be?
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Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
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I know that ain't who I think it is
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I know that ain't who I think it is
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ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
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Will never forget the day a cop put their hand on their gun while yelling at me to pick up some litter.
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Will never forget the day a cop put their hand on their gun while yelling at me to pick up some litter.
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Oh yeah!? Well MY mom says I’m the prettiest girl in the whole wide world!
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oh yeah!? Well MY mom says I’m the prettiest girl in the whole wide world!
The thing about Republicans is that every accusation is a confession.
Abbott is the first state leader to make such a declaration about the organizations, according to the New York Times.
Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group A Terrorist Organization
Abbott is the first state leader to make such a declaration about the organizations, according to the New York Times.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The thing about Republicans is that every accusation is a confession.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Safety has never looked so good!
Welp, I guess I'm continuing the trend of documenting my POD Network Conference outfits for fun! Today's theme was green. #POD25
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Safety has never looked so good!
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Truly amazing work. Perfect use of the format.
they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Truly amazing work. Perfect use of the format.
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Ya don’t say….
Maybe telling Black people to stay the fuck out your stores was a bad idea?
And maybe doing everything under the sun EXCEPT fixing that part isn’t going to work!
Maybe telling Black people to stay the fuck out your stores was a bad idea?
And maybe doing everything under the sun EXCEPT fixing that part isn’t going to work!
Target slashes earnings guidance, warns about affordability crisis, and predicts a weak holiday season
Target slashes earnings guidance, warns about affordability crisis, and predicts a weak holiday season
Target sends a warning on the consumer to nervous markets ahead of the all-important Black Friday shopping period.
yhoo.it
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ya don’t say….
Maybe telling Black people to stay the fuck out your stores was a bad idea?
And maybe doing everything under the sun EXCEPT fixing that part isn’t going to work!
Maybe telling Black people to stay the fuck out your stores was a bad idea?
And maybe doing everything under the sun EXCEPT fixing that part isn’t going to work!
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we are going to win
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
we are going to win