Stephanie Russell-Kraft
@srussellkraft.bsky.social
recovering journalist, writer, aspiring nurse
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
"Not only is the ratio of AI’s resource rapacity to its productive utility indefensibly and irremediably skewed, AI-made material is itself a waste product: flimsy, shoddy, disposable, a single-use plastic of the mind." www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Not only is the ratio of AI’s resource rapacity to its productive utility indefensibly and irremediably skewed, AI-made material is itself a waste product: flimsy, shoddy, disposable, a single-use plastic of the mind." www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
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Equality of rights is a baseline precondition for a liberal democracy, and advocating for the end of that condition is not compatible with a commitment to the liberal democratic project.
Ezra Klein is trying in this column to argue that Kirk was doing politics correctly if you just ignore the content of what he was advocating. That he was contributing to American democracy by arguing civilly for the subjugation of women, gay people, trans people. It simply doesn’t work.
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Equality of rights is a baseline precondition for a liberal democracy, and advocating for the end of that condition is not compatible with a commitment to the liberal democratic project.
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There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirk’s death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirk’s death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
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The violence of the state relies on its invisibility but it always dwarfs what individuals can do to one another.
September 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The violence of the state relies on its invisibility but it always dwarfs what individuals can do to one another.
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Don’t rank Cuomo.
June 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Don’t rank Cuomo.
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we’ve gotten this kind of Q a lot and here’s what I can say [mini 🧵 incoming]
ideally, it is always best to fill all five ballot slots with candidates because that will ensure you have a voice — and your ballot is not ‘exhausted’ — if there are many rounds of tallying
however!!! …
ideally, it is always best to fill all five ballot slots with candidates because that will ensure you have a voice — and your ballot is not ‘exhausted’ — if there are many rounds of tallying
however!!! …
NYC people who understand ranked-choice voting better than me: is it important to rank a full slate of 5 folks so as to avoid Cuomo, or is it OK to just rank, like, 3 people?
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
we’ve gotten this kind of Q a lot and here’s what I can say [mini 🧵 incoming]
ideally, it is always best to fill all five ballot slots with candidates because that will ensure you have a voice — and your ballot is not ‘exhausted’ — if there are many rounds of tallying
however!!! …
ideally, it is always best to fill all five ballot slots with candidates because that will ensure you have a voice — and your ballot is not ‘exhausted’ — if there are many rounds of tallying
however!!! …
slam dunk marketing for bagel shops in Brooklyn - a sign saying "we don't serve English muffins here"
June 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
slam dunk marketing for bagel shops in Brooklyn - a sign saying "we don't serve English muffins here"
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A review by THE CITY of court documents involving the most sprawling harassment suit that emerged against former Governor Andrew Cuomo paints a striking picture of how intensely his legal team has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall.
Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment
A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A review by THE CITY of court documents involving the most sprawling harassment suit that emerged against former Governor Andrew Cuomo paints a striking picture of how intensely his legal team has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall.
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'If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.'
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform
If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.'
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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“The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it.”
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it.”
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This is how Columbia treats its students. And yet a faculty member, who is also an admin, accused us of “kick(ing) people when they are down” for boycotting Columbia in the pages of the NYTimes. Never mentioned a single abducted, arrested, or expelled student.
NEW — Emails show Mohsen Mahdawi pleading for months to Columbia for help.
He asked about an FBI visit to his home & a mysterious break-in.
He also asked Columbia to publicly clarify a lie the Trump admin would later cite to justify detaining Mohsen.
No response.
He was detained a month later.
He asked about an FBI visit to his home & a mysterious break-in.
He also asked Columbia to publicly clarify a lie the Trump admin would later cite to justify detaining Mohsen.
No response.
He was detained a month later.
