Maxyn Rose Leitner
@maxynroselight.bsky.social
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“What we're seeing in LA right now can't be understood w/o recognizing impact of how organizers responded during the fires in Jan...the student intifada, the 2020 uprising.. expansive mutual aid efforts, & tenant organizing spearheaded by LA Tenants Union”
To Live and Fight in LA: People’s City Council on the Growing Mobilization in the Streets Against ICE
In early June, demonstrations exploded after ICE carried out militarized raids in working-class communities and workplaces in Los Angeles, CA, leading to large confrontations between ICE, the LAPD, an...
itsgoingdown.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“What we're seeing in LA right now can't be understood w/o recognizing impact of how organizers responded during the fires in Jan...the student intifada, the 2020 uprising.. expansive mutual aid efforts, & tenant organizing spearheaded by LA Tenants Union”
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
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my friends in LA & I have been talking about this a lot—about how it seems that LA has been forgotten, even as we face some of the worst kidnappings we’ve seen all year
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
my friends in LA & I have been talking about this a lot—about how it seems that LA has been forgotten, even as we face some of the worst kidnappings we’ve seen all year
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It is particularly unconscionable given that LA and SoCal are arguably the second most important and mediatized urban region in the US after New York City
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It is particularly unconscionable given that LA and SoCal are arguably the second most important and mediatized urban region in the US after New York City
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Los Angeles is still under attack!!
TODAY 11/18 - WEST LA
Kidnappings this morning, from West Los Rapid Response:
1. 9:44 am - 11951 Santa Monica Blvd
2. 10:15 am - Venice & Lincoln
3. 10:20 am - Santa Monica & Barrington 4 Detainments confirm
4. 10:30 am - Olympic & 11th 3 detainments confirmed
TODAY 11/18 - WEST LA
Kidnappings this morning, from West Los Rapid Response:
1. 9:44 am - 11951 Santa Monica Blvd
2. 10:15 am - Venice & Lincoln
3. 10:20 am - Santa Monica & Barrington 4 Detainments confirm
4. 10:30 am - Olympic & 11th 3 detainments confirmed
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Los Angeles is still under attack!!
TODAY 11/18 - WEST LA
Kidnappings this morning, from West Los Rapid Response:
1. 9:44 am - 11951 Santa Monica Blvd
2. 10:15 am - Venice & Lincoln
3. 10:20 am - Santa Monica & Barrington 4 Detainments confirm
4. 10:30 am - Olympic & 11th 3 detainments confirmed
TODAY 11/18 - WEST LA
Kidnappings this morning, from West Los Rapid Response:
1. 9:44 am - 11951 Santa Monica Blvd
2. 10:15 am - Venice & Lincoln
3. 10:20 am - Santa Monica & Barrington 4 Detainments confirm
4. 10:30 am - Olympic & 11th 3 detainments confirmed
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November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...
Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter
Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.
spectrumlocalnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
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Universities like UT Austin have shown that they will place ideology and political power ahead of the most vulnerable students, faculty, and staff they serve.
Fight against the closure of Black, Latino, and Gender Studies at UT Austin. Support our students.
#Blacksky #polisky
Fight against the closure of Black, Latino, and Gender Studies at UT Austin. Support our students.
#Blacksky #polisky
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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NOW is the time to get involved with Charter Reform!
Help us STRENGTHEN the Controller's Office so that we can fulfill our role as the City's independent financial watchdog - accountable to the PEOPLE, YOU!
📩 EMAIL your public comment to the Charter Reform Commission at reformLAcharter@lacity.org
Help us STRENGTHEN the Controller's Office so that we can fulfill our role as the City's independent financial watchdog - accountable to the PEOPLE, YOU!
📩 EMAIL your public comment to the Charter Reform Commission at reformLAcharter@lacity.org
August 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NOW is the time to get involved with Charter Reform!
Help us STRENGTHEN the Controller's Office so that we can fulfill our role as the City's independent financial watchdog - accountable to the PEOPLE, YOU!
