Sarah J. Jackson

Government Surveillance 🤝 Corporate Surveillance

ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Here’s what he and his classmates want you to know Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams

This was one of the most meaningful projects I've worked on recently. Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at ELLIS Prep academy in the Bronx, was taken by ICE. Here's what he and his classmates want you to know...

Abolishing ICE is a majority opinion

Not that I’m aware of but what do I know I’m not a fitness influencer

Good luck men, I’m shocked the mahaXmanosphere influencers are still letting you eat rice, rice is so feminine coded amiright?

Yes but that would require delicious spices and seasoning and I think the point of this is to be as bland and miserable as possible

Where to even start. Is it the “hottest new trend” or did the writer get algorithmically pigeon-hold? Isn’t this what vets recommend for dogs with upset tummies? Can’t help but notice how much more delicious and complete girl dinner is than boy kibble. Have you heard of hamburger helper?

Lol. Lmao even.

National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

Exclusive: An internal government database reviewed by The Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national parks.

this is just so offensive and awful and also EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE SAID WOULD HAPPEN!
It's racist! It's reinforcing all kinds of other stereotypes! For scams! devaluing work and art!
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Personal news update: I'm delighted to announce that as of today, I am an actual Bluesky employee! I'll be working to welcome indie media and local govt to Bsky—and supporting those already here.

I'll always want to hear your thoughts on how we can make Bsky the sort of social media we all want!

The actual mayor!!!!!!

As predicted Trump's Medicaid cuts are already starting to have a terrible effect on disabled people and their families.

Let the Fire Burn | Philadelphia Police Clash with MOVE Group | Independent Lens | PBS Let the Fire Burn brings to life the longtime feud between Philadelphia police and the controversial urban group MOVE that came to a tragic climax in 1985.

Everyone in this country MUST watch Let the Fire Burn. Period.

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I was so distracted by the other two 😭 yikes

Than Michael from New Jersey? For sure.

Blacksky Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.

The blacksky.community web application now uses our own API servers to load posts, timelines and profiles.

When data is missing (accounts on the edges of the network, outside of our primary community, etc) we leverage @microcosm.blue

Of course

A screenshot from a scam website targeting authors that claims to work with Zadie Smith and Colson Whitehead both of whom are Black people but the photos of them are AI generated generic white people

Well today in AI scams targeting authors. I received an email claiming to want to include my book in a book club. Not only do all the photos of authors they claim to work with look AI generated but look at @colsonwhitehead.com and @zadiesmith.bsky.social and then look at these photos

Michael B. Jordan with his mom Donna Jordan on the #ActorAwards red carpet

Like culture posts on this app simply don’t get the engagement and I think it’s because people feel it’s frivolous and actually it’s the thing we are fighting for, the freedom to make culture and cultural works

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

My theory is a little different: I think most elite educated politicians & pundits who yell about unis being liberal are dog whistling about (minor) gains in diversity in elite spaces. They say they’re mad at the content but are mostly mad at who gets to make, challenge, learn and teach knowledge.

This is <exactly> why I never want to hear from James Carville ever again about the "faculty lounge." It feeds the far right authoritarian lies & the Herrenvolk democracy nonsense. No Democrat (or democrat) should use that language when discussing professors or universities ever again. Full stop.

I see others have already reacted appropriately to prophetess

I’m a broken record

Hi.

Pete Hegseth went to Princeton and Harvard. Let me go dig up my old thread about how they don’t actually hate universities they just hate ordinary people that aren’t themselves going to them

Most Americans manage to go their entire lives without worrying what's inside the pants of Boy Scouts and I'm simply asking Pete Hegseth to do the same

I really can't emphasize enough that you are a complete freak if you care about Boy Scout genitals