Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 6hi am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest 201386303
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diazsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6hExecuting prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comTennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was. 8652126
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diazbubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 5hsocial media is a nightmare these days, but i just need to say: the way you talk about strangers’ experiences of sexual assault tells the survivors in your real life whether or not you can be trusted with their stories and their safety. and there *are* survivors in your life, so don’t fuck it up. 042293
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazLiz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 2hMany years ago I interviewed a woman who had witnessed the execution of the man who had killed her son and daughter in an armed robbery. She said it gave her no comfort at all, and spent the rest of her life campaigning against the death penalty. 415725
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7hThat's where I've been for a while. We can't even reach questions about the death penalty itself because we fail essential predicates such as "fair and consistent criminal justice system" and "reliable death penalty verdicts that leave no reasonable doubt" and, as shown tonight, "humane execution." 9830155
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 8hwe all are 57 men were on that text chain women have been reporting they have been dismissed or even blamed “Victim blaming" by law enforcement is cited in 25% of cases as a reason why survivors stop cooperating 98% of rapists will never spend a day in prison #cornell 611392519
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3hThis is horrendous. What a cruel practice.theguardian.comTennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injectionsChrista Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said 4040193
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 8hThis Supreme Court allowed Alabama to keep killing people in 2022 after the state repeatedly botched its executions and left inmates on gurneys, cut up by needles. Of all the Roberts Court’s sins, its death penalty rulings have been especially nihilistic. 39120
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8hI read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill. 411993501
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazDr. Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 9hI'm giving a guest lecture on medieval music (antiphonals) tomorrow and I forgot how much fun it is to sight sing neumes. 162
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8hSo not only did @GovBillLee’s sadistic clown car mess up another execution, neither Lee or AG Skrmetti had anyone on-call during a scheduled execution?? Insane. 38627226
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazSassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 14h🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank." 4050841463
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 8hoh my god this is fucking horrifying. they lethally injected her twice and she didn't die and now they're trying to save her so they can presumably.... try again? I ran out of words for the barbaric horror with the Alabama gas executions but somehow TN is inventing new nightmare torture 1314329
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazKestrel Casey @kestrelcasey.com · 7hThere are many reasons the state should not kill people. The fact that they can so horrifyingly fuck it up does not even top the list. But if that's enough to set people against it, then I guess let's make this the biggest fucking news story of the hour. This should never have happened. 0114
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diazgrace @acab4cutie.top · 7hoh to be a former stray lounging in a scratcher chaise 🥰 2816
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazMemento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 8h"snoring" is probably not what it sounds like here fyi she's likely agonal and barely alive 2456863
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazMemento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 8hagonal breathing is not real breathing and sounds like snoring or gasping and happens when someone is suffering a major medical emergency like a cardiac arrest 818613
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diazkatie dzwierzynski @kdzwierzynski.bsky.social · 8hthe baseball vibes are bad but this guy’s rainy day fashion was good 5341
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 7hWhat's the point of having witnesses if you block the view? 🤔 At 7:46 p.m. prison officials closed the curtain to the media room. The curtain raised 3 minutes later, then closed at 8:06 pm The mic cut off at 8:53 p.m. & media were escorted out... Emergency vehicles were seen coming to the prisonapnews.comTennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses sayMedia witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday. 0137
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazPhilip Nelson 💻🧙 @blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network · 8hdear Lord www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... 094
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8hUPDATE: At a call with the federal court tonight, "the state [of Tennessee] represented that medical personnel have begun to administer medical care as requested in the motion." 2036680
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8hThe Tennessean: Christa Pike still alive after administered drugs, attorneys say www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... 2335598
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8hHere is @iamstevenhale.bsky.social, who I directed you all to be following earlier and was a witness tonight, reporting on what Tennessee did tonight. Just absolutely horrifying. 9369121
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 8hSo the character Phoebe Bridgers plays in PRIMETIME is real and after working on TO CATCH A PREDATOR she went on to be the Trust and Safety Head at Twitter who made the call to bounce Trump from the platform after January 6! Wild stuff www.wired.com/story/del-ha...wired.comTwitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her SilenceFrom Israel vs. Hamas threats to Donald Trump’s “wild” posts, Del Harvey helped make the platform’s hardest content moderation calls for 13 years. Then she left in 2021 … and disappeared. 1569