📩 EMAIL your public comment to the Charter Reform Commission at reformLAcharter@lacity.org
Help us STRENGTHEN the Controller's Office so that we can fulfill our role as the City's independent financial watchdog - accountable to the PEOPLE, YOU!
📩 EMAIL your public comment to the Charter Reform Commission at reformLAcharter@lacity.org
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My friend Layla has less than 10 days to get all of the money together for her tuition! Despite genocide, starvation, constant bombing, she is keeping her dream of being a dentist alive.
Please donate at the Chuffed:
Please donate at the Chuffed:
Today our dental team removed a tiny piece of shrapnel from a patient’s lip—an injury from an airstrike. A small fragment could have cost a life. I’m proud of this work & want to keep moving forward. My new semester starts in 2 weeks.
Hope u can help to secure my place!🇵🇸
chuffed.org/project/layl...
Hope u can help to secure my place!🇵🇸
chuffed.org/project/layl...
August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My friend Layla has less than 10 days to get all of the money together for her tuition! Despite genocide, starvation, constant bombing, she is keeping her dream of being a dentist alive.
Please donate at the Chuffed:
Please donate at the Chuffed:
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outside agitators but this time derogatory
NEW: UCLA hired a registered foreign agent of Israel to shape the university's media narrative
The firm SKDK registered as a foreign agent for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of February. They crafted UCLA's media responses to the encampment, strikes, and other demonstrations.
The firm SKDK registered as a foreign agent for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of February. They crafted UCLA's media responses to the encampment, strikes, and other demonstrations.
July 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
outside agitators but this time derogatory
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RIP Saniyah Cheatham, an 18-year-old Bronx Community College student murdered by NYPD this weekend.
Fuck the pigs. Abolition now.
Fuck the pigs. Abolition now.
18-year-old woman dies while in NYPD custody in the Bronx. Here's what we know.
A Bronx mother is desperate for answers after her daughter mysteriously died while in NYPD custody over the July 4 holiday weekend.
www.cbsnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
RIP Saniyah Cheatham, an 18-year-old Bronx Community College student murdered by NYPD this weekend.
Fuck the pigs. Abolition now.
Fuck the pigs. Abolition now.
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They shattered her car window. They cuffed her in front of her daughter. With no warrant. No charges. No evidence. No due process. We must demand Noemi’s release.
#DisappearedInAmerica
#AbductedByTrump
#DisappearedInAmerica
#AbductedByTrump
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
They shattered her car window. They cuffed her in front of her daughter. With no warrant. No charges. No evidence. No due process. We must demand Noemi’s release.
#DisappearedInAmerica
#AbductedByTrump
#DisappearedInAmerica
#AbductedByTrump
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USC ISI student @maxynroselight.bsky.social shared work on the network structure of anti-trans actors on TikTok
This work builds a taxonomy of anti- and pro-trans content and examines user interactions. There are more anti-trans actors and they are often connected to pro-trans users... #WebSci25
This work builds a taxonomy of anti- and pro-trans content and examines user interactions. There are more anti-trans actors and they are often connected to pro-trans users... #WebSci25
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
USC ISI student @maxynroselight.bsky.social shared work on the network structure of anti-trans actors on TikTok
This work builds a taxonomy of anti- and pro-trans content and examines user interactions. There are more anti-trans actors and they are often connected to pro-trans users... #WebSci25
This work builds a taxonomy of anti- and pro-trans content and examines user interactions. There are more anti-trans actors and they are often connected to pro-trans users... #WebSci25
Every time I see a NLP / CSS paper that relies on Moral Foundation Theory my hackles are IMMEDIATELY raised.
Enough relying on a racist theory from a fascist. It was always bullshit.
Enough relying on a racist theory from a fascist. It was always bullshit.
Haidt’s entire project it to launder fascist logic, this isn’t even a controversial thesis, but imagine explaining to your lib mom the coded language and dog whistles in this slide—‘oh yeah four of five points assert Black people are violent Untermenshen, the fifth is trans people are degenerates’
May 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every time I see a NLP / CSS paper that relies on Moral Foundation Theory my hackles are IMMEDIATELY raised.
