Maggie
@maggiesteward.bsky.social
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📌 🧵 "The purpose of a system is what it does, after all." 👇🏽
Any "free speech" organization that partners with the Manhattan Institute to file an amicus brief is not actually a "free speech" organization.
NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
📌 🧵 "The purpose of a system is what it does, after all." 👇🏽
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Exactly. "Free Speech" has become conflated with the right to an audience, who must be compelled if necessary
It’s the same situation as with the Free Speech Union in the UK. “Free Speech” in effect becomes compulsory listening to the right and suppression of liberal values.
December 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Exactly. "Free Speech" has become conflated with the right to an audience, who must be compelled if necessary
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…If you think this is a good thing, a right thing, a "kind" thing, then we have such a fundamental mismatch of values that all questions of technology need to be put on Long Pause while you & i figure out what we mean by "good," "right," & "kind." You can't technofix your way out of values problems
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
…If you think this is a good thing, a right thing, a "kind" thing, then we have such a fundamental mismatch of values that all questions of technology need to be put on Long Pause while you & i figure out what we mean by "good," "right," & "kind." You can't technofix your way out of values problems
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This is why @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social say to name the specific thing rather than calling it "AI".
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is why @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social say to name the specific thing rather than calling it "AI".
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
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Neoliberalism destroyed the real economy decades ago through deregulation and deindustrialization which in turn helped build the base for Trump and destroy the Democratic Party as it was taken over by the consultant class that had initially led the charge to gut government under neoliberalism
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Neoliberalism destroyed the real economy decades ago through deregulation and deindustrialization which in turn helped build the base for Trump and destroy the Democratic Party as it was taken over by the consultant class that had initially led the charge to gut government under neoliberalism
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The capital class and the billionaire class have massive incentive to not just continue trumps present grotesque class war but turn it into an argument as to why screwing millions of people and killing millions more for profit is not just the right future but the only future.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The capital class and the billionaire class have massive incentive to not just continue trumps present grotesque class war but turn it into an argument as to why screwing millions of people and killing millions more for profit is not just the right future but the only future.
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I can’t believe they’re doing this to the only person on earth who’s won the FIFA peace prize.
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I can’t believe they’re doing this to the only person on earth who’s won the FIFA peace prize.
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The fascist right has been world building the current moment for decades.
The war on Christmas was only part of the narrative project that has become the fascist reordering of the world.
Stories and narratives turn into real world change radically fast in terms of actual social change
The war on Christmas was only part of the narrative project that has become the fascist reordering of the world.
Stories and narratives turn into real world change radically fast in terms of actual social change
It's a deliberate weaponized narrative containing antisemitism and Islamophobia and general xenophobia slightly laundered into a campaign that old bigots love getting all in a lather about
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fascist right has been world building the current moment for decades.
The war on Christmas was only part of the narrative project that has become the fascist reordering of the world.
Stories and narratives turn into real world change radically fast in terms of actual social change
The war on Christmas was only part of the narrative project that has become the fascist reordering of the world.
Stories and narratives turn into real world change radically fast in terms of actual social change
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For non-academics: this means the student is likely done at OU because the TA gig is attached to tuition waivers for graduate school. Sunk time at OU will be lost and the options are to quit or start over somewhere else.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
For non-academics: this means the student is likely done at OU because the TA gig is attached to tuition waivers for graduate school. Sunk time at OU will be lost and the options are to quit or start over somewhere else.
Happy Holidays to All
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Holidays to All
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It’s not just Christian nationalism this is open neo Nazi propaganda aesthetics as well.
The government is run by billionaire fascists and child rapists and they are going to do all in their power to ethically cleanse the planet.
American fascism is only getting warmed up unfortunately.
The government is run by billionaire fascists and child rapists and they are going to do all in their power to ethically cleanse the planet.
American fascism is only getting warmed up unfortunately.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s not just Christian nationalism this is open neo Nazi propaganda aesthetics as well.
The government is run by billionaire fascists and child rapists and they are going to do all in their power to ethically cleanse the planet.
American fascism is only getting warmed up unfortunately.
The government is run by billionaire fascists and child rapists and they are going to do all in their power to ethically cleanse the planet.
American fascism is only getting warmed up unfortunately.
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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It's the Epstein victims who need the apology.
And block anyone who defended Garland. The Garland DOJ defenders were part of a propaganda operation to make sure Epstein's victims did not see justice AND that Americans stopped pushing for it.
Also goes for defenders of Barr, but people know that.
