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callie lowenstein

@callielowenstein.bsky.social
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bilingual public school teacher & now founder acuarelacurriculum.org (share w your dual language/multilingual learner educator peeps!) also bikes & gardens & swimming in nature. #LessDoomscrollingMoreAction #FreePalestine #StopCopCity. callielowenstein.com

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treekisser @treekisser.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Data Centers: not popular
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Sometimes walking out of your history class is the best way to demonstrate that you learned something in your history class. wapo.st/4aF0iqG
"I think that it needs to be known that the youth cares about this," said Maya,who walked out of her AP U.S. History class. "We don't think that any of this is okay, and we do not give our consent to have this kind of government.:
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Abolish ICE is merely the starting position. This below is the correct one.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
thehandbasket.co
How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders
SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🚫🧊 HEY STUDENTS‼️ www.mobilize.us/aft/event/89...
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Schools: Drop ICE Mass Call · AFT
We will cut off ICE’s corporate enablers — starting on our campuses. ICE isn’t invincible. Donald Trump’s deportation machine depends on private corporations for technology to track, places to sleep,...
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I have some suggestions on who should replace David Brooks, but only after reminding everyone how terrible he is at his supposed job. biblioracle.substack.com/p/david-broo...
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David Brooks Sucks. This is Who Should Replace Him
David Brooks is heading to a sinecure at Yale. Thank goodness.
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“History shows that wars can be lost [quickly] if defenders surrender strategic terrain without a struggle. For universities, that terrain is the ultimate high ground: human intelligence itself. If we do not fight for it now, those who come after us will face an even more unequal struggle.”
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/02/2026
Why do people hate ai? It’s a mystery for the ages.
wired.com
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 13/02/2026
AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is: aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“at no point do they seriously contemplate the structural causes of academic dishonesty:the alienation of students from meaningful intellectual labor, the reduction of education to skill building and credential accumulation,and the pervasive distrust that suffuses increasingly surveilled classrooms”
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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/02/2026
Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border.
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ICE Is Not the Only Problem. Border Patrol Has Acted With Impunity for Decades.
Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border.
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A candidate for political office SHOULD run on an “Abolish and Hunt ICE” platform. Reallocate ALL DHS funding for healthcare for all. Public trials that hold them accountable with Nuremberg punishments. Repealing the Patriot Act would be icing on the cake.
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Kwertzy Industries @kwertzy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
GET IN LOSERS WE'RE FLIPPING TEXAS
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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
yet again it seems like the ones who are *most trained* are also *most likely* to draw their weapons & fire on civilians, almost as if the training exists to desensitize them to killing or its consequences & moreover to convince them of the necessity & desirability of pulling the trigger
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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Khalidi argues that the rise of Hamas was basically a predictable consequence of Israel stringing the PLO along for decades in a “peace process” that continuously resulted in zero meaningful concessions to Palestinian interests. Essentially burning away any sense that diplomacy could work.
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callie lowenstein @callielowenstein.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
It is past time for other senate leaders to demand Schumer resign. From the absolute disgrace of a Dem proposal responding to the fascist ICE thugs terrorizing our neighbors to these inexcusable comments… Senator Murray, you must take a stand. We deserve so much better. @murray.senate.gov
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callie lowenstein @callielowenstein.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Schumer must resign. There is no path forward with this deeply ineffectual and out of touch man at the helm of the opposition party. #StepAsideSchumer
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/02/2026
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
standwithminnesota.com
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
this almost got lost, but also seems important.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Seems bad.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
BOISE: courage is wearing a Mexican flag cape to the pro-ICE demo
1 person holding a sign, standing alone, wearing a Mexican flag as a cape, facing a small crowd of racists behind their own protective fencing. Most of them are looking towards the lone individual
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Holly @hollyrandersen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I live on the ride route and I cannot emphasize enough that the ride started passing my house 50 minutes ago and is 👏🏻 still 👏🏻 going 👏🏻. ICE OUT.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 31/01/2026
