Amanda Guinzburg

US immigration authorities detain daughter of Korean Episcopal priest - The Korea Times The daughter of a Korean Episcopal priest has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities in New York, despite holding what legal advocates say is valid immigration status — drawing strong condemnat...

"She accompanied her mother, Rev. Kim, who is widely recognized as the first woman to be ordained as an Anglican priest in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea..."

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(Even more apologies to the person I mistakenly tagged in place of @emilymbender.bsky.social...)

Whoops--thank you!

(With special thanks and apologies to @emilybender.bsky.social & @garymarcus.bsky.social)

All the Water Rising (A Follow Up)

Remember the time ChatGPT effectively breadcrumbed me in the grand tradition of many a grammatically proficient gaslighting narcissist?

I had some more thoughts!

open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

In which I learned a few things…
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Maybe I'm just exhausted, but I genuinely think this is one of the best ideas I've heard in years.

Ghislaine Maxwell is a child sex trafficker.

Yeah.
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I get that MAGA self-cannibalising over Epstein is an irresistible story, but it's been covered virtually wall-to-wall by MSNBC et al over the past several days; meanwhile, the American Gestapo march on...

May every exclusive scoop be another wonderful secret.

Herewith, perfection.

There is no end nor any bottom to the venal cruelty and incompetence this so-called Administration will unleash.

We don't talk about this nearly enough as generation-defining.

Okay, I'm not doomscrolling, though. I'm just making the mistake of putting my eyeballs in the vicinity of literally any form of news for even one second.

Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

Hahahaha, good luck with that. open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

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The only way a person representing a district of actual human beings could sign their name to this sweeping monstrosity of a moral abomination is if they're convinced they'll never have to win a free and fair election again.

Capitol Hill Billy Elegy.

"reporter"

Seriously, though: Have none of these people seen Les Misérables?

Rainbow over the East River in NYC.

City Rainbows I Have Known…
Happy Pride!

Monstrous.

"He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster, and now you're profiting off of him. And if you're gonna profit off of Trump, you should at least give him some money because he doesn't have any."
––Michelle Wolf at the WHCD in 2018

"You guys are obsessed with Trump. Did you used to date him? Because you pretend like you hate him, but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you. He couldn't sell steaks, vodka, water, college, ties, or Eric, but he has helped you."

Michelle Wolf at the WHCD in 2018:

Read the whole thread.

The last line of this reads as follows, quoting the judge:

“And, as should now be clear, this ruling does not support the proposition that Meta’s use of copyrighted materials to train its language models is lawful."

???????

I don't think anyone's ever won 11% of the vote with more honor than Brad Lander

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