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Janet Sternberg

@janetphd.bsky.social
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scholar/professor, Portugal/Brasil/USA, media ecologist, linguist, cat lover, a voice on NASA Voyager Golden Record (Português), author of Misbehavior in Cyber Places. She/her.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14h
Local cops now have access to sophisticated spy tech. Learn more about cell-site simulators, automated license plate readers, drones, and more at EFF's Street-Level Surveillance project. www.eff.org/sls
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Street Level Surveillance
EFF Presents: A Field Guide to Police Surveillance
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14h
"Since 1988, the 10th largest economy, 5th largest democracy and the most biodiverse country in the world has been a democracy (despite coup attempts by the Bolsonaros). This will likely change soon. I don’t think we understand what this will mean for our world" - Alonso Gurman x.com/Alonso_GD/st...
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‘Another coup d’état’: fears grow as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to ‘re-democratise’ Brazil
After a surprise first-round victory, critics suggest son of disgraced ex-president could seek to continue his father’s authoritarian project
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Rodrigo of Astora 🚩 @rodrigoastora.bsky.social · 23h
Não são eleições livres. Obviamente a candidatura desse animal tem que ser cassada.
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 15h
More fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election My take www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
Hispanic New Yorkers give our city its flavor, sound, & style. Where else do you hear Mixtec & Quechua on the same train? Smell chaufa & champurrado on the same block? See a Dominican barber give a Venezuelan kid a fade, a life lesson, & a new accent in one visit? Last night, we celebrated it all.
A crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees talk and mingle at Gracie Mansion. Mayor Mamdani speaks to a crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees at Gracie Mansion. Containers of plátanos en moleA crowd of Hispanic Heritage Celebration attendees cheer at Gracie Mansion.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 16h
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h
All the J6ers are out. And their leader is in the White House because some suburbanites in Pennsylvania and Michigan were angry about inflation and Biden didn't have the stones to throw a crook in jail. And now he has a pedo-filled Gestapo that's allowed to murder people in the street. Yay
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Janet Sternberg @janetphd.bsky.social · 17h
Marco's lisp isn't responding sufficiently to whatever speech therapy or communications coaching he's been getting. Nobody is ever gonna accuse him of eloquence.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Getting an education in America shouldn’t mean a lifetime of debt. In the Senate, I’ll fight for tuition-free public college & trade school programs, canceling student debt & higher teacher wages. Volunteer for our people-powered campaign: AngieNixon.com/volunteer #AngieForFlorida
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 21h
Brazilian Senate vote on shortening work week from 6 to 5 days is expected next week (already passed lower House). Flávio Bolsonaro has called the proposal “opportunistic”. A major fight over shortening work week could really help Lula
iclnoticias.com.br
Senado começa a discutir a PEC do fim da 6x1, e Alcolumbre sinaliza votação na próxima semana - ICL Notícias
(Folhapress) - O governo de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) mobilizou sua base de sustentação no Senado nesta terça-feira (6) e conseguiu que a primeira de
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember it was Trump that called for the destruction of 2 American cities.
Not Mamdani. Not El-Sayed.
Not any Muslim.
Trump.
A white, billionaire, rapist, pedophile.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 21h
This is not the kind of thing you worry about if you're leaving office and accept the other party might win an election in a couple of years.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23h
I can't think of a single non-malevolent reason they would do this.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is incredibly important. I feel deeply that curbing sexual violence will come from raising social expectations of men, not from ‘educating’ them. I fear this is an unpopular view, because people are afraid to face up to the scale of the issue.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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Janet Sternberg @janetphd.bsky.social · 20h
In Brazil too! Israel as well! Keep corrupt politicians in power so they won't have to go to jail!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
O bolsonarismo irá destruir o pais e ainda vai se fazer de vitima culpando PT/STF
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Anonymous @opsnowcrash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta’s ad ban on progressive Lula shows US #tech #billionaires aren't just aiding far-right figures—they ARE the transnational #oligarchy seizing power across borders. Big Tech, Donald #Trump, and jailed Jair Bolsonaro’s son Flávio operate as one global network targeting democracies. #Zuckerberg
News graphic featuring side-by-side portraits of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looking serious on the left and Mark Zuckerberg smiling on the right. White text below reads: "Facebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Days Before Brazil Election / But allows paid posts calling for the military to ‘take back power’."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h
“The strategy spun out of Project 2025. Dubbed the Donroe Doctrine, a ludicrous name designed to echo the 19th Century Monroe Doctrine, the aim was for total US control of the Western Hemisphere which Trump and his backers see as America’s sphere of influence.”
chadbourn.substack.com
Trump In South America
The Far Right shift is almost complete
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23h
Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h
Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP?
