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Alan Wexelblat (he/him)

@awexelblat.bsky.social
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Designer, design techie, father, gamer, descendant of immigrants

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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's been 8 days since ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez. #DoorDash remains silent while he languishes in pain with the bullet still in his back. There is a risk he will lose function in half his body. Wilber needs to be released immediately. He urgently needs proper medical attention.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the human skidmark who could not answer a simple yes/no question on whether humans should survive as a species. This is also the #1 reason I fear "President Vance" because Vance will just be a sock puppet for this cretin.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I nominate this for Most 2026 Headline of 2026. Kudos to whoever @404media.co came up with it: www.404media.co/people-train...
404media.co
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's a really important point in here: the term 'deportation' has become Newspeak. The correct term is "human trafficking" because what this regime is doing fits that description much more than the genteel ideas we hold about 'deportation.'
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey @discord.com ! Boo on gambling ads. Boo on age verification. Boo on using a dark pattern to trick people into not turning it off, after you buried the setting way deep. C'mon, be better. Please?
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's not let those with power off the hook. Perez was working for DoorDash, a company that has remained silent and refused to help its drivers as they are the targets of ICE violence. You can show your support by deleting their app and ordering directly from your favorite places. #DeleteDoorDash
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This story keeps getting weirder. www.effort.news/irregular If this report is correct, then OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta were all patsies for an Israeli firm testing out its hacking tools in LLM space. Of course our current fascist regime will do nothing to protect us. What do you expect?
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A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals — Effort
The Israeli Effective Altruist firm Irregular caused unsecured AI models to hack real targets.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Jewish concept of "achrayut" calls us to recognize our commitment to each other, and to our communities. We are accountable for the needs of others, not just atonement for our own actions. We see achrayut in the resistance to the war on immigrants. No one is free until all of us are free.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So the GOP is celebrating a guy who created a darknet marketplace for heroin and meth, and put out multiple muder-for-hire contacts to conceal his crimes.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Talarico: Tarrant County, the largest swing county in the state of Texas, is closing 92 polling locations. They’ve suspended a million voter registrations in our state. To anyone in Texas watching this — I’m urging you to check your voter registration online and make a plan to vote early.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I have joined the Flock Off group for my town as part of a united opposition to ALPR use by unaccountable government and private entities. Not surprisingly, these devices are a cornerstone of "predictive policing" - arresting people for crimes they _might_ commit. yaledailynews.com/sjp/2026/sto...
yaledailynews.com
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@theradr.bsky.social reprints one of her greatest pieces. What is prayer? What is it for? "Yes, you can yell at God, you can be angry at God, you can yell at I-don't-know-if-there's-God-or-what-but-I'm-gonna-yell. The God in which I believe can take it." www.lifeisasacredtext.com/offerings-an...
lifeisasacredtext.com
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Preaching to the choir here: OpenAI seems to be sprinting into the lead for Worst Company Ever. In an environment where the regime in power won't do anything to safeguard the public I'm at a loss to figure out what we can do. garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...
garymarcus.substack.com
Pause OpenAI, now
Quite simply, they can no longer be trusted.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is appalling. These Haitians were here legally under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. The Trump regime spread racist lies, ended the program, declared them illegal and rounded them up in chains for deportation. Now DHS is proudly posting videos of Black Haitians in chains.
Trump’s Department of Homeland Security posted a video of Black Haitians in chains after ending the TPS program
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bless @propublica.org for sticking with important stories long after they've faded from the ever-changing headline/breaking cycle. www.propublica.org/podcast/why-...
propublica.org
The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I've joined my town's "flock off" group. Maybe your town has one as well.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
When I say that the problems didn't start with That Guy and won't end when he's gone, this is what I mean. For decades multiple administrations (R and D) have failed to improve the broken immigration system. justice4allthu.substack.com/p/iiraira-bi...
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IIRAIRA: Bill Clinton’s Shameful Legacy on Immigration
How a 1996 bill set the stage for mass detention and mass deportation
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What's a good concise term for "dick-sizing grifters?"
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm attending EducateUS's event, “Conflict As a Democratic Skill with Priya Parker (Learn, To Do #3)”. Here's the sign-up link www.mobilize.us/educateus/ev...
mobilize.us
Conflict As a Democratic Skill with Priya Parker (Learn, To Do #3) · EducateUS
Priya Parker, author of the forthcoming The Art of Fighting, helps us learn how to fight with the people we want to belong to, and to hold the space that happens even before repair. How do we stay in ...
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This fascist regime sucks. But ordinary people are amazing.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Immigrant Justice Summer Call # 4: How to Funnel Support for Immigrant Justice in Your Community” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... No one of us can stop this terror on our own, but together we can.
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Immigrant Justice Summer Call # 4: How to Funnel Support for Immigrant Justice in Your Community · Indivisible
When an ICE surge hits, community support floods in from every direction. Without a system to direct it, that energy scatters. This call trains you on how to build a link tree that functions as your c...
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No fucking kidding. Next they'll do a study adding to the increasing evidence that the sky seems blue.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The nearly-monthly Abney Park online concerts are always fun, so I just backed their Clockwork Cabaret on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/abn...
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Abney Park's Clockwork Cabaret
Our Neo Vaudevillian songs, Live On Line, August 29th at 6pm PST.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a thing you want to know. Like your organ donor card you hope you never have to use it, but you have it just in case: Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What's the over/under on That Guy saying we have achieved "peace in our time" as he turns tail and runs from the Iran conflict?
