Nina Amenta
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Nina Amenta
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Retired computer scientist. Spend too much time on news.
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This gonna turn up on "If Books Could Kill"?
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Commandant United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7000 Staff Symbol: CCG Phone: (202) 372-4411 5730 31 ост 2025 The Honorable Rand H. Paul United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Paul: In response to your letter dated October 6, 2025, regarding the Coast Guard's efforts to interdict illicit drugs headed towards the United States since September 1, 2024, I offer the following: 1. From September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority, interdicted 212 suspected drug-smuggling vessels at sea headed toward the United States. Of the 212 interdictions, 41 vessels had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 24 of those 41 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. 2. Of the 212 total vessels interdicted during this period, 69 vessels were interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority. Of these 69 interdictions, 14 had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 11 of those 14 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. Of the 69 Caribbean interdictions, 14 vessels were interdicted off the coast of Venezuela. Three of the 14 vessels interdicted near Venezuela had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted, but one of the three violated other U.S. federal criminal statutes. 3. The Coast Guard did not use lethal force against any of the 212 vessels interdicted at sea during this period. The Coast Guard used non-lethal force to warn and/or disable non-compliant vessels suspected of smuggling on 105 occasions during this period. 4. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Guard from September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, 208 were interdicted in international waters. 5. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Gu…
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ninaamenta.bsky.social
Thank you for posting the story from the student paper. They are doing a good job in a difficult spot! None of the other sources I have seen have made it clear that the suspended instructor is a Grad Student Instructor.
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Why university shaped if not university?
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
ninaamenta.bsky.social
Who did the Jan 6 hearings? The Justice Department was flailing before it was gutted. I welcome any action.
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
ninaamenta.bsky.social
Here's the story about the girl.

www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
ICE deports Austin college student, en route to surprise her family for holiday
19-year-old Any Lucia Lopez Belloza dreamed of helping her father start a tailor shop when she graduated from college. This Thanksgiving, ICE deported her as she flew home to surprise her family.
www.statesman.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Ulbricht enabled the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of drugs on Silk Road, in its time the center of the dark Web...among other crimes.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Neither one of them can.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ninaamenta.bsky.social
Just for scale, the White House is proposing to cut $5 billion from the NSF budget in 2026, about half of its budget. They're proposing another $5 billion cut from the EPA, again about half.

So this is a huge amount of money.
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
ninaamenta.bsky.social
He pardoned Russ Ulbrecht, the Silk Road guy, too, back in January. Ran a huge online drug market. Insane hypocrisy.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Pay for the Guardian.

Volts podcast to learn about about green tech.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM