Jane Lavina
@janelavina.com
Amateur fiction writer. Pretends to be an anthropologist on Tuesdays. Programs for money. Tired skeptic. She/her
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Jane Lavina
@janelavina.com
· Apr 26
Perhaps an underrated aspect of learning another language is unlocking secrets of a culture it carries. 1/3
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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Also, you should block agitators.
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Also, you should block agitators.
*much worse for him if institutions to hold him accountable were functional.
Let’s talk about something. The fact that the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good was dragged by a moving vehicle in a prior incident is not a defense, it actually makes the situation much worse for him.
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
*much worse for him if institutions to hold him accountable were functional.
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
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Every single person still posting on X, including electeds, need to be asked why they're using a CSAM generator site.
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Every single person still posting on X, including electeds, need to be asked why they're using a CSAM generator site.
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You know the fact that ai can replicate and create csam means it was trained on csam right?
The builders of the ai had to train their systems to create those images.
Hard truth of this is they know what they are building.
The builders of the ai had to train their systems to create those images.
Hard truth of this is they know what they are building.
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
You know the fact that ai can replicate and create csam means it was trained on csam right?
The builders of the ai had to train their systems to create those images.
Hard truth of this is they know what they are building.
The builders of the ai had to train their systems to create those images.
Hard truth of this is they know what they are building.
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Writer hack: If you stand completely still when someone asks "how's that book you're writing coming along?" they can still see you, but they'll be so put off, they'll leave you alone.
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Writer hack: If you stand completely still when someone asks "how's that book you're writing coming along?" they can still see you, but they'll be so put off, they'll leave you alone.
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taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
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Happy American Christmas or something.
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy American Christmas or something.
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Centrists “Karl stop being so hyperbolic the republicans aren’t waging war against the population stop telling people the republicans are gearing up to wage civil conflict”.
The republicans :
The republicans :
September 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Centrists “Karl stop being so hyperbolic the republicans aren’t waging war against the population stop telling people the republicans are gearing up to wage civil conflict”.
The republicans :
The republicans :
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Scientists: hey did you know that the US military emits more carbon than most countries combined and we're losing the ability to pollinate essential food sources due to insect loss
NYT, as the ocean water rises around their desks: Zohran Mamdani didn't tip a waiter once when he was 16
NYT, as the ocean water rises around their desks: Zohran Mamdani didn't tip a waiter once when he was 16
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Scientists: hey did you know that the US military emits more carbon than most countries combined and we're losing the ability to pollinate essential food sources due to insect loss
NYT, as the ocean water rises around their desks: Zohran Mamdani didn't tip a waiter once when he was 16
NYT, as the ocean water rises around their desks: Zohran Mamdani didn't tip a waiter once when he was 16
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The likes of CNN and Foxnews paint the police as a noble force protecting us all.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The likes of CNN and Foxnews paint the police as a noble force protecting us all.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
What I haven't seen people talk about is that foreign press is generally outside of the US government's ability to coerce into self-censorship.
Firing at a foreign journalist is plausibly an intentional effort to get them to withdraw, giving the federal regime tighter control of the narrative.
Firing at a foreign journalist is plausibly an intentional effort to get them to withdraw, giving the federal regime tighter control of the narrative.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
What I haven't seen people talk about is that foreign press is generally outside of the US government's ability to coerce into self-censorship.
Firing at a foreign journalist is plausibly an intentional effort to get them to withdraw, giving the federal regime tighter control of the narrative.
Firing at a foreign journalist is plausibly an intentional effort to get them to withdraw, giving the federal regime tighter control of the narrative.
While some compare a massive US military parade with authoritarian displays seen under oppressive regimes, others point out that sometimes a domineering display of military might is simply a show of patriotism and a way to drive up recruitment at a time when it is so desperately needed.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
While some compare a massive US military parade with authoritarian displays seen under oppressive regimes, others point out that sometimes a domineering display of military might is simply a show of patriotism and a way to drive up recruitment at a time when it is so desperately needed.
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The Trump HHS approach to transgender youth is not "greater emphasis on psychtherapy." It is "ONLY psychotherapy," with the explicit goal of making trans youth no longer transgender.
It IS conversion therapy.
Washington post is an absolute right wing rag at this point.
It IS conversion therapy.