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20hPete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...militarytimes.comHegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academiesMilitary academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.” 23546242
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChristine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 8hCornell is no the only place where violent horrors happen. Here at Football State University we see it as well. www.lawcommentary.com/articles/lsu...lawcommentary.comLSU Found Football Player Responsible for Rape, Reduced His Suspension and Allowed Him Back on the Team | Law CommentaryLSU found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process, then reduced his one-year suspension on appeal to two years of probation without restrictions... 083
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazKatiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 8h"Authorities appeared to give Pike two doses of pentobarbital, and she was still awake and snoring more than 40 minutes after the last dose. At 8:53 p.m., there was an announcement to escort media witnesses out of the area." 136
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazDeb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 13hMy grandparents survived the terrible abuse of the Federal Indian Boarding School Era. That trauma wasn't isolated to the past—it was carried down through my family all the way to me. And there are so many families like my own across Indian Country. 803403811
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8hEmergency court filing from Pike's lawyers seeking to "halt and stay" the botched execution tonight in Tennessee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 18516141
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 9hThis 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 14960241375
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diaz🇺🇸🇲🇽 The Babe with the Power @babewiththepower.bsky.social · 8hBetween the USPS trucks with constant capture cameras and hanging these on Amazon drivers, they want to watch us at all times and capture us all. This should be stopped. 021
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazPost Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 9hI found her. Her name is Riley Williams. Riley asked for everyone who hears her story, to please sign her petition. c.org/8zxvWpYTms 78859
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazTara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️🔥🤘🏻 @taradublinrocks.com · 9hThis guy just gets cooler Nas is also 😍😍😍 2349
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-Diazc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 9hThe smallest bat in North America is the canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also called the western pipistrelle or American parastrelle. They weigh about 3–6 grams, the weight of a US penny, sheet of paper, or teaspoon of sugar. In flight, they're sometimes confused for moths or butterflies. 533094
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazSan Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 12hJust a lil guy and his mulberry branch 241959558
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 9hA third of male university students say they would rape a woman if there no were no consequences. From 2015independent.co.ukA third of male university students say they would rape a womanA significant proportion of men who said they would force a woman to have sex did not recognise it as rape 132910
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 9h@nbcnews.com: LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team By Corky Siemaszko “LSU does really protect their athletes, especially their football players,” says the woman, whose claims are being investigated by the local district attorney. 13011
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15hI’ve been reminiscing with friends about Take Back the Night rallies we did at Cornell in the late 90s, and how now it’s our high school daughters planning rallies and signing petitions and it’s just incredibly demoralizing how little has changed. 27312
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10hNEW: The big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee execution. SCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts. Tonight, at Law Dork:lawdork.comThe big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee executionSCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts. 211051
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 10h"Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’: Amazon doesn’t have much to say about privacy when it comes to drivers wearing camera-equipped smart glasses."theverge.comAmazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’Your Amazon delivery could come with an unwanted photo op. 133
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15hTo recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 12102965
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 15hI'm grateful to Radcliffe and the Schlesinger Library for ensuring that my mom's work will be accessible to her many students, past and futurehls.harvard.eduLani Guinier’s legacy, in her own words - Harvard Law SchoolSchlesinger Library collection offers scholars a closer look at Lani Guinier's work on voting rights, race, education, and equality. 419240
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 15hThe Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 27321901225
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11h"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues 117356
Reposted by Ignacio Gallup-DiazGuilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 19hcapybaras taking a bath in a fountain 135079
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 10h"In West Philly, Karen refugees put down roots in a community garden of their own: The Southeast Asian community broke ground at the Lee Cultural Center on Saturday."billypenn.comKaren refugees put down roots in a community garden space in West PhillyThe niche Southeast Asian community broke ground at the Lee Cultural Center on Saturday 030