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is excellent. People speaking their own experience is always powerful. vimeo.com/1210516698/d... I just wish I wasn't so relevant today.
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SELMA SISTERS MARCH ON
An Untold Story of Teenage Sisters Fighting for Civil Rights https://whenyouvoteiwin.org/documentary/ We encourage you to share the film to individuals to watch on their own OR consider hosting a sc...
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@progressivemass.bsky.social I got your quick and handy guide on MA ballot questions (email) but I didn't see a shareable link that I could send to friends and family. What did I miss?
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I've been enjoying @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 's extended meditations. This one is a reminder that when we were young, Mr. Rogers taught us to look for the helpers. Now we are the helpers, and so many people are stepping up to help. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/lifeguards-a...
meditationsinanemergency.com
Lifeguards and Angels
I have lived a long time but I have never lived through such a time of destruction, of nature, of human lives, of truth, fact, science, journalism, the rule of law. I write during a summer of colossal...
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If (like me) you are a bit of a legal nerd you might (like me) really enjoy watching the DOJ get its ass handed to it by its own flaming incompetence in yet another case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Thursday was the worst day for DOJ. So far.
DOJ withdrew its subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters, but the hearing that preceded that decision showed just how degraded DOJ has become.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I was looking at this list and thinking "where have I heard the name Henry Cuellar before?" *checks Wikipedia* Oh, right. He's one of the cheating Congressional bastards That Guy pardoned. Quid pro quo - kick this fkker to the curb, Texas!
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I was wondering where Lina Khan was going to land next. I predict she's far from 'done'. Still a name to watch.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I've been saying for a year+ that I don't think folk realized they were voting for treating everyone the way Black people have been treated for decades. @rabbisandra.org puts that sentiment into a broader context. And do watch the video all the way through. rabbisandra.substack.com/p/the-patter...
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The Pattern We Keep Forgetting
Over the last few months, in conversation after conversation, I keep hearing some version of the same thing: This isn’t normal.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In a world that highlights the numerous awful people doing horrible things, I often lose sight of the fact that the world is mostly made up of decent people doing perfectly normal things.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"The cloud is a warehouse full of hot metal drinking enormous quantities of electricity and water." From open.substack.com/pub/bycig/p/... A solid (re)examination of the reality that most people forget, about how everything we extol about the digital world is built on layers of physical world.
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Chevron in Iraq
The irony of physical infrastructure being ever-so important in the AI moment.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" is the definition of insanity, what is it when they repeat the same lie over and over again, hoping people will fall for it this time?
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I am struggling to measure the levels of - sheer evil and cruelty - malfeasance and grift - rampant stupidity in the current regime. The race is too close to call.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I’m supporting a pilgrimage walk from Provincetown to Plymouth to raise awareness about the treatment of migrants at Plymouth Correctional Facility. Reports of human rights violations at this facility have increased dramatically since 2020. www.gofundme.com/f/plymouthju...
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Donate to Pilgrimage to Raise Funds for Beyond Bonds Legal Defense, organized by Chris Tansey
We are doing a pilgrimage walk from Provincetown, MA to Plymouth… Chris Tansey needs your support for Pilgrimage to Raise Funds for Beyond Bonds Legal Defense
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Urge Democrats to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
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Urge Democrats to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...
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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Comment period for OMB's awful proposal ends July 13. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... A disaster for science yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-omb-ru... Why it must be stopped elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... Threat to trans people www.erininthemorning.com/p/fascismnew...
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Regulations.gov
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is absolutely the most 2026 headline yet. Can you imagine what you'd have to do to unpack just this headline for 10-years-ago you? Never mind 20.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Declarations of Interdependence - interwoven www.lifeisasacredtext.com/declarations... The original text calls the truths "self-evident" but I would say they are far from that. So we must study, learn, and internalize them. You can start (as I did) with the sources in this column.
lifeisasacredtext.com
Declarations of Interdependence
interwoven self-evident truths
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 04/07/2026
For folks coming to this thread later, I've gone ahead and made a CSV of hundreds of energysaver articles that are gone as of July 2026. archive.org/download/ene... is a direct link to the list. archive.org/details/ener... is the CSV and the HTML.
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Preserved ENERGY.GOV/ENERGYSAVER URLS
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fuck you, you lying sack of worm-brained shit. I can't even.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If you are the praying type, say a prayer for Daphy Michel, z''l. I pray that her family might be granted some peace. If you are also the kind type, maybe say another prayer for the people who did this to her. I pray that they regain their souls and their humanity. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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Death of Haitian woman released from ICE custody in Pittsburgh ruled a homicide
The death of Daphy Michel, a Haitian woman released from ICE custody in Pittsburgh, was ruled a homicide
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Not-so-hot take: The most important "AI" skill these days is Bullshit Detection. As everything from art to medicine to therapy is inundated with slop it is becoming increasingly vital that people figure out how to independently verify what these things are spewing.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice - Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/d4ed23e2-e... I like this concept but it's not an easy way for me to think about the present American regime. It's hard to think about dilemmas when your opponents have zero shame.
lifeisasacredtext.com
Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice
Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions
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🕷️Spectre of Communism🕷️, MSW (NOT A MAN) 🥯🌹 @acabcalloway.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A+ alt text.
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
10/10 no notes (see the color hearts she used. *chef's kiss*)
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Alan Wexelblat (he/him) @awexelblat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Oh em gee. JD Vance just mansplained Catholicism to the Pope. (I wish I was making this up, but no, I'm not.)
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