Enough relying on a racist theory from a fascist. It was always bullshit.
Enough relying on a racist theory from a fascist. It was always bullshit.
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🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨
Dialz: A Python Toolkit for Steering Vectors
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06262
Docs: cardiffnlp.github.io/dialz/
Repo: github.com/cardiffnlp/d...
A Python package to help you create, apply and visualise steering vectors for anything you want - from sycophancy to bias.
Dialz: A Python Toolkit for Steering Vectors
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06262
Docs: cardiffnlp.github.io/dialz/
Repo: github.com/cardiffnlp/d...
A Python package to help you create, apply and visualise steering vectors for anything you want - from sycophancy to bias.
May 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨
Dialz: A Python Toolkit for Steering Vectors
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06262
Docs: cardiffnlp.github.io/dialz/
Repo: github.com/cardiffnlp/d...
A Python package to help you create, apply and visualise steering vectors for anything you want - from sycophancy to bias.
Dialz: A Python Toolkit for Steering Vectors
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06262
Docs: cardiffnlp.github.io/dialz/
Repo: github.com/cardiffnlp/d...
A Python package to help you create, apply and visualise steering vectors for anything you want - from sycophancy to bias.
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Washington Post: 1 in 5 people in Gaza are starving amidst the aid blockade that Israel imposed more than two months ago. If this continues, the entire population could be starving by September.
Imagine if 1 in every 5 people you knew, where you lived, were starving.
Imagine if 1 in every 5 people you knew, where you lived, were starving.
May 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Washington Post: 1 in 5 people in Gaza are starving amidst the aid blockade that Israel imposed more than two months ago. If this continues, the entire population could be starving by September.
Imagine if 1 in every 5 people you knew, where you lived, were starving.
Imagine if 1 in every 5 people you knew, where you lived, were starving.
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Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
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"Happy Bat Appreciation Day! April 17th🦇
Today, we celebrate the incredible diversity & importance of bats in our world. Did you know there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide? These fascinating creatures come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the majestic flying fox."
Today, we celebrate the incredible diversity & importance of bats in our world. Did you know there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide? These fascinating creatures come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the majestic flying fox."
April 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Happy Bat Appreciation Day! April 17th🦇
Today, we celebrate the incredible diversity & importance of bats in our world. Did you know there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide? These fascinating creatures come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the majestic flying fox."
Today, we celebrate the incredible diversity & importance of bats in our world. Did you know there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide? These fascinating creatures come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the majestic flying fox."
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100% this. Everything RFK, Jr. said was a trap laid to get people to accept his frame that some people have worth & others don't. Don't fall for it! Humans have value & are deserving of dignity because they are humans. Full stop.
Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
April 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
100% this. Everything RFK, Jr. said was a trap laid to get people to accept his frame that some people have worth & others don't. Don't fall for it! Humans have value & are deserving of dignity because they are humans. Full stop.
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I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.
April 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.
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anyone who thinks universities are liberal should try organizing one
Great piece on our union battles here at USC, where our employer is fighting democracy in the most extreme, reactionary way possible (arguing that the NLRB shouldn't even exist). If you have a job in America, this affects you too.
USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
capitalandmain.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
anyone who thinks universities are liberal should try organizing one
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If Mahmoud isn't free, none of us are free.
In the strongest terms, I condemn the immigration court’s decision today. Even more vociferously, I condemn Rubio’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil for a thought crime. This marks a turning point in this country - a sharp pivot away from freedom of speech & association. My heart is broken.
April 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If Mahmoud isn't free, none of us are free.
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every time I see someone reference openai I feel compelled to remind everyone that sam altman is currently being sued by his sister for rape & nobody is taking it seriously in part bc she’s a sex worker
April 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
every time I see someone reference openai I feel compelled to remind everyone that sam altman is currently being sued by his sister for rape & nobody is taking it seriously in part bc she’s a sex worker