Reposted by Lawyer LadySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It worked with police so they figure it’s an effective tactic. 11761188
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"The idea is to make art devoid of meaning and imagination so that it cannot inspire thinking that challenges the hegemony this Administration is bent on imposing on 350 million Americans." 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The oligarchs are crashing their things into the Moon again. They don't issue global pro forma apologies for these situations, but Americans with good telescope coverage of the Moon at 6:34 am UTC on Wednesday will likely have views of the historic debris plume for a few minutes.wired.comThe SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon BasesThe risk of more debris hitting the moon is on the rise as the space race heats up. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Sen Chris Van Hollen & Rep Sara Jacobs have sponsored legislation to limit sales of weaponry to the Emirates as long as it arms the RSF. As Nick Kristof says, "It may be that all we need to do to avert atrocities in Sudan is to speak up." 030
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 10/07/2026democracynow.orgData Colonialism: AI Data Centers on Indigenous LandThe artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota a... 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What, to the unhoused veteran, is your America 250? 100
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What, to generational poverty, is your America 250? 100
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What, to the victims of mass incarceration, is your America 250? 100
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What, to the descendant of slaves, is your America 250? 100
Reposted by Lawyer LadyElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The Supreme Court asked the wrong questions in today’s gun case. They asked “why shouldn’t drug users have guns?” Instead of “why should drug users go to jail?” My latest in @thenation.comthenation.comThe Supreme Court Has Agreed to Protect Drug UsersAs long as they’re packing heat. 1340280
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Sherrilyn Ifill explains why the 14th Amendment is, "if properly enforced, the most powerful tool we have to stave off the total collapse of democracy in this country." 010
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Tough read. Op-ed by Nicholas Kristof, reporting from the West Bank. "How does this kind of violence happen? ... The blunt reality is that when there are no consequences, we humans are capable of immense depravity toward those we are taught to scorn as subhuman."nytimes.comOpinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians 022
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Sherrilyn Ifill reminding us, "No democracy can survive if tens of millions of its citizens refuse to fight to protect it because they 'don’t do politics.'” 6497151
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Someone in the thread pointed out "secratary." 🖍And someone else said spelling is woke. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 09/04/20261.62 million acres have already burned in 2026--231% above the 10-year average. Executive Orders closing every regional office governing the Forest Service, eliminating 57 research facilities, & destroying infrastructure that protects our public lands. Do your favorite outdoor brands speak out?saveusfs.orgOur Forests Are Being Taken. SAVEUSFS.ORG193 million acres of America's public lands face unprecedented attacks. It's time to pay attention. 140
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The POTUS enjoys negative attention, thrives on it, loves every minute of the anger & outrage & terror he instills in our hearts. He won't stop until he's impeached. And neither would his successors. What a damned mess. People are protesting in DC this evening. 🙏🏽 010
Reposted by Lawyer LadySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/03/2026GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...nytimes.comIn Supreme Court Justices’ Histories, a Story of Immigration in America 8287125
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I wish he would put John Roberts and them in the skit.youtu.beAre Algorithms Raising Modern Men?YouTube video by Josh Johnson 010
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I don't know what to say about the birthright citizenship "controversy" being heard by SCOTUS tomorrow except that it is a white supremacist halleucination. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I don't know if I can sleep. And my stomach hurts. Thank you for bearing witness. 011
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The US Endangered Species Committee meets today to consider exempting oil and gas drillers operating in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act. The Committee's nicknamed the "God Squad," and hasn't met in 30 years till today. Photo: One of the 100 Rice's whales still alive (NOAA) 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 19/03/2026TDIH: Footnote 47 by Hon. Ana C. Reyes, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Reyes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay & grew up in Louisville, KY. She is the first Latina & first openly LGBTQ district court judge in Washington, D.C. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We are the guinea pigs for big tech. And it wasn't nice to experiment on guinea pigs. Tim Marple, a former OpenAI employee, believes that users' experiences of suffering from delusion etc. aren’t just coincidences but a “statistical certainty."theguardian.comHer husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot 010
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 08/03/2026What a horrifying display of non-repentence! It was the site of an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. And thr government doesn't provide adequate food, medical care, or due process. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Camp East Montana was the site of an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Today, in a ***horrifying display of non-repentence***, the US government holds around 3,000 people there in harsh conditions: They lack sufficient food and often go without proper medical care.motherjones.comAt Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP ReportsCamp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Just casually & callously testing new murder tech knowing "some people will die." 000
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Troops “report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders” about a “biblically-sanctioned war that is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian End Times" in furtherance of which "President Trump has been anointed by Jesus." Jesus.theguardian.comUS troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog allegesReligious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war 011
Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Therr are tax-to-terrorism pipelines. From the US to Sudan. From the US to Palestine. From the US to Venezuela. From the US to Iran. What if our careers are an illusion and we're really just working to fund the empire's crimes against humanity?aljazeera.comPhotos: Iran mourns 165 people killed in school strikeAttack in southern Iran that hit civilians was the deadliest of the US-Israeli war against Tehran so far. 011