J. Lusk
@jlusk.bsky.social
Contrarian crone, generalist in human stuff, lover of sci-fi, just another person looking for the solution to the Great Filter problem.
August 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases — and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons. Happening in multiple cities.
Immigration court has always been the one place I could tell people they could feel safe from ICE enforcement... until today.
I have one trusted report of FIFTY ICE officers swarming a CA immigration court. This hasn't hit media yet but advocates have been hearing reports from around the country.
I have one trusted report of FIFTY ICE officers swarming a CA immigration court. This hasn't hit media yet but advocates have been hearing reports from around the country.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL: Plainclothes ICE agents are inside the Immigration court buildings at 26 Federal, 290 Broadway & 201 Varick St, harassing people for their paperwork & detaining them. ALL OUT TO VARICK STREET DETENTION CENTER NOW 2 PM TILL LATE: meet at the garage on the West Houston Street Side
May 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases — and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons. Happening in multiple cities.
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Every company sponsoring the White House egg hunt and every celebrity getting their pic took with the POtuS is guilty of cultural appropriation -- displaying the trappings of democracy and rule-of-law without living up to them.
#whitewashedtombs
#whitewashedtombs
April 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Every company sponsoring the White House egg hunt and every celebrity getting their pic took with the POtuS is guilty of cultural appropriation -- displaying the trappings of democracy and rule-of-law without living up to them.
#whitewashedtombs
#whitewashedtombs
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The Wilhoit Proposition: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
April 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Wilhoit Proposition: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Everybody follow @chenoweth.bsky.social. She did the work on the 3.5% research for non-violent protest.
April 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Everybody follow @chenoweth.bsky.social. She did the work on the 3.5% research for non-violent protest.
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Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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Everyone needs to be aware of this kind of bot.
Many of us believe we have a duty to respond gently to polite argumentation. Especially in advocacy.
Nope.
If someone sealions, check their timeline to see if this is a pattern. Then report & block, as @rahaeli.bsky.social describes. 🧵(1/6)
Many of us believe we have a duty to respond gently to polite argumentation. Especially in advocacy.
Nope.
If someone sealions, check their timeline to see if this is a pattern. Then report & block, as @rahaeli.bsky.social describes. 🧵(1/6)
So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate.
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal
December 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Everyone needs to be aware of this kind of bot.
Many of us believe we have a duty to respond gently to polite argumentation. Especially in advocacy.
Nope.
If someone sealions, check their timeline to see if this is a pattern. Then report & block, as @rahaeli.bsky.social describes. 🧵(1/6)
Many of us believe we have a duty to respond gently to polite argumentation. Especially in advocacy.
Nope.
If someone sealions, check their timeline to see if this is a pattern. Then report & block, as @rahaeli.bsky.social describes. 🧵(1/6)
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The Supreme Court case tomorrow is fundamentally not about gender affirming care, it's about whether or not trans people have any protections under the 14th amendment. A loss in this case would greenlight a torrent of explicitly discriminatory legislation without much, if any judicial recourse.
December 4, 2024 at 12:16 AM
The Supreme Court case tomorrow is fundamentally not about gender affirming care, it's about whether or not trans people have any protections under the 14th amendment. A loss in this case would greenlight a torrent of explicitly discriminatory legislation without much, if any judicial recourse.
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A Michigan lawmaker, part of the incoming GOP majority in the state House, today:
December 2, 2024 at 10:35 PM
A Michigan lawmaker, part of the incoming GOP majority in the state House, today:
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Had to share for those still "grieving" after the #election: found it immensely helpful to watch "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" with so many accurate parallels...
Poe Dameron: "How'd you do it? Defeat an empire with almost nothing."
Lando Calrissian: "We had each other. That's how we won."
Poe Dameron: "How'd you do it? Defeat an empire with almost nothing."
Lando Calrissian: "We had each other. That's how we won."
November 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Had to share for those still "grieving" after the #election: found it immensely helpful to watch "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" with so many accurate parallels...
Poe Dameron: "How'd you do it? Defeat an empire with almost nothing."
Lando Calrissian: "We had each other. That's how we won."
Poe Dameron: "How'd you do it? Defeat an empire with almost nothing."
Lando Calrissian: "We had each other. That's how we won."
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This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Nancy Mace is a distraction from the end of women's rights, pass it on.
November 20, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Nancy Mace is a distraction from the end of women's rights, pass it on.
He didn't win the popular vote. The GOP gamed this with voter suppression and strategic ballot spoiling. This isn't normal or legitimate.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President
Donald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
He didn't win the popular vote. The GOP gamed this with voter suppression and strategic ballot spoiling. This isn't normal or legitimate.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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I don't know, I'm not in comms, I don't know anything about anything but maybe just get a bit more aggressive on how fucking weird these fucking fucks are and how their weirdness not only has a stink to it that lingers but is keeping them from actually working and helping people.
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I don't know, I'm not in comms, I don't know anything about anything but maybe just get a bit more aggressive on how fucking weird these fucking fucks are and how their weirdness not only has a stink to it that lingers but is keeping them from actually working and helping people.
"The search for their meaning has, in many ways, been a search for the missing pieces of myself."
November 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
"The search for their meaning has, in many ways, been a search for the missing pieces of myself."
Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid?
three little boys from the wizard of oz are standing next to each other on a street .
ALT: three little boys from the wizard of oz are standing next to each other on a street .
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid?
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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Trump wants to avoid FBI background checks for the likes of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard?
A president who cared about the country would want to make sure their nominees were not child sex traffickers or fond of dictators.
But it’s never been America first. Only Trump first.
A president who cared about the country would want to make sure their nominees were not child sex traffickers or fond of dictators.
But it’s never been America first. Only Trump first.
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Trump wants to avoid FBI background checks for the likes of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard?
A president who cared about the country would want to make sure their nominees were not child sex traffickers or fond of dictators.
But it’s never been America first. Only Trump first.
A president who cared about the country would want to make sure their nominees were not child sex traffickers or fond of dictators.
But it’s never been America first. Only Trump first.
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We worry about attack ads and this is them from 10 mini ago. Openly blackmailing with no fear of retribution.
November 16, 2024 at 7:26 PM
We worry about attack ads and this is them from 10 mini ago. Openly blackmailing with no fear of retribution.
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Fascinating research, as always, by the brilliant Yebin Won in GNET. gnet-research.org/2024/11/11/t...
The Women of the Manosphere: Anti-Feminist Women Influencers in South Korea - GNET
gnet-research.org
November 14, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Fascinating research, as always, by the brilliant Yebin Won in GNET. gnet-research.org/2024/11/11/t...
"But the rate of profit… is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin."
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, I:XI.p, p.266
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, I:XI.p, p.266
November 14, 2024 at 3:22 PM
"But the rate of profit… is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin."
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, I:XI.p, p.266
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, I:XI.p, p.266
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'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
October 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)