Holly Cwierz
@hollycwierz.bsky.social
UX/Product Designer in Texas
100% plant based.
100% plant based.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.
A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.
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Birthright citizenship is a "longstanding custom" in the same way that freedom of speech is a longstanding custom (they are both explicitly guaranteed by the text of the Constitution)
not to be the flyspeck nyt copy as if it's the most important thing guy, but seriously wtf is this?
July 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Birthright citizenship is a "longstanding custom" in the same way that freedom of speech is a longstanding custom (they are both explicitly guaranteed by the text of the Constitution)
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Do we still need stories about an aspirational immigrant who's so devoted to his adopted country that he regularly puts himself in danger to help even those who fear and distrust him, and who's primary antagonist is an egotistical tech billionaire?
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
July 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Do we still need stories about an aspirational immigrant who's so devoted to his adopted country that he regularly puts himself in danger to help even those who fear and distrust him, and who's primary antagonist is an egotistical tech billionaire?
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
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Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
June 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
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"Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base. This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act. And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act."
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-civ...
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-civ...
Trump's civil war
And our new birth of freedom
snyder.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base. This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act. And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act."
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-civ...
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-civ...
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this!!!
Luddites weren't anti-tech.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
May 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this!!!
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Every time you buy a Harry Potter product, you are financing the dismantling of trans rights
!["About the fund. The J.K. Rowling Women's Fund (JKRWF) offers legal funding support to individuals and organisations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights [...]. It provides women with the means and confidence to bring to justice cases that make legal precedents, force policy change, and make positive contributions to women's lives in the future."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjkl4nmqbvelhqr3jzm2bm63/bafkreigkfhjbyner5wkm2x4by7xh6utgzhcirktzrci524sifypbpeimjm@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Every time you buy a Harry Potter product, you are financing the dismantling of trans rights
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This argument from Character Technologies is absolutely flooring. The audacity...
“In her order Wednesday, U.S. Senior District Judge Anne Conway rejected some of the defendants’ free speech claims, saying she’s ‘not prepared’ to hold that the chatbots’ output constitutes speech ‘at this stage.’”
In lawsuit over teen's death, judge rejects arguments that AI chatbots have free speech rights
A federal judge in Florida has rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now.
apnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This argument from Character Technologies is absolutely flooring. The audacity...
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A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.
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I hope folks see the obvious carcerality of this shit. think about how cops work, think about how this is turning you into a cop, think about how cops demand proof of innocence, think about how the carceral system discriminates based on race, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, education, etc.
In an effort to avoid accusations of cheating, some students are recording their own screens for hours at a time or using keystroke loggers.
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I hope folks see the obvious carcerality of this shit. think about how cops work, think about how this is turning you into a cop, think about how cops demand proof of innocence, think about how the carceral system discriminates based on race, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, education, etc.
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4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
May 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
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My daddy didn’t have a BC until the military gave him one.
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
Black woman born during segregation was never issued a birth certificate and can't get a Real ID.
May 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My daddy didn’t have a BC until the military gave him one.
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
This is because many Black people were born at HOME during Jim Crow apartheid b/c doctors didn’t allow Black people to go to or even become doctors.
Chris Rock spoke about his mama having to go to a veterinarian to get dental care
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I know I keep saying this, but it is incredible important to understand that the Nazi playbook was US policy. So much of the anti intellectualism has been to erase the fact that the US was on this road before the Germans and is simply reverting to the original horrors that were in motion.
I must say I no longer believe that this is reminiscent of the Nazi playbook, I believe they’re using the Nazi playbook - offshore extermination and concentration camps, targeting people on basis of race and manufactured legality, academic onslaught, media, gender policing it’s all there.
April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I know I keep saying this, but it is incredible important to understand that the Nazi playbook was US policy. So much of the anti intellectualism has been to erase the fact that the US was on this road before the Germans and is simply reverting to the original horrors that were in motion.
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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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I must say I no longer believe that this is reminiscent of the Nazi playbook, I believe they’re using the Nazi playbook - offshore extermination and concentration camps, targeting people on basis of race and manufactured legality, academic onslaught, media, gender policing it’s all there.
April 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I must say I no longer believe that this is reminiscent of the Nazi playbook, I believe they’re using the Nazi playbook - offshore extermination and concentration camps, targeting people on basis of race and manufactured legality, academic onslaught, media, gender policing it’s all there.
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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Definitely read this.
I associated A&E's long-running cop reality show "The First 48" with re-run marathons. But when I learned that it was mentioned as a factor in the 2024 exoneration of a man convicted of murder in Minnesota, the state I live in and cover, I perked right up.
Thread 🧵
Thread 🧵
March 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Definitely read this.
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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Today is #EqualPayDay, a reminder of the gender pay gap.
In 2024, women were paid 18% less than men per hour, on average. Black & Hispanic women experience even larger pay gaps.
The Trump admin's recent actions will worsen this gap and harm women & workers of color.
www.epi.org/blog/gender-...
In 2024, women were paid 18% less than men per hour, on average. Black & Hispanic women experience even larger pay gaps.
The Trump admin's recent actions will worsen this gap and harm women & workers of color.
www.epi.org/blog/gender-...
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today is #EqualPayDay, a reminder of the gender pay gap.
In 2024, women were paid 18% less than men per hour, on average. Black & Hispanic women experience even larger pay gaps.
The Trump admin's recent actions will worsen this gap and harm women & workers of color.
www.epi.org/blog/gender-...
In 2024, women were paid 18% less than men per hour, on average. Black & Hispanic women experience even larger pay gaps.
The Trump admin's recent actions will worsen this gap and harm women & workers of color.
www.epi.org/blog/gender-...
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
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at this stage, there's a robust body of work exposing the unreliability and limitations of llms but what will it take for governments, businesses, and other large institutions to rid critical social infrastructure off llms
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
at this stage, there's a robust body of work exposing the unreliability and limitations of llms but what will it take for governments, businesses, and other large institutions to rid critical social infrastructure off llms
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The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research