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For the folks in the back:

OCR predates LLMs.

HTR software predates LLMs.

Digital Humanities predates LLMs.

Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.

YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.

Celebrating Black military service is not “DEI woke shit.” It’s essential to America’s defense. The Trump administration has sullied the legacy of soldiers our nation relies on.

With these and other petty moves executed by Pete Hegseth, Trump’s loyalist secretary of “war,” the White House and Pentagon appear strangely determined to undermine, and even erase the evidence of, Black patriotism.

Carnitas ramen is top tier fusion.

I’m seriously alarmed by reading your feed and seeing how many people don’t understand basic civics and the disadvantage of negotiating from a position of weakness. Like they think wishing something into existence is how govt works

Someone doesn't understand power and how to use it for anything other than institutional status.

“Okay, American King here is the deal … we will fund your secret police force IF, and only IF, you agree to follow the laws we already passed (but have yet to hold you accountable for violating each and every one of them),” Democratic leadership — literally.

A fluffy white Samoyed dog stands in a snowy landscape, casting a shadow on the ground, with a wooden fence in the background.

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I'm gonna stick with dogs for another day. This is my rockstar, Strummer. He knows how to work the camera!

I hope everyone is doing as well as possible.

#EastCoastKin #DogsOfBluesky #Samoyed #Montana #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #photography

YouTube video by Yoga With Adriene Revolution - Day 29 - Truth Practice

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Trump in the last few hours:
Threatened Iran again
Threatened tariffs on Canada again
"Decertified" Bombardier jets
Threatened to tariff oil trade with Cuba
Sued the IRS and Treasury for $10 billion
Reached deal to avert shutdown
Said his Fed pick comes tomorrow

Taking flak? Release a lot of chaff

Commercial airlines don’t buy Gulfstreams. Once again only thinking of billionaires.

DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.

It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.

In Montana, debate emerges locally over ICE-- including inside city halls Frustrations have been boiling over on the heels of two people being killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, but the anger is not limited to Minnesota.

www.kxlf.com/news/montana... #mtpol

Dr. Bright speaks to a crowd while standing in front of the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross on the Texas A&M campus.

Great comments from @drleonardbright.bsky.social on academic freedom, given while standing in the shadow of a confederate general's statue. We've come a long way, and we have further to go.

Where do I go to get my apology from Corporate Media for amplifying obviously absurd disinformation about Trump pivoting in Minnesota that did not even last 24 hours before he explicitly renounced the lie?

Hey East Coast!
Montana would like our winter back. At least the snow.

The date for the next @associationpt.bsky.social meeting has been set for October 8-10 at the University of Michigan (it's not a home game weekend, we checked!). Paper proposals are due February 10. Come hang out in Ann Arbor before it gets frigid! #poltheory

One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Protections for Venezuelans

A federal appeals court in California has ruled that Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, exceeded her authority when she sought to end TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians, saying people have lost jobs, homes, and their ability to provide for their families. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

politicians aren't "owed" anything. they are public servants. "but i'd be sad if i retired" who CARES.

if you're out here doing the business of political agitation--you too have responsibilities. "but i'd be SAD if i was held accountable for the results of my choices--" tough tuna.

My guess is that subordinates *probably* malinger enough to avoid this catastrophe (or courts shut it down fast), but what's really worrisome about this to me is that it shows Trump is *extremely* salty at Canada and NATO and is determined to find some way to make them pay for humiliating him.

When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.

When you worship power, the harsher the treatment towards your "enemies," the more righteous it will look.

When you worship power, the value and dignity of others is solely measured by their conformity to you.

I was part of a 20-person New York Times coverage team on the 2011 Giants-Patriots Super Bowl. NYT now just grabs stuff from the Athletic. Massive papers-of-record with the resources to provide unique, not-rightsholder-driven coverage just shrugging or tanking on purpose.

Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say The Pentagon is at odds with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over safeguards that would prevent the government from deploying its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say reut.rs/4q8HiVU

One down.

So many more to go.

Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF

If you ban masks, there's a good chance you cripple ICE, in terms of personnel. A lot of these guys won't be willing do the job while showing their face.

Solidarity ✊
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My Bluesky besties to me every morning when I wake up:

Every single Seahawks fan should be saving this