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paramount has closed its $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Billionaire David Ellison now controls: —CNN —CBS —HBO —Paramount —Warner Bros —Discovery —Skydance —Showtime —DC Studios —Nickelodeon —Cartoon Network —Food Network —MTV —Comedy Central —HGTV —TBS —TLC
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h
There’s no A.I. “literacy”. There is only power, to either rebuild or eradicate commonly shared knowledge production. They haz it. Remains to be seen if we haz some too.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 21h
Worth a reread given Trump's threats against LA:
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Combate Racismo Ambiental @taniapac.bsky.social · 22h
Frente às ameaças à tímida democracia brasileira, segundo turno exigirá intensa mobilização. Mas é hora de pensar além das urnas: reorganizar a luta social, disputar as periferias, produzir novos afetos e direcionar o ressentimento contra quem produz as desigualdades
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Como derrotar a “contrarrevolução na ordem” – e ir além - Combate Racismo Ambiental
Frente às ameaças à tímida democracia brasileira, segundo turno exigirá intensa mobilização. Mas é hora de pensar além das urnas: reorganizar a luta social, disputar as periferias, produzir novos afet...
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The immensely wealthy men who run the AI companies are forcing the economy to serve their dreams and crowding out everyone else's.
paulkrugman.substack.com
AI Versus Everything Else
The hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22h
feels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires
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Exa. terrivelmente Pombagirada 💃🏽🇵🇸❤️ @aquelaprofagab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pensando bem, eles fizeram exatamente o que fazem nos EUA. Atrapalharam os eleitores sobre os lugares, ampliaram fila, dificultaram o acesso pra estimular desistência. A gente não tava habituado a isso, mas quem orientou estava.
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Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 07/10/2026
Documentos ligam lobby de Eduardo Bolsonaro a fundo secreto de Trump contra o STF: Documentos do governo de Donald Trump e do Congresso americano revelam a existência de um fundo secreto de **US$ 1 milhão** liberado pelo Departamento de Estado para financiar ações contra o Supremo… #revistafórum
revistaforum.com.br
Documentos ligam lobby de Eduardo Bolsonaro a fundo secreto de Trump contra o STF
Documentos do governo de Donald Trump e do Congresso americano revelam a existência de um fundo secreto de **US$ 1 milhão** liberado pelo Departamento de Estado para financiar ações contra o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). O programa, batizado de Countering Lawfare and Censorship in Brazil, teve os recursos liberados em 30 de outubro, cinco dias […]
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wrote about the Cornell rape case, specifically about how MAGA responses to it highlight the male supremacism on the American right. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...
liberalcurrents.com
The Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA Right
For the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Challenge accepted...brazilians organizing like 2022: "In 2022, we had hundreds of active groups on Telegram and WhatsApp running 24/7. The far right would spread a lie, and within 10 minutes,the rebuttal was already standardized, with stickers, short videos, & text circulating across the internet"
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Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quem trabalha precisa de tempo para descansar, cuidar da família e viver com dignidade. É por isso que defendo o fim da escala 6x1, com cinco dias de trabalho e dois de descanso. É um desejo muito grande da sociedade brasileira.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lula - Let's reduce our workweek from 6 to 5 days Flávio - My coalition wants to bring back slavery.
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Letícia Cesarino @letcesar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
O Brasil brinca na beira do abismo pq pra esses "independentes" qq perspectiva de "mudança" vale a pena ser tentada: Flávio pode surpreender; se for ruim a gente tira etc. O que eles não estão contando é que com um segundo governo Bolsonaro a direção será bloquear a própria possibilidade de mudança.
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Janet Sternberg @janetphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sim, assim como está acontecendo nos EUA com Trump 2.0. O regime dele está correndo para eliminar eleições futuras, incluindo as próximas eleições de novembro, e para asseguar que o status quo de agora não possa mudar, e que nada possa prejudicar Trump nem seu regime ou sua família futuramente.
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Janet Sternberg @janetphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Clarity is courage," as Neil Postman wrote (I forget exactly where).
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
lol no one talks about the white kids who don't abide by merit. The conversation is ALWAYS about the Black and Brown kids who do.
nbcnews.com
Study finds 43 percent of Harvard's white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff
The number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students with less than 16 percent each coming from those categories, the study said.
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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters. www.law360.com/artic...
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it
NYT: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it."
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The latest “rigged election” strategy from the Trump administration involves producing a series of strategically timed arrests of non-citizens for alleged voter fraud & promoting those events to feed the false narrative that non-citizen voter fraud is widespread. uwcip.substack.com/p/federal-fr...
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Federal Fraud Charges Resonate With Debunked Non-Citizen Voting Narratives
A flurry of recent charges and press conferences amplifying alleged non-citizen voting make a small phenomena seem bigger
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