Mx. Riley
@robin.riley.pub
A wild philosopher appears! Booster for the commons and obligate organizer 🌱 Nonprofits, tech, civics, and movements 🐺
Currently @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org. Formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org etc. What's next?
she/ella | they/elle 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🦓 ♾️
Currently @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org. Formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org etc. What's next?
she/ella | they/elle 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🦓 ♾️
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My liberation is bound up in your liberation. A better world is possible because we dare to dream and we muster the energy to do the work, not just to win elections but to build the institutions that provide care, and fight beyond the ballot.
Tonight the flames of hope roar. Then the fight resumes.
Tonight the flames of hope roar. Then the fight resumes.
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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worth noting: back in August, we hosted local artists celebrating sewers and treatment plants with a literary reading of their own work—*within* a tunnel of ours, thx to @literarycleveland.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
worth noting: back in August, we hosted local artists celebrating sewers and treatment plants with a literary reading of their own work—*within* a tunnel of ours, thx to @literarycleveland.bsky.social.
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New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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Have a library card? You can visit a California state park for free trib.al/8ggvZUQ
Have a library card? You can visit a California state park for free
Check out a pass at your library that offers vehicle day-use access to more than 200 state parks
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Have a library card? You can visit a California state park for free trib.al/8ggvZUQ
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Thanks to everyone for the aurora pics. Such a joy to wake up to.
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thanks to everyone for the aurora pics. Such a joy to wake up to.
This is eugenics. And it's a shockingly common immigration policy globally, one I was proud the US didn't have.
Let's remember this policy when we regain the numbers to fix it.
Let's remember this policy when we regain the numbers to fix it.
Obesity's now on the list of considerations, as well as cancer, & mental health, that may result in denial of an immigrant visa.
"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
🧾 nypost.com/2025/11/10/u...
"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
🧾 nypost.com/2025/11/10/u...
State Department to allow denial of immigrant visas to those with health issues, including obesity
US State Department guidance could deny immigrant visas for health conditions like obesity.
nypost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is eugenics. And it's a shockingly common immigration policy globally, one I was proud the US didn't have.
Let's remember this policy when we regain the numbers to fix it.
Let's remember this policy when we regain the numbers to fix it.
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Seeking an abortion across state lines? Flock is capturing your vehicle plate + bumper stickers.
Immigrant family running everyday errands? Flock cams in the Home Depot parking lot are sending your make/model car info to CBP. Flock should be banned!
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
Immigrant family running everyday errands? Flock cams in the Home Depot parking lot are sending your make/model car info to CBP. Flock should be banned!
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
Stop CBP and Flock Surveillance
www.fightforthefuture.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Seeking an abortion across state lines? Flock is capturing your vehicle plate + bumper stickers.
Immigrant family running everyday errands? Flock cams in the Home Depot parking lot are sending your make/model car info to CBP. Flock should be banned!
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
Immigrant family running everyday errands? Flock cams in the Home Depot parking lot are sending your make/model car info to CBP. Flock should be banned!
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
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Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
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Cool thread. Have many questions about how algorithmic and platform logics characterize this newer spiritualism
I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Cool thread. Have many questions about how algorithmic and platform logics characterize this newer spiritualism
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Notes and slides for my talk "Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times" which is less dry than its title might suggest.
Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Notes and slides for my talk "Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times" which is less dry than its title might suggest.
Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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apparently it's task manager's (yes, the windows one) 30th birthday, so here's dave plummer talking about how he created it as a side project that ended up shipping, plus some interesting hidden features
I Wrote Task Manager — 30 Years Later, the Secrets You Never Knew
YouTube video by Dave's Garage
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
apparently it's task manager's (yes, the windows one) 30th birthday, so here's dave plummer talking about how he created it as a side project that ended up shipping, plus some interesting hidden features
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my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
LGBTQ+ group Human Rights Campaign ended sponsorships from arms firms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, who profit off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Dr. El-Sayed wrote the book on Medicare for All (literally) and he’s running for US Senate. listen to the man
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dr. El-Sayed wrote the book on Medicare for All (literally) and he’s running for US Senate. listen to the man
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“I still feel daily, deeply ashamed to live in a place where we allow people to sleep on concrete at night … and I fundamentally believe it doesn’t have to be that way. It represents a political choice.The places where I have seen that shared sense of rage at such a moral failure [include] NYC DSA.”
"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“I still feel daily, deeply ashamed to live in a place where we allow people to sleep on concrete at night … and I fundamentally believe it doesn’t have to be that way. It represents a political choice.The places where I have seen that shared sense of rage at such a moral failure [include] NYC DSA.”
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...