Washington post is an absolute right wing rag at this point.
May 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Trump HHS approach to transgender youth is not "greater emphasis on psychtherapy." It is "ONLY psychotherapy," with the explicit goal of making trans youth no longer transgender.
It IS conversion therapy.
Washington post is an absolute right wing rag at this point.
It IS conversion therapy.
Washington post is an absolute right wing rag at this point.
Extremely important lesson in not obeying in advance
May 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Extremely important lesson in not obeying in advance
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Non escalatory bombing is my favorite mythical creature
India Government: Nine sites targeted against Pakistan as part of ‘Operation Sindoor’. Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Non escalatory bombing is my favorite mythical creature
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Very cool. Two nuclear powers at war. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
India strikes nine sites in Pakistan weeks after Kashmir militant attack – live
India confirms ‘precision strike’; Pakistan vows response to ‘heinous provocation’
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Very cool. Two nuclear powers at war. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
I pluck threads from free association and jot down scenes that form in my mind. Eventually, I have an emergent outline from connecting scenes. I'd say I'm something between a discovery and outliner writer, because of how the process is self-reinforcing
Are you more of an outliner or discovery writer? Something in between? What do you do before writing, and then during? #WritingPrompt
May 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I pluck threads from free association and jot down scenes that form in my mind. Eventually, I have an emergent outline from connecting scenes. I'd say I'm something between a discovery and outliner writer, because of how the process is self-reinforcing
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I think that systems that see land, plants, non-human animals and humans as things that can and should be bought, sold and dominated are harmful, because we can't actually escape our interrelated nature as animals in an ecosystem. These systems have led to the situation we're in today
April 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I think that systems that see land, plants, non-human animals and humans as things that can and should be bought, sold and dominated are harmful, because we can't actually escape our interrelated nature as animals in an ecosystem. These systems have led to the situation we're in today
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"Focusing initially on male authors" - ah, yes, because it's often so hard for men to break into traditional publishing.
Novelist and critic judecook_ has launched Conduit Books, a new independent press that will publish literary fiction and memoir, “focusing initially on male authors” 👇 #BookSky
New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'
Novelist and critic Jude Cook has launched Conduit Books, a new independent press that will publish literary fiction and memoir, “focussing initially on male authors”.
www.thebookseller.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Focusing initially on male authors" - ah, yes, because it's often so hard for men to break into traditional publishing.
Hope to see this trend continue. I suspect Euroscepticism is in particular becoming less popular in the current climate
The left-wing opposition party GroenLinks-PvdA has overtaken Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV in a Dutch opinion poll for the first time since the general election 18 months ago.
Wilders' PVV loses opinion poll lead for first time in 18 months - DutchNews.nl
The left-wing opposition party GroenLinks-PvdA has overtaken Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV in a Dutch opinion poll for the first time since the general election 18 months ago. The weekly Peil.nl panel…
www.dutchnews.nl
April 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hope to see this trend continue. I suspect Euroscepticism is in particular becoming less popular in the current climate
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Yesterday, ASU apparently, for a short time, changed their LGBTQ+ resource page to "LGB Students"
This would match what Trump did to Stonewall National Monument.
Thankfully sanity prevailed and someone changed it back.
Do NOT erase trans people to please Trump!
web.archive.org/web/20250424...
This would match what Trump did to Stonewall National Monument.
Thankfully sanity prevailed and someone changed it back.
Do NOT erase trans people to please Trump!
web.archive.org/web/20250424...
April 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Yesterday, ASU apparently, for a short time, changed their LGBTQ+ resource page to "LGB Students"
This would match what Trump did to Stonewall National Monument.
Thankfully sanity prevailed and someone changed it back.
Do NOT erase trans people to please Trump!
web.archive.org/web/20250424...
This would match what Trump did to Stonewall National Monument.
Thankfully sanity prevailed and someone changed it back.
Do NOT erase trans people to please Trump!
web.archive.org/web/20250424...
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me: I want to write 10 books, no 20 books, no wait, 30 books
friend: sounds like you have lots of writing to do!
me: oh god
friend: sounds like you have lots of writing to do!
me: oh god
April 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
me: I want to write 10 books, no 20 books, no wait, 30 books
friend: sounds like you have lots of writing to do!
me: oh god
friend: sounds like you have lots of writing to do!
me: oh god