And block anyone who defended Garland. The Garland DOJ defenders were part of a propaganda operation to make sure Epstein's victims did not see justice AND that Americans stopped pushing for it.
Also goes for defenders of Barr, but people know that.
December 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's the Epstein victims who need the apology.
And block anyone who defended Garland. The Garland DOJ defenders were part of a propaganda operation to make sure Epstein's victims did not see justice AND that Americans stopped pushing for it.
Also goes for defenders of Barr, but people know that.
And block anyone who defended Garland. The Garland DOJ defenders were part of a propaganda operation to make sure Epstein's victims did not see justice AND that Americans stopped pushing for it.
Also goes for defenders of Barr, but people know that.
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It's true that Garland did nothing about Trump and Epstein while being completely aware of the crimes. The crimes were public information! Garland was installed to protect the DOJ, which protects Trump and Epstein. It's explained in this free 2023 article. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's true that Garland did nothing about Trump and Epstein while being completely aware of the crimes. The crimes were public information! Garland was installed to protect the DOJ, which protects Trump and Epstein. It's explained in this free 2023 article. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
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This author has written about him from extensive research for many years. He’s often packaged as a stalwart institutionalist who will right the ship. Wrong. He serves institutional criminals.
This article by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social brings lays it out clearly.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
This article by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social brings lays it out clearly.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This author has written about him from extensive research for many years. He’s often packaged as a stalwart institutionalist who will right the ship. Wrong. He serves institutional criminals.
This article by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social brings lays it out clearly.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
This article by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social brings lays it out clearly.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The University of Oklahoma has stripped the graduate student who gave a failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky of instructional duties, calling their grading in this case “arbitrary.”
This is a disgraceful capitulation by a university to those who seek to destroy it.
This is a disgraceful capitulation by a university to those who seek to destroy it.
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The University of Oklahoma has stripped the graduate student who gave a failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky of instructional duties, calling their grading in this case “arbitrary.”
This is a disgraceful capitulation by a university to those who seek to destroy it.
This is a disgraceful capitulation by a university to those who seek to destroy it.
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The stupidity of State media and fascist consolidation is the point.
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The stupidity of State media and fascist consolidation is the point.
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Why read past headlines: I can't document all the times he said "I don't know" because it's a near-daily duck for him.
But I list the big ones. More importantly, I tell you what it means: Trump is exhausted. Too exhausted for his old B.S.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
But I list the big ones. More importantly, I tell you what it means: Trump is exhausted. Too exhausted for his old B.S.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
Trump's excuse in 2025: "I don't know"
From Epstein to MRIs, the president fakes ignorance
www.salon.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Why read past headlines: I can't document all the times he said "I don't know" because it's a near-daily duck for him.
But I list the big ones. More importantly, I tell you what it means: Trump is exhausted. Too exhausted for his old B.S.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
But I list the big ones. More importantly, I tell you what it means: Trump is exhausted. Too exhausted for his old B.S.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
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Trump's all-purpose excuse to avoid answering questions used to be "we'll have it in two weeks."
In 2025, that shifted. Now it's just "I don't know."
To hear Trump talk, he knows absolutely nothing.
I analyze what this shift means.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
In 2025, that shifted. Now it's just "I don't know."
To hear Trump talk, he knows absolutely nothing.
I analyze what this shift means.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
Trump's excuse in 2025: "I don't know"
From Epstein to MRIs, the president fakes ignorance
www.salon.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Trump's all-purpose excuse to avoid answering questions used to be "we'll have it in two weeks."
In 2025, that shifted. Now it's just "I don't know."
To hear Trump talk, he knows absolutely nothing.
I analyze what this shift means.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
In 2025, that shifted. Now it's just "I don't know."
To hear Trump talk, he knows absolutely nothing.
I analyze what this shift means.
www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...
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I think many people know him as that cheerful guy on NPR. But this paragraph written as Hurricane Katrina made landfall is the essence of Jonah Goldberg.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I think many people know him as that cheerful guy on NPR. But this paragraph written as Hurricane Katrina made landfall is the essence of Jonah Goldberg.
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On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
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I'm very much looking forward to my friend @thrasherxy.bsky.social's forthcoming book, where he shows how people of color who are incorporated into racist systems can end up as overseers who further white supremacy.
Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Overseer Class
The author of the critically acclaimed The Viral Underclass (one of Kirkus Reviews best books of 2022) is back with The Overseer Class, which explores what ...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm very much looking forward to my friend @thrasherxy.bsky.social's forthcoming book, where he shows how people of color who are incorporated into racist systems can end up as overseers who further white supremacy.
Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...