Emails Show Mohsen Mahdawi Pleaded with Columbia for Protection for Months Before ICE Detained Him
“Is this how Columbia cares for its students?” the green card holder asked less than a month before his arrest this week.
zeteo.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is how Columbia treats its students. And yet a faculty member, who is also an admin, accused us of “kick(ing) people when they are down” for boycotting Columbia in the pages of the NYTimes. Never mentioned a single abducted, arrested, or expelled student.
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Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians on Thursday, including at least 27 sheltering at a school, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say
Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 27 Palestinians sheltering at a school in northern Gaza and wounded 70 more.
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians on Thursday, including at least 27 sheltering at a school, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
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Columbia boycott: We call on everyone to sign on and demand that Columbia reverse all changes made in compliance with the Trump administration's harmful and illegitimate demands.
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Columbia boycott: We call on everyone to sign on and demand that Columbia reverse all changes made in compliance with the Trump administration's harmful and illegitimate demands.
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
My 2 yr old broke his femur last weekend and spent the night in the hospital waiting for a special cast to be put on (the procedure required anesthesia). The pain was so bad they gave him morphine. Just got a letter from Anthem BC/BS letting me know the hospital stay wasn't "medically necessary"
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My 2 yr old broke his femur last weekend and spent the night in the hospital waiting for a special cast to be put on (the procedure required anesthesia). The pain was so bad they gave him morphine. Just got a letter from Anthem BC/BS letting me know the hospital stay wasn't "medically necessary"
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Relatives, We’re excited to announce the launch of a new program at Honor the Earth, Decolonize U!
Please register at bit.ly/DecolonizeU-Training-1
You can learn more, and look out for future trainings at honorearth.org/decolonize-u
See you soon! 🌱
Please register at bit.ly/DecolonizeU-Training-1
You can learn more, and look out for future trainings at honorearth.org/decolonize-u
See you soon! 🌱
March 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Relatives, We’re excited to announce the launch of a new program at Honor the Earth, Decolonize U!
Please register at bit.ly/DecolonizeU-Training-1
You can learn more, and look out for future trainings at honorearth.org/decolonize-u
See you soon! 🌱
Please register at bit.ly/DecolonizeU-Training-1
You can learn more, and look out for future trainings at honorearth.org/decolonize-u
See you soon! 🌱
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This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
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Like, he signs cartoonishly large folios with proclamations like "Infants not being allowed to Work hurts our Beautiful Economy! Therefore all Babies are now REQUIRED to work 30 hours a week. This will make us Rich and Great Again. Enjoy!" And the press is like dang, guess babies gotta get a job now
March 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Like, he signs cartoonishly large folios with proclamations like "Infants not being allowed to Work hurts our Beautiful Economy! Therefore all Babies are now REQUIRED to work 30 hours a week. This will make us Rich and Great Again. Enjoy!" And the press is like dang, guess babies gotta get a job now
It's infuriating (a scandal!) that a large chunk of Germany's 3-4 million citizens living abroad didn't get their ballots in time for this Sunday's election, myself included. I don't like getting disenfranchised as the far right keeps growing.
www.fr.de/politik/mach...
www.fr.de/politik/mach...
„Skandal“ vor Bundestagswahl: Deutsche im Ausland können nicht wählen
Etliche der vier Millionen Deutschen im Ausland können nicht wählen. Ihre Wahlunterlagen kamen nicht rechtzeitig. In die Botschaft dürfen sie auch nicht.
www.fr.de
February 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's infuriating (a scandal!) that a large chunk of Germany's 3-4 million citizens living abroad didn't get their ballots in time for this Sunday's election, myself included. I don't like getting disenfranchised as the far right keeps growing.
www.fr.de/politik/mach...
www.fr.de/politik/mach...
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This moment is making me think about how the political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson describes workplaces as private, authoritarian governments. Now Musk, the richest person in the world, is trying to exert the same tyrannical control over the public that he does over his own workplaces.
February 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This moment is making me think about how the political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson describes workplaces as private, authoritarian governments. Now Musk, the richest person in the world, is trying to exert the same tyrannical control over the public that he does over his own workplaces.