The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.
seattletimes.com
Seattle’s ‘prosperity bomb’ may finally be fizzling. So now what?
It’s the awkward thing about the affordability debate. Nothing makes a city cheaper faster than an economic bust.
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callie lowenstein @callielowenstein.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It has become clear that we need to organize our demands in 2 steps: 1) Chuck Schumer must resign immediately. 2) Abolish ICE (& resignations/ impeachments of the whole admin, starting w Noem/Miller). We can’t get to step 2 from here without step 1. Cc @citizensimpeachment.com @indivisible.org
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"ICE is ... the product of escalating white nationalism and a long history of state-sanctioned kidnapping and disappearance of adults and children of color."
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New York, call Schumer at (202) 224-6542 and tell him that better rules and training will not fix this. ICE must be completely dismantled. And if you don't live in New York, call your senator and tell them that the only sensible position is to abolish ICE and replace Schumer as minority leader.
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Laura 🗽 @bikesaregood.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Link to map with all the Alex Pretti memorial rides. bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...
A map of the US with many green squares with white bicycles, depicting rides in multiple cities.
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨 New from me I speak w/ Mary C. Turner, a registered nurse & one of the presidents of @nationalnurses.bsky.social, the largest nurses union in the US, which has called for ICE to be abolished after Alex Pretti's killing Listen on any podcast player @therealnews.com therealnews.com/nurses-union...
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Largest nurses union calls to abolish ICE after Alex Pretti killing: 'They messed with the wrong profession'
“What Alex did that day was pure instinct, pure professional behavior,” NNU President Mary C. Turner tells us. “That’s just what you do when you're a nurse.“
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 28/01/2026
For those in #NY17 or the surrounding area. GOP Rep. Mike Lawler will be holding a town hall this Sunday, February 1st. In response, the local Fight Lawler group will be holding a peaceful rally at the event. If you’re interested in joining, see below: www.mobilize.us/fightlawler/...
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MAGA Mike Lawler: ENOUGH! · Fight Lawler
Peaceful protest of MAGA Mike Lawler, the lawless criminals that he supports and enables, and the big, brutal agenda that he has enacted. We will gather at Rockland Community College, outside of the...
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Your Cyberpunk Future @lady8jane.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Billy Bragg also chimed in: bsky.app/profile/bill...
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This Dutch hospital integrates active transportation into healthcare access, offering two large dedicated bicycle parking areas for patients traveling to appointments
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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is why the Dems' calls for body cams and de-escalation training totally miss the point: ICE agents are doing exactly what they were hired for - they're selected BECAUSE they're violent racists They're told - and now shown - they have immunity We can't reform our way out of this, abolish ICE
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26/01/2026
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
haymarketbooks.org
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🚨👀 This is powerful. Over 1,000 (ONE THOUSAND) orgs are asking Congress to "refuse to provide" one more dollar to ICE & CBP and "take action to revoke the tens of billions" given by the reconciliation (Trump's big ugly bill). Key ask of the letter that just went to Congress. ↘️
Screenshot of excerpt of the letter:

""We demand an immediate halt in all funding for these deadly operations until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and in immigration detention centers stop. Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill."
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 27/01/2026
Abolish ICE. Abolish the border. Abolish the police. A better world is possible if we fight for it.
their end is our beginning by brian bean
Unbuild Walls by Silky Shah
The Case for Open Borders by John Washington
Border & Rule by Harsha Walia
Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
No Cop City, No Cop World
Abolition for the People
Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter. name a fucking high school after him.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 26/01/2026
Hi! I have tracked 12 Members of Congress that have called for ICE to be abolished. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com
20260124_'Abolish ICE' Tracker
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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Heads Up Minneapolis! MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today. They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.
Cam Higby on the left. Kevin Posobiec on the right. Hailey West
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Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights @dirtydancing2hn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NBC put out this list today, and i immediately saved it to my phone
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection ... can issue public alerts under NYC Charter Chapter 64 about legal, financial, and political risks of buying land in occupied territory. The mayor could use these advisories to educate the public and signal the city's opposition."
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